Comments on: Tuesday Thingers Recommendations

By: kegsoccer

kegsoccer — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:53:38 +0000

This is the TT I missed while on vaca, but my answer wouldn’t have been very long. I don’t use the recommendations But you’re definitely right- the best way to find new things to read is to visit other bloggers.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:27:21 +0000

I almost completely rely on book bloggers now for reading ideas. I still browse the bookstores (the hard way, but enjoyable), pull out books, read the blurb, riffle the pages, and look for books that interest me. Bookstore scour is part of that happy life of a reader.

By: bkclubcare

bkclubcare — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:35:37 +0000

hi! I’m not into LibraryThing; I just got into bookmooch and I signed up for Shelfari but already forgot my pswd. TOO MANY BOOK/sites… Also, I feel bad reading ARCs if people can’t yet buy them when I recommend them or am I mistaken about the timing? I wanted to stop by and say that I posted about The Other Boleyn Girl – did you see it? did you like it?

By: Literate Housewife

Literate Housewife — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:22:47 +0000

JLS, you’re right about the advanced turning into yesterday’s news very quickly. Still, when something intriguing comes along, it’s hard not to say yes.
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Readerville, it is a nice problem to have and I swear I’m not complaining one bit and thank you so much for the award! I’m touched and honored!
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Bluestocking, most often I’m contacted out of the blue. I’ll send you an email and we can talk more about it.
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LisaLynne, here, here on getting paid to do it or to have my husband’s career skyrocket so I can devote my non-mother and housewife hours to reading.
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LisaLynne and Meghan, I’m glad my library’s not the only ungodly one out there.
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Jen, you are my reading hero. I cannot imagine having those many books waiting for review. I hope that you had the most spectacular wedding and honeymoon. ARCs make my husband happy, too.

By: readerville

readerville — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43:06 +0000

P.S. I've nominated you for a blog award. Details in Readerville

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:13:26 +0000

I finally read a bunch of non-review, non-book club books on my honeymoon. Books I just wanted to read. Of course now there are 21 books to be reviewed on my bookshelf (well, 20, I’m about 5 pages into another one), I know of at least 5 or 6 more that are definitely coming soon, and I have a few more offers in my email I need to decide about.

All these ARCs make Brian happy, though, because they severely curtail my trips to Half Price Books.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:01:57 +0000

My library is ungodly too! I think most people’s are, from today’s posts. And it’s so hard to resist ARCs, especially when getting requests (as opposed to requesting yourself)! It gets overwhelming pretty fast, but it’s definitely a great problem. =)

By: LisaLynne

LisaLynne — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:52:24 +0000

>1) my library is very ungodly (90% of books on the first few pages are Christian in nature)

You are so right about this! Not a helpful feature at all.

I keep joking that my ARCs and my book reviewing has become a part-time job, but it really takes nearly that much time. If only I could find a way to get paid for these reviews, I’d be in heaven!

By: Bluestocking

Bluestocking — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:42:56 +0000

Where did you find all these people looking for advanced reviews?

By: readerville

readerville — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:14:14 +0000

I, too, have much more on my TBR pile than I will get to anytime soon…but what a great problem to have!