“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”~Eleanor Roosevelt
If you’re not familiar with and linking to and perusing the Saturday Review of Books here at Semicolon, you’re missing out. Here’s how it usually works. Find a review on your blog posted sometime during the previous week of a book you were reading or a book you’ve read. The review doesn’t have to be a formal sort of thing. You can just write your thoughts on a particular book, a few ideas inspired by reading the book, your evaluation, quotations, whatever.
Then on Saturday, you post a link here at Semicolon in Mr. Linky to the specific post where you’ve written your book review. Don’t link to your main blog page because this kind of link makes it hard to find the book review, especially when people drop in later after you’ve added new content to your blog. In parentheses after your name, add the title of the book you’re reviewing. This addition will help people to find the reviews they’re most interested in reading.
After linking to your own reviews, you can spend as long as you want reading the reviews of other bloggers for the week and adding to your wishlist of books to read. That’s how my own TBR list has become completely unmanageable and the reason I can’t join any reading challenges. I have my own personal challenge that never ends.
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I mis-typed the title: It is The Sword of Imagination. Great book!
Third column of the linky list is again cut off and only half the verbiage visible.
JHS
I’m so sorry it shows up that way for you. I can see the entire name and title of each entry in my browser, and I don’t know how to fix this problem except to complain to the Mr. Linky folks.
Hi sister! I’ve put in my two cents again.
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but Mr. Linky’s formatting for the review links is wonky in Firefox (the third column is clipped).
Sometimes it helps to read the other comments. Yes, I’m a doof.
And I just keep commenting. It might be that the widget is wider than your main content area. You might try narrowing it:
http://www.misterlinky.net/blog/2010/04/narrower-widget/