The Independent has a headline sure to warm the cockles of an English professor's heart: "Shakespeare has more friends than J.K. Rowling." The article refers to the work of http://www.allfacebook.com, which compiled a list of authors ranked according to their number of friends on Facebook:Stephen King (1,302,973 fans)Nicholas Sparks (506,300)George Orwell (399,403)Shakespeare (356,920)Nora Roberts (290,836)Stephenie … Continue reading Popularity Index
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Bink and Gollie is a powerhouse of a kid's book. It was written by Alison McGhee and Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Tony Fucile. The stories and the language are charming, and the pictures are as quirky and energetic as the title characters. All that star power has paid off: Bink and Gollie is on … Continue reading Best Pictures
The Biggest Book of the Fall
Beginning with a chance encounter with the beautiful Eliza June Watermark and ending, four days and 900 pages later, with the Events of November 17, this is the story of Gurion Maccabee, age ten: a lover, a fighter, a scholar, and a truly spectacular talker. Expelled from three Jewish day-schools for acts of violence and … Continue reading The Biggest Book of the Fall
Musings from Magers and Quinn 