Author Archives: kara

About kara

We know our letters just fine, and we know our numbers to a certain point, but books were always the realm of four-eyed poindexters with bowler hats and cravats. That’s why it pleases us so that America’s proud illiterates are finally stepping up and pushing back against the crushing tide of education that threatens to swallow us all into its gaping maw of checked facts. Champions of the Ignorantiat will not like it here.

1776 or BUST!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by kara

Dark Ages, Take 2: Score another WIN for Liberty! Brave patriots from various Kentucky counties have been rescued from the tyranny of public libraries (until today, considered an essential part of having an educated and literate populace).

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On the Nightstand

Posted on September 6, 2013 by kara

  Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan Publication Date: November 13, 2012

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Great Snacks in Literature

Posted on September 6, 2013 by kara

Harriet the Spy’s Tomato Sandwich When I was a kid, there were exactly three girl sleuths on American bookshelves. Nancy Drew, with her sweater sets and ladies who lunch, Trixie Belden, with her horse and her “Moms”, and Harriet M. … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 4, 2013 by kara

This awesome literary endeavor from my friend Seth Madej is worth reading even if you aren’t a James Bond fanaticbagger. When you’re done, you can read about PONIES. via sethmad.com I READ ALL 3000 PAGES OF IAN FLEMING’S GROOVY 007 OEUVRE … Continue reading →

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I Wanted a Pony.

Posted on September 2, 2013 by kara

for Elli – for whom I will buy a pony someday I wanted a pony so bad. And I didn’t have one. So I compulsively read books about girls who DID have ponies. There’s no big secret to the “pony … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 4, 2013 by kara

My two favorite things: books and food. These tableaue are from an American graphic design student named Dinah Fried, titled  Fictitious Dishes. Dinah Fried has focused her lens on dishes in Oliver Twist, The Catcher in the Rye, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Girl with … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on July 31, 2013 by kara

Monster Love by Carol Topolski Fig Tree Publishing, 2008

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Posted on July 25, 2013 by kara

  Stump the Bookseller Have you forgotten the title of your favorite children’s book? Stump the Bookseller is a website that helps solve your book mysteries.  

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On the NIghtstand

Posted on July 25, 2013 by kara

  The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls  

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Posted on July 24, 2013 by kara

they aint cheap, but they are beautiful. folio society books

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