Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a good weekend!
Depending on the edition of the book you recall reading or seeing recently you might have a completely different picture of a character in your mind. A quick search of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina will bring up a variety of covers, each with an image of a different woman. Here’s an interesting article about how we imagine book characters.
We know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the book jacket is so beautiful / unique / interesting, you can’t help but be drawn to the book. And I know I can’t be the only one who has bought I book I already own when I find an edition with a beautiful book jacket. Megan found this cool article about the purpose of a book jacket in a digital world.
There are so many fun people to follow on Instagram: your friends and family, bloggers, photographers, cute animals, cool brands (like Scholastic!) But what about your library? Check out this post about the ways libraries are using Instagram!
Speaking of social media, take a look at this list of Bookish Pinterest Boards! We may be a bit biased, but Scholastic’s Pinterest boards are really awesome too!
Here are few more interesting links we found this week:
- Do people read as well on tablets as they do on paper? A new study is trying to find out!
- Contemporary novels that will likely be taught as "classics" in school
- Russian Artist Inserts Her Fat Cat Into Iconic Paintings
- Reading to impress yourself
