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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

A Friday Meme for These Challenging Times--Do Weigh In!

Here in New York State, as is true throughout most of the Northeast, we are pretty much on lockdown as I mentioned in Monday's blog post. No libraries for five weeks. No nothin'! But, we are lucky, because we have literally TONS of books that we have always meant to have read but haven't yet. Virtual books crowding every room in the house and ebooks.

I'd like to suggest a Friday Meme, for those of you who may be interested. So far my idea for a Friday meme is in its rough stages. I don't have a name for it yet. (I hope I will by tomorrow, Thursday.) But my idea is as follows:
This meme involves books that are currently in your house or apartment or the abode where you reside. The books do not have to belong to you necessarily. Please give me your thoughts about the following:

1. For each Friday post in the coming weeks while we endure the impossible, select a book shelf, or maybe two shelves, or a bookcase, or maybe a pile of books standing high upon the floor of your bedroom or living room. Or select any other random selection of books. Please don't be hemmed in by spatial constraints or parameters. Do it your way by all means!

2. From that shelf or bookshelves, choose a number of books that you would like to share with us whether you have read them or not. Some of them you may have read long ago and would like to revisit in memory or revisit the experience and time and place of reading the book. If you wish you could share a bit about what you liked or disliked or whatever else you would like to say.
Or select books you hope to read in the future and tell us about a few of them, as many as you like. And do this however you like. Jumble it up however you like.

3. If you'd like and if you're able to, share a photo of either the books, the shelf, the shelves, or whatever you'd like, but this is just a suggestion.

4. Feel free to ruminate and ramble in your discussions, because this is strictly for FUN, and I hope to have a lot of fun when I participate. Do delve into the shelves of your significant others, if that sounds like fun.

5. If you can't do it on a Friday, please feel free to participate on Saturday, Sunday, or Thursday.

Please let me know if this sort of meme interests you.

9 comments:

  1. I honestly think this is a super idea, Judith. I'm already thinking about what I could post about and have several ideas. Very excited! (I'm home safe and sound by the way.)

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    1. Cath,
      I'm so glad you're interested, mostly because I'm dying to learn more about the books in your house.
      And happy, too, that you're both safely home. You can greet spring today from your garden. I find it hard to think of it being spring, because we're having a cold, wet day that started with a bit of snow.

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  2. I agree, Judith, this is a good idea and I would participate, of course. I like the flexibility.

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    1. Tracy,
      I'm keen that you're interested as well. I hope it will be fun for everyone. I'm glad you like the flexibility--that's the way my creative mind works (sometimes to a project's detriment by the way), but for this meme I think it could work for everybody interested.

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  3. An interesting idea, indeed. I participate in Friday Forgotten Books each Friday, and do my Current Reading post on Monday, so not sure how I'd squeeze this in, but I'm intrigued. Maybe on the occasional Wednesday?

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    1. Hi Rick,
      The occasional Wednesday would be a wonderful addition. I'll stay tuned to you so I can notify others.

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  4. I'll definitely participate. Is it starting on Friday?

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    1. Katrina,
      I'm so glad you'd like to participate in this. I would love to spend hours and hours trawling or trolling??? your bookshelves and wherever else in your house you've stashed books, not to mention Jack's stash.
      Some of us started last weekend, but for you it can start this weekend. Friday is the day I chose, but Saturday and Sunday and, if those don't work, choose whatever other day you wish.

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  5. After promising Tracy at Bitter Tea and Mystery for weeks I'd do this, finally I'm in. The post will probably go up Monday, May 18.

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