Reading Changes...
As any reader can tell you, your reading habits will change with your mood or with the place you are in your life. When you're younger, you'll probably read more about relationships and friendships, but as you age, your reading may take you into deeper topics about the environment, humanity, socio-political issues, war, and more. This may not always be the case for some readers. But reading also is driven by mood, like when you are in a bad mood and need a book that will pick you up out of the doldrums. For instance, right now, I'm glad that the books I'm reading next -- To the Moon and Back by Jill Mansell, One Day by David Nicholls, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Rigaud -- are expected to be full of humor, romance, and fun since I'm in a poopy mood. On a broader scale, has blogging influenced what I read? Yes, somewhat. Would I have still read poetry? YES! Would I still have read the wide variety of books I do now? YES! However, would I have read the specific books I have in the last year? Maybe or maybe not; it would have depended on if I found them in the bookstore through browsing or if they would have been recommended to me by others. I've always been an eclectic reader, but some of the more obscure or specialized books I've read, ranging from photography to nonfiction war books, probably would not have made their way into my hands without bloggers.
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In that same way, my giveaway today has to do with recommending what I think is a great book, published by one of the local D.C. area presses, Atticus Books.
I already read this gently used ARC, and now I want to pass it onto one of you to read and enjoy. Remember this is a parody and you need not have read Moby Dick to enjoy it because I've never finished that "great" Melville work, and I loved The Snow Whale.
You must be a book blogger to enter and leave a link to your blog. Deadline for this international giveaway is Sept. 16, 2011, at 11:59PM EST