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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Top Ten Underrated Books
The World is Not Enough by Zoe Oldenbourg
Happenstance by Carol Shields
Into That Good Night by Ron Rozelle
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed
With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky
Dreamers by Knut Hamsun
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
Civility by Stephen L. Carter
The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Don't forget to enter
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares!
Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.
Monday, August 8, 2011
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
Sigh.
I'm still reading War and Peace.
Take a look at this view of it and
you'll see why I'm still reading it:
Sigh.
How about you?
What are you reading today?
Don't forget to enter
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares!
(This is open to bloggers internationally!)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between! D This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!
I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling me how many you visited.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Sunday Salon: New York, New York!
This summer I went to New York City for the first time.
Guess what was my favorite spot in NYC?
Fortitude or Patience. Fortitude, I think.
You know you are going somewhere special
before you go inside.
Even the water fountains are beautiful.
Art in the library. What a great place to read!
Beautiful.
So beautiful.
Just beautiful.
And this is just for the even numbers.
I could have stayed here all day.
The children's room was lively.
Just because the library is old doesn't mean
it's out of date with technology.
Beautiful outside spaces, too.
And look what I got in NYC!
Am I the only one who goes to libraries on vacation?!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Top Ten Trends You'd Like to See More Of
The top ten trends I'd like to see more of are:
Photo by moriza
(1) More people reading books
(2) More people going to the library to get books
Photo by Neeta Lind
(3) More parents reading books to their young children
Photo by susansimon
(4) More people buying books as gifts
(5) More people talking about books instead of watching tv
(6) More people talking about books instead of talking politics
Photo by Friar's Balsam
(7) More people going to bookstores to buy books
Photo by David Jackmanson
(8) More celebrity authors
Photo by JD Hancock
(9) More tax benefits for reading books
Photo by mikebaird
(10) More time off for employees to spend reading books
How about you?
What are the trends you'd like to see more of?
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!
Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.
Monday, August 1, 2011
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Readerbuzz's August Giveaway!
What I Finished Last Week:
(For reviews, see 2011 Book Reviews.)
What I Am Reading Now:
I'm happy to announce
Readerbuzz's August Giveaway!
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares!
Rules for the Readerbuzz's August Giveaway are simple:
(1) You must follow me.
(2) You must leave a comment here
that expresses your interest in this giveaway
and includes an e-mail address
(posted in an elusive way to thwart the wicked).
BONUS:
If you really, really want to win this book,
If you really, really want to win this book,
you are welcome to receive extra entries by:
Following me at Twitter
and leaving a comment +1
Befriending me at Goodreads
and leaving a comment +1
Befriending me at Facebook
and leaving a comment +1
I will leave this giveaway open until August 31st.
Good luck!
Readerbuzz's August Giveaway is scheduled to begin on August 1st at 12:01 am EST
and end on August 31st at 11:59 pm EST.
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between! D This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!
I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling me how many you visited.
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