Dec 21 2008
What are my Bookish friends up to this week?
Hello, I hope everyone has had a nice, relaxing Sunday. Unfortunately I’ve been extremely busy - the perils of an editor when the client has a deadline! (9:00 a.m. tomorrow) So that’s what has eaten up my entire weekend.
So this may have to be short. But I still wanted to do a whirlwind tour around the blogs on my Blogroll, to see what everyone is up to.
At Alpha Heroes, Nicola continues her month featuring reviews, news, and opinions about anthologies. I’m enjoying what she’s doing, even though I rarely read anthologies myself. (Aha! A gap in my reading repertoire! More things I can read!)
Sheri at Bookopolis has posted a review that makes me want to rush out and buy Passive Aggressive Notes, by Kerry Miller. The book contains passive aggressive notes that people have found or received, some of which are very funny, and some, according to Sheri, that are rather creepy. Just seeing a couple of the examples lets me know I’d love this book.
Sandra at Fresh Ink Books is taking up one of the many reading challenges going around the Book Blogosphere right now: she’s doing the “Jewish Literature” challenge, and is going to read at least four books by Jewish authors or about Judaism.
Oh! And speaking of challenges, there’s another really good one, that I found by way of Melanie at The Indextrious Reader. This one’s called The Year of Readers, and involves people signing up to raise money for a literary charity by having people sponsor them while they read. It sounds like a lot of fun, and could really make a difference. Go sign up!
Lisa at Minds Alive on the Shelves has just announced a giveaway of a signed copy of Joshua Henkin’s Matrimony.
And Worthwhile Books has found yet another reading challenge: The World War II book reading challenge.
It’s certainly that time of year, isn’t it? I need to decide my own challenges in the next few days, clearly.
That’s some of what is out there in the Bookish World right now. Go and visit those blogs, and follow some of their own Blogrolls to other blogs, and you’ll find a million more fun things just like these.
