Category: Thursday’s Things

•  The Best Feminist Books For Younger Readers – One of these is already on my wishlist, and two of them are on my TBR.  I’ve never believed that you have to be young to enjoy middle-grade books.
• The 26 Worst Things That Can Happen To A Book Lover – Some of these are truly cringe-worthy.
• Cheat Sheet Justifications for buying all the books – If you’re not participating in #ShelfLove or a similar book buying ban, then here is a list of all the excuses you can use for why you bought more books.
• 10 Simple Tips To Guarantee More Reading Time In Your Day – This is not for those of us who are already avid readers, but you can pass it on to the people you know who frequently ask how you manage to read so much, especially if they don’t read much but want to.
• 12 Emotional Stages Of Falling In Love With A Book Or Series, Because We’ve All Been Through It
• Quiz: Which of the March sisters from Little Women are you? I’m Jo, of course.
• Nick Cave Meets Dr. Seuss – Play the video at the bottom to listen to the song while you read the words and look at the artwork.
• Travel Guide: Follow in the Footsteps of Harry Potter – I’ve never been to England, so these places have become items on my travel bucket list.
• 4 Comic Heroines I Have Loved, and What They Taught Me About Being a Badass
• Infographic: A History of Pen Names

• Books About Libraries and Librarians – I don’t know about the first few books on this list, but the real gems are towards the end.
• Defining The End of the World As We Know It: Apocalyptic vs. Dystopia vs. Spec Fic – Confused about the differences between Apocalyptic and Dystopia?  This article explains them.
• 11 Books You’d Find On Lisa Simpson’s Shelf
• 27 Incredibly Clever DIYs All True Book Lovers Will Appreciate
• Guy Creates Fake Self-Help Books and Leaves Them at a Local Bookstore
• What Job Will You Get In The Harry Potter World?
• In the Library with the Leadpipe – This is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
• Gender, books, and publishing – This is an extremely well-written post on the subject of gender in regards to the publishing industry, the books themselves, and what can be done to promote gender equality in the world of books.
• 17 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Bookstores
• Bill and Bob Present: Daggers Part II – This is a hilarious take on how cover designers come up with the covers for Fantasy books.  The Boyfriend and I both nodded our heads frequently while we laughed.

Thursday’s Things is a monthly feature in which I round up the bookish things I’ve discovered.

• 11 Literary Landmarks of New Orleans (And Books to Read Before Visiting) – Feb. 17th is Mardi Gras.  If you’re headed to New Orleans for the festivities, here are a bunch of places and books to checkout before you collect your beads.
• 23 Words For Book Lovers That Really Should Exist
• Cool Maps of Fictional Literary Places – I love maps, especially of fictional places.
• Tour Hobbiton Through This Gallery of Charming Photos – I also love pictures of Hobbiton, because someday I want to own a plot of land and build a Hobbit Hole to live in and fill with books and tea and comfy chairs and…..
• Quick Reads: 55 Books Under 200 Pages – I’ve read many of these at least once (a few are re-reads) and I will probably end up reading several more throughout the year to feel as if I accomplished something, and also finally get them off my TBR.  I might also save a few for the several read-a-thons I plan on participating in.
• Book Blogger Hair and Makeup Tutorial
• The “Mad Men” Reading List – The Boyfriend introduced me to “Mad Men” about a year ago, and now both of us are anxiously awaiting Season 7 to be put on Netflix.  I love seeing all the books that the various characters read throughout the show, and now there’s a handy dandy list!
• 16 Hilarious Literary Valentine’s Day Cards

Thursday’s Things is the replacement for the 2nd half of Tuesday’s Tunes and Things.

I rounded up quite a few bookish links for this first “Thursdays Things” that I hope you enjoy as much as I did.

• Bookish Twitter Accounts to Follow
• 21 Commonly Used Phrases from Shakespeare
• Sunnydale Library Candle – For those book lover’s who are also fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• 75 Years of The Hobbit Covers
• 7 Magical Quotes from ‘The Hobbit’ That Will Make You Wiser
• Harry Potter spells you should know (infographic)
• Hilarious Questions Posed to the NYPL Pre-Internet  – There are lots more if you search Twitter for #LetMeLibrarianThatForYou
• Westeros.org – Find anything you can think of about “The Song of Ice and Fire” series.
• How to Read More
• Life Lessons From Harry Potter