Ali proposed a “magical history tour” for Weekly Geeks this week, with a focus on Historical Fiction (contemporary novels with a historical setting), and offered four choices of topics to write about within that theme. I chose the second option (click on the link above to check out the others): Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period? Include a […]
This week we are going to rewind to May 2008 and revisit one of Dewey‘s original Weekly Geeks themes: Political and Social Issues. Here is how to play: 1. Choose a political or social issue that matters to you. If you were a Weekly Geek last May and already did this theme, pick a different theme than the one you did at that time. 2. Educate readers about your topic by telling us a little […]
Weekly Geeks 2009-05 This week’s geektastic task comes from Becky of Becky’s Book Reviews : This week it’s all about judging books by their covers! Pick a book–any book, really–and search out multiple book cover images for that book. They could span a decade or two (or more)…Or they could span several countries. Which cover is your favorite? Which one is your least favorite? Which one best ‘captures’ what the book is about? LibraryThing has […]
In the third Weekly Geeks of 2009, Ali has proposed some “fun with the classics,” and has offered a choice of four questions to answer (you have to do at least two, but can do all four if you wish). The applicable definition of classic for this assignment is “anything written over 100 years ago and still in print.” (If your memory needs jogging, see Classic Literature Library for examples.) For your assignment this week, […]
For our second Weekly Geeks of the new year and our second post without our founder Dewey, Joanne of The Book Zombie has these questions: For those who have been with the group, either from the start or joined within recent months, what does being a member mean to you? What do you enjoy about the group? What are some of your more memorable Weekly Geeks that we might could do again? What could be […]
***One of the hazards of pre-scheduling my posts is that I miss things that don’t get advance announcement, and then I have to play catch-up. Yesterday was officially DeLurking Day across the blogiverse! Well, let’s go ahead and observe it here today instead – please come out of hiding and leave a comment, whether you do so regularly, or you rarely (or never) have before!**** ===================================== Welcome to the return of Weekly Geeks! We took […]
Earlier this week, Becky suggested: I was thinking that it might be nice for those bloggers who are Weekly Geeks to pay tribute to Dewey in the next week or so. To take the time to post to their blogs a “Weekly Geek” post about Dewey–maybe share their favorite posts from her site, maybe share a memory or two about participating in weekly geeks, the bookworms carnival, the 24 Hour Readathon, or one of Dewey’s […]
Weekly Geeks #24 sends us in search of fun facts about authors. 1. Choose a writer you like. 2. Using resources such as Wikipedia, the author’s website, whatever you can find, make a list of interesting facts about the author. 3. Post your fun facts list in your blog, maybe with a photo of the writer, a collage of his or her books, whatever you want. 4. Come (back to the main WG post on […]
Dewey‘s theme for Weekly Geeks #21 is sort of a combination group project / scavenger hunt / contest: Below, you’ll find a list of 100 first lines from books. The basic project is to identify their sources. 1. Look over the list of first lines. How many can you identify immediately? Post these in your blog, with the answer (the book title and author). If you’re not 100% positive of your answer, please Google the […]
You may recall that the object of Weekly Geeks #19 was to start compiling a list of book bloggers’ top books published during 2008. This week, Dewey is proposing an expansion on that assignment: Let’s see if we can get our readers to help us come up with our one big top books of 2008 list. The more contributors we have, the more accurately our final list will reflect the book blogosphere’s opinions. So if […]
Dewey‘s trying to get a headstart on the year-end book wrap-up with Weekly Geeks #19: I want to have Weekly Geeks come up with one big Best of 2008 list. Here’s how I see it working. First, this week, your WG theme is to list your top books published in 2008. I’m not asking for any specific number of favorite books, because some people don’t read many brand new books. If you’ve only read two […]
Disclaimer: I received my copy of this book for review after accepting an offer from publisher’s rep Katie O’Callaghan at Ballantine Books. This will be a little different than my usual book posts. For Weekly Geeks #16, Dewey gave the assignment to pair up with another participant and interview each other via e-mail about our most recently-read, not-yet-reviewed books. Instead of my usual meandering comments, I’ll be answering questions about this book from Jennifer of […]
