The Thin Red Line

Happy Friday!   It’s time once again for me to give some link love to my top Entrecard droppers.   As I did once before,   today I am simply posting the cover images of five books that I recently brought home from the library (and in once instance even read it cover to cover) but decided Not to do a book review for.    As my regular readers already know,  book cover images on this blog normally link to the book’s Worldcat page,  so this is an exception to that custom.   Please do click on the book covers to find out who my top droppers are,  and if you’re an Entrecard member be sure to drop your card on them.    And if any of the books catch your eye,  go ahead and check it out from the library or use the Powell’s search box in the center column to buy it.   And be sure to let me know.   I will be back on Monday with more books that recently passed under The Thin Red Line.

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My apologies for not posting on Friday.   I have spent the past few days battling a rash of scraping and splogging issues, all I’m sorry to say connected with Entrecard.  It’s a new experience for me but I suspect that the fact that people start trying to scrape your stuff can be taken as a sign you are starting to get some notice.   And I have found that I am more than capable of defending myself so far (as always, like the Beatles, ‘with a little help from my friends’.)    And really,  making new friends and associates is what Entrecard is all about.   

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My regular readers who have been with me for awhile already know that I really Hate memes.    Many times, I simply ignore them or give the sender a brief mention and link at the end of an unrelated post.   Once, when Mitch tagged me with a meme I just didn’t want to do (this is a book review site, not a free form blog and I hate to post off-topic) I played a mean meme trick by tagging him right back with the Einstein’s Brain God Does Not Exist meme.   Mitch never did attempt to tackle that very challenging meme on his blog, but he seemed to get the point that sometimes getting tagged is a real pain in the ass.   (And my friend Jamie whom I also tagged with that meme, royally rose to the challenge and did a great post.)     So when my new Entrecard buddy Saphrym tagged me with an Entrecard meme,  I decided to once again turn the tables.

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