Another glorious week of spring. Let's see what sorts of links I managed to uncover, shall we?
Bookish News & Other Fun Links
- American Mensa's "Top 50" Websites 2010
- Spectacular aerial photography
- How would you like to be sued for the setting you used in your book?
- Washington figures name the book they most enjoyed reading to their children.
- I'm still not sure how I feel about this one: an indoor planter that's a real page-turner.
- A new flagship bookstore is launched, which may provide us with a glimpse into the future of our favorite buildings. I remember this company fondly as a place that wouldn't hire me because I wasn't a member of their church. And yes, you heard me correctly. I have fond memories of that fact!
- Have you heard the flap about the latest Kindle vs. Amazon reviews?
- It's wonderful to have a president who enjoys shopping for books (and reading them, too)!
- Just found this today: a UK television series called The Book Group about an American in Glasgow, Scotland who starts a book group in order to make new friends. Fortunately we have a DVD player that will play DVDs from the UK.
- How to find and remove broken links from your blog.
- 5 Tips to Ensure Your Blog is Suitable for Mobiles.
- Tips for improving your blog writing.
- The #1 Secret to Follow Friday Success on Twitter.
- Jen of Devourer of Books-- Say Yes to the Book.
- Kay of My Random Acts of Reading wants to know Are You an Obsessive Serial Reader?
- Aarti of BOOKLUST wants to know Do You Fall for the Hype?
- Lu of Regular Rumination gets philosophical about book reviews.
- Becky of The Bookette has two posts that caught my eye: Honesty: What I'm Feeling About Book Blogging and Your Questions Answered.
- Vasilly of 130v wants to know What inspires you to keep blogging?
- Jackie of Farm Lane Books wants to know Does the age of the author matter?
- Andi of Estella's Revenge: Aloof in the Blogosphere or Why I Blog.
- Read Around the World
- The Neverending Shelf
- The Bookette
- Megan Rebekah Blogs and Writes
- Picky Girl: Discussions of food, film, and fiction
- Mystery Fanfare
Which links tickled your fancy this week?
Amazon just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Thanks for the great links. I see quite a few that I had missed.
ReplyDeleteNicole-- At least this time it's Amazon's customers that are causing the flap instead of Amazon's policies!
ReplyDeleteGood links this week :)
ReplyDeleteThe worst part of this weekly feature is the list of new blogs. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm constantly adding to my reader (and that's a good thing).
This was a particularly good collection this week, to help me catch up and see what's going on--thanks!
ReplyDeleteSince finding your blog, I look forward to your Round-up post along with quite a few other postings. I feel that if you found it, it has to be interesting and this way I don't miss a good posting in cyberworld. Your site will definitely bectop on my list when I return home after sugery...I know its the place to get all the "good news" Thank you.
ReplyDeleteCMashLovesToRead
Blodeuedd--Thanks, I'm glad you liked them!
ReplyDeleteBeth-- I'm constantly adding to my own reader... but it's all for you folks. Yeah...that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it! LOL
Jeanne-- You're very welcome!
CMash-- Wow. It's praise like this that gives me the incentive to keep on truckin'. Thank you so much. I hope your surgery goes smooth as silk, that you're back home in no time, and that you heal in the blink of an eye!
Thanks so much for adding me to your Google Reader!!
ReplyDeleteI felt like a crazy fangirl when I saw my name on there :)
Megan-- You're welcome! I've felt like a crazy fangirl a time or two myself. ;)
ReplyDelete