Today’s must-read links for your lunch break feature politicos’ paperbacks and a superstore’s stardom. Oh wait, you were expecting everything to begin with an “R”?
books
High Schooler Goes to Yahoo! Answers for Book Summary, Gets Response from Author Instead
Who says no one looks at those anymore?
Reading While Eating for August 9: The Letter “B”
Today’s links honor the letter “B,” featuring books, baking, birds, bears, and more.
All Hail King Harry: Potter Series Named Best Young Adult Novels
In a ranking of the top 100 teen books by NPR, the teen wizard swept the competition with his Nimbus 2000.
Reading While Eating for July 23: Something Fishy
Today’s links feature fishy restaurants and fishy witchcraft accusations
Brontë Bondage: Classic Literature Gets 50 Shades of Grey Treatment
Did the romantic classics of Jane Austen and the Brontës really need sex scenes?
Reading While Eating for July 16: Animal House
Today’s links feature political animals, a robot that dances like an animal, and cute farm boys singing about their farm animals
Man Assaults Girlfriend with Steak Sauce over ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
A British man was charged with assault for his attempt to stop his girlfriend from reading the sexy bestseller.
Fifty Shades Fans: Is This What Christian Grey Looks Like?
Hey ladies, we don’t want to dampen your active fantasy life, but science has something important to tell you: This is what Christian Grey looks like. Yes, no matter what version of the billionaire playboy S&M fetishist and …
Reading While Eating for July 11: The Social Network
Today’s links prove that there’s a Big Brother watching every move you make on social networks (cue “Every Breath You Take” by The Police)
Take a 50 Shades of Grey Vacation
Want to live like Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey for the weekend? These hotels can help.
Ernest Hemingway’s Alternate Endings to ‘A Farewell to Arms’
A forthcoming edition of the literary classic, will include 47 different endings that Hemingway wrote and then discarded.