What sort of reading plans do you have between now and the end of the year?
✩✩✩✩ Speaking of plans…the Southern California book-blogger contingent is planning to get together around noon on Saturday, December 5 at Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City. We’ll have lunch at the adjoining Aroma Cafe, browse (maybe do some Christmas shopping?), and chat about blogging, books and whatever else comes to mind. If you can make it, we’d love to see you there! ✩✩✩✩
BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report
Reviews posted this week:
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
Next Reviews Scheduled:
When She Flew, by Jennie Shortridge (for TLC Book Tour December 3)
Lift, by Rebecca K. O’Connor
New to my LibraryThing “To Read” collection (current count – 252):
Thanks to Nicole at Bookreporter.com, an entire series for review, by Laura Pedersen:
Thanks to Nicole at Bookreporter.com, an entire series for review, by Laura Pedersen:
New additions to the Wishlist*:
None…and that may be a good thing
None…and that may be a good thing
Challenge Updates/Conclusions:
Read Your Own Books Challenge (RYOB 2009): Pledged 20; Read 20
Completed as of 11/24/09
I’m glad I signed on for this one, and I think liking it so much may be one reason I’m cutting back on accepting books for review. In the same spirit, but with a slightly different twist, I’ve decided to join the 2010 Reading From My Shelves Project hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea. That challenge has the additional requirement that participants must pass on their books once they’ve read them, and that’s something I normally do anyway. I will pledge to read 25 books for the challenge (which can cross with other challenges), which happens to be the just over the minimum of 20 allowed, but I’m now feeling a little more confident about a slightly bigger commitment.
I’m glad I signed on for this one, and I think liking it so much may be one reason I’m cutting back on accepting books for review. In the same spirit, but with a slightly different twist, I’ve decided to join the 2010 Reading From My Shelves Project hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea. That challenge has the additional requirement that participants must pass on their books once they’ve read them, and that’s something I normally do anyway. I will pledge to read 25 books for the challenge (which can cross with other challenges), which happens to be the just over the minimum of 20 allowed, but I’m now feeling a little more confident about a slightly bigger commitment.
Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge: Pledged 25% of books read in October and November to qualify; Read 4 out of 9 books that qualified (44%)
Completed as of 11/4/09
I guess I could have closed out this one sooner, but I wasn’t sure how much more I might accomplish in November. I did better than expected, but most of that is directly due to participating in the 24-Hour Readathon last month. I’m also choosing not to count an e-book for this challenge, since it doesn’t actually occupy a shelf.
I guess I could have closed out this one sooner, but I wasn’t sure how much more I might accomplish in November. I did better than expected, but most of that is directly due to participating in the 24-Hour Readathon last month. I’m also choosing not to count an e-book for this challenge, since it doesn’t actually occupy a shelf.
BOOKMARKS: Reading-related Reading
It’s been a year since we lost one of our leaders…and still, the book-blogging community continues to grow and expand, and to follow her light. We still remember, and we still miss Dewey (and sadly, we can’t even access her blog archives any more…)
Considering the inclusion of “fluff” in the literary diet
A contrarian approach to a school-wide book ban
The kind of behavior that gives book bloggers a bad reputation
Thanks to Lisa at Lit and Life for the “Over the Top” Award! There’s a quiz/meme that goes with the award and I’ll get to that later, but since I’m infamously negligent about acknowledging awards, I wanted to get to this one before I got too distracted :-).
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