A recent post on ItalicBookmarks.com featured the coolest bookstores in each of the 50 United States. After looking at those lists I wanted to start making travel plans to several of those unique places around the country. Then I discovered this article on a website called The Mind Circle that extends the list beyond U.S.Continue reading “The Coolest Bookstores in the World”
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The Best Bookstore in Every State
We are excited to soon make Italic Bookmarks available through select independent bookstores around the country. Each bookstore you visit tends to have it’s own unique features and personality. Some are elegant and clean, while others are cluttered by beautiful stacks of books everywhere you turn. You will always find an inviting and comfortable atmosphere. SomeContinue reading “The Best Bookstore in Every State”
The American Novel Since 1945 – Open Yale Courses
I recently discovered an incredible (free) resource for learning more about some of the great novels in American literature from the last fifty years. I found this originally when scrolling through the options in “iTunes U” on my phone, but the link below is for the course online. The American Novels Since 1945 I haveContinue reading “The American Novel Since 1945 – Open Yale Courses”
The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Stedman
I am a few years behind on this novel from 2012. I saw a preview for the movie that came out last year that made me curious. I still haven’t seen the movie, but I can’t stop thinking about the book. If you have ever wanted to just be alone and forget the rest ofContinue reading “The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Stedman”
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar (Random House) – The Pulitzer Prizes
I just finished reading this book a couple of weeks ago. Very moving, informative, and personal. It was an engaging read and moved along at a good pace. Congratulations on the Pulitzer Prize 2017! http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/hisham-matar
LA review of books – Interview with Patty Yumi Cottrell
via Patty Yumi Cottrell on Living in Los Angeles, The Best Way to Shape One’s Grief into an Object, and 7-Eleven Pastries That Look Like Vomit – Los Angeles Review of Books I just read this interview with a new author (she prefers the term “writer”), and it was one of the best interviews IContinue reading “LA review of books – Interview with Patty Yumi Cottrell”
Underground Airlines – Ben Winters
It’s Cold Outside. It will be a great weekend for reading (indoors to be specific). If you need a good story to get started on, try this one. Its a thriller/mystery, set in a modern world where slavery is still legal in a few specific states. Imagine the slave plantations of the Old South, broughtContinue reading “Underground Airlines – Ben Winters”
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