The Bookkeeper

While stumbling around the net I came across this short article about how bad e-books are for your brain – supposedly. Should I be worried, ? This is the original (longer) article on The Christian Science Monitor.

If you are unsure what to read today you might want to have a look at Whichbook. Choose the content, length, etc. with various sliders and see what suggestions whichbook comes up with. It links to an excerpt and lists similar books as well. Worth a try if you are desperate.

I stumbled about this absolutely brilliant website yesterday. If you want to read at work, but are afraid that you get caught red handed, just have a look at Read at Work! It looks like Windows XP and all texts are organized in folders on the desktop. Emily Dickinson or F. Scott Fitzgerald as Powerpoint [...]

Today I stumbled around a bit and found an extraordinary book along the way. The owner of My blahg posted this book called “I’m glad I’m a boy! I’m glad I’m a girl!” from 1970 (that’s the most amazing thing about it. It should be from the 50s really). You can have a look at [...]

A few nice and interesting web sites I found on the net. The top ten literary hoaxes Find out more about some stories too good to be true. Untitled A poem The saddest bear of all A short story with beautiful illustrations Two sentences Too bad they are only two sentences. I’d like to know [...]

Today I stumbled upon… An anthology of Middle English Literature.  You can spend hours and hours there. Lots to discover. What do Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker have in common? Find it out here. If you use Windows Live Writer, this might be helpful: Live Writer Tips info on Live Writer update Blog this in [...]

Today I stumbled upon… this Fortune cookie. Love it. Want to hide something? How to make a hollow book to create a little place for your screts. Just some Handsome books to look at. Don’t like the happy Disney fairy tales? Here are some Gruesome fairy tale origins with not so friendly endings. Lots of [...]

Today I stumbled upon… …an entry about the book "Bibliotheken" (Libraries) by Candida Höfer at The Nonist. The book contains photos of libraries from all over the world. The pictures are pure eye candy. On top of it the book contains an essay by Umberto Eco, a treat in itself. If you would like to [...]

I only discovered stumble upon recently and found some interesting things through it, that’d like to share.   The Forbidden Library. There I learned the most astonishing fact about "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss. The book was challenged in some California town school district for criminalizing the foresting industry. Truth is: "The Lorax" is a [...]