Sunday, September 5, 2010

Sunday Salon - September 5

I can't believe it's September already!  Where did the summer go?  Or the rest of the year for that matter.  It doesn't seem like that long ago that I was making grand reading plans for the year.  Now I'm looking at those plans thinking it's going to take some crazy amounts of reading to get it all in before the end of the year.  I've been accepting fewer and fewer books for review but, for some reason, my pile of books I need to read for review doesn't seem to be dwindling.


I had every intention to start with the "Bleak House" Readalong, hosted by Zen Leaf, that started on August 25th.  But I just didn't get started on the book until this week.  I am going to try to catch up in the next couple of weeks.  I'm glad I've already seen the BBC adaptation of this book; it's greatly helping me to appreciate the book.



I've had another article published (finally--I was quite a slacker on submitting over the summer).  This time I've got some recommendations for the readers of Omaha.net.  None of them will come as any surprise to those of you who read this blog regularly.  I do wonder if you can figure out which book it was that ruined my summer vacation reading!

 At OnlineUniversities.com, I found this list of 11 literary holidays that every book lover should know.  The list includes Bloom Day on June 16th, which featured so prominently in "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy which I read and reviewed earlier this year, as well as Winnie the Pooh Day (January 18th) and Limerick Day (May 12th).


And from The Guardian comes this article about the bookcase you want to live in.  It's called The Ark, has a spiral staircase and is lined with 6,000 books.  Think you might like one in your house?  You'll need a soaring ceiling--it's five stories tall!

13 comments:

  1. I definitely will check out the Literary holidays! Thanks!

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  2. I have been wanting to read Bleak House for quite some time now. A Tale of Two Cities was my favorite book as a teenager and I once promised myself to read everything Dickens ever wrote. Still working on that... haha.
    Also: You won the Gypsea Feathers Give away at my blog! If you would like to email me your address I will send them off to you. Have a lovely weekend!
    gypseatree7{at}gmail{dot}com

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  3. Congratulations on another published article! Between reading and writing you are absolutely prolific!!

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  4. I finally made the decision to stop taking review books, other than the ones I've already committed to. I've noticed too that I'm missing out on so many great read-alongs that I had hoped to jump in on. I've been so out of it lately. Oh well.

    Congratulations on having your article published!

    I hope you have a great week!

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  5. I am hoping to join in on the Bleak House read-a-long but who knows if it will happen.

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  6. The Literary Holidays info is great, and I could use those bookshelves...LOL

    Hope u are having a great weekend Lisa.

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  7. Thanks for all the links! and I do agree with you about how quickly time has flown. Its three months to Christmas!

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  8. That bookcase sounds awesome! Congrats on getting your article published!

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  9. I know what you mean about the toppling review pile! Even though I haven't requested much, just looking at what I have makes me nervous! It sounds like you are in the same boat over there! I wish you a lot of luck getting through them all!

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  10. Oh man, I DO want to live in that bookcase! Wonder if I can convince the honeyman to build me something like it when we're old and rich? Hmmm...

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  11. That is very cool that you got another article published!! I'm off to read it.

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  12. Congratulations on having another article published, Lisa! Thank goodness no single awful book has ruined my summer vacation.

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  13. I've been doing some crazy reading as well. I have several, and I mean several books to read over the next 10 days. I am not quite sure how it happened either but I have been a reading fool trying to get them all read. The long weekend helped but I am still a bit behind.

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