From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Think you know plenty about books?

December 31, 2008

Then try The Guardian’s 2008 book quiz.
I scored 16 out of 33 which apparently is, “Not entirely bad. You’ve clearly read a few books. Just not very many”. Not many. Bah. 57 and counting!
I must confess though, several of my answers were guesses. Some educated. Some wild.
[via bookshelves of doom]
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December 29, 2008

A few bits & pieces from around the traps…

The Book Design Review has a list of favourite book covers of 2008, including one that nearly gave me vertigo:

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When to start reading to your baby

December 15, 2008

In my role as a Youth Services Librarian, I am sometimes asked by new parents a question along the lines of, “When can I start reading to my baby?”.
The answer I give is simply, “now”. There is no such thing as too early to start reading to your baby.
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NaNoWriMo – the aftermath

December 1, 2008

Today begins the month of December. That means last night I should have finished my 50,000 word NaNoWriMo novel. Truth is, I got about 19,000 words into my novel a couple of weeks ago but ran out of steam. Such is life.
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