Bookish links for Saturday, May 2, 2009
Posted By CarrieK on May 2, 2009
Can you believe that it’s May already? This year is flying by. It was in the 70s here today – spring is finally coming! If you have some time for web-surfing this weekend, check out some of these links:
Giveaways:
~ Enter to win a copy of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson at A Circle of Books, Reading With Monie and Debbie’s World of Books.
~ At J. Kaye’s Book Blog, she’s giving away box sets of the audio versions of James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series.
~ Sheri at A Novel Menagerie is giving away a set of the YA series All About Us by Shelley Adina.
~ Nicola at Back to Books is giving away five books in honor of Latino Book Month.
~ Jenn at Jenn’s Bookshelf is giving away five copies of Made in the U.S.A. by Bille Letts.
~ If you didn’t win a copy of Jantsen’s Gift in my giveaway, Dar at Peeking Between the Pages is giving you five more chances.
Discussion starters:
~ Caribousmom has a great post: Accept Review Books…Or Not?
~ The Literate Housewife asks How Do You Choose Your Books?
~ Lost in Books asks What Makes a Book a Classic?
~ Devourer of Books asks How Many Chances Does an Author Get?
~ Beth at Beth Fish Reads has a post about whether or not to post about an unfinished book. So many great discussions out there in the book blog world this week!
Reviews:
~ Amy at My Friend Amy reviews The Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Amy says, “This book is a collection of some of the most heart-wrenching stories you will read and some of the most beautiful and hopeful stories of the resiliency of the human spirit.” Doesn’t that make you want to read it?
~ Shelly at Write for a Reader reviews A Gift of Grace by Amy Clipston. Shelly says, “This is a story of grief, love, family, and how all of those things make us whole, make us who we are.” Sounds good!
~ Nicole at Linus’s Blanket reviews The Little Book on Meaning by Laura Berman Fortgang. Nicole gives it high praise: “This was a lovely book to read and ponder, and one whose passages I would definitely like to refer back to and examine further.”
New Blog Address:
~ As some of you may have already heard, Gautami’s blog Reading Room has been lost due to a malware attack. The new blog is Everything Distills Into Reading. Make sure to change your sidebar and RSS reader links.
There were some great discussions this week. I don’t know if you caught it or not, but Jackie also had a lively conversation about award memes.
Sandy – Ooo, I did see that one – I just forgot to save it for my links post!
great review of links!
Serena – thanks.