book talk Archives - White Sky Project https://www.whiteskyproject.com/tag/book-talk/ Of books, writing, and life in general Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:03:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.whiteskyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/WSP-new100.png book talk Archives - White Sky Project https://www.whiteskyproject.com/tag/book-talk/ 32 32 57703221 What would you do if you only had 24 hrs left? #MyFinal24 https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/10/what-would-you-do-myfinal24/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/10/what-would-you-do-myfinal24/#respond Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:31:32 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=20956 Are you subscribed to writer Alexandra Franzen’s newsletter? If not, you should be. Her letters are thoughtful and inspiring. Anyway, her new book So This Is The End: A Love Story has just been released! The novel is about the last 24 hours of the main character Nora’s life. Basically, the book poses the question: If you ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/10/what-would-you-do-myfinal24/feed/ 0 20956 Rapid Fire Book Tag! https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/04/rapid-fire-book-tag-post/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/04/rapid-fire-book-tag-post/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2017 07:59:59 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=15797 I don’t really know what to do with this blog at the moment, so I thought I’d just take a page from LizofWords and do this Rapid Fire Book Tag thing for today. Yay! It’s basically just a bunch of bookish questions that I’m supposed to answer rapidly (explain explain). LOL. Okay, blog post filler, ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/04/rapid-fire-book-tag-post/feed/ 0 15797 Book Club Bash: 5 Authors, Big Prizes https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/12/book-club-bash-5-authors-big-prizes/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/12/book-club-bash-5-authors-big-prizes/#respond Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://whiteskyproject.com/2012/12/book-club-bash-5-authors-big-prizes.html Welcome to Book Club Bash! From December 10 to 14, we’re celebrating our love for books and book clubs! We’re also featuring five awesome books that are great for book clubs during this event. You can find more details about these fantastic books below. Today we’ll be sharing why we love books and book clubs. ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/12/book-club-bash-5-authors-big-prizes/feed/ 0 140 Help Raise 1,000 books for charity and enter to win $200, signed books and swag! https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/10/help-raise-1000-books-for-charity-and/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/10/help-raise-1000-books-for-charity-and/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://whiteskyproject.com/2012/10/help-raise-1000-books-for-charity-and-enter-to-win-200-signed-books-and-swag.html We are excited to share about an ambitious blog tour—Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read—where ten authors from several genres are working hard to raise 1,000 books in three weeks for Books for America. From October 1st to 19th, donate a new book (or books!) and earn extra bonus points in a huge giveaway that ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/10/help-raise-1000-books-for-charity-and/feed/ 0 185 Ten Novels: Your Ticket to Heaven (a guest post) https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/ten-novels-your-ticket-to-heaven-guest/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/ten-novels-your-ticket-to-heaven-guest/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/ten-novels-your-ticket-to-heaven-a-guest-post.html This is a guest post by Danielle Norrish. If God were a book-lover wouldn’t you be really annoyed if the only reason why he didn’t allow you to enter heaven is because you haven’t read a single book in your whole lifetime? (No, the required reading you did in school won’t count). While a lot of ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/ten-novels-your-ticket-to-heaven-guest/feed/ 0 188 Why I should read fairy tales and the classics and kick ass! https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/why-i-should-read-fairy-tales-and/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/why-i-should-read-fairy-tales-and/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:39:00 +0000 http://whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/why-i-should-read-fairy-tales-and-the-classics-and-kick-ass.html Late last night I suddenly remembered that I had a 30-day creative writing challenge to kick off over at my other blog. The first task was to re-write a fairy tale. Off the top of my head I thought about Little Red Riding Hood, but then I realized that story has already been re-told many ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/09/why-i-should-read-fairy-tales-and/feed/ 5 198 This is a post where I ramble about review rating systems and say MEH a lot https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/06/this-is-post-where-i-ramble-about/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2012/06/this-is-post-where-i-ramble-about/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:00:00 +0000 http://whiteskyproject.com/2012/06/this-is-a-post-where-i-ramble-about-review-rating-systems-and-say-meh-a-lot.html I don’t use any kind of rating system for my book reviews. I considered it once. I thought I should have some sort of numerical conclusion to my reviews, so I decided to use the rating system at Goodreads because it seemed pretty simple and easy to use. I even updated all my book reviews to reflect ... Read more

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