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Bookish News: Apps & Twitter

I don’t have much today.  My mom is in from out of town and we’ve been having fun hanging out.  I was looking around the book section of the Huffington Post today and found a couple things I think you’ll like:

Less Ambitious Books:  Twitter Takes on Dumbing Down the Classics

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas becomes Beer and Loafing in Las Vegas.  Old Man and the Sea becomes Old Man and His Tea.  You get the idea.  So funny.

Coolest Book Apps for Reading…

I have an iPod Touch (which I love) and and iPad (which I’m a little obsessed with) and Shaun has an iPhone.  I know. It’s total overkill.  But what it means is this:  we talk about apps a lot.  It’s silly.  Anyway, there are some pretty cool ones here.  There even some that *gasp* I haven’t heard of before.  I can’t wait to try them out.  Good stuff.

So that’s all I’ve got for you today.  I’ll give you some more meaty stuff tomorrow.  Like… maybe… my thoughts on my re-read of the last Harry Potter?  Only if you’re good….

One Comment

  1. Posted January 26, 2011 at 9:21 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the app link, I just downloaded the 23,469 free books.