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Summer Reads: Best Books For Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s And 60s | HuffPost Books

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Just like our lives can often be divided into chapters, there are also different books that can define each decade.

via Summer Reads: Best Books For Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s And 60s | HuffPost Books.

Mega Summer Reading List of 23,000 Post-Apocalyptic, Plague, and Pandemic Books | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org

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I love post-apocalyptic fiction in the form of novels, films, comics, and video games. I have gathered reviews and recommendations for hundreds of titles for my own summer reading list that I thought others might enjoy as well.  This post will highlight some of my favorite post-apocalyptic novels, but then also provide resources and lists where you can find over 23,000 more!!

via Mega Summer Reading List of 23,000 Post-Apocalyptic, Plague, and Pandemic Books | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org

Download 151 science fiction and fantasy stories from Tor for free! | ion

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Tor.com is celebrating its fifth birthday with a gift for all of us science fiction fans: all of the original stories published on the site over the last five years collected in a single ebook. Happy birthday, Tor!

The collection, The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com was first posted in mid-July, but the download link is coming down next week, so head over to Tor, sign up to become a registered member, and enjoy thousands of pages of free fiction!

via Download 151 science fiction and fantasy stories from Tor for free! | io9.

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Why We Read | Dear Author

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Because sometimes I just need to reflect and remember why I spend so much time in the company of the written word. Maybe you do, too? See the full post: Why We Read | Dear Author

I loved this post. The author reflects on all the reasons why she reads. I identified many of the same reasons for why I read, including because I have to, gaining empathy and expanding the imagination.

What Reader Species Are You? | Laura-E-Kelly

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We all live in the Domain of Readers—but what species of book reader are you? This fun, appropriately wordy infographic is my homage to the classic Linnaean classification charts of plants and living things. via What Reader Species Are You? | Laura-E-Kelly

What Species of Reader Are You?--Infographic

Visit Laura-e-Kelly.com for more about books, reading, and authors.

BookVibe spies on social media to recommend reads | Crave – CNET

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A new service scrapes your social network for books worth your time.

via BookVibe spies on social media to recommend reads | Crave – CNET.

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Readers around the world | Russia Beyond The Headlines

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Readers around the world | Russia Beyond The Headlines

Readers around the world

It would be interesting to see a comparison of genre popularity across the G20. Maybe I should ask my Russian friends if there is any meaning to the fact Russians love fantasy novels…spurred by Sputnik and utopian dreams??

You may also like: Russian science fiction and fantasy | Wikipedia and The Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko, which has been translated into English.

This Just In: Young Adults Love Libraries | The Digital Shift

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A brand-spanking-new Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life study (just released this morning) has found some surprising information about young people and their opinions of libraries and print books.

Here’s the lead:

Belying the stereotype that younger Americans completely eschew print for digital, those ages 16-29 have wide-ranging media and technology behaviors that straddle the traditional paper-based world of books and digital access to information.

One major surprise in a new report from the Pew Research Center is that even in an age of increasing digital resources, those in this under-30 cohort are more likely than older Americans to use and appreciate libraries as physical spaces – places to study for class, go online, or just hang out. [emphasis added]

See the full article: This Just In: Young Adults Love Libraries | The Digital Shift.

UPDATED: Summer 2013 Reading Lists

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That time of year where we look forward to lazy summer days, if we are fortunate enough to have vacation time, and where all sorts of summer reading lists are suggested by bloggers, publishers and media organizations. So here’s a list of 2013 summer reading lists. Also check out booksellers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ChaptersIndigo for their summer reading portals. What books will you be inspired to read this summer?

Johan Krouthén: Three reading women in a summer landscape. Wikimedia Commons

General Fiction/Poetry/Non-Fiction

Young Adult/Children’s

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Mystery/Thriller, Action/Adventure

Romance

Also See

Prison Library at Guantánamo – NYTimes.com

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…its patrons may not browse the stacks. Instead, the chief librarian, a civilian who asks to be identified as “Milton” for security reasons, or an aide fills plastic bins with about 50 books and takes them to each cellblock once a week. 

Prison Library at Guantánamo – NYTimes.com

Also this tumblr blog shows reporter’s pics of books at Guantánamo.