Palindromic Reads

Today’s post is short and uncharacteristically selfish.  It is my birthday and Saturday is my daughter’s.  While our birthdays are always 2 days apart never before have we had palindromic birthdays... until this week that is.  We are 41 and 14.  I didn’t even realize it until last Sunday when we did a family party and my mother-in-law put the numbers together on the cake.

We are a family who discussed the run of palindrome dates earlier this month [from 6/10/16 through 6/19/16], so this is right up our nerdy alley. It is so cool!

In honor of all the Palindromes, here are some book lists so you can join in the celebration too:

• Earlier this month, in honor of the string of palindromic dates, Penguin Random House had this list of book titles that are palindromes-- for adults and children.  Of interesting note, two books that I really like are on this list, Seveneves by Stephenson and Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood. I never thought about the palindromic titles before though.
• Fun With Words’ Palindromes Book Store. Yes, an entire book store of palindromes. 
• Did you know that The Palindromist Magazine is an actual thing? You do now. You are welcome.
• Bestselling author and library patron favorite, Stuart Woods has a book titled, Palindrome.
• Goodreads has a crowd sourced list of books with any palindromic words in the title.  Not as cool as the PRH list but still worth a look.

Thanks for the indulgence today. I figure my birthday is a good excuse to be a little selfish.  Tomorrow I will go back to be my usual useful self.