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Weekly Geeks #1

Over at The Hidden Side of a Leaf, the week’s challenge is to discover new blogs. Here are nine that have caught my attention.

Trish's Reading Nook

So Many Precious Books, So Little Time

Book Club Classics

Kay

Valentina’s Room

Passion For the Page

Em's Bookshelf

So Many Books, So Little Time

Some Reads
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Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said…
Hey thanks for coming by! I just signed up for weekly geeks, so I'll probably be making my rounds over coffee tomorrow morning.
April 27, 2008 at 12:21 AM
sally906 said…
Great idea isn't it - I'm visiting you as part of my challange :)
April 27, 2008 at 12:54 AM
Kim said…
I enjoyed my visit here today. I need to go write my weekly geeks post too,but thought I would do some visiting first. :)
*smiles*
Kim
April 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM
kristen said…
Thank you for checking out my blog! And for reminding me about the weekly geeks challenge, too -- I'll start with your blog! :)
April 27, 2008 at 6:06 PM
LisaMM said…
kI'm familiar with some of those, but not all.. thanks! I'm off to check them out..
April 27, 2008 at 11:13 PM
valentina said…
aww thank you! I'm happy to be in your list!:D
I still have to do this, I've only found out now that it has started...
April 28, 2008 at 6:18 AM
alisonwonderland said…
thanks for stopping by. i'm glad to make the acquaintance of another book blogger. weekly geeks is going to be fun!
April 28, 2008 at 1:09 PM
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