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The Family That Swims Together, Reads Together

by Bethanne 09:11 AM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advoacte
This week I'm away on vacation with my family, but that doesn't mean I've stopped reading -- It just means that they've started! Here's a peek into our bookish beach bags. Read more...
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What's On Your Nightstand?: The Semi-Regular Feature Continues

by Bethanne 10:23 AM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
Sometimes I ask and get dozens of answers. Sometimes I ask and only I answer. But there's no WRONG answer... Read more...
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Man on the Moon, Between Two Covers

by Bethanne 03:05 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
Last week, I got to meet Buzz Aldrin. Here's why you might want to get to know him a little better yourself, in two new books he's written. Read more...
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The Lure of Mythical Lands: "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman

by Bethanne 06:55 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
A new novel prompts me to consider why we all love to escape to wholly made-up places. Read more...
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Reading, More or Less

by Bethanne 04:24 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
A critic confesses that his attention span for books isn't what it used to be. If he has this problem, what hope is there for Mr. Bethanne? Read more...
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Coals to Newcastle: So Many Books, So Little Storage

by Bethanne 07:55 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate
I receive books on my doorstep every day. Sounds great, right? It is. But it can get to the point where you can construct furniture from them... Read more...
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Book Babe Summit: When Virtual Life Spills into Real Life

by Bethanne 05:38 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
Over the weekend, two of my friends from Twitter took a road trip to see me, and in an instant, their little avatars became real women with lots and lots and lots of bookish stories to share. Read more...
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Literary Earworms

by Bethanne 04:40 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
We've all had an earworm at one time or another -- those songs or lyrics or jingles that you just can't stop hearing long after you've switched off your radio or iPod. But what about wordy earworms? Read more...
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Dear Book: It's Not You, It's Me

by Bethanne 04:28 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate, the readers' advocate
If you've never been dumped with the words "It's not you, it's me," count yourself lucky. Those aren't fun words to hear. But when it comes to reading material, sometimes the words are truer than you might think. Read more...
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The Well-Dressed Book

by Bethanne 06:42 PM
Categories: the reader's advocate
Once upon a time, no book would be seen in public without a properly fitted jacket. Nowadays, despite fantastic new innovations in paper engineering, book jackets -- yea, their very covers -- are in danger of disappearing altogether. Is this wise? Read more...
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