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1. Happy Saturday! As a reminder, we are one week from our discussion of Ender's Game, so if you haven't gotten started yet, now would be an excellent time to do so.

2. Link dump: Cultivating tolerance. The rise of the published first draft. Summer reading list based on your favorite tv shows. Library patrons and borrowing e-books, a PEW study. ( Read more... )

1. Happy Saturday! In case you missed it, our recommendation post for June can be found here. And, as a reminder, we are discussing Ender's Game this month, so get to reading!

2. Link dump: The Mother of All Girls' Books. A Golden Age of Book? The 22 Rules of Storytelling, According to Pixar. The first chapter of The Ashford Affair, Lauren Willig' ( Read more... )

You know the drill.

1. Happy Saturday! I hope that yours, unlike mine, does not involve running after screaming children as they make collages to mark the kickoff of summer reading. Don't ask me how those two things are related. I don't understand either.

2. Link dump: The unlikeable heroine; the unanswerable question. What authors will you follow, no matter what ( Read more... )

1. Happy Saturday! In case you missed the announcement, we are reading Ender's Game this month, so go forth and seek it out.

2. The link dump to end all link dumps: A real live voucher from Almack's. Author, Steph Swainston, on getting back to reality. A YA Lovers' Summer Reading List, by Judy Blume, R.L. Stine and others. Romancing Julia Quinn. ( Read more... )

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