“A little library growing each year is an honorable part of a man’s history.”~Henry Ward Beecher
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.
TODAY SATURDAY, January 2nd, will be a special edition of the Saturday Review of Books especially for booklists. You can link to a list of your favorite books read in 2009, a list of all the books you read in 2009, a list of the books you plan to read in 2010, or any other end of the year or beginning of the year list of books. Whatever your list, it’s time for book lists. So link to yours.
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Hi! I’ve been lurking for awhile, but I thought I would link up this time. I look forward to reading everyone’s lists!
Okay, it’s probably just me, but my page isn’t loading completely (or something. . .) I don’t see Mr. Linky at all. Anyone else?
It finally loaded! Thanks, Sherry!
Thank you for your wonderful blog. I may need an intervention soon as I have 5 fairly tall stacks of books to read thanks to all the wonderful reviews of your contributors!
Hi,
I’ve never been to your site before. It looks like a nice book blog.
I was just wondering how I got on your mr. linky? I followed a link here from my stat counter & clicked on over. I’m ok with being on your mr. linky….I just didn’t put it there. Do you know how I got on there?
Thanks.
JustJane
Thanks for spotlighting one of my lists. I’m honored!