ROAR (Reading Other's Amazing Reviews!)

I decided that instead of trying what I did before, I will share with all of you some of the great reviews that I have read in the last week. Please let us know of any reviews that you have read and enjoyed by putting a link in the comments.

Life in the Thumb reviews By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters - a book about teenage bullying and suicide.

Lighthouse Academy reviews Leah's Choice by Marta Perry - an Amish novel (first book in a new series).

Magistra Mater reviews How to Read Slowly by James W. Sire - sounds like one I might need (I read so much that I don't always remember what I have read).

Mrs. Q: Book Addict reviews The Last River Child by Lori Ann Bloomfield - Definitely one to add to my TBR.

No Ordinary Moments reviews Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs - I have reading about this one all over the Internet - sounds great! (and she's giving a copy away - hurry, giveaway ends tonight!)

Reading to Know reviews Home, by Marilynne Robinson - another one with a giveaway (ends tomorrow).

Please visit these blogs and tell them I sent you!

Thanks, fellow bloggers, for such wonderful reviews. My TBR list is growing!

ROAR (Read Other's Amazing Reviews)

I tried this last week and no one added any books, so I'll do it again. If no one is interested, then I won't keep on posting it. But I hope many of you will join in. I think it would be fun.

Let's share books we find with each other. The ones we want to add to our TBR list. Not only from the reviews on Saturday Review of Books, but any review or book description we come across in other blogs and websites throughout the week that we want to pass along. This could be a link from a bookseller's website, or a discussion of a book on a news website, etc. Wherever you find a source of a good book, let us know!

Here's how I'd like to do it: when you read a review/description/discussion of a book and you decide you want to read that book, write a post about it, then come and add a link here at Seize the Book in Mr. Linky to the specific post where you blogged about the book. If you don't have a blog, or if you decide not to write about the book on your blog, add a link in Mr. Linky to the specific post of the original review or website page. Be sure that your link is to the specific post or website page and not to the main page. The text should say: (Your name or Blog name): I want to read (name of book and author). The first few have been done for examples.

I hope this will be a fun way to share with each other the books that we find. For ideas on where to find blog reviews, see my blog roll on the left side of this blog entitled "Fellow Bibliophiles". Come on, let's ROAR!

Carpe Libris!
 

Let's ROAR (Read Other's Amazing Reviews)!

One day this past week, I was on Twitter (my name is seizethebooknow if you want to follow me) when I noticed one of my fellow bloggers telling us that she wanted to read certain books. I found out that she was reading the reviews from the links on my sister's blog, then when she found a review she liked, she Twittered (is that a word?) about it. She says her TBR list is growing every day.

So, I came up with an idea. Why don't we share all these with each other? Not only the reviews from Saturday Review of Books, but any review or book description we come across in other blogs and websites throughout the week that we want to pass along. This could be a link from a bookseller's website, or a discussion of a book on a news website, etc. Wherever you find a source of a good book, let us know!

Here's how I'd like to do it: when you read a review/description/discussion of a book and you decide you want to read that book, write a post about it, then come and add a link here at Seize the Book in Mr. Linky to the specific post where you blogged about the book. If you don't have a blog, or if you decide not to write about the book on your blog, add a link in Mr. Linky to the specific post of the original review or website page. Be sure that your link is to the specific post or website page and not to the main page. The text should say: (Your name or Blog name): I want to read (name of book and author). The first few have been done for examples.

I hope this will be a fun way to share with each other the books that we find. For ideas on where to find blog reviews, see my blog roll on the left side of this blog entitled "Fellow Bibliophiles". Come on, let's ROAR! (Thanks, Jennifer, for being the inspiration for this idea!)

Carpe Libris!