Links
“Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.”
—Ann Patchett
Bookstores and Associations
Alaska Writers Guild http://www.alaskawritersguild.com
Alaska Quarterly Review http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/aqr
Northern California Independent
Booksellers Association (NCIBA) http://www.nciba.com
Bookstore People http://www.bookstorepeople.com
Books and Movies http://www.booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.com/
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore http://www.poisonedpen.com
The Tattered Cover http://www.tatteredcover.com
Indie Bound http://www.indiebound.org
NewPages.Com http://www.newpages.com
BookTrib http://www.booktrib.com
Beacon Press http://www.beacon.org
Literary Affairs http://www.literaryaffairs.net
WritersBloc Presents.com http://www.writersblocpresents.com
The Elliot Bay Book Company http://www.elliottbaybook.com
Title Wave Books http://www.wavebooks.com
The Homer Bookstore http://www.homerbookstore.com
LitSite Alaska http://www.litsite.org/index.cfm?section=Libraries-and-Booksellers&page=Bookstore-Profiles
Powell’s City of Books http://www.powells.com
Top 700 Independent Bookstores http://www.bookmarket.com/top700
Vroman’s Bookstore Blog http://blog.vromans.com
Vroman’s Bookstore http://www.vromansbookstore.com
The Boswellians Blog http://www.theboswellians.blogspot.com
Skylight Books Blog http://www.skylightbooks.blogspot.com
Book Soup Blog http://www.booksoupbookstore.blogspot.com
River Run Bookstore Blog http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/blog
NYT Arts Beat Blog http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/category/books/
Book Square http://www.booksquare.com
Emerging Writer’s Network http://www.emergingwriters.typepad.com
Conversational Reading http://www.conversationalreading.com
Booktrib http://www.booktrib.com
Literary Blogs
Absolute Gentleman http://www.absolutegentleman.net
Attacking the Demi-Puppets http://kingwenclas.blogspot.com
Avoiding the Muse http://avoidmuse.blogspot.com
Beatrice http://www.beatrice.com/index2.html
Big Other http://bigother.com
Book Angst 101 http://bookangst.blogspot.com
Book Dwarf http://www.bookdwarf.com
BookFox http://thejohnfox.com/2007/11/bookfox-double/
Bookish Marginalia http://www.bookishmarginalia.blogspot.com
Books for Breakfast http://books4breakfast.blogspot.com
Booksquare http://booksquare.com
Buzz, Balls & Hype http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/buzz_balls_hype/
Carolyn Kellogg http://carolynkellogg.com
Chasing Ray http://www.chasingray.com
Condalmo http://condalmo.wordpress.com
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind http://www.sarahweinman.com
Conversational Reading http://esposito.typepad.com
Counter Balance http://counterbalance.typepad.com
Critical Mass http://bookcritics.org/blog
Croaking Marley http://marlon-james.blogspot.com
Eat, Sleep & Read http://anglophilereads.blogspot.com
Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant http://www.edrants.com
Fiction Writer’s Review http://fictionwritersreview.com
Five Star Literary Stories http://fivestarliterarystories.blogspot.com
Heart Hammer http://heart-hammer.blogspot.com
House of Mirth http://housemirth.blogspot.com
HTML Giant http://housemirth.blogspot.com
I Read a Short Story Today http://ireadashortstorytoday.com
Isak http://isak.typepad.com
Kate’s Book Blog http://www.katesbookblog.blogspot.com
Katrina Denza http://www.katdenza.blogspot.com
Large Hearted Boy http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/book_notes/
Light Reading http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/book_notes/
Literary Writer’s Network http://www.literarywritersnetwork.blogspot.com
Live Nude Books http://livenudebooks.wordpress.com
Luna Books http://lunaparkreview.com
Maud Newton http://www.maudnewton.com/blog/
New Pages http://www.newpages.com
No Blank Pages http://parodieslost.typepad.com/noblankpages/
Now What http://nowwhatblog.blogspot.com
Old Hag http://www.theoldhag.com
Sans Serif http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/
Shaken & Stirred http://gwendabond.typepad.com/bondgirl/
Shanna Compton http://blog.shannacompton.com
Slushpile http://slushpile.net
The Elegant Variation http://marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar/
The Literary Salon http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/index.htm
The Millions http://www.themillions.com
The Mumpsimus http://mumpsimus.blogspot.com
Three Guys One Book http://threeguysonebook.com
Three Percent http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/
Alaska
Brown bear and salmon cam – Brooks Falls, Alaska http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/hierarchy-at-the-falls
Alaska Department of Fish and Game http://www.adfg.state.ak.us
University of Alaska at Fairbanks Geophysical Institute http://www.gi.alaska.edu
Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com
Alaska Dispatch Blog http://www.alaskadispatch.com
Anchorage Museum of Natural History http://www.anchoragemuseum.org
Artique Ltd. http://www.artiqueltd.com
Alaska Railroad http://www.alaskarailroad.com
Kenai Fjords National Park http://www.nps.gov/kefj
Moose’s Tooth/Bear’s Tooth Pizza http://www.moosestooth.net
Chena Hot Springs http://www.chenahotsprings.com
KTUU http://www.ktuu.com
Fairbanks Daily News Miner http://www.newsminer.com
Spenard Roadhouse http://www.spenardroadhouse.com
Sacks Café http://www.sackscafe.com
Glacier Brewhouse http://www.glacierbrewhouse.com
Orso http://www.orsoalaska.com
Chugach Powder Guides http://www.chugachpowderguides.com
Alyeska Resort http://www.alyeskaresort.com
Lands End Resort http://www.lands-end-resort.com
Katmai National Park http://www.nps.gov/katm
Denali National Park http://www.nps.gov/dena
Glacier Bay National Park http://www.nps.gov/glba
Maui
Tedeschi Vineyards http://www.mauiwine.com
Kula Botanical Gardens http://www.kulabotanicalgarden.com
Haleakala National Park http://www.nps.gov/hale
Pipiwai Trail, Waimoku Falls http://www.naturalbornhikers.com/PipiwaiTrail/PipiwaiTrail
Guest Houses at Malani in Hana http://www.hanaguesthouses.com
Leokane Pryor http://www.leokane.com
Sansei Seafood Restaurant http://www.sanseihawaii.com
Maui Arts and Cultural Center http://www.mauiarts.org
Paia Inn http://www.paiainn.com
Shaka Pops http://www.shakapopsmaui.com
Thai Food by Prawnee http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60630-d3677342-r150956298-Thai_Food_by_Prawnee-Hana_Maui_Hawaii.html
Bruddah Hutts BBQ http://braddahhutts.wordpress.com
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