Posts under ‘Weekly Geek’

Many of you will have already seen the post entitled Sad News posted on Dewey’s blog by her husband. She passed away last Tuesday.

I can’t pretend that I will miss Dewey in the same way that her family and (offline) friends will. But I respected and admired her, and I will miss her posts, her generosity, and her seemingly tireless enthusiasm for books and readers.

Dewey was the force behind Weekly Geeks and the semi-annual Read-a-Thons, as well as the Bookworms Carnivals. She was, I think, a true pillar of the book-blogging community.

For this Weekly Geek, Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness and I interviewed each other about books we had recently read. I asked her about All the Fishes Come Home to Roost, by Rachel Manija Brown, and she interviewed me about In the Land of Invisible Women, by Qanta Ahmed, MD.

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Broadly, what is All the Fishes Come Home to Roost about?

I hope I finish this Weekly Geek up soon, because eventually I’m going to run out of titles.

Heather commented that

I’d love to read a review of Colbert’s book.

The one she’s referring to is Stephen Colbert’s I Am America (And So Can You). It was … amusing. I didn’t once laugh out loud, although others around me did when they read it. The book is basically just Stephen Colbert on paper instead of on TV. I do like the show, but the book elicited less of a “wow this is so funny” reaction and more of a “okay, this is vaguely funny” one.

So many questions on that last post! I haven’t gotten to all of them yet, but here are some preliminary answers.

Eva says:

You make me feel so much better about having 56 to be reviewed! Most people only had a few on their list.

A ha ha. Why yes, they did. I will assume that I read more books, since it’s so obvious that I’m not just super lazy at reviewing. Ahem.

Eva also asked some other stuff:

What did you think about Asleep? I’ve been thinking about reading Banana Yoshimoto for awhile, mainly because of her name, lol.

I don’t always participate in Weekly Geeks — because, to be honest, a lot of them just seem like too much extra work — but I like this week’s theme! Since I tend to fall exceedingly behind in doing reviews, this digital kick in the pants may be just what I need.

So, here is the giant list of books I have read but not reviewed:

1. V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore.
2. Great Canadian Short Stories, ed. Alec Lucas.
3. Letters to Karen, by Charlie W. Shedd.
4. Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett.
5. Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett.

Giveaway is still open until June 3 . . .

This week’s Weekly Geek has to do with other forms of storytelling — stories outside of books, that is. I’ve chosen oral storytelling.

In my family, we have a history of oral storytelling. When my brothers and I were young, we’d get read a story or stories every night before bed — the three of us crowded onto one big water-bed, along with a parent (usually our mom). Mostly we’d read books, but sometimes, we’d tell stories: stories about Joey and Davy.

This week’s Weekly Geeks is supposed to be about childhood books, and I’ve been thinking about what to write since Saturday (but have not actually made it to posting until now). Partly this is because when I was thinking about it I mostly wasn’t in my bedroom, where most of the books I read as a child now reside. But also I wasn’t sure what I would say.

So there’s this thing that Dewey is doing, called Weekly Geeks, and I can’t explain it very well, so just click here.

Anyway, this week’s Weekly Geeks theme is Discover New Blogs Week! (I think the exclamation mark is mandatory). Here are five blogs I’ve discovered & enjoyed:

Stuff as Dreams are Made On (Chris). Lots of science fiction and fantasy talk, so it’s right up my alley!

Bookstack (ravenous reader). I also suffer from notebookism.

Maw Books (Natasha). Smart reviews and baby pictures, to boot.