{a thought for Thursday} Time is short!

First, don't miss this weekend's read-a-thon: http://www.24hourreadathon.com.

Here's today's thought:

"If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up.

"If you're over 50, which is when time gets shorter, subtract your age from 100 - the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. If you're 100 or over you get to judge the book by its cover, despite the dangers in doing so." -- Nancy Pearl

If you don't know Nancy, she is perhaps the world's most famous librarian and author of the Book Lust books. Don't know what to read? Pick up a Book Lust book to find some great suggestions!

{giveaway winner} Congratulations, rosalindraasch!

The winner of {th}ink’s first giveaway is rosalindraasch! She will receive a personalized, signed copy of You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon. {th}ink would like to thank Siobhan for donating the book for our giveaway, and we hope that those of you have become followers during this contest stay tuned for more fun crafts, succinct book reviews, great photos, thought-provoking quotes, and future giveaways! 



Upcoming author events


Don’t miss Hannah Pittard, on tour for The Fates Will Find Their Way. She’ll be at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon, Wis., tomorrow (April 6) at 7 p.m. Other events across the U.S. are here. To whet your appetite, here’s a quote from the book:
 "Words like lucky and advantages we knew, even at our young age, were upscale euphemisms for not poor, not the son of a drunk and, later, not the son of a suicidal mother."



More reading fun

Don’t miss Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon this weekend, beginning at noon GMT April 9! From the official event website at http://24hourreadathon.com, here’s an event description in a nutshell: “For 24 hours, we read books, post to our blogs about our reading, and visit other readers’ blogs. We also participate in mini-challenges throughout the day. It happens twice a year, in April and in October.”



If you don’t want to read (or think you don’t have time), you can also host a mini-challenge or be a cheerleader. Check out the website to see how you can join readers worldwide in this fun event, and tell us about your plans (and later your experience) and the comments for this post! We can’t wait to hear from you.