I had every intention of telling you about some of the books I’ve recently finished but we went out for a long walk this evening (around the lake) so now I’m kinda tired. I’ll save that post for tomorrow but check out these cool links around the blog world.
- Literary Feline is celebrating her bloggiversary and look at how she’s celebrating it – a big giveaway!
- If you want to find a way to add more reading time to your day, check out Books on the Nightstand. I especially like suggestion #8. I mean, I get allergies when I clean so I might as well as give up all housework right? heh.
- Look at these cool book labels. I don’t think I’d use them as my shelves can get a bit messy and I like that. Still they do make for a great pic don’t they?
- The Daggers are out! I’ve read one of the winners and I’ll tell you about it tomorrow.
- I made the mistake of checking out the Novel Challenge blog and now I am being tempted by the BangBang Challenge (I hate war films but find myself reading a lot of books set during war times) and the Japanese Literature Challenge (I missed it last time and would hate to miss it again). Ok, I’m going to think about these… what do you think? Should I join?
I’m off to wind down with some good books.
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Thanks for all the fun links! I really like the tips for finding more reading time- especially the one about ignoring housework :). Seriously though, especially if you have small children I think, at some point you just have to say the house it clean enough and give yourself a break!
Enjoyed reading the links! And I find the post on finding more reading time is a great read! 🙂 I admit I’m one of those people who read during commercial times; it really helps to pass the time while waiting for the show to continue and get some reading done!
I’m still eyeing at some of those challenges. They’re so tempting!! 😉
Love the quote on your blog! And thanks for the nice update 🙂 I was surfing the net for something bookish and I think I’ve found it…
I love the link on how to find more time to read! Thanks for sharing.
Love the list at Books on the Nightstand. I am already doing number 8 to some degree! Number one is something I am trying to do, and number 10 just isn’t going to work for me around here….the minute I shut the door people start knocking, asking questions, coming in…Thanks for the great links.
Those labels kinda wigged me out. Good idea though.
Ooh, thanks for the links!
The list at Books on the Nightstand was fun. I agree with about #8!
And I totally think you should join the Japanese Literature challenge. It’s only 3 books in 6 months! You know you want to!! 😉
I need to check out the challenges again. Thanks for the reminder.
Would Ishiguro count as a Japanese writer for the challenge?
Great links — thanks for sharing : ]
Greer – I don’t have any children and I still give up on housework! ha,ha… I figure my house will always be a bit messy what with all the books and paper projects both my husband and I have going on. Ah well.
Melody – I used to do that when I watched more t.v. nowadays I only have a couple of shows I like but we get them on DVD (granted we are always behind) but it’s so much better. The t.v. will be unplugged for weeks at a time so more reading time 🙂
KittyCat – Isn’t it nice and so true. I love to travel via books!
Shana – Glad you enjoyed that. Hopefully you can find ways to get more reading time 🙂
Tara – The #1 suggestion is hard for me… not the t.v. but the computer! I used to be good about staying away on the weekends but now I find myself more attached to it.
nik – I know, they are pretty but seriously who has time for that right? I’m too busy just trying to stay on top of the books! ha,ha…
Jendeis – Glad you liked those!
tanabata – You are a bad influence 🙂 I am probably going to join the challenge. Why not!
Isabel – Good question… Maybe you can see the rules on the blog for the challenge and see. Are you going to join? I bet this would be fun for you – I know you enjoy Japanese fiction.
Jenna – You bet 🙂
I’d gladly give up housework too and spend time sipping coffee and reading at the cafe just down the street from me! Those labels are pretty cool but too much work to get all that bibliographic info on them. That’s what my LibraryThing catalog is for 🙂
Stefanie – I probably do that a bit too often to be honest but shhh don’t tell my husband. ha,ha.. I know if I had those labels I’d start off great but by the tenth book or so I’d lose all the excitement 🙂
Those labels look really cool but I’d never follow through, either! I’ve already given up housework, but even that hasn’t given me enough reading time!
Do you think if I suggest to my husband we get a maid so I can work my way through my TBR collection faster, he’d agree to it? He likes it when I spend more time reading after all . . .
Thank you for mentioning my giveaway, Iliana!
@Gentle Reader… I’ve come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as enough reading time. I’m finding it to be particularly true when embroiled in a good romantic suspense like Richard Ide’s “3 Aces.”
Gentle Reader – I’m not working and the housework isn’t really getting done and yet I’m still lacking reading time! We just need to somehow make time slow down 🙂
Literary Feline – Ooh good idea about the maid 🙂
Ruth – That’s true, not enough time ever!