This is just a quick post to share this wonderful photo of the original house that Author George Orwell lived in for many years on the tiny Scottish isle of Jura. In fact, this is where he wrote his classic “1984″ novel book.

OK, check out this totally hilarious Rap Music Video performed by La Shea Delaney & Annabelle Quezada. It’s called “B*tches in Bookshops” and it was created for every Serious Book Lover out there! “I read so hard Librarians tryin’ ta FINE me , I read so hard Librarians tryin’ ta FINE me !”

OK, After you spend an hour or so here at CHIPKIDD.COM enjoying the wonderful content ( ha ha ) you need to head over to the SUPERHEROHYPE.COM Website & read a really really great story they just posted. What is it & Why? Well, Reporter Spencer Perry just did a Book Review about Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor’s new BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN Graphic Novel Book published by DC Comics. It’s very well written & wait a minute, are we reviewing a Book Review? Ha Ha! But all kidding aside Spencer wrote a nice piece. Seriously, it’s good stuff. So, Please CLICK HERE to check it out and while you're there maybe “like” it on Facebook, thanks! ( Also, Thank You Spencer )

UNTERZAKHN is a mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th-century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths.

In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that life, Unterzakhn (Yiddish for ‘Underthings’) tells the story of sisters Esther and Fanya: as wide-eyed little girls absorbing the sights and sounds of a neighborhood of struggling immigrants; as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world; and, finally, as adults battling for their own piece of the ‘golden land,’ where the difference between just barely surviving and triumphantly succeeding involves, for each of them, painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions.

Please listen to Author Leela Corman as she explains it all in her new Knopf Doubleday Book Trailer:

It’s crazy out of control bat-mania over at the OMNIVORACIOUS Website! Why? Because Alex Carr just did a wonderful Interview with New York Times Best Selling Author Chip Kidd about his new BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN Graphic Novel Book published by DC Comics. The main focus was the collaborative process between Chip and Comic Book Artist Dave Taylor. They also chat about the origins of the book and creating the plot. Please CLICK HERE to check it out & while you’re there maybe leave a comment? Thanks! ( Also, Thanks Alex )

As if being included on the New York Times Best Seller List was not honor enough, the NYT website also published a very funny Comic Strip by Grant Snider that is sort of “Chip Kidd related” and also totally hilarious! It’s a BINGO Card designed around the ideas & concepts of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 Book. Now, if you look at the very bottom panel, far left-hand side… Chip Kidd Cover!! Hilarious!! ( Thank you Grant Snyder & NYT ).

OK, We could not be more proud or incredibly super-happy right now because it has just been announced that the new BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN Graphic Novel ( DC Comics ) by Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor is listed as #2 in the “Hardcover Graphic Books” Section of THE NEW YORK TIMES Best Sellers List!! Wow! It’s almost to good to be true and, on a serious note, a very distinct honor.

The JOHN UPDIKE SOCIETY recently announced that they have purchased the original childhood home of John Updike. It’s located at 117 Philadelphia Ave. in Shillington, PA. The good news is that they plan to turn it into a Museum and preserve it as a memorial to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Author. John Updike burst upon the scene in 1960 with this novel, “Rabbit, Run”. After that ( and lucky for all of us who love reading great books ) he had become quite prolific. Sadly, Mr. Updike passed away in 2009 at the young age of 76. But, his house, along with his writings, will live on as a wonderful legacy. For more information about the JOHN UPDIKE SOCIETY please CLICK HERE.

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." - Anne Frank

Yesterday, June 12th, was the 70th Anniversary of The Diary of Anne Frank. It’s amazing to think about what this 13 year old Author wrote all those years ago is still so inspiring, and timeless. In a recent online article written by Dylan Stableford ( CLICK HERE ) he noted that, “Frank died in 1945 in a German concentration camp - crazy to think that Frank would’ve been just 83 today had she survived.” On an important side note: The Anne Frank Museum is asking young people to celebrate her birthday by reflecting on her story. We could not agree more.