Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Tuesday Thingers

And the winner is...
TUESDAY THINGERS!

The vote was 9 for Tuesday Things, 9 for Tuesday Thingers, and Tuesday Thingers won the coin toss. Thanks to everyone who voted! And thanks to The BookImp for the logo!

Okay, now down to business. This week's topic: Discussion groups. Do you belong to any (besides Early Reviewers)? Approximately how many? Are there any in particular that you participate in more avidly? How often do you check?

My answer: I've joined about 35, but there are less than a half dozen that I read avidly. I participate in Early Reviewers probably the most, followed by Jewish Bibliophiles and Librarians who LibraryThing. People are pretty civil and respectful for the most part- not a given in the online world. I think the caliber of the discussions tends to be pretty high, with lots of intelligent people saying interesting things.

And you?

26 comments:

LisaMM said...

35 groups! Holy cow!

Ok, it's still Monday night, but I'm up late, so I posted mine already. Here it is:
lisamm.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/tuesday-thingers/

Thanks for hosting this!

Lenore Appelhans said...

I don't know if I could even find 35, let alone check them!

My post is up at presentinglenore.blogspot.com

Jacquie L Reaville said...

Calliope's Coffee House: Tuesday Thingers#links

Here's my link and now I'm off to go shopping, probably drop into some book shops too.

BooksPlease said...

Here's my link. I think I'll have to check out some more groups - but I'd never manage 35.

My post is here .

Laura said...

Here's mine for this week: The Golden Road

jlshall said...

My answer is up - now I think I'll go list some more books!

http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2008/05/tuesday-thingers-discussion-groups.html

A Writer's Pen said...
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A Writer's Pen said...

Do you belong to any (besides Early Reviewers)? Approximately how many? Are there any in particular that you participate in more avidly? How often do you check?

I belong to quite a few but I find most are not as active as ER. I especially like the Historical Fiction, Science Fiction Fans, and Kindley groups, and I find the Bookcases group to "interesting". There is never a shortage of obscure, creative bookcase pictures to look at. The funniest group by far is the Librarians who LibraryThing. They have three threads in particular that I find to be so funny. Here are the links for your enjoyment:

Strange Bookmarks:
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=4766

Creepy Requests from Patrons:
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=25403

Funny Request from Patrons:
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=17962

My blog is at:
http://awriterspen.blogspot.com

Lisa said...

Groups are a lot of work. In addition to LT, I post on 2 internet forums - I could literally spend my entire day catching up on my threads!

More at: http://aliveontheshelves.blogspot.com/2008/05/tuesday-thingers.html

Tina said...

Wow! I can barely manage the couple I visit. I like Librarything the most because I find there is so much useful stuff there.

Thanks so much for hosting this!

www.bookshipper.blogspot.com

Amy said...

here it is!
http://thefriendlybooknook.com/2008/05/20/tuesday-thingers/

Marcia said...

My 12 now seems so small in comparision... but 3 different blogs keep me pretty busy. Here's my complete answer: http://printedpage.blogspot.com/2008/05/tuesday-thingers.html

Anonymous said...

http://kbookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/tuesday-thingers-book-blogging/

Here's mine, come stop by :) At the end of the day I'll come back here and visit everybody's posts.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mine is up and ready. How can u keep up with so many groups? u r a busy bee:)

Terri said...

Whew, I got my Tuesday Thinger done on Tuesday! Here it is:

http://teelgee7.blogspot.com/

John (@bookdreamer) said...

Hi thanks for hosting this...here is my post

Tuesday Thingers

Given the numbers of posts have you thought of using Mister Linky's? Weekly Geeks seem to make good use of it

Terri said...

I wrote a bit more in my blog entry - some about the nature of current modes of communications. It would be fun to hear some of your opinions about it!
Here's a link.

Pabast said...

Here is my answer to the question.
http://readingmama.blogspot.com/2008/05/discussion-groups-tuesday-thingers.html

Check it out.

Elizabeth said...

Mine is up at:

needmoreshelves.blogspot.com

Sorry, still don't really know how to make the nice little link - I'm learning, but slowly. =)

The Tome Traveller said...

Hello all, my TT is up at:

http://thetometraveller.blogspot.com/

One of these days someone will show me how to make the link work!

Library Cat said...

Mine is up as well.

Anonymous said...

I would agree with Lisa, but have 18. So I don't think I should say anything...lol!

J. Kaye at Tuesday Thingers

tapestry100 said...

A little late, but here's my contribution!

Meghan said...

A day late, but here is mine!

Lisa said...

my answer is up too -- late again, but getting better!!

http://breakingfourth.blogspot.com/2008/05/tuesday-thingers-on-wednesday-getting.html

Book_Spirit said...

You can find mine here:

http://bookspirit.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunday-thinger.html

I'm actually trying to weed, as I don't normally read most of them, and many haven't had new posts in months.