The Things You Can Read: Buzzfeed

The Things You Can Read welcomes you and thanks you for your readership. We, here at The Things You Can Read, ask your help, if you visit our site regularly, please follow us either via email or Google Friend Connect. Launched on June 7, 2012, our site has already attracted a great deal of attention. One of the goals of the site is to feature reviews of Children's Picture Books, Young Adult novels and Adult Literary Fiction/Nonfiction. A second goal for the blog is to be a resource for teachers of English and writing--with examples of student created writing, writing tips, resource links, and the opportunity to pick the brain of a seasoned English teacher. To spice things up...every now and then, we'll also include random quotes and thoughts on education and life in general, but our ultimate goal is to reach out into the blogosphere and be a "Book Whisperer" and "Writing Whisperer" to children and adults of all ages. Thank you for your readership. Here is to a lifetime filled with reading and writing.

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Bookish Article: 19 dilemmas every book lover has faced at least once

Question: Do you start a new book, even when you are in the middle of five others? This was one of Buzzfeed's "19 dilemmas every book lover has faced at least once." Pop on over to Buzzfeed and read what the other 18 dilemmas might be. How many can you say YES to? Let us know what you think about this one!

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

24 Photos Of Famous Authors When They Were Coming Of Age

Anais Nin

Buzzfeed showcased "24 photos of famous authors when they were coming of age." Did you ever wonder what J. D. Salinger looked like as a teen? Well, now you can find out. Is one of your favorite authors showcased? Let us know here at The Things You Can Read!

Happy reading to all! ☮

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Random Thoughts: Who Said It?

Buzzfeed recently had a great little pop culture quiz on Pablo Neruda's 109th birthday entitled Who Said It: Pablo Neruda or Taylor Swift?" As they said, "Let’s see how the love poet of yore stacks up against our beloved songstress of modern romance." Check it out and let us know how you did on the quiz here at The Things You Can Read.

Happy reading to all! ☮

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Random Thoughts: Crystalized Books as ART?

Artist Alexis Arnold "created a series of crystallized books as a commentary on materiality and text," Buzzfeed reported

What do you think of this book? Well, it is a an honest to goodness book and it's now recycled ART. For the rest of the images in this installation click on over to BuzzFeed Books and take a gander at Alexis Arnold's work. Then click on back over here to let us know what you think of this recycled use of books. The artist feels her work speaks about materiality, what do you think?

Arnold explains that “The Crystallized Book Series was prompted by repeatedly finding boxes of discarded books, by the onset of e-books, and by the recent disappearance of bookstores. Furthermore, I had been growing crystals on hard objects and was interested in seeing the effect of the crystal growth on malleable and absorbent objects. Conceptually, the series addresses the materiality of the book versus the text or content of the book. The crystals remove the text and transform the books into aesthetic, non-functional objects. The books, now frozen with heavy crystal growth, have become artifacts or geologic specimens imbued with the history of time, use, and nostalgia.” BuzzFeed Books

What do you think of the art worlds use of old books? Let us know here at The Things You Can Read!

Happy reading to all! ☮

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

21 Books That Will Teach You Something Important

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Over at BuzzFeed you will find a list of books that will teach you something. How great! I love to learn. I could have been a perpetual student, if only I didn't have to earn a living (wink, wink). I perused the list and the one that grabbed my attention was the very first one on the list: How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading. Why? Because I'm always interested in how to make my reading experience even better.

The post is entitled 21 Books That Will Teach You Something Important, click on over and let us know, which one grabs you? Don't forget to share your thoughts here at The Things You Can Read.

Happy reading to all! ☮

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Summer Gifting: For All Occassions

Looking for the perfect summer gift, well checkout "Books to give as gifts for every occasion" Recommendions come by way of Buzzfeed. According to Buzzfeed, books:

"make the best presents, unless the person you're giving them to is a horrible book-hating cave-monster and in that case why are you even giving them anything."