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More great stuff over at Bookshelf

September 5, 2008

I was about to post about a couple of things I quite liked over Bookshelf, but then decided I should just give the whole blog a bit of a plug.
The blog Bookshelf as you might expect, features mainly bookshelves along with other assorted book related pieces. While some of them don’t appeal to me, I [...]

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Beautiful bookends

August 23, 2008

These have to be some of the most beautiful and original bookends I have ever seen. 
 

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More great stuff over at Bookshelf

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Make your own origami bookmark

August 20, 2008

Another DIY bookmark from instructables, an origami one this time.

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Fall-on-the-floor-proof bookmark

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Fall-on-the-floor-proof bookmark

August 18, 2008

Instructables.com user knarx has posted a simple bookmark that uses an elastic loop to easily attach it to your book. It won’t fall out when you drop, throw, or otherwise mistreat your book.
OK, so it’s not going to change the world, but I thought its simplicity made it a good idea.

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Insomniac linkage
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Banned book bracelets

August 8, 2008

Do you feel like wearing your love of banned books on your sleeve? Or perhaps just near the end of your sleeve? Here in Australia, I am not conscious of as many efforts to ban books or have them removed from schools and public libraries as I read about in the States. But if you want [...]

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Insomniac linkage

July 27, 2008

I am currently wide awake in the middle of the night. In order to see some benefit from this, I’ll share a few things that have been open in my browser for the last few days:

The Globe and Mail has an article about why reading fiction is good for us. Just in case me telling [...]

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Literary action figures

July 24, 2008

Some people laugh at me when I tell them I have a librarian action figure on my desk at work. She has a push button “shushing” action too. They usually stop laughing when I tell them I also have the deluxe librarian action figure. For the record, the action figure is based on real life [...]

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