I love this song by Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors. One of the lines: “You are a novel in a sea of magazines.” So good.
Books Seen ‘Round the Web
There have been so many good articles about books, reading, and writing lately and I wanted to take a moment to share them all in one place:
There’s so much hype about some books, and so little about others. This list of 27 underrated books over on Buzzfeed helps rectify that, and it features one of my favorites, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Another good option listed is Firefly Lane
One of my new life goals is to become a Bibliotherapist. I had no idea such a thing existed, and now I think it’s my dream job. Recommend books to people to help them get through tought times or make big life changes? Sign me up!
Someone needs to buy me this map created using famous fictional places.
Growing up a book nerd had its ups and downs. Ups: escaping to awesome places, never being bored, having all your teachers like how quietly you sat in class and read. Downs: people picked on you. A lot. Buzzfeed caputred most of those up and down and inbetween feelings in this article.
I’m slowly jumping on the podcast bandwagon, but these 8 literary podcasts might just push me over the edge.
You can take a quiz to find out what your reading personality is. I’m apparently an “aesthete,” which means:
Plot and pacing are less important to you than the originality of the author’s imagination and use of language. You revere writers whose words can exalt everyday experience into a shareable sublimeness.”
That map is awesome! I think that’d be perfect for a little writing/ desk area!
I’m apparently an “Endurance Reader,” which means “…you don’t mind tackling epics or long sagas that cover varied terrain and multiple generations. Covering so much ground appeals to you because you enjoy the sensation of slowly compassing the distance you cross, enfolding the landscape into yourself.”
Which I feel is pretty accurate, but ironically all the books they picked for me sound too philosophical — I’ve never really been interested in Knausgaard or Proust.
Ha! Maybe there should be a sub-category: Endurance Reader: Fantasy. Then you’d get Tolkein and GoT. :)
i can’t tell you how i squealed when i saw firefly lane on that list from buzzfeed. i adore kristen hannah (have you read night road?) and firefly lane was just a big old swoon of reading for me. i just saw that there’s a second one the other day and sort of want to read it but am a little nervous i won’t be as invested in it as i was the first…
THERE’S A SECOND FIREFLY LANE? HOW?
Seriously – I want to know this.
I’ve only ever read “The Winter Garden” by Hannah, aside from Firefly, of course. Oh! I lied. I also read “Home Front.” I’ll add “Night Road” to my list!
I’ll have to check that one at the library when I’m ready for aeothnr cry. I need something funny this week. I’m thinking I may revisit Patty Jane’s House of Curl. Lorna Landvik is super funny!