Reviews, opinions, random chatter
Jul 23
Our book shelves are in a state of perpetual transition. We sort them out, arrange everything and by the time we are finished we need to re-arrange again. Unfortunately the space for books does not grow proportionally to the acquisition of books. So this is the current state of some of our shelves. There are [...]
Jul 17
In case you don’t know me, I like to make up medical sounding names for my book obsessions. For example: P.A.B.D.. I’d now like to introduce Shiny Book Syndrome. This is usually accompanied by a book hording problem yet to be named. So what is Shiny Book Syndrome? It is when a person only wants [...]
Jun 29
Don’t know where to put your books? Have a look at the very smart and beautiful solution that Levitate Architecture came up with.
Jun 20
So this week, I am curious about those gigantic TBR piles which readers tend to accumulate. Please share with us your habits, tendencies or obsessions when it comes to hoarding behavior. Post a photo (or two or three) of your books to-be-read Share your buying or book accumulating habits – how bad of a problem [...]
Jun 14
The bloggiesta weekend is over and I’m quite happy with what I was able to do. I didn’t reach all my bloggiesta goals, but I got sidetracked and did some other additional stuff that I hadn’t planned. So, what did I do? Beth Fish’s label / tag challenge. Changed the tags a bit and moved [...]
Jun 13
I wasn’t very productive yesterday. I managed to consolidate my Bloglines with my Google reader, so that worked out fine. My reader is now clean and rid of all the sites I’m not reading anyway. I hope this will last a while. Additionally to my list from yesterday I came across this post by Leeswamme [...]
Jun 12
Two events are happening at the moment: Bloggiesta and Book Blogger Appreciation Week Registration. Both provide an opportunity to reassess your blog and your blogging goals. If you are participating in either one, great, but even if you are not you can still take part in this week’s Weekly Geeks. During Bloggiesta participants are asked [...]
Jun 11
OK, I did my first mini-challenge. Well, a mini-mini challenge. Beth Fish talked about labels on her blog today and that was all I needed to get started. My labels (or tags as they are called in wordpress) have been bothering me for quite a while. I had lots of authors’ names as tags. With [...]
Jun 11
This week is Bloggiesta Weekend hosted by Maw books blog for the third time. I didn’t participate the last two times but I think I could do with a little re-organizing. So I decided to join the fun this weekend. At least for a bit. I won’t have that much time to do stuff, but [...]
Jun 05
Is your wishlist as big as your TBR pile? What books are topping your list? Are there any new releases that you are counting down the days for? Share a handful of titles and be sure to share why you want to get your hands on these books! And if another blogger is responsible for [...]
