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4 July 2010

Sunday Salon: MiP - more than a book review blog

One of the things I try to do with my blog, apart from publish reviews of the books that I read, is  engage my followers/readers in conversation, and give them things to do.
I also try to guage their opinions, and give them links to items of interest on the 'net.

I often conduct polls like the one that was on my blog this week:
I myself have a policy that I never, these days, read or listen to an abridged book.
But some of my commenters revealed that, as in my home when I was a child, Readers Digest books introduced them to great authors.
And so the poll wasn't as clear cut as I thought it might be.
Check all the comments (and the post) for yourself.
I must admit that if I was staying in a holiday cottage, and had run out of books to read, I wouldn't ignore an abridged book, if that was all that was available.

This week's poll asks about your favourite crime fiction sub-genres.
There's an explanatory post: Defining your favourite crime fiction, and an invitation to vote and then leave a comment explaining your vote.

One of the things I am doing this week is collecting "best crime fiction reads" - 5-10 of the best you've read this year. Check this post, and leave your list as a comment there.

Have you noticed the News Headlines I have running in the right hand panel?
I add something new nearly every day.
This week's headlines:
This week's posts
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous4 July 2010 at 10:14

    Kerrie - One of the things that I like very much about your blog is that you've made it into a real forum for crime fiction discussion. I enjoy your polls, and I look forward to your tours, challenges and memes, too.

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  2. Anonymous5 July 2010 at 01:06

    My head is spinning from everything you have on here.

    BUT at least it's all good stuff that has my head spinning. :)

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