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May 02

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May 01

Apr 25

haveyoumetmissjones: “It’s on the map, so it must be real. In the 1950s, a dirt-road intersection in the Catskill Mountains was the site of a rusty old general store, bearing the anagrammed initials of road map publisher Otto G. Lindberg and an assistant, Ernest Alpers. Despite having a population of zero, the mapmakers put Agloe on the map, and there it stayed until the 90s, when it was deleted from print. This and other copyright trap towns that appear on maps but don’t exist are central to author John Green’s “Paper Towns,” about a runaway teen and her one-time friend sleuthing out her trail.”  - via America’s 9 Most Bizarre Destinations by Bookish Our very own Zach repping Nerdfighters in his article!

haveyoumetmissjones:

“It’s on the map, so it must be real. In the 1950s, a dirt-road intersection in the Catskill Mountains was the site of a rusty old general store, bearing the anagrammed initials of road map publisher Otto G. Lindberg and an assistant, Ernest Alpers. Despite having a population of zero, the mapmakers put Agloe on the map, and there it stayed until the 90s, when it was deleted from print. This and other copyright trap towns that appear on maps but don’t exist are central to author John Green’s “Paper Towns,” about a runaway teen and her one-time friend sleuthing out her trail.” 

- via America’s 9 Most Bizarre Destinations by Bookish

Our very own Zach repping Nerdfighters in his article!

Apr 12

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Readergirlz and Figment are going to ROCK THE DROP in honor of Support Teen Lit Day on Thursday, April 12th. http://readergirlz.com/tbd.html

Readergirlz and Figment are going to ROCK THE DROP in honor of Support Teen Lit Day on Thursday, April 12th.

http://readergirlz.com/tbd.html

Apr 09

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Jan 30

haveyoumetmissjones: This is a thing that is happening in May. 

haveyoumetmissjones:

This is a thing that is happening in May. 

Jan 25

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Jan 18

haveyoumetmissjones: Cover Reveal of Chris Colfer’s New Book, due out Jul. 17! (via EW) Our children’s/YA editor is SO excited for this book. She’s also a huge Gleek.

haveyoumetmissjones:

Cover Reveal of Chris Colfer’s New Book, due out Jul. 17! (via EW)

Our children’s/YA editor is SO excited for this book. She’s also a huge Gleek.

Dec 16

“He wrote about everything from Charles Dickens to Iran, and wasn’t afraid of butchering a sacred cow or two—witness “The Missionary Position,” his takedown of Mother Teresa.” — We’ll miss you, Hitch.