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BookNut's 20th Anniversary: The Cybils

I started blogging in 2004, and the Cybils started in 2006. I think by then, I was aware enough of the Kidlitosphere (as we called ourselves back then) that I caught the first batch of winners. I know I applied to be a judge the next year, 2007 and was turned down. (In fact, the first time I mention Cybils on my blog is this one, in October of 2007.) I remember being very determined to make the…

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Booknuts crafts the best realistic Xadens jesus fucking chriiiist is that man is hot

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and hope your weekend has got off to a great start! I’m spending a morning in bed (reading obviously 🙄😂) after a hectic week at work. It was made all better by going to see Dylan Moran (Irish comedian) last night on his tour. I’m going to try and do a stack post later but for now, here’s a book haul! I wish I’d plumped for the beautiful hardback of Cecily 😩 but here is the next best thing, the paperback! Told through the eyes of its greatest unseen protagonist, Cecily is an astonishing debut that plunges you into the exhilaration of the first days of the Wars of the Roses, a war as women fight it. Secondly, another beautiful @tiltedaxisbooks translated fiction book, Of Strangers And Bees by Hamid Ismailov, translated by Shelley Fairweather-Vega. Described as a thrilling, multi-stranded epic this novel traces the fate of the medieval polymath Avicenna who shaped Islamic thought and science for centuries. Finally, we have King Of Rabbits. This book has been on my radar for a little while, it’s described as a brilliantly crafted story of class and race and the failure of society to catch the children who fall through the cracks. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookhaul #bookhoarder #booknuts #bookobsessed #paperbackhaul #cecily #anniegarthwaite #ofstrangersandbees #hamidismailov #shelleyfairweathervega #tiltedaxispress #translatedfiction #historicalfiction #thewaroftheroses #kingofrabbits #karlaneblett #literaryfiction #givemeallthebooks #booksrightnow https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIHcR1rpkJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[buzzbookstore]

1st Edition, Early Printing of CS Lewis’s “Out of the Silent Planet” with original dust jacket. Ex library with associated markings. Solid binding, no writing. #rarebooks #firstedition #treatyourshelf #bookcollecting #cslewis #narnia #scifi #sciencefiction #shelfporn #booknut #booknerd #bibliophile https://www.instagram.com/p/B8-VAbihHeg/?igshid=260ccgp9amfc

[craighodgkins]

My Year of the Book - Day 140: Before he wrote intimately about Katherine Hepburn and voluminously about Charles Lindberg, A. Scott Berg wrote “Goldwyn” (1989), one of the best “show biz bios” I’ve come across. Good biographies tell you about a person, great ones take you inside the place and time where the subject lived out their life. David McCullough’s statement that history doesn’t happen in a vacuum applies to Berg’s work. As with Otto Friedrich’s excellent “City of Nets” (1986) and a few others, I learned just as much about the early decades of Hollywood as I did about the man who came to be known as Samuel Goldwyn. The book also has a great opening line; one which sets the reader up for a finely-woven tale of an uneducated but driven myth-maker in a town full of dream factories. I’ll let you discover it, and Berg, for yourself. #samuelgoldwyn #hollywood #ascottberg #bookish #showbusiness #movies #booknut #yearofthebook #mylibrary #bookworm #bibliophile #reading #showbiz #history #losangeles #firstedition #biography #booklover #bookaddict #bookshelf #booknut #bookstagram

[dreamer-who-cant-sleep]

Or in Book fairs or in Libraries 📚 #Bibliophile #bookstagram #BookNut #bookworm #bookporn #TorturedSoulSeries https://www.instagram.com/p/BfNlF3OFKfMhhPf0u9VgzIC_DvFL1J4C36UZEU0/?igshid=5mjstyhn6cr5

[moosearesocool]

Už rozhodnuto jestli Glasgow nebo Praha?

Momentálne trucujem a odmietam prebrať zodpovednosť za svoj vlastný život. Absolútne nie!

[ablondebullitt]

Next on the pile of this #booknut #donwinslow #theborder #directorgirl https://ift.tt/2Zyj24j

[holley4734]

The Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Tag

@BookBloggershub #bookblog #bookblogtag @bookbloggersint #bookshelfscavengerhunt

The Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Tag It took a bit of time but I have finally finished The Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Tag. This tag was created by someone unknown to me. I found is on The BookNut’s blog. All you need is access to your bookshelf. 1. Find and author name or title with a Z in it. Zorro 2. Find a classic. To Kill a Mockingbird 3. Find a book with a key on it. I have zero books with…

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BookNut's 20th Anniversary: The First Posts

I realized this past week that I’ve been blogging here at The Book Nut for 20 years come this November. I haven’t celebrated my blogiversary in years, and honestly I don’t know if anyone even reads blogs anymore, but I think 20 is something to celebrate. I’m not entirely sure what I want to do to celebrate, but I thought it’d be interesting to go back and look at my first few posts and see what…

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It’s interesting how differently people portray Xaden Riorson.

