Saturday, September 15, 2007

Bibliography Challenge Oct-Dec 2007



This is the Bibliography Challenge. The Challenge is to read 3 Books about Books. This challenge starts October 1st. And finishes December 31st. Fiction or Non Fiction, Crossovers are acceptable.

Your books can be about books, about running a bookshop, about antiquarian books, being a book editor, about Publishing Books or a Book Publishing company, about a lifetime of reading, even a biography of an Author is fine.
As long as its about Books in some way. [No Newspaper or Magazine stories.]

Please just post a comment if you want to join in, and list your books.
Have fun.

7 comments:

Callista said...

I'd like to join! callista83 AT cogeco DOT com

Kristen said...

I finally pulled the books I want to use for this challenge:

Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins

Kristen

Historia said...

Kristen,

Excellent choices of books.

Of course I have read & reviewed Sixpence House. I've seen Outwitting History on the shelves, but not read it yet.

And the only Goldstone book I have read so far is "Warmly inscribed." I cant wait to eventually (hopefully) read "Used & Rare".

Becky said...

I'm in. Here's my list:

http://blbooks.blogspot.com/2007/09/bibliography-challenge.html

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Pass It Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark by Leonard S. Marcus

tinylittlelibrarian said...

Count me in, too!

Here are my three:
1. Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
2. So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson
3. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

And some extras/alternates:
1. Sixpence House: lost in a town of books by Paul Collins
2. Literacy and Longing in LA by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack

If you need it to subscribe me to the blog for posting, my email is tinylibrarian AT hotmail DOT com.

Historia said...

Ok figured out what I did wrong, and have now changed this blog to allowing members. I will resend the invites.

Maria said...

Just testing :)