Monday, June 22, 2009

The Bookseer

Just for fun go to http://bookseer.com/ and put in the last book you read and loved and see what The Bookseer thinks you should read next. I was excited because I put in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and The Bookseer told me I should read The Girl Who Played with Fire next. I read (and loved) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and have been waiting for the sequel to be released in the US - then I saw that the Bookseer is UK based and the sequel has been available in Europe since Jan. but won't be released here until the end of July. But still, it reminded me to get ready for it!

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

I Can Identify; or How the Library Keeps Me From a Life of Crime

China Daily reported that Surnamed Liu confessed to stealing 1,565 books during the past three years, but "said he felt his crime was just a bad habit." He told police he wasn't interested in reselling them: "I have no money but like reading very much, so I stole the books."
Guess he doesn't have a library in his neighborhood. Or town? Or country? What's a reader to do?