Insomniac linkage
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 you so wasn’t enough.
- BestCollegesOnline.com have posted a list of what they consider to be the 25 most modern libraries in the world. Apparently, “Libraries aren’t just musty places to store books with librarians shushing anyone who makes a peep.”
- ReaderGear.com has come across a little rack that lets you read in the bath. Of course none of you would dream of risking this with a library book would you?
- Bookhuddle.com is a new entrant in the LibraryThing/Shelfari/etc genre of websites to list your books and interact with other readers. I’ve only had a very brief look and don’t think that it will take me away from LibraryThing at the moment. One thing I notice is a very strong Amazon connection. Amazon reviews, ratings, and descriptions appear in the book details pages and there are links to buy the books. It also automatically sets up a few “lists” for you, like “books I have read”, “books I own”, “books I want to read” etc. You can make more lists of course.
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Literary action figures
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 librarian Nancy Pearl.
If you have an urge to own your own literary action figure but librarians aren’t your thing, you can choose from Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, or Edgar Allan Poe. See them all here. If you want a non-book related action figure, you can also grab Marie Antoinette, Houdini, Sigmund Freud, and plenty more.
