Dewey has put together a wonderful themed blogging challenge called Weekly Geeks. I'm looking forward to participating in all of the upcoming weeks. The first theme is Discover New Blogs Week! which is lucky for me, since my blog is still so new and I'm looking to grow my blogroll.

Here are just a few of the fabulous blogs I visited from the huge list:

• Reading Reflections - Laura recently reviewed The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Her high praise made me glad that I chose this one to read for the Herding Cats Challenge. A couple of the phrases that stood out in her review were "unforgettable story", "vivid imagery", and "emotionally involved". That sounds like my kind of book and I have moved it up a few notches on my TBR list.


• This Book is For You - I had to click on this one because of the totally cool title. And it turns out that the title isn't the only thing that's cool about Mary's blog. I enjoyed perusing her recent posts, such as her review of Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, her post about her seasonal reads, and a job meme she did (she was once a grape picker, how cool!).


• 1330V - Vasilly has read 38 books so far in 2008; I'm jealous, but I'm glad she has because she writes awesome reviews! One of her reviews was about Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos, a book I read last year and really enjoyed. She reports that Sarah Jessica Parker may be the one to play Cornelia (the main character) in the film version. I'll be kinda disappointed if that holds true, because she does not fit the role at all.


• So Many Books, So Little Time - I must admit, I have been subscribed to Alison's blog via Bloglines for at least a couple of months. While I was getting ideas together to start my own blog, I perused many different book blogs. So Many Books, So Little Time was one that stood out as especially spectacular, and I just really like the way she does things over there!


• Educating Petunia - Here's another one that I confess isn't entirely new to me. I discovered Educating Petunia a couple of weeks ago. I was first drawn in by the pretty, bright, happy colors on her blog, but of course I also like her posts and reviews. She also has a fantastic book and movie group, if her latest post is any indication.

Labels: Blogs, Lists, Memes