Author Archives: kara

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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 September 2, 2012 by kara

After finishing the final word of relentless page-turner, Gone Girl, I moved immediately on to whatever else Gillian Flynn wrote. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

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Posted on August 30, 2012 by kara

God, this book is so good. (gone girl)

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this looks good

Posted on August 19, 2012 by kara

from Indie Bound: Let’s talk about secession. Not exactly the most suitable cocktail party conversation starter anywhere in the country, but take that notion deep into the heart of Dixie and you might find yourself running from the possum-hunting conservatives, … Continue reading →

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Books Written in DNA Code

Posted on August 17, 2012 by kara

Scientists who encoded the book say it could soon be cheaper to store information in DNA than in conventional digital devices. from guardianuk Scientists have for the first time used DNA to encode the contents of a book. At 53,000 … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on August 16, 2012 by kara

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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Posted on August 5, 2012 by kara

What if you had an eccentric old uncle who handed you the keys to a rundown turn-of-the-century library? from oldhouseonline: Left over from a turn-of-the-century summer colony, this library remained surprisingly unaltered. Now it has been restored outside and updated inside … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 1, 2012 by kara

  Doing some heavy reading at work.

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Patriotic Radical

Posted on July 31, 2012 by kara

America’s most controversial writer Gore Vidal has died…. First things first, Vidal HATED the Bush’s. All of them. He called W a “cretin”. He was a  ferocious, and often isolated, critic of the Bush administration. In his controversial polemic, ‘The Enemy Within’, … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on July 9, 2012 by kara

I just started Sheila Heti’s new book and am taking the bold step of talking about it before finishing it. The novel, about a female playwright obsessed with becoming the world’s most famous genius, has been reviewed by James Wood in The … Continue reading →

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RIP Nora Ephron

Posted on June 26, 2012 by kara

 

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