The books always describe him with “soft black hair” easily whiplashed by the wind such that’s it’s not super short but not hanging over his eyes long either. His hair is never described as curly or having coils or waves so his hair is straight.

He also has “tawny skin” with some bronze accents so immediately my mind pictured him as Native, Polynesian, Latino, Arabic, or similar descent (booknuts’ pinned art on instagram of him is the closest to accurate imo). I don’t think he would be a specific race since this is a fantasy world and the races we know do not compute to this one. If anything he would be a mix of races.

I think a lot of the fanart out there forgets this guy is supposed to look intimidating as hell with sharp/angular features. Most I have seen still maintain a soft look or look nothing close to 23. Many make him look like a standard white guy which is way off the mark. One looked like Tom Cruise and I immediately stopped looking at art after that.

I think he would be incredibly hard to cast due to such high expectations.

[fiercereadsya]

Follow along with the blog tour for The Traitor’s Kiss, an epic tale packed with secret identities and a tempestuous romance. It’s basically Jane Austen with an espionage twist.

With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they’d call a lady—which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked with wrangling other young ladies to be married off for political alliances. She spies on the girls—and on the soldiers escorting them.

As the girls' military escort senses a political uprising, Sage is recruited by a handsome soldier to infiltrate the enemy ranks. The more she discovers as a spy, the less certain she becomes about whom to trust—and Sage becomes caught in a dangerous balancing act that will determine the fate of her kingdom.

April 20 - Book Addicts Guide - Scented Candle April 22 - Book Nerds Across America - List of Favorite Literary Female Spies April 23 - Stories & Sweeties - Guest Post: Meet the Characters April 24 - Mundie Moms - Guest Post: Top 10 Things All Spies Need April 25 - Bookiemoji - Top 5 Reasons to Read The Traitor's Kiss April 26 - Fiktshun - Guest Post: Favorite & Most Challenging Scene to Write April 27 - Forever Young Adult - Guest Post: YA Matchmaker April 28 - YABooksCentral - Guest Post: Writing Inspiration April 29 - Book Briefs - Guest Post: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Sage & Quinn April 30 - Tripping Over Books - Mood Board May 1 - Dark Faerie Tales - Guest Post: How Far Would You Go For a Mission? May 2 - What Sarah Read - Mood Board May 3 - The Booknut - Playlist May 5 - Quite the Novel Idea - Alternate Cover May 6 - Here’s to Happy Endings - Q&A May 7 - Brooke Reports - Character Interview: Sage Fowler May 9 - Undeniably {Book} Nerdy - Fancast

[buzzbookstore]

Ready for a glow up: I took a chance on this 1865 very early American edition (4th?) of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”. I asked Nate at @McCall_company to fit me into his schedule for a complete makeover. He just let me know that he’s started and I couldn’t be more excited for the final product. Check out his work if you haven’t seen it and you’ll know why I’m so enthusiastic. #rebind #leatherboundbooks #rarebooks #charlesdarwin #evolution #biology #booknut #bibliophile #glowup #extrememakeovet #treatyourshelf https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbZtdshXYc/?igshid=14uy2d0g2siuc

[craighodgkins]

My Year of the Book - Day 139: We book people need an occasional reminder that books are like our fellow humans; it’s what’s inside that really counts. That’s especially true of this volume, which looks a bit bland on the shelf due to a lack of a dust jacket, but “Best Film Plays of 1943-44 contains some delightful screenplays, including the first appearance in print of “Casablanca,” a film you may have heard of at some point. But it also has such diverse works as “Going My Way,” “The Ox Bow Incident,” “Watch on the Rhine,” and TWO Preston Sturges gems; “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” and “Hail the Conquering Hero” among the ten entries. It is a different sort of joy to “read” a film, especially one you’ve seen often. But as time goes by, we learn that every new book can be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. #casablanca #screenplay #book #1940s #classicfilms #movies #book #bookish #yearofthebook #mylibrary #bibliophile #bookish #booknut #booknerd #firstedition #rarebooks #oldbooks #bookgeek #bookaddict #humphreybogart #movielines #film #prestonsturges #anthology #booklover #bookshelf

[snazzyshazzie-blog]

Tonight's bedtime reading. #jrward #blackdaggerbrotherhood #vampire #bookstagram #bookshots #bookstoread #booksoninstagram #bibliophile #booknerd #booknut #shazlovesbooks

[jennacitrus]

Stopped at @mckayschattanooga bookstore, I feel the chances of us arriving home today have decreased significantly. #booknut #bookstore #book #illovebooks #bookofinstagram (at McKay Books Chattanooga)