Tag Archives: reading

Book signing.

By Em | Published: January 22, 2011
Triple-purpose badge! Readers: Earn the “book signing” merit badge by attending a book signing. Writers: Earn the badge by being the one doing the signing. Booksellers: Earn the badge by successfully hosting and/or surviving a signing. Also worth mentioning: “Signing” doesn’t even seem like a word to me anymore! Tee hee! Part of the merit badges for readers & writers [...]
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Shh!

By Em | Published: January 7, 2011
Earn the “shh!” merit badge by finding a nice quiet place to read. (Or, failing that, by making everyone in a noisy space SHUT UP ALREADY!) Part of the merit badges for readers series. The badge may be posted on your site or blog. Tell us why you’ve earned (or will never earn) it in the [...]
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Book + wall.

By Em | Published: January 4, 2011
You shouldn’t do it. You know you shouldn’t do it. It’s terrible, horrible book abuse. And yet, with certain books… extra points if you leave a dent. This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. Dorothy Parker — The “book + wall” merit badge is part of the readers series. The badge may [...]
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Meetup.

By Em | Published: November 19, 2010
» Why, hello fellow human from the Interwebs! » Greetings, fellow human! » It is most pleasing to converse with you in this real-world environment at last. » I am also pleased, and glad to confirm that you are not a serial killer or some other category of undesirable fleshling. » HA HA HA. Likewise, I am glad to [...]
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Fictional BFF.

By Em | Published: November 16, 2010
Do you take long walks with your favorite characters? Talk things over with them? Listen to their advice? If so, you’ve earned the “fictional BFF” merit badge. Thanks for suggesting today’s Request Week badge, anwa! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m meeting a robot and a talking penguin for dinner. They’re fictional, but I wouldn’t call them [...]
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Clown.

By Em | Published: October 26, 2010
With so many Halloween-themed badges lately, I bet you were all wondering when I was going to get around to doing another Destroy All Genres! badge. Because when you think “scary,” you naturally think of the burgeoning clown fiction genre. It was the latest buzz at this year’s foreign book fairs: clowns are the new vampires. If [...]
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Reading glasses.

By Em | Published: October 20, 2010
Okay, so you need glasses to read. Does that make you any less of a reader? Of course not! Is Batman any less of a hero than Superman just because he needs the help of a few gadgets? No! You’re cool like Bruce Wayne, not dorky like Clark Kent… who, come to think of it, is actually [...]
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