#2: “A Life Well Read” Reading Organizer
I’m keeping the one I was sent for review (posted 9/16/09), but I’ll get you one of your own! (Sorry, but this giveaway is open to US addresses only.)
#3: LibraryThing Lifetime Membership
This is for those who might prefer to keep their book records online, and may be used to upgrade a current free LT membership. It can also be given as a gift to someone else. Open worldwide.
For more details and entry instructions, just click on this little gift box! 
BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report
Book reviews posted this week:
The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
Next review scheduled:
Goldengrove, by Francine Prose (TLC Book Tour)
Currently reading:
The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman (ARC from the publisher)
Still Alice, by Lisa Genova (RYOB Challenge, Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge, tie-in to the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk I’m doing on October 17)
Total reviews posted year to date: 34 (Woohoo! I’m now guaranteed to pass my 2008 reading total…unless I don’t read anything else this year. Like that’s gonna happen!)
Total read/reviewed to date for the Read Your Own Books Challenge: 15 (5 more needed to meet goal – and as noted above, one isn’t reviewed yet, so I’ve really only got 4 to go after that!)
Total read/reviewed for tours: 4
Total books currently in the LT “To Read” collection: 238
Books added to “To Read” collection in 2009: 108 (includes 20 have been read, reviewed, and thus removed from the TBR folder)
for review:
Corn Flakes with John Lennon, and Other Tales from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Life, by Robert Hilburn (review copy from publisher, via Nicole at The Book Report Network)
for me (I had a coupon AND Borders Bucks!):
Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself, by Maud Hart Lovelace (reissue)1
Betsy Was a Junior/Betsy and Joe, by Maud Hart Lovelace (reissue)1The Opposite of Love: A Novel, by Julie Buxbaum2
Sleepwalking in Daylight, by Elizabeth Flock2
In a Perfect World: A Novel, by Laura Kasischke
1I actually read these many years ago, multiple times – I’m not a new Betsy-Tacy convert. They’re old friends!
2Moved from the Wishlist
New additions to the Wishlist*:
31 Hours, by Masha Hamilton
You Can’t Drink All Day if You Don’t Start in the Morning, by Celia Rivenbark
Haunting Bombay, by Shilpa Agarwal
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, by Michael Chabon
BOOKMARKS: Reading-related Reading
Book blogging with integrity: I probably could have built this post around nothing but links to bloggers’ reactions to the new FTC rulings regarding disclosure, but I’m just including a few. BUT…if you read just one, make it this guest post on The Boston Bibliophile in which an internet/media attorney breaks it down in an FAQ for book bloggers (focus on items 5 – 14). Also, if the guidelines haven’t scared you away from accepting and asking for review copies, keep in mind the art of requesting reviews and books (link via Twitter)!
You can find other related posts in my Google Reader Shared Items if you’re interested, but odds are that you’ve read plenty of them yourself already.
Book blogging, big time: The Huffington Post launches a Books section. Also: is your book blog included in this list of 285+ book-related links? (If not, be sure to leave a comment on that post!)
Are you a candidate for BBA (Book Buyers Anonymous)?
A day in the life of a 500-books-a-year reader (!!)
The horror of horror, or misogyny in genre fiction; distinguishing between memoir and autobiography
How do you react if an author reacts badly to your book review? How does anyone react to a book review by a goat?
Is reading fiction your form of “escapism” – and is that necessarily a bad thing?
Some reasons why you might try reading to your dog (I haven’t done it yet – let me know how it goes if YOU do!)
Book Events
But…what to read? Repeat Read-a-thoners recommend relatively short, fast-moving books, so I’m thinking that this may be the time to read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, plus maybe some light non-fiction and some chick-lit, and starting a new book on my Kindle. I’ll get a stack of books ready a day or two before, but since I’m not sure how much of the 24 hours I’ll actually get through, I’m not going to make really big plans…other than to see that the books I choose qualify for one or both of those Challenges I mentioned above!
Meanwhile, Beth Fish has some Read-a-Thon preparation tips for both newbies and repeaters.
Are you participating in the Read-a-thon? Got any advice for me? Comment, please!
Great links as always! And yes, read HG and CF!! Time will fly by 🙂
I really want to read Goldengrove. I have it out from the library at the moment!
Lenore – I've been planning to read them back-to-back, and the Read-a-thon seems like just the right time to do it!
Kailana – My review of Goldengrove will be up on Thursday. It seems to be making a pretty good impression on readers.
If I manage to finish my current book soon, I hope to start on Still Alice. I may not be able to get it done by the 17th, but I'll make a good effort. 🙂
Sounds like you are doing very well reading wise both with your total number of books read and your challenge.
I've been following the FTC discussions all week. Thanks for the added links!
I actually do read to my dog and my cats now and then. Usually when I am in the mood to read out loud. I haven't a clue if they are actually listening.
I hope you have a great week, Florinda!
Wendy (Literary Feline) – My sister has already beaten me to Still Alice, and given it 4 stars on GoodReads. I'm trying to get a guest review out of her :-). I may get a late start on it myself, but I still intend to have it underway (if not finished) by the time we do the Memory Walk next weekend!
I'm pleased that I've focused more on my reading this year too. I doubt I'll ever exceed an average reading pace of a book a week, but last year was a low I don't want to hit again!
I should try reading to Gypsy. I don't think she could listen to that any less than she does my talking to her :-).