quote [ These illustration plates (lithographs) are from The Book of Wonderful Characters: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all Ages and Countries ]

quote [ (I hope you just skimmed that. It?s long, isn?t it!) ]

quote [ A university professor on what we lose when we lose the book as a physical medium. ]

quote [ An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction. ]

quote [ ?I told him, ?You?ve got to lose those end notes. No one?s going to bother,?? she recalls with deep amusement now. ?That was my contribution to 20th-century American literature: I tried to talk David out of the thing that really made Infinite Jest stand out.? ]

quote [ The fairies in erotic "fae" romantasy are not cute or benevolent. They are dangerous, shape-shifting beings, exactly what they were in historic folklore, according to a new book. ]

quote [ A critic and self-described "nonfinisher" considers why we feel guilty about abandoning books?and what the endings of novels can teach us about the? ]

quote [ There?s been a profound shift in perspective preferences when it comes to romance novels. ]

quote [ Officials are managing an influx of tourists coming to see ?Idiom,? a seemingly infinite tunnel of books by the artist Matej Krén, at the Municipal Library ]

quote [ A century ago, an aspiring actress published a remarkable autobiography. She made up most of it. ]