Short Stories, Irish literature, Classics, Modern Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, The Japanese Novel, Post Colonial Asian Fiction, The Legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and quality Historical Novels are Among my Interests








Friday, September 16, 2011

Welcome to all Book Blog Hoppers Sept 16 to Sept 19


Welcome to The Reading Life


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@thereadinglife

I have been an on and off participant in The Book Blogger Hop hosted by Jennifer of Crazy for books for a long time.   I have found it to be a great place to discover new to me blogs and meet some great book bloggers.    

My blog and my reading focus on  ever evolving genres of literature but for now I am very into South Asian Short Stories, Japanese fiction, classics, Katherine Mansfield, Flannery O'Connor, Elizabeth Bowen and Virginia Woolf.   I also read a wide variety of short stories and review an occasional carefully selected new work.

My blog is the home of Irish Short Story Week centered around St Patrick's Day.   I am open to book blog events.  

Every week Jennifer poses an interesting question for us-here is the one for this week:


“As a book blogger, how do you introduce yourself in your profile?”


I just state my reading interests


Feature and Follow Friday

I am also and on and off again follower of The Feature and Follow Book Blog Hop.   Here is the question for the week



 It's that pesky magic book fairy again! She has another wish: What imaginary book world would you like to make a reality?



I know lots and lots of people will give this answer but the world of the Harry Potter books (as long as I am not a muggle!)

Mel u

9 comments:

nymfaux said...

Hi!--new follower!

Harry Potter was one of my picks, too!!! (so hard to just pick one!)

Hope you have a great weekend!!!

(\__/)nymfaux

Mel u said...

nymfaux-thanks for the visit and I also follow you now

Mel u said...

Beckvalleybooks-thanks for the follow and I was very happy to be able to follow you back-I look forward to reading your future posts

_yay_ said...

I've seen the answer before but so what. If it's the world you would pick that no worries :-)
I'm not a Potter fan, though. *blinksinnocently*
New follower!
My FF: Follow Friday

Grace Fonseca said...

I love Harry Potter. I chose it for my answer. Think the world would be a lot of fun. Come visit me over at Livre De Amour-Books of Love Blog.

Rea said...

Hi! New follower.

I chose what has been called "the Russian answer to Harry Potter", so obviously we both have good taste! ;)

Rea's Reading and Reviews

Jessica @ a GREAT read said...

Haven't seen too many Harry Potters yet! I did choose that one sorta! I said I wouldn't mind that one, but of course I am dying to go the theme park in Orlando to get a sorta real life experience of it! Great choice!!!

Here's my Friday Hops

Have a GREAT weekend!

Old Follower :)

TheReadingPenguin said...

Very popular answer, for good reason. I'd really enjoy a pet owl...

Old follower, hopping through.

http://readingtopenguins.blogspot.com/2011/09/following-friday-4.html

Tammie Gibbs said...

Happy to have followed you from the Book Blogger Hop!

Hope you'll follow me back:
http://authortammieclarkegibbs.blogspot.com/

Tammie Clarke Gibbs, Author
Kindle Bestseller, ISLAND OF SECRETS