I just had to take a quick break from The Eyre Affair to share this great idea with you, which I heard from M. According to Marshall McLuhan, a great way to predict whether you will like a book is to read page 69. That’s it. M tried it, although as she pointed out, her sample was a bit skewed because the books whose page 69s she read were books that had already made it to her TBR list for one reason or another.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Sunday Salon: A crazy week
Hi there, Saloners! Hope you all had a great reading week. Mine was hectic, to say the least. I put in some serious overtime hours on a project I’ve been working on for a long time, and it cut quite a bit into my blogging time. So much so, in fact, that I had to get my daughter to write a guest post. ;-) The biggest thing I didn’t have time to do this week (yet) was write about City of Glass. You guys left such great questions and I plan to answer them all. Any day now.
Lena’s review: Hugo Pepper
Inspired by Heather’s mother-son book club, I asked my 9yo daughter if she’d be interested in writing a guest post every once in a while. She loved the idea, provided that I would do the typing. So, here’s her first review. It was a great learning experience. We talked a lot about how to describe a book “just enough” to entice others to read it, without giving away any spoilers. It was harder than she thought! I myself haven’t read this book, by the way, so I can’t vouch for the accuracy of her review. ;-)
Quick post which I wish wasn’t necessary
Like most (all?) WordPress bloggers, I use Akismet to trap spam.
The nice thing about Akismet is that it works completely in the background. It simply checks each comment for spam characteristics, like multiple links, certain *ahem* keywords, and so forth. It’s very accurate and it obviates the need to use CAPTCHAs — you know, those things where you have to type in the distorted letters to prove you’re not a spambot. It’s so accurate, in fact, that I don’t even need to moderate comments. Which I prefer, because isn’t it fun to see your comment pop up on the screen as soon as you hit the post button? Plus I would rather give you the benefit of the doubt than assume you’re a spambot!
BookMooch, anyone?
I joined BookMooch last week. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing. Hubby and I had a brief moment where we felt motivated to Get Stuff Done Around The House (don’t worry, it didn’t last long), including clearing some bookshelf space. So I joined BookMooch, listed some books, and next thing I knew I was packing up a bunch.
Weekly Geeks #12: Help me review a graphic novel!
- In your blog, list any books you’ve read but haven’t reviewed yet. If you’re all caught up on reviews, maybe you could try this with whatever book(s) you finish this week.
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Woopra: TMI?
Have you heard about Woopra? It’s a new website stats program that came out recently. In fact, it’s so new it’s still in beta. You can get a free copy, but it’s complicated. You have to request an invitation, and it can take a while for them to “approve” you (it took about a month for me). I actually got approved a while ago, but only just installed it yesterday.
