{"id":2261,"date":"2008-02-18T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T07:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/18\/the-book-review-meme\/"},"modified":"2008-02-18T00:01:51","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T07:01:51","slug":"the-book-review-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2261","title":{"rendered":"The Book Review Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lidian at The Virtual Dime Museum <a title=\"tagged me\" href=\"http:\/\/thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/book-of-memes-meme-of-books.html\">tagged me<\/a> for a book review meme. OK, I&#8217;ll play&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What issues\/topic interests you most&#8211;non-fiction, i.e,cooking, knitting, stitching, there are infinite topics that has nothing to do with novels?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Most of my reading these days are course materials for the genealogy\u00c2\u00a0classes in which I&#8217;ve enrolled through the <a title=\"National Institute for Genealogical Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogicalstudies.com\">National Institute for Genealogical Studies<\/a> .\u00a0Other than that,\u00a0I&#8217;ve been\u00c2\u00a0spending a lot of time lately studying\u00c2\u00a0the <a title=\"Code of Federal Regulations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/cfr-table-search.html#page1\">Code of Federal Regulations<\/a> and the <a title=\"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/opacom\/laws\/fdcact\/fdctoc.htm\">Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act<\/a>, which\u00c2\u00a0are both required reading for my day job. I suppose I&#8217;ve never really mentioned how thrilling my life is, have I?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Would you like to review books concerning those?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I wouldn&#8217;t mind reviewing genealogy texts or books on drug regulation, but right now I wouldn&#8217;t consider it my highest priority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Would you like to be paid or do it as interest or hobby? Tell reasons for what ever you choose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If someone\u00c2\u00a0wants to\u00c2\u00a0provide me with a good incentive to review a book &#8212; well, let&#8217;s talk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Would you recommend those to your friends and how?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have no problem recommending books to friends\u00c2\u00a0as part of\u00c2\u00a0casual conversation. In the past, I&#8217;ve\u00c2\u00a0frequently recommended books to my friends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>If you have already done something like this, link it to your post.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I haven&#8217;t yet reviewed any books in this blog, although I&#8217;ve mentioned books I&#8217;m reading on several occasions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At this point, I&#8217;m supposed to tag ten other people, but since most of the bloggers I know have already been tagged, I think I&#8217;ll just sit this one out. It&#8217;s late and I want to get some genealogy reading in before I fall asleep tonight!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for tagging me, Lidian!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lydian at The Virtual Dime Museum tagged me for a book review meme. 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