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1 June 2014
This is is Meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer and here are the rules.
It is your chance to re-cap your bookish week, what did your review last week, any new purchases, what will be coming up in your blog next week or generally anything you feel you would like to share with the blogging community.
So, what did I do last week?
Well, not a lot happened here in SE England this week. It was raining a lot, almost every day, and not just small drizzles either but great big downpours.
I've been thinking of all of you going to BEA and can't pretend that I'm not jealous :) If anyone knows of a similar book convention in the UK? I know there are a few specialist ones such as comic books, sci-fi etc, but is there one which is a 'universal' one? If anyone knows, do let me know. Or anywhere else in Europe? (May have to convince hubby to go on a holiday to that place just at that time when a convention is on … oh the coincidence!)
On the blogging front… I've been thinking to put a new feature on my blog to talk about my job in the Coroner's Office. I was thinking of maybe doing a weekly or bi-weekly feature. Not so much to chat about what I do, but for the purpose of anyone writing crime novels or even for people generally interested in what the Coroner does. I couldn't talk about specific cases for confidentiality, of course. But one of the things, for example, I get asked so often is about 'the time of death' - i.e. how can we tell at what time someone died (we can't!). This would mean maybe publicising my blog more to the crime writing community. Hmm. Lets see, nothing decided yet.
On the blog last week
Reviews:
- This changes everything by Sally Ember (The Spanners Vol I)
- How to write for magazines … in one weekend by Diana Cambridge (non-fiction)
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen (which I had read a while ago and forgotten how much I liked it)
- Newbooks Magazine Issue 81
Memes / Features:
- I have signed up for Mental Health Awareness Month with Leah @ Uncorked Thoughts
- First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday and Teaser Tuesdays: The Shock after the Fall by Nathan Filer
This Changes My Family and Me Forever by Sally Ember, Vol II of The Spanner's Series
Start
This is the House by Deborah Hill (The Kingsland Series I)
Around the Blogosphere
- Amanda @ Go Book Yourself: Should bloggers have a schedule?
- Kimba @ Caffeinated Bookreviewer: her regular feature How they heck did you do that? Let's talk sidebars
- Anna @ Buried under Romance: How to you choose?
In the bookish news this week in the UK:
Agree?
Added to my stash
Received for review consideration:
Darsky's Resistance by Michael Rudnicki
Purchased:
Went to the local shopping mall with my daughter this week and had a stop-over in Waterstones, of course!
- The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer. I wanted to read it for a while and than my daughter picked it up and asked if she can have it (she is interested in mental health) and she didn't need to ask me twice. We will now read this both for Mental Health Month and if I can persuade her, will get her to write a review as well.
- A Brief Guide to Stephen King by Paul Simpson. Now I couldn't really walk past this one, could I?
- Nothing - a non-fiction book published by New Scientist on the concept of, well, nothing-ness, emptiness, in the cosmic, universe kind of sense. Another book my daughter asked me to get her as she finds it fascinating. For me, it's too much science I'm afraid. But did you notice… if she asks me to buy her books, I have a VERY low threshold!
This is what I'm planning for next week on the blog
Reviews:
Teach Yourself Urdu Script by Richard Delacy
The Body by Stephen King
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Memes / Features:
First Chapter First Paragraph Intro hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea and Teaser Tuesday at MizB at Should Be Reading:
This is the House by Deborah Hill (Kingsland Series I)
Feature and Follow hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read: this week's question:
What are your non-book guilty pleasures? Like TV shows, food, websites, hobbies, etc
Have a great week my bookish friends
Peggy x
