To anyone who says you can’t find true love online, read this and weep. Hopefully they’ll be tears of joy, because this is one of the sweetest things I’ve ever heard. It really is just your classic rom-com narrative, with a few modern twists. You know the formula by now: girl admires bookstore twitter from afar. Girl professes love through tweet. Girl gets dared by friend to go on date with actual human tweeter. Three years later and Holy Matrimony – they’re married! The girl is Victoria O’brien. She was just a casual book lover with apparently high romantic aspirations, …
Seriously, how can you not love Margaret Atwood? Watch as she explains, in the first trailer for Angel Catbird, with her usual stoic eloquence, things like: ‘He can understand both sides, and has moments of decisions such as: Do I save this baby bird? Or do I eat this baby bird? Am I cat? Am I a human being? Am I an owl?” In the video, we also learn that this is a personal project for the Canadian author, who has been a longtime lover of cats and birds. On the premise of the book, Atwood says: “How do you do a …
If these books weren’t already held in such high esteem, it’s hard to imagine why anyone would even consider picking one up at a book store. As the tired old cliche tells us, book covers are irrelevant to the actual substance of a great piece of literature. Buuuuut it doesn’t hurt to have something nice to look at, and these covers are not easy on the eyes. Here are seven egregious covers for books that deserved much better. Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780345408310 This one is a little misleading to say the least. First of all, for a …
Used bookstores are popping up all over NYC, and it looks like the trend is here to stay. Along with the ubiquitous sidewalk books we all pass by, and contemplate perusing, there is a noticeable increase in the popularity of stores selling rare and used books. Image courtesy of Pinterest There are 50 in Manhattan alone, and the number seems to be rising. One can easily compile a list of reasons as to why this is happening. It’s no surprise people like cheap books. The cheap book market has virtually been monopolized by Amazon, where books are reliably 2x less expensive than Barnes and …
Well folks, here it is. The artist email exchange…you’ve been waiting for? I’m not sure why this was released. Is it a stunt? Is it art? Is it voyeurism? The world may never know. Read it if you dare…or just have nothing better to do. If you don’t want to, here’s the highlight reel. 10) Natalie: “I’m sure at the beginning of our emailing I was trying too hard to be smart and interesting. Now, of course, I’m comfortable enough to send you videos of a sax-playing walrus.” Image courtesy of Screendaily 9) Jonathan: “It’s almost 6:00 in the morning. The boys are …
