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Friday, May 27, 2011

Via Tech Crunch: "Twitter has just rolled out a nifty little feature. Now on anyone’s profile, when you click on the “Following” link, you’ll be able to see exactly how they see Twitter. In other words, you can see the same timeline of tweets that they see when they’re looking at their main feed." Frankly, not sure how much I like this!—Libby

It's always an exciting moment to stumble across a book that makes you cry, makes you think, or makes you fall over with laughter. I lucked out this week and found a humor book that made me do all three! All My Friends Are Dead promotes itself as "both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book you’ll ever read," and I'm inclined to believe it! If you didn't pick it up last summer, be sure to check out a couple pages from authors Jory John and Avery Monsen here.—Lara

Here's what we've all been waiting for! The results of the 2011 International Beard and Moustache Championship are finally in! MSNBC has kindly put together a slide show with some of the, er, highlights.—Justin

NB: A lost poem of e.e. cummings recently discovered; Amazon names the 20 most well-read cities; The Atlantic launches a new twitter-based book club; Laura Miller weighs in on the hullabaloo over Philip Roth's Man Booker International Prize; and Martin Amis reminds us all that we need to reread his father.

Last but not least, if you're in the Seattle area this weekend be sure to check out the Hotel Angeline reading!

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Sites we like  
  • Crime Fiction Lover

    The site for diehard thriller and crime fans

  • Flowing Data

    Nathan Lau highlights how designers, programmers, and statisticians are putting data to good use.

  • inReads

    inReads sits at the crossroads of books, technology, and culture.

  • The Great Gray Bridge

    Editor Philip Turner's blog spanning urban life, books, music, culture, and current events.

  • The Huffington Post

    The Internet Newspaper

  • The World's Best Ever

    The World's Best Ever: design, fashion, art, music, photography, lifestyle, 2011

  • Watt's Up

    Wattpad's Blog and Daily News. Wattpad's like YouTube for ebooks and is the world's most downloaded ereading app.

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