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Paper. Cats Love It. Stop Your Questioning.

Why am I an expert on the glorious written word? One of the many answers is as simple as this: Paper. I am a cat, and paper is a necessity for enjoying our superior existence. Why that isn’t enough for you ridiculous humans to accept is beyond me.

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Stock Up on the Classics for Under $5

Add some classics to your reading list this week! Why? Because you can get each of them for under $5. You’re welcome.

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Reply All Podcast Tells the Story of the Children of Weihsien Concentration Camp (and Other Stories of Children and War)

Reply All, simply put, is a show about the Internet. In one of their recent episodes (Episode 28 to be exact), they start off with an email that was sent to the wrong address. This simple mis-type leads us to a remarkable glimpse of history into the Girl Guides (who we Americans know as the Girl Scouts) and a single troop’s survival story within Weihsien Concentration Camp during World War II.

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Book Deal: More Books for Your Buck from Powells

Question: Three stags walk into Powell’s, and each comes out with a book of his choosing: Alan, ever the dreamer, gets Summer House with Swimming Pool; J.T., who lives above the Dancers and Prancers nightclub, opts for To Rise Again at a Decent Hour; and Terrance, the stubborn one, chooses Can’t and Won’t: Stories. If there are six antlers, twelve hooves, and three tails between them, how many books, deerest reader, did they pay for?

Answer: Two! The third they got for free thanks to Powell’s More Books for Your Bucks Sale! No heads or tails about it.

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READING LIST

What We’re Reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is the latest book I’m combing through. And with what I’ve read so far – you should get on this too.

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All the Pretty Bookcases

My favorite piece of furniture in my bedroom growing up was my three-shelf bookcase. As an adult, the bookcase is still supreme in my apartment…and the total count is five. Unfortunately, the bags of books on the floor signify that number six needs to join the family.

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Book Deal: Ender’s Game (Ender Wiggins Quartet) by Orson Scott Card

If you haven’t heard of the book, then you may have at least heard of (or seen) the movie. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is on sale for your reading pleasure for $5.50 (originally $12.99).

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Maps Featuring the Birthplace of Famous Cocktails and Famous Authors

There is something telling about knowing an origin or a birthplace. The Grasshopper cocktail was first invented in New Orleans. Stephen King writes his novels while staring out at the Maine foliage. Knowing these fun facts just adds a bit of…color…to your experience.

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On the Reading List: The Bees by Laline Paull and the StartUp Podcast

This week is a fun one. I’m currently reading The Bees by Laline Paull and listening to the fantastic podcast, StartUp, from Gimlet Media.

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Book Deal: Bad Twin (Lost) by Gary Troup

Check out Bad Twin (Lost) by Gary Group. Bad Twin (Lost) is available in hardcover for only $2.95

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