Weekly Geeks #3 is on! Dewey says: This week’s theme comes from Samantha, who suggested that one week we all write about our fond memories of childhood books. You could approach this several ways. I’ll probably list my favorite childhood books with maybe a paragraph about each book: why I loved it, how old I was when I read it, where I got the book, etc. You could also just pick one childhood favorite and […]
Manual Labor May 8, 2008 Writing guides, grammar books, punctuation how-tos . . . do you read them? Not read them? How many writing books, grammar books, dictionaries–if any–do you have in your library? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves! I’d really never thought about this question before, probably […]
One thing makes books even better – getting them for free! Enter the “Mother’s Day Book Bash” at A Book Blogger’s Diary by this Sunday, May 11 ( Mothers’ Day in the USA), and you just might win a book! You’re also promised some linkage. Here’s how it works (full rules may be found at the link in item #1): 1) Blog this giveaway (link to this post please and preferably with a Book Bash […]
My list of books in progress hasn’t significantly changed since last week, so I’m skipping the Page 123 meme this Friday. No news isn’t necessarily good news…it’s just no news. But since I’m doing Book Binge during May (have you signed up yet? MaryP is posting the participant list today, so hurry on over!), I’ve got some incentive to make some more reading progress in the next few weeks, so I expect to visit a […]
Here’s a fairly painless challenge, especially for those of you who would be reading anyway – MaryP is hosting her annual Book Binge during May. Details: For the month of May, participants keep track of each and every book you read. At the end of the month, everyone will blog their list of books. Simple, no? For simplicity’s sake, and to allow people time to hear about it and sign up if they want, we’ll […]
The Weekend Assignment is posted each Friday at Outpost Mâvarin; a roundup of responses goes up the following Thursday, so if you’d like to join in, you’ve still got some time. Karen says: Don’t worry if you don’t get your entry in by the end of the weekend. It’s called the Weekend Assignment because John Scalzi originally designed it to give folks something to write on weekends, but times have changed since then. Now the […]
Springing April 24 25, 2008 Well, here where I live, Spring is sprung–weeks early, even. Our lilac bush looks like it will have flowers by this time next week instead of in the middle of May as usual. The dogwood trees, the magnolia trees–all the flowering trees are flowering. The daffodils and crocuses are, if anything, starting to fade. It may only be April 24th but it is very definitely Spring and, allergies notwithstanding, I’m […]
Vocabulary – Booking Through Thursday 4-17-08 Suggested by Nithin: I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down on paper so they can look it up later, or do they stop reading to look it up on the dictionary/google it or do they just continue reading and forget about the word? Don’t forget to leave a link to your […]
Fun link of the week:PAK Dictionary of Names, via Bubba’s Sis – just enter your first name and gender, hit “lookup,” and get a “definition” of your name. If you have an unusual first name like mine, you may draw a blank, though, so give it a try with your middle name instead. Here’s what I got with that (I have underlined the parts that I think are the most on-target for me): Your name…gives […]
Tall Paul and I met online, through eHarmony, and they have an established getting-to-know-you process that involves four communication “stages.” Your initial exposure to each other is a view of the “About Me” profile page, which contains a selection of short-answer questions, and the site encourages you to fill it in as completely as possible. A couple of the questions on that page concerned books – an estimate of how many you read per year, […]
Cover-Up This week’s question comes from Julie, who asks: While acknowledging that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover vs. softcover? Trade paperback vs. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc.? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves! […]
Since Booking Through Thursday doesn’t post the prompts in advance, it can be really hard for me to get them done and posted on Thursdays – so they’ll be showing up on Fridays, partnered with the week’s Friday Fill-ins. Yeah, I’ve actually been doing this for a couple of weeks already, but I’m now declaring it to be official policy. Booking Through Thursday 3-20: “The End” You’ve just reached the end of a book . […]
