Aram Zucker-Scharff

wildcat2030:

Books contain fewer words about feelings
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Other than fear, words about emotions have steadily decreased in books throughout the last century, say researchers.
As reported in PLOS ONE, the researchers looked at how frequently “mood” w…

It’s hard to describe just what is so damn good about Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels. On a whim I’m rereading the series and their quality is even more apparent this second time through. 
It’s especially hard to explain when it …

strandbooks:

Do it all today.
harperbooks:

There are six days left of 2012. Do it all.

Four stars for the strange, unique and utterly absorbing Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link.:
In Kelly Link’s collection of short stories, names get mixed up, settings change, tenses switch, tales are familiar yet new and emotions soak into you sl…