Posts Tagged ‘best of 2010’
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Huh, it’s more of a collection of links than proper news this week, but I hope you’ll like them anyway.
Let’s start off with a whopping list: the Top 100 Books for Tweens. And keeping with the category, our Tiemen found the first three chapters of Paul McAuley’s novel Cowboy Angels, right here, for free.- Even though we’re more a dog-friendly bookstore (in Den Haag, at least, where we have Nelson, Lot, and Tessie to keep us company now and again), flavorwire features some great bookstore cats.
- Haven’t mentioned an interview on Bookbits for a while (not for a lack of them, though) so click here for a podcast with Sue Townsend. And speaking of interviews, here’s one with Francis Ford Coppola, with some excellent thoughts about turning books into screenplays.
Best of 2010 lists – ha! And you thought we were done with all that, but our Tiemen sniffed out these 15 Best Speculative Fiction titles of 2010.- Best of 2011 lists don’t want to be left out though: The Daily Beast has their 21 Most Anticipated Books of 2011.
- Can a book really save your life? As in, can it stop a bullet? Click here for a Myth Busters-like experiment.
- If you’re planning a trip to Paris this year, be sure to stay at the book-loving Le Pavillon des Lettres. If you’re heading the other way, however, towards the US, check if the city of your destination is listed on Flavorwire’s excellent 10 Great Works of Literature for America’s 10 Most Literate Cities (any list fabulous enough to mention Geek Love must be featured here!).
- And on a final note: in case you hadn’t noticed yet, we’re on Twitter, with lots more bookbits and tips and links!
Tags: ABC Talks To..., best of 2010, best of 2011, book experiments, bookstore cats and dogs, juvenile fiction, lists, literary travel tips, twitter
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Friday, January 7th, 2011
Whew, December was a crazy month for us all, both in the store and on the blog with all those top 5s. No time for Bookbits, in other words – but we’re into a new year, and I’m determined to make this year bend the rules of time. So here’s some bookish news again, hooray!
- R. I. P. Dick King-Smith, who wrote The Sheep-Pig, the book that was the basis for the movie Babe, died aged 88. Obituaries here and here.
- Best of 2011: lists of what you have read are so last year! Thankfully the Guardian is on-trend this week (those 2010 lists above are old-ish since I hadn’t learned to bend the rules of time and space two weeks ago) and has a list for us of what we are all about to read.
- Julian Assange has reportedly sold his memoirs. Apparently they’ll be on the shelf in March already, so he’s either a very quick writer, has been preparing them for a long time, or hasn’t had a very interesting life. Hmmm, probably not that last one, then…
- And finally, a bit of literary art. Because it’s beautiful. Thank you Sigrid for this picture of The Giacometti Variations by John Baldessari (here’s also the link to his website, but it’s currently not doing much). Click on the picture to embiggen:
Tags: Art, awards, best of 2010, best of 2011, biography, Children's Books, Fiction, john baldessari, julian assange, lists, maggie wins!, Poetry, quiz, rip, Sigrid, writer's block
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Here they are, YOUR favorite reads of 2010! Thank you so much for sending in your lists – as ever they give us all great tips on new writers to try out. May 2011 be filled with as much literary goodness. 
Click on ‘more’ to see the lists. (more…)
Tags: ABC Customers' Favorite Books of the Year, best of 2010, blog for us, david young, eefje koppers, em angevaare, jeroen van trierum, jonathan de souza, katherine matthews, lists, marjolein balm, samir rawas sarayji, sara van bussel, top 5s, You Review Elite
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Happy US Thanksgiving! I hope you’re reading this after a lovely morning/afternoon/evening/full day spent at either ABC Amsterdam or ABC Den Haag (if you’re reading this while still at one of our stores: I salute you!). I was at the Den Haag store for a short while, and it was good and full, with lots of people taking full advantage of the extra 10%. Hooray! Remember, if you received one of those EUR 7 vouchers: they are valid starting today until December 31st, and you can use it and your discount on the same purchase. Hooray again! Right, time for some Bookbits…
- Belgian TV station Canvas has the 6-part book documentary Paper Trails on at the moment. The first episode (about Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald) was last week, but will be repeated Nov. 27th, and the rest you should be able to catch as they go along. Thank you Simone for spotting and reporting this!
Tags: awards, best of 2010, book documentaries, excellent initiatives, getting your pencil sharpened, judging books by their covers, lists, ministry of stories, monster supply store, paper trails, subway to hogwarts, take your child to a bookstore
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010
And now we’re back in regular time…
- This article got me interested enough to check out the actual website: Tor.com. A publisher’s website that’s more than just that, featuring short stories, fantasy art, blogs, podcasts and conversations. If you like fantasy and science fiction, go have a look.
Tags: awards, best of 2010, Children's Books, cutting up a book to make a new one, Fiction, Food & Cooking, funny books, lists, medical, Poetry, Science, tor, Travel, trouble
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