Weekly Link Round-Up

It's been an interesting week. Lots of procedural changes at work with a variety of learning curves for all involved. There's a feral cat intent on killing all the birds and knocking over all the birdbaths and fountains in my back garden. I'm now using my summer reading spot, so I'm spiffing it up a bit. Expect a photo in the near future on a Saturday Soliloquy post. And...for some reason, Twitter is trying to make me think that I'm the only Twit left in the universe. I can only see my own Tweets. Until that's sorted out, I'll be cut off from everyone. To get my mind off that, how's about some links?


What We're Talking About

• Book bloggers are an online community, and as such, we should have a place where we can celebrate some of life's events. Meghan, Amy and Michele did just that, starting the Book Blog Social Club!
• April of Cafe of Dreams has a post, Susan Boyle's Gift, for anyone who's following the singer from Britain's Got Talent.
• Natalie of Book, Line, and Sinker wants to know WHY did you start your blog?
• Proving that it's not always about books, the Dove Grey Reader has a post about some vintage knitting patterns that she uncovered recently. What a trip down Memory Lane!
• Lisa of Books On the Brain would like to know if we should (or should not) rate books when we review them.
• Beth of Beth Fish Reads wrote a mini-review of a book she didn't finish and wonders about our reactions to it.

Bookish News & Shopping

• Take a look at some of higher education's best staircases, several of which are in libraries.
• A man in Singapore believes that bookshops should charge an entrance fee. What do you think?
• Mystery lover that I am, I found a watch that I just have to have!
• Popcrunch has an article about the 10 Most Disturbing Books of All Time. It makes me want to post my own list!
• Think the blurbs on books have gotten a little out of hand? So does Publishers Weekly!
• Need some lovely book-themed note cards to send people a special snail mail? William, James & Company have some that might look a little familiar to you.

Blogging & Techie Stuff

• Are you on Blogger and thinking of publishing your blog on its own domain through Google servers? Here's an article with some tips on how to do it.
• Blogger Tips and Tricks has a good post about how to upload images to your blog that will increase your traffic.
  

Blogs I Discovered in the Past Week

• Stephanie's Written Word
• Books On the Brain
• The Magic Lasso
• Steph Su Reads
• Page 247
• Reading Through the Night

That's it for this week. What's in store for next Sunday? Only The Shadow knows!