Apr
26
Second Swap-bot swap is a book recommendation swap. Easy enough send a postcard (my choice) with five suggestions based on the profile of the person I’m swapping with. I choose two postcards of books and matched them to the people so; ‘The Society of S’ by Susan Hubbard postcard was matched with 1. The Radleys …
Apr
23
So I’ve completed my first swap – it was an email favourite book swap. Funnily enough a lot of the suggestions were for books I’ve read or was meaning to. So here are the suggestions I was sent (minus the descriptions): Left behind (series) by Tim Lahaye/ Jerry B. Jenkins) The color purple by Alice …
Apr
14
So I signed up to Swap-bot and my first swap is a favourite book email swap. I reckoned this would be a good way to test the system since it’s an electronic swap and it’s my choice of 6 books I’d recommend. So I sent it off my recommendations: 1. Just a Geek by Wil …
Apr
11
One of my favourite blogs is ‘Forgotten Bookmarks’ so in homage to that I thought I’d share the bookmarks I come across. Now bookmarks other than those I give out are rare but I found two today as I tidied up. This Christmas gift tag was found in a copy of The Falklands War by …
Mar
26
Book 22. Dr.Seuss on the Loose!: a collection of rip-roaring rhymes from the master of verse by Dr.Seuss was one of The World Book day titles this year. Only £1 means it is positively a bargain as it is brilliant. I read it twice! (it is short so this wasn’t a major challenge). A collection of excerpt …
Mar
06
Book 19 was a first. It was the first e-book I’ve read from start to end! I did my dissertation on e-books and my conclusion was that if the readers became better they’d probably be successful. I reckon the readers etc. are improving and I found it easy to read this one on my netbook …
Mar
05
I’m on a bit of a Graphic Novel kick just now and as I stumbled around the internet I came across this great t-shirt design over on Threadless – “How to become Super Vol. II” (You can catch Vol 1 here ).
Mar
03
…because when I’m reading and I relax if I tip the screen the stupid thing rotates 90 degrees. – S6 pupil to explain why he was taking out the physical book of an ebook he already had.
Mar
03
Just as I was thinking I’d failed to read anything really great for the 100 Book Challenge two come along at once! 17. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell I loved this book. It’s a kids book, it’s won awards and it is wonderful and totally deserving of any and all praise. The …
Feb
26
There seems to be loads of artists using books to create some amazing (and a few weird) creations. I’m particuallry loving Brian Dettmer For more inspiration have a look at this post from over at Inspiration Green. There is even a link to a You Tube video on there where Brian Dettmer talks about his …
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