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.

On the Nightstand

Posted on November 17, 2012 by kara

Sister By Rosamund Lupton (Crown, Hardcover, 9780307716514, 336pp.) Publication Date: June 7, 2011  

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Posted on November 9, 2012 by kara

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On the Nightstand

Posted on November 5, 2012 by kara

Night by Elie Wiesel; Marion Wiesel (Translator) Publication date: January 16, 2006

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Posted on October 31, 2012 by kara

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13 Books that Ruined my Childhood.

Posted on October 28, 2012 by kara

  Growing up, my siblings and I were allowed to watch: cartoons, H.R. Pufnstuf, Batman, and  Little House on the Prairie. I was prone to nightmares, so this was probably a good thing. When it came to books, on the … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on October 19, 2012 by kara

  Life After Death By Damien Echols (Blue Rider Press, Google eBook, Tjo4zDPEiH0C)Publication Date: September 2012  

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On the Nightstand

Posted on September 30, 2012 by kara

  Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Publication Date: September, 2006 I don’t know what I’m going to do after I finish Gillian Flynn’s last book.

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Posted on September 26, 2012 by kara

The Penguin is sick of being swindled! The New York publisher lodged a complaint with the New York State Supreme Court this week, citing several prominent writers failure to deliver books for which they received hefty contractual advances. Book deal advances are contracts … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 22, 2012 by kara

Nigella Lawson, cookbook author and Food Network celebrity, in her home library. via beautiful-libraries

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Posted on September 2, 2012 by kara

When Sally shows up at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, she wears a Spring flowery Vera style shift dress and she brings with her Nancy Drew and The Clue of the Black Keys. Published in 1951, the mystery is the 28th in … Continue reading →

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