Weekly Geeks 2009-39

Saturday, October 10, 2009

I wanted to talk this week about book recommendations. Where do you go for book recommendations? How often do you challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone? How often do you read outside your favorite-and-best genre? How often do you try a new-to-you author? How often do you take a chance? This week, I'd like to offer you a few opportunities.


So your assignment this week, if you choose to play along, is to ask your readers for recommendations. Choose a genre--any genre--and ask for recommendations. You can be as general or as specific as you like. Consider it as an "I'm looking for...."

The second part of the assignment is to write a list of recommendations and share them with your readers. Choose a genre--any genre--and share your list of favorites. I think of this as "If you're looking for...."

I'm hoping that some really great books get recommended this week! Did you add any new books or authors to your wish list? If you'd like you can write a wrap-up post mentioning which books you're thinking about reading based on this week's weekly geek.





6 comments:

Bernadette in Australia said...

Not sure if Mr Linky is working so just in case I am looking for audio book recommendations at

My Weekly Geeks Post

Kerrie said...

My first Mr Linky entry (I was number 1) disappeared so I've put it back in again. It's here

reader said...

One great way that I have found for discovering new books is to find people you admire (famous or not) and see what books they recommend.

Sometimes its an author, sometimes its a famous scientist or businessman.

www.favaholic.com

is a compilation of famous people and their favorite books. Might be interesting to check out.

bunny m. said...

I just put up my first Weekly Geeks post, all about Victorian literature (and literature set in the Victorian era). :D

Here it is!

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