Don’t get me wrong, I loved spending the entire week drowning myself in the online bookworm world. But my very large to-be-read pile has been giving me the old puppy-dog eyes and trying to send me on a guilt trip for ignoring all those books. Well, it worked! So while I go and try to considerably reduce the size of that pile (or, you know, massively increase it by going on a crazy book buying spree), you enjoy these links.
I love The Wizard of Oz and this is a hilariously accurate way to describe its plot.
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If I would have ever hung out with The Beatles, I’d have spent the entire time laughing and/or mooning over their cute British accents. Those accents make it slightly difficult to understand this A Midsummer Night’s Dream skit they were in; but listen carefully and you won’t be disappointed!
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I’m going to sit and fantasise about which children’s book-inspired tattoo I’m going to get (because the pain associated with getting an actual tattoo absolutely terrifies me).
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How would you like to go book shopping with someone who is allegedly the best-read man in America? I’d settle for the best-read man in Mumbai. Or my building. Someone just needs to take me book shopping already!
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Are you on Team Re-Read or Team Only New Books For Me? (Egad! Twilight, of all things, has started a trend of dividing the entire world into teams). For the record: I’ve always been a re-reader; my loved-to-tatters Enid Blyton books will attest to that.
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I’ve only heard good things about Maurice Sendak’s books but I’ve never gotten a chance to read any of them myself. After reading this brilliant interview, I realise that I must remedy this instantly.
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A delightful article about a group of Sherlock Holmes fans from all over the world who congregate in a Swiss town to reenact the detective’s standoff with Moriarty. There really needs to be a Harry Potter version of this.
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And for the final link of the evening (or 3.12 am), very important people answer very important questions asked by very curious children. (Spoiler alert: they do a very good job)
