Hello fellow Sunday Saloners. I hope you've had a good reading week - I have.Spring has sprung down here in Oz and the weather is best at this time of the year. The wattle is out and the tree in my front garden is glorious with golden blossom.
My posts this week:
- Never mind the quality, feel the width
A posting prompted by the fact that so many of the books I am reading seem to have so many pages.
I've set up a poll where you can tell me what the size of the book you are currently reading is. - Review: VOODOO DOLL, Leah Giarratano
An Australian author you may have never heard of, but one to definitely look out for if you are into crime fiction. - Forgotten Books: HALLOWEEN PARTY, Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is an author I definitely cut my teeth on, but should I re-read her? I'm tempted. - Review: MY LADY JUDGE, Cora Harrison
The book I've listened to in the car over the past few weeks. Medieval mystery set in Ireland in 1509. - Review: ROCK & ROLL HOMICIDE, RJ McDonnell
New San Diego author to look out for. - CORDUROY MANSIONS, get your daily fix
Alexander McCall Smith is writing an online novel for the UK Telegraph. I've been listening to Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) reading an episode daily. Will I be able to keep it up for 20 weeks I wonder? - Participants in Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2008
BBAW was 15-19 September. here is a list of blogs for you to investigate. - Carnival of Criminal Minds, No. 22
Declan Burke is hosting the Carnival yet again at his blog, Crime Always Pays. Declan says we need to talk about "where crime fiction itself is going, and what blogs and sites can do to help it get there."
- Bookgasm wins 6 BBAW awards
- CORDUROY MANSIONS, Alexander McCall Smith's online novel starts
- Print on demand with new ATM for books
- Helen Garner wins Queensland Premier's Literary Award
- Clive James on crime fiction
- now - COLD IN HAND, John Harvey
- then - THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN'S UNION, Michael Chabon
- audio book - THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET, M.C. Beaton
4 comments:
You read a few good books in here. And I am gonna take that poll!
As I wrote on my blog in reply to your comment, I reproduce it here too.
Kerrie, you should have blogged about what you felt was not right in BBAW. How else do we get our words across? And frankly, why go for meaningless awards? Do we need a chatty blogger category? What has it got to do with reading or book blogs? I was terribly put off by it.
I did vote for a few blogs but only in the right categories. After one day, I quit the circuit. It was more on soliciting traffic than anything else. Leave me out of it!
Gautami I was staggered at the effort that Amy and others had put into the event but was not all that happy with the outcome as I said. I'm not sure what I should have done to be notified of the activities to paticipate in, but only actually worked out what was happening through postings I saw on the blogs of others.
There was actually very little time to vote for blogs too. I missed seeing the opening of voting and only realised it was in 2 days before the close of voting.
Oh well!
I take your point too about giveaways that were mainly North America based. I gues you and I are very conscious of those when we are not in the US. Many have no comprehension of the cost of sending books from our countries overseas.
So that's what a wattle looks like. When I was at school we had to learn a song about the wattle which began 'The bush was grey a week today..' I've often wondered what on earth we were singing about. Thank you.
Hello Table talk
Thanks for dropping by. There are many (hundreds??) of varieties of wattle and at this time of the year everywhere you see this characteristic golden colour. The flowers are clusters of yellow like golden puffs. September 1 is Wattle Day. The wattle is why Australia's national colours are green and gold, and the wattle is our national flower.
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