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Brief book news and a big Thanks!

by christine (booktumbling) on 24. Aug, 2009 in books general

Are you are as curious about Scott Westerfeld’s book Uglies as I am, we can now download a free, DRM-free PDF made available by Mr. Westerfeld’s publisher, Simon & Schuster. Pretty snazzy and timely with the upcoming October 6th release of Mr. Westerfeld’s latest title, Leviathan. I have already downloaded and am anxious. I have [...]

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The Wild Things are almost upon us!

by christine (booktumbling) on 17. Aug, 2009 in books general, new books

Maurice Sendak’s classic tale, Where the Wild Things Are, is not only being released to the big screen October 16th, there is also a novelization based on the screenplay written by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze due to be released on October 1st. Mr. Eggers has stated that his 300 page book is somewhat derived [...]

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Judging a book by it's cover

by christine (booktumbling) on 15. Jul, 2009 in books general

Do you judge a book by it’s cover? I was recently meandering through one of my favorite bookstores and caught myself playing judge. I know I have probably passed by a wonderful story based on the first glance of the book’s cover. In turn, I have stopped to leaf through a book based solely [...]

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