On Thursday, January 28th, Booking through Thursday asked:
Jackie says, “I love books with complicated plots and unexpected endings. What is your favourite book with a fantastic twist at the end?”
Do YOU like books with complicated plots and unexpected endings?
What book with a surprise ending is your favorite? Or your least favorite?
Just as auto insurance [...]
On Thursday, October 29th, Booking through Thursday asked:
Who’s your favorite author that other people are NOT reading? The one you want to evangelize for, the one you would run popularity campaigns for? The author that, so far as you’re concerned, everyone should be reading–but that nobody seems to have heard of. You know, not [...]
Continue reading about Booking Through Thursday: Favorite Unknown
On Thursday, October 29th, Booking through Thursday asked:
What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used?
True confession: Whether it’s a serious novel or a catalog offering a great selection of unique gifts for her, I tend to dog-ear, or use the flaps [...]
On Thursday, October 29th, Booking through Thursday asked:
What words/phrases in a blurb make a book irresistible? What words/phrases will make you put the book back down immediately?
I’ve always felt that book blurbs are sort of like eye cream – a little bit goes a very long way. Beyond that, I had to do some [...]
Continue reading about Booking Through Thursday: Blurb-iotica
On Thursday, September 17th, Booking through Thursday asked:
What’s the most enjoyable, most fun, most just-darn-entertaining book you’ve read recently?
(Mind you, this doesn’t necessarily mean funny, since we covered that already. Just … GOOD.)
Reading voraciously may not be the best way to lose belly fat, but it certainly keeps me entertained. While I’m enjoying the [...]
Continue reading about Booking Through Thursday: Recent Enjoyable
On Thursday, July 2nd, Booking through Thursday asked:
“So here today I present to you an Unread Books Challenge. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you have not read, but [...]
On Thursday, July 2nd, Booking through Thursday asked:
Do you read celebrity memoirs? Which ones have you read or do you want to read? Which nonexistent celebrity memoirs would you like to see?
I don’t really read that many celebrity memoirs, unless the celebrities are politicians. For example, I read Living History by Hilary Clinton, and [...]
Continue reading about Booking through Thursday: Kiss and Tell?
On Thursday, June 25th, Booking through Thursday asked:
Now that summer is here (in the northern hemisphere, anyway), what is the most “Summery” book you can think of? The one that captures the essence of summer for you?
(I’m not asking for you to list your ideal “beach reading,” you understand, but the book that you [...]
On Thursday, June 11th, Booking through Thursday asked:
There are certain types of books that I more or less assume all readers read. (Novels, for example.)
But then there are books that only YOU read. Instructional manuals for fly-fishing. How-to books for spinning yarn. How to cook the perfect souffle. Rebuilding car engines in three easy [...]
Each week, Booking Through Thursday asks a book related question. This week, the question is:
What were your favorite books from 2008?
I don’t usually do lists of favorites, because my taste in books changes so often, and I read so quickly, that sometimes, I don’t even remember to list or review.
But since you asked, here [...]
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