Happy Valentine’s Day, bookworms! My gift to you? Book news! (You’re welcome.)
- Earlier this week, the British Library announced that it will make approximately 65,000 works of 19th-century literature, many of them first editions, available as e-books. Even better, the e-books will be free. That’s right – f-r-e-e, my favorite four-letter word. Works from Dickens, Austen (!!!) and Harding are among the books making the leap into the digital world.
- Over on The Book Lady’s Blog, Rebecca has a guest post about the trials and tribulations that come from working in a book store. The post is hilarious, if only for the truly mind-numbingly stupid people who find their way into a bookstore. Having been there myself in a previous part of my life, I can say without hesitation that people like this really do exist. And that scares me.
- First, Diablo Cody decided to take it to the big screen; now, St. Martins Press is reviving the Sweet Valley High series with a set of books about quintessential California twins, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, now 20-somethings in the “real” world. My 80′s nostalgia-loving inner child is jumping for joy.
- Wired Magazine has a cheeky look at which literary classics would make good video games. Inspired by an upcoming video game version of Dante’s Inferno, the magazine offers up their take on which classics should be next, including Huckleberry Finn, Gulliver’s Travels and The Grapes of Wrath. Personally, I think we should have a video game version of The Hunger Games – fight to death on screen!
- Speaking of the mega-popular series from Suzanne Collins, Scholastic released the cover art and title of the highly anticipated third and final book in the series. The book will be called Mockingjay (after the hybrid birds found on the other covers and spying on the rebels in the books) and features a somewhat little hued cover than the other books. Perhaps a nod to a happy ending? We’ll have to wait until August to find out, as Scholastic won’t be handing out ARCs this time around.
- If you’re a blogger and/or a writer looking for a place to proudly share your work, consider the new online magazine Drop of Ink. Started by my Internet friend Kim, Drop of Ink is currently accepting submissions in just about any category of writing for the spring edition.
- Lastly, I rarely promote my other blog (Ordinary Mer) here since the two are so different, but tomorrow, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I’ll be posting my favorite quotes on love and marriage from Jane Austen on OM. So you should check it out. Please?
Enjoy the long weekend!
