MicroBookTweet: BETTER NATE THAN EVER by Tim Federle
Shop Indie Bookstores More info about Tim Federle: http://www.timfederle.com/ On Twitter: @TimFederle Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
Shop Indie Bookstores More info about Tim Federle: http://www.timfederle.com/ On Twitter: @TimFederle Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Love this. p.s. Warning: some of the language is not appropriate for younger listeners. (Thanks to Teleread for the link.)
After seven hours and five attempts, volunteers from the Seattle Public Library and local residents set up a total of 2,131 books to break the world record for the longest book domino chain. The event kicked off the library’s Summer Reading Program. Thanks to the Seattle Public Library, Book Patrol and King5.com for the info.)
This week’s incredibly prestigious Golden Marmot award goes to illustrator John Hendrix for his brilliant Twitter profile bio above. You can find out more about John at Johnhendrix.com and on Twitter at @hendrixart.
Shop Indie Bookstores Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Thanks so much to Emily Keyes, the 25,000th person to follow me on Twitter. Emily is a literary agent at L. Perkins Agency, and kindly agreed to answer a few questions for Inkygirl readers about her work and what she’s looking for. Q. How did you come to work at L. Perkins Agency? . . .
I had originally intended for this to be a quickie poll in my series of Informal Surveys/Polls About Writing, Reading and Publishing but realized that for a topic like this, there is no such thing as a quickie poll. The topic is clearly a pretty sensitive subject, and some people automatically assumed . . .
DOLL BONES Written by Holly Black Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster Children’s (May/2013) Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
I’m in the middle of reading DOLL BONES by Holly Black, illustrated by my friend Eliza Wheeler, and enjoying it so much that I find that I’m starting to purposely slow down my reading pace so the book will last longer. Comic originally posted on Writer Unboxed a few years ago.