News
- Johan Jaaffar: A paean to the old-fashioned creation... books (The New Straits Times)
WE are reading more, not less, but not reading books. We spend more time reading "materials" on the Internet. The good news is the Internet has rekindled a new interest in "reading". Interneters (I didn't coin that word, OK) spend hours surfing, hopping from one item to the next, jumping from one website to another with ease. - Bookreporter.com -- Beach Bag of Books (Book Reporter)
It wouldn't be summer without sun, surf and sizzling reading. You supply the beach chair and the sunblock, and we'll provide the fantastic fiction in our Fourth Annual Beach Bag of Books feature and contests. - Review: Four new books on the first world war (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite being nearly a century away, we still see the first world war with the pain and the passion evident in four new books, writes Francis Beckett - Readers compete in ‘Battle of the Books’ (Leavenworth Times)
Lansing fifth grade students competed in several rounds of the “Battle of the Books” competition on Wednesday before moving on to the semi-final and final rounds in front of the entire Intermediate School. - Audit Alleges Center Point Librarian Sold Books on Internet (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
DES MOINES (AP) - A state audit is raising questions about a small town librarian. The audit claims Donna Turner was selling books from the Center Point Library on the Internet and pocketing some of the money. - Books: Old memories awakened (Rocky Mount Telegram)
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton; Atria Books; 480 pages; $24.95.