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Moomintroll, Too-Ticky, and Me [The Fountain 360 in 365]
2011 at 5am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
The Fountain 360 in 365 is a year-long project for which I am reading one book from every section of my partner indie Fountain Bookstore, selected for me by its booksellers.
If “me” was the only word in the title of this post you understood, I know how you feel. I too was once ignorant of the wonderful creatures in Tove Jansson’s Moominland series, which was originally published in Finland in the 1960s and has been re-released by Macmillan imprint Square Fish. Ignorant, that is, until wise and widely-read Fountain regular Joe B. told me about the children’s books he couldn’t stop reading. Joe is an honorary member of the Fountain Bookstore family, so we bent the rules on the project, and off I ran with Moominland Midwinter.
I asked Joe to write a few sentences about why he recommended this book, and I’m happy to share his “moominblurb” with you now.
From page one the impression grew on me that the characters are unique in their wry, wise philosophy of life. The story has no villains or monsters but deals with the most basic fears and concerns: loneliness, darkness and the unknown and the decent hearted hippo-ish hero faces them and in the end finds comfort in family and the return of warmth and Spring. I especially liked the character of his understanding dear mamma.Illustrations abound and perfectly fit the mood and complement the text.
Joe also said that his liking was “intuitive” because the book is “just so right in its mix of shameless sentiment and rough ‘home truths.’” So, what’s it about? Read more
Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Rebecca.
2011 at 9am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
Don’t let the Sunday Salon icon fool you. I am totally writing this on Saturday so I can spend all day Sunday lazing about and reading. Reading! I’m ridiculously excited about the prospects, as I’ve barely managed to read 150 pages all week, and it’s been so long since I wrote a review that I think I might have forgotten how.
But this week wasn’t a total wash, not by any stretch. I’ve been working on coordinating prizes for FridayReads (and if you’re on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, or all three, I hope you’re participating each week), reading manuscripts for the James River Writers Best Unpublished Novel contest (okay, so I *have* been reading, but it doesn’t really count because I can’t write about or discuss it), and working with some awesome new social media consulting clients. Read more
Share a Discussible Book and Win $100!
2011 at 10am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
My friend Barbara Mead is the brains (and beauty! Hi, Babs.) behind the superfabulous readers’ resource that is Reading Group Choices. RGC provides book recommendations, discussion guides, and about a zillion other useful tools, lists, and ideas for readers and book groups. And now they’re giving away money! Seriously.
All you have to do is talk about your favorite discussible book of 2010 in the Reading Group Choices survey. And when you complete the short survey, Reading Group Choices they will enter your name into a random drawing for $100 to jazz up your next get-together! Tell all your reading group friends – 5 lucky groups will win!
Complete your entry by March 20th, and Reading Group Choices will announce the winners in their April e-newsletter.
Good luck!
Bookrageous Episode 13: Sexrageous
2011 at 5am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
Two and a half years of blogging and I FINALLY get to put SEX at the top of a post. Oh, dreams really do come true.
This week, Christina from Stacked joined Josh, Jenn, and me for a most ‘rageous discussion of books on/about/with sex, and trust me folks, we could have gone MUCH longer. Enjoy the embedded player below, subscribe on iTunes (and we’d love it if you’d write a review), and let us know what you’d like to hear about in the future. And please, oh please, leave comments about your favorite books on this topic. We’d love to do a follow-up.
Show notes (including all books discussed) after the jump. Read more
