July 5, 2010
3000 BOOKS had a bit of a tantrum over the weekend. Things are back to normal, thanks to the adamantine Rowan McNaught, but uhhh sorry about that.
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TALKING ABOUT BOOKS BEHIND THEIR BACKS SINCE 2007
I try to read 50 new books a year, and this blog records my attempts to get a handle on them. Literary grandstanding or the product of an untidy mind? No one knows.
To the numbers: when I started this blog I was 23 years old. The life expectancy for an Australian female is 83 years. 60 reading years left x 50 books = 3000 books.
Why yes, it is very literal. Some might also say it is numerical.
Please note that as of May 25, 2011, books I received through publicity channels are denoted by an asterisk. Earlier posts will include this information in the text (usually indirectly, e.g. by reference to a published review or interview).
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genevieve | 5th Jul 10 | 10:42 am |
all good – you’d be amazed how many fine blogs have a party in the reader every so often (and yours was very quiet, and well behaved.)
lisa | 5th Jul 10 | 12:38 pm |
Party in the reader!! Genevieve you are a gem!
There was a 3000 Books party in my reader also. Fun was had.
estelle | 5th Jul 10 | 12:49 pm |
Perhaps we should have a REAL LIFE 3000 BOOKS party. We can all dress up as Lisbeth Salander or as depressed American short story writers.
lisa | 6th Jul 10 | 8:38 pm |
I will come as a book.
estelle | 6th Jul 10 | 9:04 pm |
I will come as the year 3000.
blog | 8th Jul 10 | 1:05 pm |
I will come as a blog.
estelle tang | 10th Jul 10 | 5:24 pm |
All other costumes will have to be repeats.