It’s National Honesty Day, and as such, the bookworms here at Bookstr have decided to give you some full transparency. And by that, I mean, here are five of our worst bookish habits. And by “our,” I mean my. 1. I dog-ear my pages more often than not. Listen, I bought the book, it’s mine to destroy as I wish. I’ve finally stopped dropping my books in the bathtub, but considering most of my sci-fi paperbacks are water damaged, a dog-eared page here or there isn’t the end of the world to me. 2. Piggybacking off that, …
Today, we use books for everything. Seriously, everything. Way back when, however, books were expensive, difficult to produce, and uncommon among the public. About this time, humanity was discovering biology, anatomy, the inner workings of the human body as a whole. Illustration and artwork was a powerful tool for those studying anatomy, but issues arose from a two-dimensional drawing representing the three-dimensional reality that is the human body. The answer? Flaps. Image via Atlas Obscura, Wellcome Library, London. Atlas Obscura recently wrote about how what were essentially pop-up books were used as medical documents at this time. Pop up books are …
Business Insider recently creeped through Elon Musk’s social media history and came up with a list of eleven books the billionaire thinks everyone should read. If you want to see the full list, check out the article, but if not, I’ve handpicked five that are absolutely, absolutely necessary. 1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien Via Giphy Back in 2009, the New Yorker reported that “in [Musk’s] loneliness, he read a lot of fantasy and science fiction,” most notably, The Lord of the Rings. “The heroes of the books I read … I always felt a duty to save …
Earlier today I found out about Story Time from Space, a project coming from nonprofit Global Space Education Foundation, which features astronauts reading children’s books from the International Space Station, which is definitely something I would’ve been waaaay too into as a kid. Patricia Tribe, former director of education at Space Center Houston, told HuffPost What better role models to engage kids in science and to engage them in reading? You’re not only looking and listening to the books, you’re looking around the International Space Station. Via Tumblr Story Time from Space started with astronaut Benjamin Alvin …
There’s no easy way to say this: last night, I went to a book release party where the author recounts the tale of his broken penis. And it was incredible. Here’s some context: Scott, the big boss, sent the editorial team a link about a book coming out, Broken Bananah: Life, Love, and Sex… Without a Penis by Ross Asdourian, certified hottie. Scott suggested we should cover it delicately, and I immediately bowed out because I’m not so delicate. Emily, one of our interns, pounced on it, did most of the research including finding out about the book release and planning an interview, …
