Today’s short update post is brought to you by two changes here at the 1001 Books blog.

First is a button link in our sidebar.  This addition is specifically for those of you who love to keep track of your reading. The link will take you to Arukiyomi’s 1001 Books spreadsheet.  All of the hard work organising the three 1001 lists is done for you.  There are three options for the spreadsheet; a free one, a choice of donation, and a full purchase.  And yes, Arukiyomi does have an affiliate club so if you decide to choose either of the paid versions once you have clicked through we will be credited with a small referral fee for you doing so.  However, like all of the affiliate things here at 1001 Books* it’s never about the money it is always about the books.

The second change is an update to The 1001 Books Lists page.  We have finally managed to merge all three editions into one giant list.  So instead of 1001 books for you to read, you are now looking at a staggering 1293.  The most changes occurred between the 2006 and 2008 editions, and there is a bit of difficulty with the numbering and the century the book appears in, but I’m sure we will all cope.  However, if you find any mistakes you are welcome to email us giving us the details and we will check (for the umpteenth time again) our list and make any amendments needed.

In the meantime, if you would like to review any of the newly added books, you are most welcome to submit them for publication.

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* all two of them.

drumroll please…..

Random.org has delivered it’s verdict.

The first book giveaway winner is comment #1 from t.

The very funny, Confederacy of Dunces will be winging it’s way to you courtesy of The Book Depository and 1001 Books to Read Before You Die Blog.

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For everyone else, thank you for taking part.  We will be doing more giveaways, so don’t forget to subscribe and enjoy the reviews and the chance to win another giveaway.
And if you love books you are more than welcome to submit reviews for publication here.

Hi all,

This is just a friendly reminder that our competition for a 1001 List book closes shortly.
Our 50th post is due to hit the blog at 9am NZST on Monday morning.  For those who have trouble with time zones, NZST is UTC +12.

So if you are in London, you need to have commented before 10pm on Sunday 13th May.  If you are in New York you need to get yourself online before 5pm on Sunday 13th May.  And for our lovely neighbours in Australia, if you are on the east coast in Sydney, get up early and leave us your book wish before 7am Monday 14th May.

Remember, all you have to do is visit this blog post and leave a comment telling us which book from the 1001 lists you would love to own, and why.   It couldn’t be simpler to have a chance at a new book for your library.

Happy commenting and good luck to you all.

 

We are about to celebrate our first milestone on this long and interesting reviewing journey.
Our 50th review is due out on the 14th May, so we want to make a big deal about having made it this far.

But before we get to the exciting bit, we would like to say a huge thank you to our very kind and voluntary review crew members.  Without you this would be so much harder to keep on track, producing two reviews a week for everyone to read and enjoy.

Now the exciting bit of this post.

We are having our first competition at 1001 Books.  Here is what you have to do, and what you might be lucky enough to win…

Leave a comment on this post telling everyone which book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die lists you would love to own, and why you want to own it.

What you will win?  The book you want to own, of course !

Now on to the not-so-fine print.
– One entry per person please.
– If you want to tell us about more than one book, that’s fine, but if you become the winner you will have to choose just one.
– The book will be the paperback version.
– The competition opens today and will close when the 50th review is published, so get your comments in early.
– We will use Random.org to select the winning comment number*.
– The book you choose will need to be available from The Book Depository, as that is our preferred supplier.
– Although our 1001 Book List page currently only contains the 2006 edition books, entries from all three lists are welcome.
– And one last condition – if the book has not already been reviewed, we would appreciate it if you would write one for us.

And there ends the list of conditions.  We want to wish you all the very best of luck, and we are looking forward to hearing all about your bookish wishlist.  Happy reading everybody !

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* Our comments do not use a numbered format, so we will consider the earliest comment to be #1 and so on down to the last comment.  Please don’t nest your comment.

I thought this would be of interest to you all, as we obviously all share a love of books.

It crossed my virtual desk this morning and I was immediately intrigued.  It is called the Open Library.
They aim to generate a web page per book.  Rather a lofty aim considering the volume of books published past, present and into the future.

There seems to be an enormous number of ebooks available to read.  This may help with some of the more difficult to find books on the 1001 Books Lists.  Then there are the lists – you appear to be able to create anything you like here.  If you are a developer then you can dip your toes in too.

Why not take a look and see what you think?  I would love to hear from you in the comments section if you were able to use it towards your reading goals, especially those associated with the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die lists.

Happy reading !