Tag Archives: memes and surveys

This was posted on a forum, so I thought I might post it here to see if anyone else wanted to play along. 1) Name a book you own that is written by someone with a Z in their nameHoward … Continue reading →

Summertime, and the livin’s easy…the asphalt’s melting,  and sunstroke is nigh… The summer is a good time for reading, because if you’re outside in the Alabama heat you’re going to boil in your own sweat. Seriously, this is not a … Continue reading →

This week, the Broke and the Bookish asks…what books will you be reading this spring? 1. Cycle JourneyI’m itching to read someone’s account of cycling across the United States, but there are so many out there I haven’t decided on … Continue reading →

This day, Booking through Thursday asks….what do we love most about reading? In picking up a book, I can throw back the curtain of time and communicate with a person long dead. My mind can engage with their arguments, study … Continue reading →

As the mercury begins to persistently hit the high nineties, the Broke and the Bookish inquire: what are your summer reading plans? 1. For starters, I intend to keep reading Bernard Cornwell’s Starbuck Chronicles,  his military-adventure novels set in the … Continue reading →

This week the Broke and the Bookish are taking a pause from books and asking: what NON-book related sites do you most frequently visit? 1. Forums (CivFanatics, TrekBBS) In my first year online, I quickly ditched chatrooms for forums. While … Continue reading →

This week the Broke and the Bookish are asking people to recommend ten books to someone who doesn’t read a particular genre. Since nonfiction doesn’t get a lot of love in the blogging community — people read it sparingly if at all … Continue reading →

At the start of 2012, the Book and the Brokish are looking forward to this year’s anticipated reads! 1. The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes us Human, V.S. Ramachandran This was scheduled to be released in January … Continue reading →