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Cover Discover: Birds
Today's Cover Discover focuses on covers who feature birds in some way - illustrations, silhouettes, photographs. What do you think of these? The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater Savage Girl: A Novel by Jean Zimmerman A Bird on Water Street by Elizabeth O. Dulemba Burn by Julianna Baggott The Help by Kathryn Stockett Waking the Buddha: How the Most Dynamic and Empowering Buddhist Movement in History is Changing Our Concept of Religion by Clark Strand The Nightmare…
T R E A S U R E F I E L D
My view of art, illustration, and photography (with a thought or two thrown in) --to remember the beauty that inspires me and to show that I do, indeed, have good taste ;) Most of the works you'll find here are not my own, unless otherwise noted. I have a huge respect for artists and try to...
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Bone People
The Bone People. Not an easy book, but a great one.
Literary Awards
Wikipedia has an awesome page where it lists what must be all of the literary prizes, cos there are loads!! They are categorised by All Nations Eligible, Awards by Language, Awards by Region, Awards by Country and Awards by Genre ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_awards .) There is also another page that lists all the poetry awards of which there are a surprisingly large number ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poetry_awards .) The first four awards in the All Nations…
The Secret History
White Teeth- currently reading
My Thoughts: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy has sat glaring at me on my shelves for a good 8 years. On at least 2 or 3 occasions I have started it and given up quickly. I'm one of those people who love the sense of satisfaction of finishing a book, so a 1500 page book is always a struggle. Determined to finally read it I organised a read-a-long on bookcrosing.com where we read a section a week (sections are on average 70-100 pages long. I'm not only excited that I finished the book but that I also managed to host it on…
Wonderpug Graphics™ curated by Carolann DeMatos
Live with reckless abandon. Surround yourself with art. Life is short, eat more Cheetos.