The list, care of AbeBooks.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
12 Unpublished Novels We Wish We Could Read
The list, care of Lit Reactor.
From said list...
'Prince Jellyfish' by Hunter S. Thompson
What we know: This was the Gonzo God's first attempt at The Great American Novel, written during his early 20s when he was still naive and optimistic. Or as naive and optimistic someone who had been kicked out of high school and served time for armed robbery could be. The Guardian described the book as "an autobiographical novel about a boy from Louisville, going to the big city and struggling against the dunces to make his way." [1] Sounds like quintessential Thompson. Unfortunately, nobody wanted to touch it. He abandoned it and moved to Puerto Rico to work on his second novel (which wouldn't be published until 1998), The Rum Diary.
Why we want to read it: It's a first novel written by a twenty-something, but it's a first novel written by a twenty-something Hunter S. Thompson. And The Rum Diary was pretty good.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The Bedtime Story Dying Out
The traditional bedtime story is dying out, a new study has suggested, as a third of parents reveal they never read their young children a story at night.
From a piece in the Telegraph...
Only 64 per cent of parents with children under seven read to them at all, while a mere one in five of those get a book out every night.
The study shows the average modern day child gets three bedtime stories a
week.
But a quarter of a million children aged seven or under – around four per cent
– do not own a single book.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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