The Sunday Salon, BAFAB, Weekly Geeks

I'm going to attempt to tackle all of these things in one post! :)

It has come to my attention this week that I have a serious book addiction problem. The knowledge of this was lurking in my brain, but when I decided to stop in the bargain book shop "for a few minutes, just to look" and ended up spending over an hour and walking out with six books, and wanting many more than that--that is the moment I realized just how bad it is.

All those books! So many stories! So many ways to challenge my thinking, force me to grow as a person, or just give me the sweet pleasure of escaping into a world that is not my own...

In my defense only three of the books were for me, one is for my mom, and two are for my nieces.

I bought (in case you care!) My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Rebel Angels by Libba Bray, and When in Rome: A Novel of Piazzas and Passion by Gemma Townley for myself. :)

All this buying of books for myself! Crazy stuff! I've had a good week of reading, though. I read It's Not About Me by Michelle Sutton and The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer. I've just started A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell as well. It took a little bit to get into, but I'm now curious as to where it's going to go. I hope to finish it today.

All that leads me to Buy a Friend a Book Week! Yay! This time, I bought the book well in advance. I'm going to give someone a copy of The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen. I love Tess's books, and this is my favorite of her books.
You can read my review from last year here.
To enter, just leave me a comment with a valid email address. Please leave your email address..it was the death of me going around figuring out how to contact people during BBAW.

And Weekly Geeks! Dewey ambitiously wants to compile a best of 2008 books from all the Weekly Geeks. I'm only a part time Weekly Geek, but I figured I'd join in.

My favorite reads of this year also published in this year:
A Passion Redeemed by Julie Lessman (Inspirational)
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan
The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen
The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner

Also, I'll be joining in on the 24 hour read-a-thon again this month, but my mom and I are going to do it together on The Friendly Book Nook. I'll be crashing at her place and we'll be updating the The Friendly Book Nook with our progress. Dewey left the charity raising completely up to us, so I've gone and picked a non-literary cause. I'll be raising funds for Compassion International's Global Food Crisis Fund. I plan to donate a dollar for every hour I read, and I'd love for you to join in. Please leave a comment or contact me if you are interested. I'm flexible...you can do it by books read, hours read, or a lump sum. Let's fill some empty tummys!

Whew! On a totally unrelated note, Brant Hansen remains one of the funniest bloggers ever. I absolutely love this post, note he is not a book blogger nor does this post have anything to do with books!

Happy Sunday reading everyone!