Some BookCrossing Stuff

[bookczuk]

Just want to post invitations to folks to join in two upcoming challenges and to remind about another.

First of all, the ongoing Never Judge a Book by its Cover (NJABBIC), which has thankfully lost it's extraneous apostrophe (and before you ask, yes mine was an intentional tongue in cheek), is now being hosted by Secretariat. I have stayed clear of this challenge in the past, but as I release so many books, I decided to give it a try and am quite enjoying it. http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/449069

BCinDC is hosting a release in memory of young N-R-Jyzer, daughter of ResQGeek, who was killed while riding her bike last fall. http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/449953 The release is on what would have been her birthday, and there are suggestions for themed books at the above link. (It ties in nicely with some other challenges, such as the Valentine Challenge (http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/449420).

Finally, I'm again hosting the Wine + Food + BookCrossing Challenge in March. Any way you can theme a book to Food/drink/eating/cooking or anything related is acceptable. The main purpose is to have fun and release books. You all are welcome to join in and can read more here:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/442985

And in forum news:

Announcements from BC Headquarters also seem to be on the FB and twitter feeds, if you're into that sort of thing.

A couple of tidbits that were mentioned in threads that were of interest to me are here:

news on plaintext/mobile version from support:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/25/449745/7105841
(and in a couple of other threads, too)

On World Book Night: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/33/447421/7107225

On the prenumbered labels in the books registered count:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/25/450359/7106187

On printable wishlists:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/3/440329/7104142

And a question/poll from Headquarters on if you prefer the tiny sticker that fits nicely (as it) on the spines of books in the square/as is format or a rounded one.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/9/450520

Book Nook

[cathepsut]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As many others I picked this up after seeing the show on TV. I was a bit shocked about Dexter at the beginning and questioning the wisdom of making a serial killer the likeable hero of a TV show. He grew on me and by season 2 I was hooked. It didn't hurt that I really like Michael C Hall and was a fan already from Six Feet Under.

I got the book to see how it compares, on the off chance that it might be even better. It's not, the show is hard to beat. But I still liked the book a lot and enjoyed reading it very much. You are even more in Dexter's head than you are in the show. And the sarcasm is great -- it hits you on almost every page and I was laughing out loud several times. It is not a gory as the show, but perhaps I am just missing the visual cues and others would feel differently.

Towards the end the inner monologue got a bit too much for me and I was wanting for a more action driven plot, which is why I gave the book one star less than possible. But I am pretty sure that I will read book two at some point, this was too much fun to stop.