Posts under ‘Awesomesauce’

Contest is now closed; winners will be announced on June 5. I was going to wait until my hundredth post to do this, because 100 is one of those big round numbers, but in the end I couldn’t wait. Instead, I am celebrating my 62nd post. Not coincidentally, it is this one. Behold, therefore, the [...]

Things I’ve noticed: 1) DailyLit. Their premise: while lots of people don’t feel that they have time to read books, everyone has time to read their email. DailyLit will email you books in installments sent as often as you wish — out-of-copyright books are free, as are those distributed under a creative commons liscence, while [...]

Match It for Pratchett. A few months ago, Terry Pratchett announced that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He also announced that — given that Alzheimer’s is a very common disease but only gets 3% of the research money that cancer does — he has donated half a million pounds (about $1 million USD) [...]

Graffiti recently spotted around town: 1: GROWN MEN EAT APPLE SAUCE! CAHOOTS! 2: BATMAN IS YOUR WEATHER MAN 3: read more cake Giveaways recently spotted around the interweb: 1: Trish of Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? is giving away a copy of Did I Expect Angels? by Kathryn Maughan. You can enter be clicking here and [...]

The Dewey Donation System was set up as a book drive in 2003 to raise money for the Oakland Public Library System, which had lost most of its funding and desperately needed both money and books. Over 700 books, CDs, and videos were donated. In 2004, the drive helped the San Diego Public Library, which [...]

Awesome-sauce stuff of the moment: Hot, Hot Library Smut on the nonist. Do try not to drool on your keyboard. Trinity College Library (Dublin) is particularly delectable. Book staircase! A practical must for any house. A list of banned & challenged books. There are some there I definitely wouldn’t have expected to find on that [...]