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The literary mashups continue. Next up: Android Karenina. Check out the trailer:
The key to unlocking this week’s episode of HBO’s Treme (i.e., what happened on the ferry) seems to be tied to the classroom discussion of a one hundred year old book, The Awakening by Kate Chopin. If you’re watching Treme for the music, check out the Songs from Treme blog.
Speaking of books and music, I was recently made aware of Book Tunes, a site that makes iTunes playlists inspired by books (among other things). Check out the playlist for Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity.
The Millions comes up with their own 20 under 40 list of hot authors.
Frank Delaney (author of Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show – BGB Review) has begun what promises to be a weekly podcast examining James Joyce’s Ullyses. (Happy belated Bloomsday, by the way.)
Listen to NPR to learn what nuns, Agatha Christie, and Alzheimer’s have in common.
In a move that no one could have seen coming, publishers race to get their hands on more Scandanavian noir.
Salon has two reading lists for your over-achieving young reader (1) Grown Up Books for Kids Summer Reading and (2) Global Awareness Summer Reading
What if I told you that Tom Buchanan (of Gatsby fame) got himself in Nicaragua looking after family investments? That’s the gist of Banana Republican by Eric Rauchway. If the cover is any guide, I’ll be reading this poolside before too much longer:
BGB’s own Russ Marshalek writes about Bret Easton Ellis’s new book in Creative Loafing. (We’re going to keep referring to Russ that way until he makes us stop.)
Atlantans: That same Bret Easton Ellis will be reading and signing his new book Imperial Bedrooms tonight at SCAD. 6:30PM. Free.
June 18, 2010 8:00 am 4 Comments
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By Dr J, June 18, 2010 @ 9:06 am
I also like the Times-Picayune’s Treme Explained blog: http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2010/06/treme_explained_wish_someone_w.html
But most of all, I like this:
http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/babygotbooks.com
By Tim, June 18, 2010 @ 9:15 am
My no fun workplace has decided that the second link is one that I should not be checking out. Rats.
By russ, June 18, 2010 @ 3:28 pm
MY GOOGLE ALERTS CAN SEE YOU
By Tim, June 18, 2010 @ 6:27 pm
Dr J: make it stop!
Mr. Russ: We’ll keep claiming you as our own then…