Tag: meme

Booking Through Thursday: 12/20/07

1. What fiction book (or books) would you nominate to be the best new book published in 2007?(Older books that you read for the first time in 2007 don’t count.) 2. What non-fiction book (or books) would you nominate to be the best new book published in 2007?(Older books that you read for the first […]

Booking Through Thursday: 11/15/2007

Booking Through Thursday: 11/15/2007

Preservatives Today’s question comes from Conspiracy-Girl:I’m still relatively new to this meme so I’m not sure if this has been asked yet, but I’m curious how many of us write notes in our books. Are you a Footprint Leaver or a Preservationist? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t […]

Booking Through Thursday

This week’s Booking Through Thursday question: Buy a Friend a Book Week is October 1-7 (as well as the first weeks of January, April, and July). During this week, you’re encouraged to buy a friend a book for no good reason. Not for their birthday, not because it’s a holiday, not to cheer them up–just […]

Booking Through Thursday: Goldilocks

Posted September 6, 2007 by Holly in Features | Tagged: , , | 11 Comments
Booking Through Thursday: Goldilocks

Okay, so the other day, a friend was commenting on my monthly reading list and asked when I found the time to read. In the ensuing discussion, she described herself as a “goldilocks” when it comes to reading–-she needs to have everything juuuuuust right to be able to focus. This caught my attention because, first, […]

Booking Through Thursday: Statistics

Posted August 30, 2007 by Holly in Features | Tagged: , , | 8 Comments
Booking Through Thursday: Statistics

There was a widely bruited-about statistic reported last week, stating that 1 in 4 Americans did not read a single book last year. Clearly, we don’t fall into that category, but . . . how many of our friends do? Do you have friends/family who read as much as you do? Or are you the […]