Cast your opinon here --

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Ok, I thought Project Gutenberg was cool, and I even did some volunteer proofreading for them ages ago -- but dude, The Open Library kicks Project Gutenberg's ass! If I were ever going to read books electronically (which I still don't think I will), this would be how I'd want to do it.

P.S. It'll tell you that only IE.6 and Firefox are supported, but my Safari1.3 seemed to work fine.

P.S. Swiped from Boing Boing.

RS

Roger Sutton over at the Horn Book has a (great) blog! It is called Read Roger.

So B. It

I suggested it; I'll start it.

First of all, I liked Heidi. She's smart without knowing it, and sensitive and logical, but almost friendless. It's an appealing innocence and purity mixed with an unusual self-confidence. Heidi is admirable.

I also enjoyed the writing. Words were chosen carefully. There was foreshadowing and imagery. Everything I read had a purpose; there was no filler. I especially liked how Heidi would hear soof wherever she went.

Probably the least noticeable but most pleasant thing about the book is that none of the characters annoyed me. This happens more than it should. It seems like the popular thing to do lately in both books and TV is to create quirky characters. Most of the time, the quirky is fun and interesting, but sometimes it's taken too far. Too much quirky becomes cliche.

It was simple, entertaining, and meaningful. I really enjoyed it. I think it's the best book we've read so far.

Next Focus --

Here are hyperlinked titles to check out:

+ Autobiography of My Dead Brother
+ Geography Club
+ Looking for Alaska
+ Popular Music from Vittula
+ Walter Canis Inflatus : Walter the Farting Dog, Latin-Language Edition

Please vote for two! Vote now! November is almost here!

Might as well, to be official -

YAWP!

Meera, if you like, you can comment on A Great and Terrible Beauty on Libba Bray's LiveJournal. She's got quite a following.

I was going to put up a poll but I think I know what the ratings would be...

The main point of this post was to solicit suggestions for November. How about something that is about a male main character?

Discussion for So B. It begins the 15th! Sarah Weeks, the author, has a website.