April Book Events

Continuing my New Year's Resolution of attempting to attend one literary event per month in the Boston area, here is the list of events I'm considering stopping by this month. I advertised 2 last month and only made it to 1; I'm going with the logical conclusion that the more events I'm interested in, the … Continue reading April Book Events

Literary Blog Hop

Thanks to the lovely Ms. Emily Crowe over atAs the Crowe Flies (and Reads!)for introducing me to the Literary Blog Hop hosted by The Blue Bookcase.You might have noticed my blog title is Wildly Read, tagline: Wildly, if not widely, read. Yes, I do blog about children's books, mass market romances, non-fiction, and whatever else … Continue reading Literary Blog Hop

Judgmental Bookseller Ostrich

The original can be found here.

Cinderella, With a Twist

This is from a friend's FB page. Sadly there was no credit given to an artist, illustrator, book, website, etc. If anyone knows who to credit this to, please let me know. I am not attempting to infringe on anyone's copyright. Thank you.

xkcd

From xkcd. "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language."

March Book Events

I've just decided on a new New Year's resolution (yes, I know it's March).Inspired by my friend Kate, who decided to make a concerted effort to see one live music performance each month, I've decided to attend one live literary event each month. "Literary event" can be broadly defined; it doesn't have to mean strictly … Continue reading March Book Events

How do you say…

This post doesn't have anything to do with books, but as I'm equally enamored with language itself, here's something to think about:This list is a good start, but I was disappointed not to find any Japanese words on here. Some of my favorites are hazukashi, meaning to be embarrassed on someone else's behalf for their … Continue reading How do you say…

Making Books

Thanks to The Casual Optimist for today's video:Making Books, a 1947 documentary from Encyclopaedia Brittanica http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf