Book Reviews & The Written Word » Sounding Smart (without being smart) http://www.writtenword.com Without the Written Word, books wouldn't even exist. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:56:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Famous Plagiarists and Their Copycat Ideas http://www.writtenword.com/famous-plagiarists-and-their-copycat-ideas/ http://www.writtenword.com/famous-plagiarists-and-their-copycat-ideas/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:45:32 +0000 Doug Quixote http://www.writtenword.com/?p=3296 In the creative world, we all know it’s hard to come up with a truly unique idea. That’s why it diminishes the credibility of someone’s work when we find out it was plagiarized. From writing book reports to creating Billboard chart-topping singles, dipping into someone else’s intellectual property will get you in deep trouble. Just [...]

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]]> http://www.writtenword.com/show-me-your-shelves-liza/feed/ 2 Week of Books: March 11, 2011 http://www.writtenword.com/week-of-books-march-11-2011/ http://www.writtenword.com/week-of-books-march-11-2011/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:59:28 +0000 Derwood Hunsdale-Talbot http://www.writtenword.com/?p=3186 This week in book news and book reviews: _ _ _ _ A new hotel in Paris that is literary-themed, with prose on the walls and full works on the shelves. _ _ _ _ Hanging book mobiles and sculptures made from the pages of books. _ _ _ _ The Maven of Macabre, Edward [...]

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]]> http://www.writtenword.com/week-of-books-march-11-2011/feed/ 0 Show Me Your Shelves http://www.writtenword.com/show-me-your-shelves/ http://www.writtenword.com/show-me-your-shelves/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:51:14 +0000 Derwood Hunsdale-Talbot http://www.writtenword.com/?p=3188 Welcome to Show Me Your Shelves, in which, unlike the title suggests, you do not send me photos of your breasts, but rather a snap shot of your bookshelves. I will rate your taste, pick out my most and least favorites, comment on any other decorations, and decide whether or not we could be friends [...]

Show Me Your Shelves is a post from the book review site Written Word.

]]> http://www.writtenword.com/show-me-your-shelves/feed/ 2 4 Ways to Get Through a Book You Don’t Enjoy http://www.writtenword.com/4-ways-keep-reading/ http://www.writtenword.com/4-ways-keep-reading/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:05:00 +0000 Derwood Hunsdale-Talbot http://www.writtenword.com/?p=3164 I suppose #1 on the list should be Stop Reading the Book You Don’t Enjoy, but we all know that isn’t always possible. Sometimes you just have to get through it, be it for a comp lit seminar, because your new boyfriend gave you his favorite book and can’t wait to discuss the ending with [...]

4 Ways to Get Through a Book You Don’t Enjoy is a post from the book review site Written Word.

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