This week, take us on a literary tour of your hometown!Do you live in a place where a famous author was born? Does your town have any cool literary museums or monuments? Does Stephen King live at the end of your street? Was Twilight set in your hometown?Share your fun literary facts about the town [...]
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2 May
Weekly Geeks 2009-16
I only ask you to do one, some, all or none of the following:1. Explain your review format – if you have one. Or maybe your rating system?2. Highlight another book-blogger’s review format by linking to a favorite example – don’t forget to tell us why they are a fave! 3. Do a review in another [...]
25 Apr
Weekly Geeks 2009-15
How many of us remember a favorite pet from our childhood? Or have enjoyed visiting the zoo? Or relish in walking in the woods and hearing birdsong, or seeing a deer leap away through the brush? How many of us have been thrilled by a soaring eagle? How often have we sought the comfort of [...]
11 Apr
Weekly Geeks 2009-14
What shall we cook today? It seems that for most of us, a bit of our book obsession would carry over to the cookbook genre, so this week for Weekly Geeks, let’s talk cookbooks! Here are some ideas to get you started: –Describe your cookbook collection. How many cookbooks do you own? A lot? Just [...]
28 Mar
Weekly Geeks 2009-12
When Dewey started Weekly Geeks, one of the first projects she encouraged us to do was link our book reviews to each other. Sadly, I’ve fallen of the wagon on this one. For people like me who need a refresher and for all the new Weekly Geeks this is a topic that could use repeating. [...]
22 Mar
Weekly Geeks 2009-11
Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period? Include a link to a review of it on another book blog if you can find one (doesn’t have to be a Weekly Geek participant). I generally don’t read an overabundance of [...]
14 Mar
Weekly Geeks 2009-10
Worst movie adaptations: The recent release of Watchmen based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore got me thinking about what I thought were the worst movie adaptations of books. What book or books did a director or directors completely ruin in the adaptation(s) that you wish you could “unsee,” and why in your opinion, [...]
14 Jun
Weekly Geeks #8 – Scavenger Hunt
I’m really excited about this weeks Weekly Geeks challenge. This week we are having a scavenger hunt, what could be more exciting? This is going to take a while to finish this so be sure to keep checking back for updates on the words I’ve found. The link to location of the given word is [...]
11 Jun
Weekly Geeks #6 – Missed Reviews Part 1
Alright, as I mentioned in an earlier post this week I said I wanted to use this week to catch up on reviews. This is last weeks task for Weekly Geeks, as I’m sure you all know already, but I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to do some reviews that I haven’t yet [...]
