Winner of the Book Drum Tournament 2011

Here's the opening line of the email I got from the editor of Book Drum --

In a unanimous decision, the judges awarded first prize to Emily Gray for her stunning profile of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg.

Go to  Emily Gray's page and read her contribution via this link. And here are more news on the winners of the second, third and consolation prizes.

Second prize was awarded to Gordon Knox for The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. 

Third prize was awarded to Johanna Trew for War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

Kerri McDonald (My Traitor's Heart); Eleanor Updegraff (The Reluctant Fundamentalist); Wendy Attwell (Possession); Bryony Bell (Nights at the Circus); Helen Anderson (Disgrace)

Congratulations to the winners!

Reading the World Challenge 2011

I'm not removing the Reading the World Challenge logo in this blog because I've joined in the challenge.

Again.

Yes.

After last year's miserable reading list, I will be reading and writing reviews of books I've read (three already!!!); the book I'm currently reading; and the books I will read till the end of the year.

Hmm... and there's the Book Drum Tournament on top of all this!

For the mechanics, head on to PaperTigers' blog by following this link.

Loving Books and Libraries in the Time of ICT

January is done.

Hello February! It's the love month and this blog will be featuring that one word - love. And books and libraries.

And the people who love both.

So let me start with Book Drum. There's a book tournament going on there and the people behind it pay some good cash. But really, blogging and creating a profile of your favorite book and sharing it with others is the cake. The reward is the icing.

I've joined already and my book of choice is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Borrows.