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Notes From My (Book)shelf: Week of April 23, 2012

Roxanne Coady | Posted 04.24.2012

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Since there is an astonishing amount of information out there, I thought it might be fun to share with you items I have noticed, learned or was curious about in the past week.

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YA Books Adults Will Love

Leah Konen | Posted 04.02.2012

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Author Joel Stein argues that adults should read books written for adults, and stay away from any book marketed to children and teens, while Lev Grossman offers a defense of the genre, praising its rich storytelling, descriptive clarity and more. Our take: Why not read for yourself and decide?

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Titanic Titles for Tots and Teens (SLIDESHOW)

Rocco Staino | Posted 04.30.2012

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April 14th marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Over the last century the disaster has spawned numerous books. Here is a collection of a dozen titles you and your young Titanic buffs may enjoy.

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Zoë Triska | Posted 02.27.2012

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This is our new weekly series, The Book We're Talking About. At the start of each week, we'll tell you about a recent release that is getting a lot of...

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Top 10 Young Adult Fantasy Books You Should Read

Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.16.2012

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With The Hunger Games movie coming out in March, the frenzy for young adult fiction has reached an all-time high. For those of you who still haven't read young adult books, here are a few suggestions.

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Foxy Lady -- A Review of Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox

Joseph Sutton | Posted 03.14.2012

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Oyeyemi excellently juggles a wide variety of narrators throughout the book, keeping the text always fresh; and stories vary greatly from sweet to foreboding and -- perhaps I am a tad bit sensitive -- sometimes horrifying.

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So You Want a Career in Intelligence: The Real Reading List

Alma Katsu | Posted 11.21.2011

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Intelligence work has its own particular demands and a unique culture. I often thought aspirants would be better served if we could give them a taste of what the job was really like.

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Wrecking Recs: Go to the Bookstore!

Rachael Berkey | Posted 10.31.2011

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At least once a month, I get email from a friend asking for a recommendation. The friend in question has finished a book and cannot decide on what to read next. They've come to me for inspiration.

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A Pandora For Books?

Zoe Triska | Posted 10.17.2011

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Pandora revolutionized music listeners' experiences by recommending songs you might like based on your music preferences. Could there at last be a Pan...

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Books Are Better...In Bed?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.25.2011

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You know that joke that shows everything's better when you add "in bed" to the end? The same can be said for books, according to a report by Sony rel...

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Need Advice On What To Read? Ask The Internet

nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Netflix uses a software algorithm to recommend movies and Zappos uses one to recommend shoes. Now Goodreads, the social network for book lovers, is in...

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HuffPost Readers' Picks

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new year brings the opportunity for new books. And we want to know what you're excited about reading. Yesterday we asked on Facebook and Twitter ...

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Reading In Public

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the ingenious way to get real life book recommendations: spying on people reading in public. You can read reviews all you like, but you will neve...

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Some Recommended Titles for LGBTQ Young Adults

Sarah McCarry | Posted 05.25.2011

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No longer angst-ridden stories of encountering violent homophobia or coming out to a hateful family, plenty of young adult novels allow their queer characters to be teenagers like any other.

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6 'Flashlight Worthy' Children's Books to Read After You Finish Mockingjay (PHOTOS)

Peter Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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In running Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations, we're about as expert as they come when it comes to recommending books. We offer the following short list of children's books fit for grownups.

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Book Recommendations

guardian.co.uk | Posted 12.08.2011

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All of this raises a number of rather disquieting existential questions. Does this mean, when a fellow book lover gives you a book you hate, the perso...

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Librarian Recommends 9 Fantastic 'Under The Radar' Reads

NPR | By Diana Athill | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a librarian and a reader, my goal is always to ferret out (and introduce other readers to) books -- both fiction, poetry, and nonfiction -- that ar...

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The 5 Best Book Recommendation Websites

lifehacker.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's disappointing to haul a book home from the library or shell out hard-earned cash at the bookstore only to settle in at home and find you don't en...

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Book Recommendations: Harder Than You Think

Salon | Patrick Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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So many books, so little time, as coffee mugs are always telling us, so how do you decide what to read next? Most people rely on word of mouth from tr...

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Want To Find New Books?

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are about 120,000 books published every year, and that's far too many for anyone to make an informed choice. You need some kind of recommendatio...

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Christmas Presents 2009: Under-The-Radar Gift Books

NPR | Nancy Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011

When it comes time to take stock of the year in books, it's inevitable that a few titles will escape notice in the rush to hand out accolades. Here ar...

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How Many Books Do You Read a Week?

Carole Baron | Posted 05.25.2011

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My only regret sometimes is that I read so many unpublished works that are submitted to me as an editor, that I don't have time to read all the published books that interest me. But I try, how I try...

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