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Hunting for Sheep

March 31, 2008

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  I have been hunting for sheep lately. I mean a wooly detective story starring sheep entitled Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. If you bring me the bounty, I might give you a prize. Below is the cute synopsis that reads like a farm fresh spin on the detective genre.

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Cover Crazy

March 28, 2008

    If you find yourself buying a book without reading the synopsis, the most probable cause is Chip Kidd. He has designed the books jackets of Michael Crichton, Dean Kootz, Haruki Murakami, James Ellroy and other famous authors. Aside from having a knack for visuals, he also has a talent for giving a laugh out loud lectures on design. You can see a sneak peak of his oddball humor below. It is a promotional video for his novel The Learners.


 

  Chip also spruced up his website and added his latest works like the one below.

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More Chip Kidd 

 Official Website

 Typo Berlin Lecture 

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Book love begins at The Bookshelf

March 27, 2008

  

   I think it is appropriate that we start our book love with the wisdom of Lemony Snicket. He is the author of the goth children’s book series A Series of Unfortunate Events.

    Below is a Snickism on literature from Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid.

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don’t read is often as important as what you do read. 

 

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Author Website: Lemony Snicket

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