Read it or Weep

Summer Reading Ideas? July 15, 2008

I have always loved those little snippets placed between the programs on BookTV. They were little interviews of regular people and you would just hear a voice ask, “What are you reading?” Then these folk would try to give a title, author, and a brief description of what they were reading… sometimes with a little bit of why they chose it or why they were enjoying the book. It was great! I appreciated the answers that seemed most genuine, not just trying to name the smartest book they could think of, but it was also the enthusiasm that made those odd interviews fun to watch.

Then they stopped. I thought at first that I was just always missing the “What Are You Reading” segments. Nope. They stopped putting them on television, but they were available on YouTube -BookTV. I like that. I like it even better that they’re going to put it back on regular ol’BookTv. Hurrah!

In honor of this wise move -and just because this kind of thing makes me happy- we decided that we’re going to try our own version of this fine idea on our very own R.I.O.W. blog! So, email us at: readersadvisors@yahoo.com and let us know, “What’s On My Summer Reading List!” Maybe you’ll see yourself in the next posting!

—Stacey