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Reading for ... Fun?: Eight 2012 Books You Shouldn't Miss

Sun Staff  —  Nov 27, 2012

With winter break nearly here, reading can once again be a leisurely pastime. The Arts Staff for The Cornell Daily Sun selects eight books from the past year that are worth your time.

A Life of David Foster Wallace

Sally Gao  —  Nov 5, 2012

Sally Gao '15 reviews Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, D.T. Max's hagiographic biography of David Foster Wallace.

Snicket Strikes Again

Gina Cargas  —  Oct 31, 2012

Gina Cargas '14 reviews part one of Who Could That Be At This Hour?, a faux-autobiographical series revisiting the Unfortunate world of Lemony Snicket.

Beyond Words: The Art of Sacred Books

Nicole Hamilton  —  Oct 19, 2012

Seeing is believing. Nicole Hamilton '16 is awed by the intricacy and splendor of Illuminated: The Art of Sacred Books, on display at the Johnson Museum till December 23. 

Chinese Librarians Travel to Ithaca For Internship With Cornell Library

Dara Levy  —  Oct 18, 2012

The Cornell Library’s Department of Preservation and Conservation will host library staff from four different Chinese academic libraries to teach them about western book binding preservation techniques.

No Magic in This Vacant World

Katherine Carreno  —  Oct 16, 2012

Katherine Carreño '13 gives low marks to J.K. Rowling's dull foray into adult fiction, The Casual Vacancy.

‘Watershed’ Ruling on Lawsuit Advances Cornell's Digital Library Project

Akane Otani  —  Oct 15, 2012

Closing a lawsuit that could have brought a halt to Cornell scanning and uploading eight million library books to the web, a federal district court ruled last week that the University has the right to make digital copies of its books. 

Something Like Grace

Kaitlyn Tiffany  —  Oct 10, 2012

Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 reviews the new short story collection by Junot Diaz M.F.A. '95, This Is How You Lose Her. The stories weave a depressing but potent yarn of love long lost.

Serial Revolution

Emily Greenberg  —  Oct 2, 2012

Amazon is about to change the world again."Kindle Serials" might just cure us of our erratic reading habits. Emily Greenberg '13 prods further into how this new technology will change the way we read and write. 

Cornell's 'Haunted' Halls Revealed

Nicole Chang  —  Sep 28, 2012

A new book takes a fresh look at the University that’s based on one theory: that Cornell is haunted.

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