Daily Links 1-7-14

A daily roundup of links of interest from the web. In today's edition: how to jumpstart your journaling, alternate covers for books, building a library of literary classics, and more.

****************

A guide to jumpstarting your journaling. This article is chock full of great ideas how to get started on keeping a journal. If you've never tried it before I highly recommend it.

****************

Some artistically reimagined book covers. These are pretty amazing.

A reimagined cover for Ray Bradbury's classic novel Fahrenheit 451.

*******************

An illustrated guide to buying classic books (even if you're on a tight budget). The best thing about some of these collections is that they can easily purchased to help decorate your bookshelves and make them look nicer even if you don't intend to read the books.

*******************

Dr. Albert Mohler offers some great suggestions on how to become a more effective and prolific reader.

*******************

There is a Calvinist revival going on in evangelical churches and The New York Times takes notice with a remarkably good article.

*******************

The results of Baseball Hall of Fame voting will be announced soon but before we get to that we can look at a list of 50 best players not currently in the Hall.

*******************

From Art of Manliness, a terrific article on how to gain the respect you deserve at work.

*******************

How to build the perfect snowman.