The Book Tower

Today is the last day of the From the Stacks reading challenge. I’ve only managed to finish three of the five books, realising how undisciplined I am. Although, in my defence, I have read a pile of alternative titles from my shelves. As for the Winter Classics challenge, which has another month to go, I have read only two of the five books. Oh well. I was never any good with deadlines, although I do still intend to read all of the books before the year is out!

Now onto memes. Jack Pickard has recently taken the baton for the Things Beginning With… meme. He mentions in his responses that he’s been flirting with the idea of posting his own fiction on his blog. This got me thinking as, although some people might argue that some of my posts veer off into pure fiction anyway, I’ve thought about doing something similar from time to time.

So what do people think? Are you a frustrated writer or do you already post your fiction on your blog? Do you like fiction blogs? To be honest, I haven’t found that many. I’ve subscribed to a few, but find they sit uncomfortably next to the blogs I read for information, reviews, web stuff and memes. Plus what everyone else is reading, of course. But what type of fiction best suits the web, short stories or longer fiction in instalments?

Still talking of memes, I was recently asked to explain what one was. The Wikipedia explanation is long winded to say the least, so how would you best describe a meme in 20 words or less?

Farewell then, January. Coming in February: The Book Thief, Iain M.Banks and more Mervyn Peake.