I’ve never read anything by Peter Vansittart, but after reading his obit in the New York Times, I think I’m going to have to look him up (The Guardian‘s is good too). Nothing overly fancy, just sounds like good solid historical fiction writing. I mean, being compared to Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a good thing, I think. It’s a shame that I only picked up on him due to his passing.
Take the Birmingham Noir Tour
The first step in this year’s downtown walking tour will be on October 24th at 5:45pm in the atrium of the downtown Birmingham Public Library. The 90-minute nighttime walking tour is labeled Birmingham Noir: Murders, Mysteries and Fallen Women. How cool is that?
The tour of notorious sites around downtown is free, but space is limited and reservations are required. These events fill quick!
There is also another walking tour set for 5:45pm on October 29th. To grab your spot contact Jim Baggett at 226-3631 or jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us
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Book Review: Once You’re Lucky…
I finished reading it months ago and finally got around to posting my review of Sarah Lacy’s Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good over at LibraryThing.
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Stylish Wordle Cloud
I saw this over the weekend and tried it out myself. It’s called Wordle and is a pretty neat way to get a stylish snapshot tag cloud of your own site. You get to control the fonts used and colors and have a little control over the layout. Who knew that I talked about banned books so much?
{hat tip goes out to ericlee.us}
