This week on the bookish internet

After the Moby-Dick marathon reading, it was inevitable that someone would up the ante and do a War and Peace marathon reading. (BBC)
Rod Nordland profiles the amazing Islamabad bookstore, Saeed Book Bank. The founder, Saeed Jan Qureshi, “had always regarded book theft by children as an investment in a future where people still read.” (New York Times)
Arika Okrent explains word histories via cartoons. This is a lot more interesting than it sounds. (YouTube)
K Anis Ahmed reports on a dangerous country where writers are not just censored or jailed. In Bangladesh, writers run the risk of being murdered for their words. (The Guardian)

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