Literary Sites of the Week: Best Books Lists
(Plus! Literary News of the Week!)
Literary Kitty points us to the venerable New York Times web space to illustrate our sites of the week: 100 Notable Books of 2011. Yes, believe it or not, it’s time for those ubiquitous end-of-the-year lists. “Paws” also says these other lists are also great!
Amazon.com’s Best Books of 2011
The Guardian’s Best Books of the Year
Esquire’s Best Books of the Year
Expect to see many more lists as the year winds down.
Literary Kitty also dropped off some other interesting URLs that we’re passing along. Time Magazine’s Veterans Affairs story for their latest issue is titled “For romance readers, a hardy man is good to find.” It’s about the trend away from paranormal Romances in favor of love tomes about our men in uniform. An accompanying video takes us to a Romance Novel cover shoot. (That one’s for you, Tory!)
The web editor at the Hillsdale (MI) College Collegian tells you why she thinks print books are better than e-books.
And, Cult of Mac says “Farenheit 451 Finally Comes to iBooks in a Format that Can Never Be Burned!” OK, there’s some interesting info on Ray Bradbury’s stance on e-books in this article, but we just want to point out…
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Facebook friend Jeanne writes:
“And by love stories about our men in uniform do you mean the Virgin River series by #1NYT bestseller Robyn Carr? Those books are all about honor and doing right by your neighbor — world would be better place if we all read them,”
Yep! Carr’s work is referenced in the Time article.