Hello and welcome to the thirty-ninth Book Review Blog Carnival!
Thank-you for all your submissions. In this edition, we have  21 fantastic book reviews for your perusal. So no matter what your interest or favourite genre, you are bound to find something to interest you!
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did. (And [...]

Two weeks worth… Two weeks worth I tell you! (at least that is my excuse…)
 
 
Freaks by Annette Curtis Klause: I’ve read a couple of other books by Klause, in the past, and found them okay, but nothing special, but Carl talked about this one in his round of his favourite books of the [...]

A slight cold this last week – otherwise known as that debilitating disease: Man-Flu – really bit into my reading and blogging time. I did manage to finish All Families are Psychotic, and post a pre-written review, but that was about it.
Hoping now the head has nearly fully cleared, I can get [...]

16 March 2010 : Review: Freaks by Annette Curtis Klause (No Comments)

I don’t normally post such large cover images with my reviews, but how could I not give this cover by James Jean the attention it deserves? But of course it’s what’s inside that counts does the story match that fantastic cover?

I’ve had a mixed [...]

…Is up at Best Books Review. There are loads of great reviews featured, you should go check it out!
The next edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival will published here at Bart’s Bookshelf on 14 March 2010
Be sure to submit your articles at the carnival page.

Well, this week brought to the end of a couple of things, first off was a week-and-a-half off of work, which was to use up the last of my annual holidays, and was much needed after the overtime I’ve put in recently.
I managed to get some decent reading time in, while I was at home, [...]

This weeks Weekly Geeks is looking at comments and commenting.
Commenting. It can be a fun way to connect to your readers. It can be the a source of frustration as a blogger. A comment can make your day. A comment can cause an argument. Today let’s talk commenting.

One of the things I try to do [...]

*ahem*
Books Bought
 
Grl2Grl by Julie Anne Peters: It’s totally Amanda’s fault that I’m reading Julie Anne Peters stuff, so the fact that I picked this one up after spotting in my local bookshop this week.
TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow: I’d seen this one, mentioned in passing on a couple of blog posts, but it [...]

Musings Monday is hosted by Rebecca of Just One More Page.
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about a keeping books.
Do you keep all the books you ever buy? Just the ones you love? Just collectibles? What do you do with the ones you don’t want to keep?
A few years ago, I nearly always kept most [...]

One of my aims for this year on Bart’s Bookshelf is to increase the number of interviews and guest posts I am able to post share with you. A few weeks back, during the Bloggiesta, I tweeted a call for interviews, one of the first to respond was Emma Newman, author of an upcoming [...]