Friday Round-Up

Each week I round-up all the (mostly book-related) articles/blog posts/book reviews/websites/videos that entertained me during the week. Enjoy!

Let's just get this out of the way, shall we? Ira Glass Sex Tape (Spoof) 

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Occupy library in London via Publishing Perspectives

Better late than never: The 2011 National Book Award Finalists were announced (with a little bit of YA controversy).

Thank you to 100 Scope Notes for bringing this to my attention:

• "Youth librarian Lucas Maxwell at the Tantallon Public Library in Nova Scotia, Canada came up with a good idea to celebrate the 10th birthday of his branch. I’ll let him tell it:

To celebrate our 10th birthday this month I wrote to a bunch of
authors, asking them to write a letter back, addressed to the youth of
this area outlining the benefits of reading and libraries in general."

• Check them out here.

A short but sweet article about Icelandic author Sjón from Publishing Perspectives.

I kinda agree with MTV on this one: "Six Horrible Books to See On Your New Girlfriend's Bookshelf"

Books About Poverty

Girl With a Dragon Tattoo-inspired clothing line by H&M. Um...I'm glad y'all were inspired and all...but didn't this look already happen back-in-the-day? You know, "grunge"? 'Cause I'm pretty sure I remember that...can't be the only one.

Blog/Website 

The Books They Gave Me, a blog detailing the books you've received from your lover(s).
I surprised myself by realizing there was only one who gave me books that I still cherish. Thanks, St.

Bookseller I'd Like to F*** is a column written by Lacey Dunham. In particular, I'm a fan of her "10 Myths About Bookselling". Among many many others.

BookLamp.org is for books what Pandora is for music. Almost. It's close. It's getting there. And I did add 3 new books to my TBR list before I decided to take a break. So it does work.

Children's Books

Top 10 Pulse-Racing Adventure Books thanks to The Guardian.

Also in The Guardian: "Reading with Kids"

Movie

Mourir Aupres de Toi (To Die By Your Side) filmed in Shakespeare & Co., the famous Parisian bookstore.

Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die by Your Side) by Spike Jonze from Léonard Cohen on Vimeo.

Publishers

I gush about Penguin Books and their designs so much, you'd think I was getting a commission. (I'm not, but hey Penguin, I'm open to the idea.) They've created a new series of books called "Great Foods" that explores the past 400 years of good food writing. That's right: 400 years. Think they didn't make good food back then? Think they couldn't write well about good food back then? Think again.

Tattoos

New meaning to "don't judge a book by its cover".