Showing posts with label oh snap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oh snap. Show all posts

Friday, February 5, 2010

Oh Snap!: The Happiest Place On A Bibliophile's Earth

The Kansas City Library in Missouri. Swoon!

--Photo: BoredPanda

--Nicole Crowder

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Oh Snap! Kate's Books


When I open emails from accessories retailers, I don't expect to see gorge images of women reading, but sometimes I do. This arrived in my email this morning from queen of the cute person, Kate Spade.

And, really, we all know love of reading and great style go hand-in-hand, right?

--Whitney

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Oh Snap!: 'Glee'-ful About Vonnegut

Quinn Fabray of 'Glee' may be working it out with all kinds of accessories, but the one thing a girl can never have too much of is a good read.

--Nicole

Photo: Jezebel

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Oh Snap! McCainin' It



Actress Rachel True got a dose of inspiration from Meghan McCain's now-infamous Twitpic while reading Feminista.

Photo: The Feminista Files

-- Whitney Teal

Friday, October 16, 2009

Oh Snap!: The How To Make A Bibliophile Hyperventilate Version


Water, water, everywhere....

--Samantha Tungul

Photo: strollerderby

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Oh Snap!: Rub a Dub Dub...



...who's reading in the tub?

--Nicole Crowder

Photo: Fuckyeahindiegirls

Monday, October 12, 2009

Oh Snap!: Reading Room After Hours

How about a midnight book to replace the midnight snack? We agree it's much healthier for both the mind and body. And how can one go wrong with Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita?
--Samantha Tungul
Photo by Neeru Khosla

Friday, October 9, 2009

Oh Snap!

Cool, casual and comfortable reading. Exactly how it's supposed to be.

--Samantha Tungul

Photo by dreadpiraterach

Monday, October 5, 2009

Oh Snap!: Instant Reading Room

Amid the hustle and bustle of Bethesda, Md.'s Montgomery Mall, this gentleman finds momentary solitude with Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.

--Nicole Crowder

Photo courtesy Whitney Teal

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Oh Snap!: The Charming Reader

A beautiful forest creature is spotted; a bookish 'indie' boy enjoys a sweet escape among the elements.

--Nicole Crowder

Photo: Fuckyeahindieboys

Monday, September 28, 2009

Oh Snap!: Behold, the Power!


Paris Hilton takes a drive over to Book Soup in West Hollywood and finds herself engrossed in The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene.

--Nicole Crowder

Photo by London Entertainment/Splash News

Friday, September 25, 2009

Oh Snap!: Only the Essentials...

Fashion blogger and bibliophile Olivia does a little shopping for vintage accessories and steals away with Steinbeck and Hemingway.

--Nicole Crowder

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Oh Snap!: Seduced... by a Cover, Of Course


Actor Ryan Gosling is a man who knows how to woo a lady with words (see The Notebook). Now we know where he gets it from. Gosling reads Albert Camus' The Stranger.
--Nicole Crowder

Monday, September 21, 2009

Oh Snap!: Bedtime Story


Rainbow slippers, monkey pajama pants, and a novel-- time to say "good night."

--Allison Geller

Photo courtesy of Chapendra via Flickr.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Oh Snap!: A Student's Right to Chose


Letting students read what they want doesn't seem too revolutionary, but it's causing quite a stir in the education community, headed by this 8th grade teacher, Lorrie McNeill. Her unique approach to assigned reading: there isn't any. As long as it's a book, anything goes.
--Allison Geller
Photo courtesy The New York Times

Friday, September 11, 2009

Oh Snap!: Bedtime Story

For this dapper chap, we guess nothing is more conducive for an afternoon nap than having his fill of reading The Menage of Fascism & Anarchy.

--Nicole Crowder

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Oh Snap!: Well Trained


New Yorkers don't let jerky stops and loud cell phone conversations distract their concentration: these urbanites have the art of reading on the Subway down to an art.
--Allison Geller

Photo: The New York Times, who have also put together an entire slideshow on the art of subway reading! Click here to check it out.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Oh Snap! Like Riding a Bike

Once learned, reading is a skill that can't be forgotten.

--Allison Geller

Photo: Big Mike Photo Blog

Friday, August 28, 2009

Oh Snap!: Train Spotting

An engrossing book can make the long commute home that much more enjoyable as this man proves with his copy of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma.

Photo by Uptown Literati

Friday, August 21, 2009

Oh Snap!: Model Citizen

This model in Paris knows what's up: great books never go out of style.
--Nicole Crowder