John Green's tumblr: Why Libraries Are Different From Piracy
Yesterday on twitter, I expressed annoyance with the hundreds of people who send me emails or tumblr messages or whatever to let me know that they illegally downloaded one of my books, as if they expect me to reply with my hearty congratulations that they are technologically sophisticated enough…
Why Reading Matters [BBC]. Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading, something most of us take for granted, unlocks remarkable powers. Carter explains how the classic novel Wuthering Heights allows us to step inside other minds and understand the world from different points of view, and she wonders whether the new digital revolution could threaten the values of classic reading.
(Source: youtube.com, via bookmania)
For a while, Emma takes up with a terrible arse-scratching failed comedian called Ian (in the film, he’s played, scene-stealingly, by Rafe Spall). ‘Yes, it’s funny: when I was writing the novel, I thought Ian would be a Rafe Spall part. There’s a lot of me in Ian. I had the same lapses of taste, the same terrible flat, the same gaucheness.’
—David Nicholls, Guardian interview (via fuckyeahrafespall)
100 Best First Lines from Novels - American Book Review
They forgot Fear and Loathing (“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.”) I’m partial to HST, you see.
But, still a pretty good list.
The Fine Art of Recommending Books
*Addendum: Do not under any circumstances ever suggest reading anything by Stephanie Meyer or Dean Koontz.
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
