Lights! Camera! Austen! The Five Best Screen Adaptations

November 14, 2011

There have been ten English-language television and screen versions of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice alone in addition to movies and books clearly inspired by what is arguably Miss Austen’s most famous work (think the movie Bride and Prejudice and the novel Pride, Prejudice and Zombies). In a recent made-for-DVD movie called The 12 Men [...]

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Famous Plagiarists and Their Copycat Ideas

May 26, 2011

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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The Possessed, by Elif Batuman

April 8, 2011

You might remember that I received Ms Batuman’s book as a Christmas gift, a gift that I had hoped would spur me to actually read a Russian novels. It was up to her: could she convince me to actually read past the opening 18 pages of Anna Karenina, figure out which Alexi is which, and [...]

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Show Me Your Shelves – Liza

March 21, 2011

Last week I introduced my newest project, Show Me Your Shelves in which you send me pictures of your books and I examine them, provide any book reviews, and comment in an otherwise willy-nilly manner. Please welcome: Liza L. from Taylors, SC From Liza: I don’t have actual bookshelves so my hardcover books sit on [...]

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Week of Books: March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011

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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