I feel so incredibly lucky to have great friends who are as excited about the baby as we are! We have already received two baby gifts in the mail. The first, a Care Bear from our friend Anna (who has an almost unhealthy obsession with Care Bears and says that we need to train the […]
I read on That Wife today that the BBC believes most people have only read 6 books of the 100 in the list below. Although I had seen the meme on Facebook before, I was intrigued, because earlier today I had spent $100 on new books and was thinking that I need to get over […]
Gizmodo just featured an image from the upcoming book The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide To The World’s Most Consequential Trivia. As a lover of design, data collection, charts, and graphs, data visualization is right up my alley. I was delighted to discover that there exists a corresponding blog called Information Is Beautiful. Unfortunately, the […]
Last birthday, my sister bought me the book equivalent of a geek’s wet dream: The Force is strong with Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary. Continuing the great tradition of delicious visual representations, LucasBooks, in conjunction with LEGO and DK Publishing, announced earlier today that the LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary will be available come […]
You already know my thoughts on Twilight. I always thought I was in the minority for not falling head over heels for the story. That’s why it delights me whenever I find someone who agrees that it ain’t all that. Cracked has written a hilarious post titled, If ‘Twilight’ Was 10 Times Shorter And 100 […]
As a follow-up to beautiful Chinese wine packaging, I now present an example of exquisite Chinese book packaging. Who says you can’t judge a book by its cover? Via Packagings of the World. You may also like: Illustrator Gives Western Fairy Tales a Korean Makeover The Baby-Sitters Club, 2014 Edition The Giving Groot Pop Culture […]
Um… Hmm. I’m not sure what to say. Curious? Yes. Grossed out? More so. Introducing Natural Harvest: A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes. Because semen “is not only nutritious, but it also has a wonderful texture and amazing cooking properties.” Via Geekologie. You may also like: Mr. Men, Millennials Edition The Baby-Sitters Club, 2014 Edition Imaginary […]
I have an obsession with books and everything books-related. So it came to no surprise when I let out an audible gasp to see this picture: Designed by Dutch artist Job Koelewijn, the Infinity Bookcase symbolizes the infinite power of books and learning. I want to move all the furniture out of our condo so […]
As a bona fide bookworm, I can’t help but excitedly share this link of the day: Top 10 Most Outrageous Opening Lines in Literature If I could add one more, it would be Love Story: What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she […]
Sony announced a new Reader Digital Book last week. What sets the PRS-700 from the popular Amazon Kindle is that it has a touchscreen (for easy highlighting and annotating) and the ability to read in landscape mode. (images from the PRS-700 press release) The very next day, pictures of the Amazon Kindle 2 made […]
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