Posted on May 11, 2008 by suedoc
Via Broadsheet, I recently read an interesting article by Karen Heller about the covers of books for women, and how they tend to feature “disjointed body parts” — backs, arms, legs, feet — without faces.
The thinking, or so I imagine, is that readers will look at these women’s body parts or backs and identify. “Why [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2008 by suedoc
Not to be outdone by Freedom Toast, I give you the stats on the books I read in 2007.
I read 38 books in 2007. I do not have a page count. 27 of those were in the last half of the year — after I started using GoodReads!
Top authors:
Barbara Kingsolver (3)
Philip Pullman (3)
Susanna [...]
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