I've just gotten word that one of my dearest friends in the whole wide world is coming down for a visit at the end of the month, so I've been plotting and planning. Let's see what sort of links I managed to find when I did do some surfing!
Bookish News & Other Stuff
- Have you heard of the 2010 Reviewerspeak Awards?
- If you have any interest at all in Victorian England, the book catalog from Shire will make you drool. I'm serious. Put a bib on before you check it out!
- Here's a video of a swan that fell in love with an automobile in Russia.
- This British commercial about the importance of wearing a seat belt is superb.
- A neat way to protect those electronic gadgets.
Around the Water Cooler in the Book Blogosphere
- Eva of A Striped Armchair talks about Why I Love Being a Book Blogger.
- Chris of Book-a-Rama has a few questions about reading challenges.
- The Story Siren has a few words to say about negative reviews.
- If you're a book blogger, hopefully you've filled out the Book Blogger Survey. I have!
- Natalie of Book, Line and Sinker has been reorganizing her reviews.
There ya go! I hope you find a link or two in this post that brings you a smile or answers a question or two. Don't forget to stop by next week when I'll have another batch of freshly picked links for your surfing pleasure. Have a great weekend, y'all!
Hey! Where is Scandinavia in your poll? Ibsen, Hamsun, Petterson, Solstad, Nesbo, Mankell...surely some of us would want to go there to visit! I would!
ReplyDeleteJust found your site, very insightful and fun.
Amy
http://www.theblacksheepdances.blogspot.com
What a fabulous round of links, Cathy! And thank you so much for linking to the survey. The support from the blogging community has been fantastic.
ReplyDeleteAmy-- Thanks for stopping by! I purposely left Scandinavia out because I was listing individual countries. I didn't want it to be 9 miles long, and I couldn't make up my mind which Scandinavian country to include!
ReplyDeleteRebecca-- Something that can be so helpful? I hope everyone takes the survey!
(I love your sidebar items!) I'm following you now because I am directionally challenged. I'll be back to peruse your links. Have a great week! (queen bee)
ReplyDeleteBelgium, Holland, and Scandinavia weren't on your list! I voted anyway.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm caught up now. I've read almost all the links and I took the survey. Thanks so much for doing this for me every week. I feel so smart after I'm done.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this, as usual. You always find things I want to read. I may have gotten an idea for a new blogging direction from reading this thousandth piece about "why I don't write negative reviews"!
ReplyDeleteKim-- Thanks so much for the follow!
ReplyDeleteBeth-- Whew!
Margot JR-- You know... you're very smart even before you read the link round-up, m'dear!
Jeanne-- I'll be waiting to see if anything comes of it!