Comments on: New Challenge: A Book A Week

By: What’s In Your Summer Reading Pile? | Confident Writing

What’s In Your Summer Reading Pile? | Confident Writing — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:44:58 +0000

[...] so long since I’ve read any fiction I was worried I’d got out of the habit. Fortunately Alina Popescu’s reading challenge got me into the fiction reading frame of mind again, and a trip to my local library saw me happily [...]

By: What’s In Your Summer Reading Pile? | Sandbox Blog

What’s In Your Summer Reading Pile? | Sandbox Blog — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:24:08 +0000

[...] since I’ve read any fiction I was worried I’d got out of the habit. Fortunately Alina Popescu’s reading challenge got me into the fiction reading frame of mind again, and a trip to my local library saw me happily [...]

By: Confident Writing

Confident Writing — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:40:08 +0000

What’s In Your Summer Reading Pile?…

Summer. The time, and freedom, to read. Bliss. Karen Putz mentioned the other day that On Writing was in her summer reading pile. That got me thinking about the anticipated delight of a summer reading pile, the unread books that…

By: Review of Zadie Smith's On Beauty

Review of Zadie Smith's On Beauty — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:41:58 +0000

[...] yesterday’s challenge? Well, this is the first review I’m publishing, with high hopes of turning this intro a [...]

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:53:10 +0000

Hi Martin, that was the right link! Thanks! Sorry for approving your comments so late, they wre caught in the spam filter for some reason.

Joanna,

Thanks for the link! I’d love to see you taking this challenge, even if it’s not every week.

By: Martin - TheUniversityBlog

Martin - TheUniversityBlog — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:18:09 +0000

Hey Alina, I think the link you’re looking for is from Put Things Off:

http://putthingsoff.com/one-book-a-week/

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:08:37 +0000

Hi Alina

I’m guessing it was this one from Nick Cernis

http://putthingsoff.com/one-book-a-week/

I think it’s a great idea. I used to read at least a book a week when I was younger. I could do with reading more fiction (for fun) and I might try and work that into the challenge.

I’ll follow your progress with interest – who knows, maybe I’ll even manage to join in!

Joanna

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:21:07 +0000

You are quite right! Everything we read, articles, blog posts, books, magazines, they all help us write better, even when they are bad enough all we can learn is how not to write

By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:08:39 +0000

Reading a book a week is a great idea. Reading is one of the best ways to improve ones writing skills. As bloggers, we should all do this.

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:11:41 +0000

Wow, Sim, it looks like you have quite a project on your hands! I’d love to help as much as I can. A wordpress powered blog can actually be a great idea, given the complex magazine-like themes out there. We’ll have to chat more on this topic soon!

Hendry, I have to admit I haven’t published a book review in quite a while. But we all should, be it business books or fiction, each can spark new ideas and help us open our minds.

Right now, it does sound a bit much to me as well. But if I reduce my tv series time a bit, I am sure it won’t be that difficult. I hope I make it