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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

Comments

Hey thanks for coming by! I just signed up for weekly geeks, so I'll probably be making my rounds over coffee tomorrow morning.
sally906 said…
Great idea isn't it - I'm visiting you as part of my challange :)
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
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! :)
LisaMM said…
kI'm familiar with some of those, but not all.. thanks! I'm off to check them out..
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...
thanks for stopping by. i'm glad to make the acquaintance of another book blogger. weekly geeks is going to be fun!

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