BTT: Jump…Shout…Let It All Out…

 This weeks question: What’s the last book that made you spring to your feet, eager to spread the word and tell everyone how much you enjoyed it?

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BTT: Rate It?!?

BTT asks: Movies have a rating system to help guide the consumer weed out adult/violent/inappropriate kinds of films. Video games do, too. Do you think BOOKS should have a ratings system?

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BTT: Mood Reading…

BTT asks:

Does your current mood affect your reading? Affect your choices? I know there are plenty of books I enjoy, but only if I’m in a particular kind of mood–or books that can lift me out of a bad mood without fail. Surely I’m not alone?

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BTT: Spring Forward

Clocks changed this past weekend here in the US, which means one less hour to read … does anybody else begrudge that hour like I do? Wish the Powers That Be would just pick a time-frame and stick to it instead of inflicting clock-driven jet lag on an innocent public twice a year?

(Yeah, so not a question so much about reading … except, of course, you do need to use your electric light to be able to read, so the hour it gets dark IS relevant!)

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BTT: Current Events

Booking Through Thursday asked:

What are you reading right now? (And, is it good? Would you recommend it? How did you choose it?)

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Booking Through Thursday: Soundtrack

Booking Through Thursday

Do you ever try to pair music with the book you’re reading? Do you ever try to pair music with the book you’re reading? Find mood music that fits with your story?

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Booking Through Thursday: Winter

Booking Through Thursday

It’s the depth of winter here where I live right now … what books do you like to read when it’s snowy and white? What books do you read to evoke a real feeling of winter (good or bad)?

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