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Friday, August 5, 2011

Welcome to All Book Blog Hoppers 8-5 to 8-8-2011


Welcome to The Reading Life

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 focuses on an ever evolving collections of reads 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.   In August I will be the joint host on August 17 of Indonesian Short Story Day and on August 31, Malaysian Short Story Day.   These events will be hosted by bloggers with a special knowledge of the culture of these two countries.

Every week Jennifer poses an interesting question for us-this week she asks us to name an ARC we would love to have-My answer is IQ84 by Huruki Murakami!

I will follow back all who follow me-just leave a comment letting me know you are now a follower

Mel u

9 comments:

  1. Jessica @ a GREAT readAugust 5, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Haven't heard of that book! Hope you don't have a super long wait for it!

    Here's my Friday Hops

    Have a GREAT weekend!

    Old Follower :)

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  2. Veronica August 5, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    I love your blog! I haven't seen much on Asian literature.
    I'm a new follower! Looking forward to all your post in the future. :)

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  3. pussrebootsAugust 6, 2011 at 4:38 AM

    IQ84 is on my wishlist list too. One month and one day from today's hop, the book I'm highlighting comes out. Come see which book I'm talking about.

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  4. SukoAugust 6, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    I hope you get that ARC! :)

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  5. PatriciaAugust 6, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    Hello, and hope you enjoy Tennyson ;)

    Following the hop and you on GFC

    http://itstimetoreadmamaw.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekend-blog-hop.html

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  6. Alex DawAugust 6, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    love that cartoon !! i follow you and enjoy your blogging.....

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  7. Sharon Galligar ChanceAugust 8, 2011 at 2:16 AM

    You have such interesting book choices! Happy reading!!

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  8. bibliophiliacAugust 8, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    I need to get going on my Japanese literature! My choice was We the Animals by Justin Torres. Love the cartoon!

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  9. KristinCanReadAugust 8, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    I had a college Lit Professor who named is daughter Flannery. I love reading her stuff in college. Friday Post!

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your comments help keep us going and do a lot to make the blog more interesting.thanks