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more about #alicemunro more comments → JLady: I love Alice Munro. Love love love her. I would add Hooked by Carolyn Smart to this list. Smart is a Canadian poet and her latest book (just released... more » NellMood: I love all those books up there, and wish I'd come to this discussion earlier today. I'd recommend Alison Bechdel's new book, too- Dykes to Watch Out ... more » tiredfairy: For those who love graphic novels (and honestly, there isn't a better term for them, since "comics" conjures up the strip kind or spandex) I also hear... more » Tart of Darkness: I'd also like to recommend a Japanese female suspense writer: Natsuo Kirino. She has in translation "Out", "Grotesque" and "Real World". They are ... more » whynotshesaid: I'm going to check out the five books on this list I haven't read. Thanks for the recs. That said, out of the three I did read, I was kind of underw... more » LoSpaz: I logged right onto my library's web site and placed holds on all of these. Thanks, Anna. more » BlondeGoddess: I love Jennifer Egan, so would put her Look At Me or The Keep on my 00's list. And AM Homes: This Book Will Save Your Life. more » EdnasEdibles: I'm sorry--I've looked through the list twice and have not seen Twilight. (Just kidding) more » Diziet_Sma: Also, The Children's Book by AS Byatt; Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel; Behind The Scenes At The Museum by Kate Atkinson; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and B... more » GayRobotsRUS: Can I add Jacqueline Carey, especially Santa Olivia? more » Thus Spake KATE!: Oh man, I had to read Fun Home for my LGBTQ lit class this semester and it was great. It's very well-done and so insightful. Definitely my favorite th... more » OneTwoPunch: Persepolis; book and movie. more » IndignationCoordinator: If we're talking comics by women (people look like they're looking for suggestions), I'd also recommend Julie Doucet. Funny, smart, and Québecoise: ... more » Diziet_Sma: Interesting fact: Amy Hempel is Chuck Palahniuk's favorite writer. more » rodmanstreet: The only graphic novels I've ever read were Ghost World by Daniel Clowes and Blankets by Craig Thompson, and I adored both of them. Thanks for recomm... more » -
#storytime
8 Awesome Books By Women: An '00s Virtual Bookshelf
This isn't a list of the best books of the decade — I've already made it clear how I feel about those. It's just a selection of especially awesome books by women, all published in the '00s.
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#leftovers
Teacher Invents Wallace/Gromit Brekky Machine • Aceh Considers Ban On Tight Trousers
• Design teacher Yuri Suzuki has created this truly awesome breakfast machine, which automatically cooks omelets from scratch, toasts bread, and brews fresh coffee. Suzuki says he was inspired by Hollywood films, including Back to the Future. • More » -
#booknotes
Munro Pulls A Heigl
Alice Munro has taken her new collection "Too Much Happiness" out of the running for Canada's prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize, which she's won twice before - thereby ending literary nerds' hopes for a showdown with Margaret Atwood. [NYT] -
#womanofwords
Awards
Canadian writer Alice Munro has won the third Man Booker International Prize, which is awarded every two years to a living fiction writer for their entire body of work. "I am totally amazed and delighted," said Munro, 77, of the award. [BBC]
