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Culture Buzz Were you the kid reading Catcher In The Rye, did you go through a really bitter Lord Of The Flies phase, how many times were you forced to read The Great Gatsby? We want to know what your favorite book was and why!
Culture Buzz You should never judge a book by it's cover. Unless it's these books. Then you should definitely judge them.
Celebrity Buzz Before anyone gets up in arms, when was the last time you read to kids at a grade school? Yeah, I thought so. Sasha Grey, who retired from adult films two years ago, reads to first and third graders at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California. Some of the parents freaked out and the school actually denied this ever happened. But then TMZ found these photos.
TV Buzz Louis CK likes to read Mark Twain to his kids at bedtime. Well, sort of. (via.)
From Channel 4's “Saturday Zoo” in the UK. Air date 1/30/93. (via neatorama.com)
Can't decide on a summer read yet? Sit right back and let this handy flowchart do all the work for you! (via twitter.com)
Culture Buzz This intriguing series of ads for a used bookstore in Lithuania encourages readers to really lose themselves in a good book. (Via)
This is very serious business indeed. (Note: I was unable to date this particular image, but this advice was circulating as early as 1895. OK, history lesson over!)
Shouldn’t you be encouraging your kid’s dreams? Not according to Joseph Smets, who takes a more realistic approach to teaching kids to make more practical choices in life. When did practical ever get anyone anywhere?
Culture Buzz Happy International Literacy Day! What were your favorite childhood books? [Note: Technically ILD was yesterday, but there's a case to be made that literacy is still important. Add your favorites below!]
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With more people choosing to buy books online, a Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side prepared to close early next year.
The surprising true story of Canadian novelist Howard Engel, who woke up one morning to find that he could still write but was no longer able to read. (Via.)
http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBooks/book-design-colle...
These totally make me wish I knew how to read. :( (Via TurtleFeed.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/nyregion/06reading.html...
Even if they are wedged into a corner, New York's subway riders still manage to read. And they read just about everything.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123...
After 26 years, Reading Rainbow will end due to lack of funding.
No, seriously. It took just six weeks for trainer Lyssa Rosenberg to teach Willow to sit, beg, and play dead simply from reading the commands on a piece of paper. After winning a bet that she couldn't actually teach Willow to read, Rosenberg will now be traveling to Mexico (with Willow) on her friend's dime. And that's why you get a dog, people.
Poor dude's just sitting on the porch, reading his book, when his hilarious girlfriend slaps him with her bloody tampon. Ha-ha! But she was just joking! Honey? Well, suffice to say honey's not laughing.
Kevin Smith has a new reality series on AMC called “Comic Book Men.”…
