The current Weekly Geeks topic is one dear to the hearts of most bloggers, and one that I obsess over to a ridiculous degree – COMMENTS! Well, to be fair, I obsess a lot more about getting them than giving them – I don’t think I do so badly in the latter department, if I say so myself. It’s also rather timely, since as you may have seen, I recently installed a new commenting system […]
(Well, I wasn’t sure if I’d have a post up today, but what do you know? Here’s one after all!) I hadn’t expected to start thinking about my end-of-the-year book choices quite yet, but Weekly Geeks is a little bit ahead of me: This is a guest post by Jackie of Literary Escapism who has graciously offered to organize the Book Blogger Top 10 again this year. Welcome to the Weekly Geeks Book Bloggers Top […]
I didn’t get the opportunity to post my response to last week’s Weekly Geeks query, but since there wasn’t a new one for this week – WG took the week off to observe Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon this past Saturday – I’m squeezing it in before the next theme goes up this coming weekend! Last week, Ruth asked about Tools of the Trade: Book blogging, as a concept, is essentially pretty simple: If you have Internet […]
Lots of things catch my eye as they make their way around the blogiverse, but sometimes it takes me awhile to get around to doing something with them myself. Part of the “assignment” for the final day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week was to consider blogging goals: “Tell us in 50 words or less where you want your blog to be by the next BBAW!” Since it’s no longer BBAW, to heck with the 50-word […]
This week on Weekly Geeks, Terri asks about reading plans for the rest of the year: It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the last quarter of 2009. Soon those of us in the northern hemisphere will be curled up in front of the fire (or solar heater) with our favorite wintry reads, and those in the southern will be off to the beaches with their summer books. Do you have a plan of what you’re […]
This Weekly Geeks assignment definitely hit close to home. Ruth asked: I think just about every reader has a least one book that they’ve been meaning to read for awhile (months or even years) but, for one reason or another, they just haven’t gotten around to it. Maybe it’s a book a friend recommended last year, or a title you’ve flirted with in a bookstore on more than one occasion, or maybe it’s a book […]
This week’s Weekly Geeks question was posed by Terri: Where in the world have you been? – via books, of course, whether written about a country or by a native or resident of the country! Are you a global reader? How many countries have you “visited” in your reading? What are your favorite places or cultures to read about? Can you recommend particularly good books about certain regions, countries or continents? How do you find out […]
This week’s task was sent in by Maree of Just Add Books, who’s been thinking about those things that we do when we’re not reading or blogging. Here’s what Maree has to say: The comments on this post of mine got me thinking about guilty pleasures. Non-reading guilty pleasures. Mine at the time the post was written was American Idol. Particularly one contestant, as you can see. By now, the show is over, and the […]
This week’s Geekery comes from Softdrink (Jill) of Fizzy Thoughts: Take us on a literary tour of your hometown! Share your fun literary facts about the town or area where you live. You can talk about famous (or not so famous) authors who live there, novels that have been set in your area, or any other literary facts that you know about where you live. Feel free to embellish with pictures of places and/or authors, […]
I didn’t get to last week’s Weekly Geeks assignment, so I’m doing a two-fer this time around – but I’ll go backwards and start with the current theme, courtesy of Bookish Ruth: Do you use bookmarks or just grab whatever is handy to mark your page? Do you collect lots of different bookmarks or do you have a favorite one that you use exclusively? If you’re not someone who uses bookmarks on a regular basis, […]
This Weekly Geeks theme comes from animal lover Wendy of Caribousmom: How many of us remember a favorite pet from our childhood? Or have enjoyed visiting the zoo? Or relish in walking in the woods and hearing birdsong, or seeing a deer leap away through the brush? How many of us have been thrilled by a soaring eagle? How often have we sought the comfort of a dog or cat, or wept tears of loss […]
This week, Becky proposed two different Weekly Geeks topics related to literary observances this month: April 2nd was International Children’s Book Day, which inspired Option A: Be A Kid! The entire month is National Poetry Month, and therefore Option B is Be A Poet! I am not about to write a poem and inflict it on y’all, so I am left with Option A, for which Becky offered several suggestions: You could read a picture […]
