COUSIN CONNECT


Wednesday 6 February 2008

BOOKS AND READING

There are many book newsletters that you can subscribe to, if you are like me, and want to keep up with the new books that are constantly being published. (www.bookreporter.com) - one of the articles made mention of the book list that musician Art Garfunkel has been keeping on the books he has read over the years.
Pretty staggering when you see the number - if you are interested in checking it out, go to http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library.html

All of the members in our Book Group keep a record of books they have read, and it is a good reference point. At our meeting, we always go round the table and ask each member to give us a summary of what they have read for the month - we all have never ending lists of books to read.
A rule of thumb I have passed on - if you don't like a book, give it away. Why waste your time reading something that you don't enjoy, when there are literally millions of books out there waiting to be read.

Fans of historical fiction may like to check out the Historical Novel Society at www.historicalnovelsociety.org.
You can subscribe to their magazine - The Historical Novels Review. The magazine has good reviews of authors and books , and a review of new novels that have been released from the period of Ancient Egypt through to the 20th century; muti-period-time-slip, children and young adult.

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