Weekend links to keep you reading

A couple of Birthdays to recognize!

On this date in 1911, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born in Kislovodsky Russia.

He won the The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970.  Check out his bio as well as his Nobel Lecture and Banquet Speech.

Also on this date in 1911, Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo Egypt.  He too was a Nobel Prize winner (1988).  Read all about him here.

While you are clicking around, check out some recommendations by our friends over at Prince Books.  Part one of their Holiday Gift Guide is posted - Books for the Political Mind-.

Feel like spending some time in a library?  Why not “Friend” the Virginia Beach Public Library?  Receive the latest on the happening at the library right in your Facebook newsfeed.

Salon has a really cool post where authors give their opinion of the Best Books of 2009.

Nick Hornby, Judy Blume and Junot Diaz offer their choices.

Finally – as the war of e-readers continues, Wired takes a look at what Barnes & Noble has to offer with the Nook.

Have a great weekend and don’t forget to leave a comment or a suggestion in the comments section below!  We are still looking for a clever name for this blog.

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