tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:27:14 +0000Free Online Reading, Free Online Books, Free Online Novels, Free Online Mysteries, Free Online Romances (c)Copyright 2009, Margaret Langstaff, All Rights Reserved.http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (margaret)Blogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-8322131908070026655Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:51:00 +00002009-10-22T18:40:45.329-07:00 Great reading for this time of year, a timeless All-American Classic, starring the unforgettable, hapless Ichabod Crane. A Free Online Video of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [clickit] also available with good scary music. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow By Washington Irving A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/headless-horseman-rides-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-2864468580702254358Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:52:00 +00002009-10-16T14:53:40.074-07:00 Baltimore, M.D. Poe scholars have issued a press release to newswires sure to rock the literary world and to catapult the long dead and ever creepy great American author back onto the bestseller lists.  A panel of Poe experts says it has discovered a marked-up, heavily edited original manuscript of "The Fall of the House of Usher" in the archives of the Baltimore Sun Newspaper http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/poe-scholars-announce-new-evidence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-3417605606228830293Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:45:00 +00002009-10-17T16:30:26.574-07:00Coming Soon: An Exclusive Free Online Interview with the Author  of  the forthcoming book,  Elvis' Alien Love Child,  Meredith B.  Browne, Phd.Ed. Don't Miss It. http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/elelvis-had-love-child-with-alien-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-7324262059238756689Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-10-16T14:57:16.866-07:00 All Our Books Are Free Hardbacks, Paperbacks, Textbooks All Free. Join Now In Seconds! Sponsored by: www.SwapTree.com/Free_Books/ Online School Bookstore We will create & manage an internet bookstore for your K12 prep school. Sponsored by: AdamsBook.com/_online bookstore/ Free Online Books to Read Find, compare, read reviews & buy products online. Sponsored by: shopping.yahoo.com/http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/best-free-online-book-sites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-6553861654205965820Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:20:00 +00002009-10-16T14:32:54.322-07:00The cumulative writing and publishing experience of the editors at The Ripping Online Reader is well over 100 years.  And, as you know, the amount of time spent multiplied by a type of experience equals a quantity of wisdom.  Because so many of our readers are writers as well, and good writers are innately curious and always searching for ways to improve their http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/7-habits-of-highly-successful-writers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-6719673459450011183Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:49:00 +00002009-10-13T18:13:02.697-07:00 A Former Judge Flogs the Booker Prize [clickit] The trouble with the English is that they are so English. They think that the works of native sons Chaucer and Shakespeare demonstrated for all eternity their racial superiority at the writing game. (And who knows? Maybe they're right.) Coincident with this is the so English  notion that prestige is sufficient reward for http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/hillary-mantell-wins-booker-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-7322709819408341585Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:14:00 +00002009-10-13T14:22:45.118-07:00Photo: Herta pre-Nobel Who says university presses never publish stuff people (if they were telling the truth) really want to read? Second question: How is it that University of Nebraska Press has published two consecutive Nobel winners?  Herta post-Nobel Publishers Weekly on spike in demand for Herta Mueller's Nadir [Click, click]http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/nobel-winner-herta-muellers-stories.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-9190237276664601644Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:50:00 +00002009-10-17T16:36:08.144-07:00 Annie Lamott talks about her writing career and her attraction to unusual characters and "imperfect people." [clickit] An indepth, revealing, very personal chat.http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/conversation-with-annie-lamott.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-1847340293355044884Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:34:00 +00002009-10-12T12:34:10.414-07:00A video interview in which Kidder discusses the genesis of this very moving story about a real life hero in Burundi.http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-with-tracy-kidder-about-his.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-1337970730702799821Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:24:00 +00002009-10-16T14:31:36.845-07:00 Since its launch only a week ago, the new book review The Oracular Reader has taken the book world by storm. It has been called bratty, arrogant, outrageous, offensive, hyper-opinionated, predjudiced, misinformed, awful, and many things far worse. Yet in an informal survey of readers of the new rag on books, one word keeps popping up. A sampling of their remarks: It’s got zip.—F. Scott http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-immediate-release-to-all-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-5335124831370530965Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-10-11T09:39:39.963-07:00An Oracular Reader Exclusive.  Editor's Note: According to the ground rules established for this interview, certain strictures of confidentiality apply as to disclosure of the time and place of the interview. Also per this agreement the following were considered off-limits for our questions: his golf handicap, thesaurus and rhyming dictionary use, anything to do with Bartlett's http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/post-mortem-q-and-with-ts-eliot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-6948809546623023975Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:22:00 +00002009-10-16T14:43:43.861-07:00 The visuals and interface of Amazon's books site have deteriorated over the years to the point that now it is a virtual eyesore.  It has all the merchandising focus and class of an open air Middle Eastern bazaar, replete with hawkers, bargain merchants, deal makers and book pimps. Anyone seriously searching for a title or author is assaulted by a confusing hullabaloo of slashed prices,http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/amazon-needs-to-clean-up-its-act.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-6788798675158578401Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:41:00 +00002009-10-16T14:33:39.643-07:00It's not widely known outside of publishing circles, but book publishers (the big ones, that is) are adepts at manipulating bestseller lists and jimmying their mechanics to get their titles on the lists.  This is particularly the case if they have paid a big advance for a book. The English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) perhaps said it best hundreds of years ago: Books  seem http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/best-novels-on-current-bestseller-lists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096608900946548552.post-5589334961143432923Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:09:00 +00002009-10-09T19:52:51.600-07:00Book publishers have awakened from their long slumber. Fearful of being digitalized out of existence, they are pursuing every tweet and flickr, rumored or real, that might result in better book sales. Check out what Publishers Weekly has to say on this phenom in its most recent issue. The Viral Loop Start with Twitter?http://oracular-reader-book-review.blogspot.com/2009/10/going-viral-with-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (margaret)