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It hasn't been a very nice month, has it? Global financial meltdown. Again. London burning. Real life has just been too depressing for words. Thank heavens for books and a bit of escapism. With that in mind, have you seen this year's [[Man Booker Prize 2011|Booker longlist]]? It will get your mind off things for sure. There are some fabulous books on it and we think you should choose at least one and read it. Go on, you know you want to.
If you have a Kindle, you might like to look at Amazon's new social networking platform for the device. You can find it [httpshttp://kindle.amazon.com here]. They seem to have launched it without much of a fanfare - or were we simply not paying proper attention? - but you can rate your books, comment on them and find people with similar tastes, if you're one of those sociable reader types.
Better late than never, we've got around to herding up the winner and shortlisters for the [[Carnegie Medal 2011]] into one place. A worthy winner this year, in Patrick Ness, but are our thoughts on [[White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick|White Crow]] on the money? The Carnegie judges disagreed!
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In [[David by Mary Hoffman|David]], Mary Hoffman imagines the story behind one of the world's best known sculptures, Michelangelo's statue of David. Rich in historical detail, she brings renaissance Florence alive in all its politics, intrigue and culture. As part of her very busy blog tour, Mary [[Mary Hoffman on the inspiration for ''David''|dropped by Bookbag Towers]] to tell us all about how she was inspired to write it.
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