Books, Keepers, Quickies, Reviews
Put your books down!
The 2009 Books Alive Reading Challenge finished yesterday (or today if you’re behind the date line). Stop reading and start writing your lists! Include a link to your challenge results in the comments below, so we can check out what you read. I’ll post a round-up post next week, so you have until Sunday to get those reviews done!
If you don’t have a blog, feel free to list your books in the comments below, or let me know if you’d like to do a guest post here on Book Thingo.
Books Alive Quickie Challenge
Here’s a list of the top 10 books I’ve read this year so far.
1. My Lord and Spymaster by Joanna Bourne – If you think romance writers can’t write beautiful prose, you need to read this book.
2. Addition by Toni Jordan – For maths nerds, people who count their steps, and lovers of base 10. You know who you are. (more)
Authors, Events
Source: Bronwyn Parry
What do you do when one of your favourite authors visits your library? You talk about books, of course!
When I arrived—half an hour late and with the Lilliputians in tow—to Books Alive author Bronwyn Parry’s meet and greet at Ultimo Library, it seems I may have interrupted an animated discussion about books. I felt a little awkward, butting into the conversation, but it’s almost impossible to hang out with book lovers and not be caught up in the discussion.
Located near the library entrance, Bron’s table was the first thing I saw as I walked through the doors. Seated at a large, round table were Bronwyn Parry, Louisa Dear (her publicist), Vassiliki (our librarian host), and a couple of us readers.
It was a far cry from Decadence’s recent author signing experience, but it made for a much more intimate experience. For someone long past her teenybopper years, (more)
Events
Hi, everyone! We’ve just passed the mid-point of our Books Alive Reading Challenge, and I wanted to check in and see how everyone’s going!
My reading progress has been abysmal these past couple of weeks. I managed to finish 3 books:
1. The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke (fantasy) — Unique premise, interesting characters. I’ve added the next book to my to-buy list.
2. Blue Noise by Debra Oswald (young adult fiction) — I’m not the target reader for this book, but I can see it appealing to younger teens or older reluctant readers.
3. The latest Kathleen O’Reilly (Harlequin Blaze) arrived last week, and I didn’t sleep last night because I just had to finish it!
What have you been reading? Anything you’d highly recommend (or not)? If you’ve posted any reviews or lists, leave a link in the comments so we can check them out!
Bronwyn Parry at Ultimo Library (more)
Events
Tomorrow is the start of our Books Alive Reading Challenge. It’s not too late to join! You can read the rules and sign up here. You can join any time until the end of the challenge—the more the merrier!
Participants
Susan at Reading Upside Down
Michelle at Torch Under The Blanket Books
Jen at eveninghour.org (The Books I’ve Bought Ages Ago But Haven’t Yet Read Challenge)
Charlie at bookbook blog
SonomaLass at SonomaLass’ blog
Christina via Goodreads
gnomeangel at her blog
Tez at Tez Says (Just Read, Bitch! Challenge)
Edie (Books By New-To-Me Authors)
Marg at Reading Aventures
Bronwyn Parry at her blog (All-rounder Challenge)
Becky at Becky et al
mirvettium at mirgraphy
Decadence at Book Thingo (Books I’ve Bought Ages Ago But Haven’t Yet Read Challenge–Just Read, Bitch! Combo Challenge)
Bon (Just Read, Bitch! Challenge)
Kat at Book Thingo (more)
Events
September is book month in Australia as the book industry gets behind the the Books Alive campaign, which runs from August 26 to September 30. And what better way to celebrate reading than … a reading challenge!
Books Alive Reading Challenge
1. Read as many books as you can from Sept 7 to 30. (This gives us a weekend to buy or borrow books for the challenge.)
2. On Oct 1, post a list of the books you read. If you don’t have a blog or website, you can post your results as a comment to our challenge round-up in October.
3. The list should either link to your reviews of the books or include short comments saying what you thought of each book.
Challenge variations (more difficult) (more)
