{The Sunday Post} Bookish News + Links

In The News

This Saturday, November 31st, (as part of Small Business Saturday) will be the "Indies First" movement, in which many of your favorite authors will become booksellers for a day at more than 400 indie bookstores across the U.S.

Google Maps has created an interactive tour of Middle-Earth!

On YouTube

Check out this English trailer for the last film Hayao Miyazaki will be releasing before his retirement, The Wind Rises.

Improv Everywhere tackles Harry Potter In Real Life, in which a young boy wanders around Penn Station, trying to find Platform 9 ¾.

Around The Blogosphere

Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner writes about having to answer the age-old question, "What do you like to read?"

YASeriesInsiders.com has launched, and they're hosting a giveaway for over $1,000 worth of signed YA novels and book-related swag.

Bookish Lists

5 Books To Read Before Your Trip To France - The Barnes & Noble Book Blog
10 Things You Might Not Know About Maruice Sendak - mental_floss
10 Revolutionary Reads That Changed History - Whizzpast
12 Thanksgiving Recipes From Our Favorite Authors - The Airship
50 Books That Define The Past 5 Years In Literature - Flavorwire

This Week's Interesting Releases

   

   

What's New On My Bookshelf

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

Angelfall by Susan Ee

World After by Susan Ee

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

I purchased the first three books during a trip to Barnes & Noble, and the last three from Amazon. If there were any indie bookstores where I live, I would support them instead, but alas, B&N and Amazon are really my only options other than garage sales.

   

The Language of Sparrows by Rachel Phifer

Sundered by Shannon Mayer

Nolander by Becca Mills

Have No Shame by Melissa Foster

All four of these books were Kindle freebies - they sound pretty good!