Desperation June 28, 2007

Today’s question is suggested by Carrie.

What’s the most desperate thing you’ve read because it was the only available reading material?

If it was longer than a cereal box or an advertisement, did it turn out to be worth your while?

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

School days, Golden Rule days…. June 21, 2007

Since school is out for the summer (in most places, at least), here’s a school-themed question for the week:

1. Do you have any old school books? Did you keep yours from college? Old textbooks from garage sales? Old workbooks from classes gone by?
2. How about your old notes, exams, papers? Do you save them? Or have they long since gone to the great Locker-in-the-sky?

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

Survey June 14, 2007

I have one question for all of you, about the format of BTT.

This meme is set up for everyone to post their answers on their own blogs and then come back here to comment with a link. This works fine, and it gets traffic to everyone’s site, and it certainly has been working all this time, which is all good.

However, our numbers each week are climbing–which I think is fabulous (thanks, everyone!)–and it was one thing to click back and forth between each week’s post and the responses when there were 10 or 20 each week, but lately we’re closer to 60. That’s a lot of clicking!

So, here’s the question:

How would you feel about leaving your responses–or at least brief versions of your responses–in the actual comments, so that all the answers would be in one place?

The advantage to this, I think, would be that we could have actual discussions in the comments. And yes, it would save all that back-and-forthing.

The disadvantage would be that there would be fewer visits to your individual site, and, well, comments are usually only so long . . . Although we could certainly put brief answers and then, “For more, visit my blog” kinds of notes to encourage people to come visit when you post a photo or want to delve into lengthy answers . . .

Ultimately–what do you THINK?

I’m happy either way, but I want all of you to be happy, too….

(And, um, for this question, obviously, the answers SHOULD be in the comments, because this one really should be a discussion.) (grin)

Edited to Add: Thanks for the input everyone. We’ll be leaving things exactly as they are! I just want everyone to be happy (grin).

Dessert first

Booking Through Thursday

1. Do you cheat and peek ahead at the end of your books? Or do you resolutely read in sequence, as the author intended?
2. And, if you don’t peek, do you ever feel tempted?

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

Encore June 7, 2007

Booking Through Thursday

Almost everyone can name at least one author that you would love just ONE more book from. Either because they’re dead, not being published any more, not writing more, not producing new work for whatever reason . . . or they’ve aged and aren’t writing to their old standards any more . . . For whatever reason, there just hasn’t been anything new (or worth reading) of theirs and isn’t likely to be.

If you could have just ONE more book from an author you love . . . a book that would be as good any of their best (while we’re dreaming) . . . something that would round out a series, or finish their last work, or just be something NEW . . . Who would the author be, and why? Jane Austen? Shakespeare? Laurie Colwin? Kurt Vonnegut?

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!