Morning Notes: Weighty Weight Edition

KIRKUS WEIGHS IN ON 2011

There’s a lot to like here and, of course, a few unexpected picks. Cookiebot took me by surprise – I need to track that down. Click here to read.

NEW YORK TIMES SAYS ‘WE SHALL NOT BE OUTWEIGHED’

The venerable Times recently released their list of notable books. Join me in cheering for My Name is Elizabeth!, won’t you? Click here to see the entire list.

A HOLIDAY GIVING SUGGESTION

Few giving opportunities are as pure as the one organized by Guys Lit Wire to support Ballou High School in Washington D.C. It works like this – visit their online wishlist at Powells, then buy a book. Click here to help this school library in need.

(Thanks to Chasing Ray for the link)

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

I’ve been enjoying the site Brain Pickings lately, after their 7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature post. Now they have a list of the top 10 children’s books of 2011 and the list is full of delightfully unexpected choices. People by Blexbolex is one of the most flat-out unique (and subtly odd) books of the year. Click here to read.

A PARENTAL CLASSIC LIVES ON

It’s nice to see that e-books give us parents a chance to use the tried and true directive “Do as I say, not as I do”. Click here to read.

(Thanks to LISNews for the link)

ME-BOOKS

In his recent post Why the Nook Should Have a Kindle App, Doug Johnson highlights possibly the most frustrating thing about e-book and e-reader ownership – your books aren’t really your books. Click here to read.

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