Blog Hops: An Earth Friendly Way to Travel

Another nifty hop was the every-other-
Thursday one at The Blue Bookcase.

In honor of Earth Day, may I also offer the put-your-feet-up-with-a-good-cup-of-coffee-and-your-laptop-on-your-lap, carbon-free pleasure of blog hopping.

You'll meet fascinating people from all over the world, worry-free; sample multiple opinions and prose styles; find new books to love; and more than likely make a few friends at the same time.

If you haven't hopped yet, you might enjoy the Friday Crazy-for-Books blog hop.  It's humongous, but you don't have to visit everybody and you don't even have to have a blog.  Just click on the URLs to visit the blogs, comment when you feel moved, follow as often as you feel you can, and offer your own post to other book-minded travelers in the blogospheres...

This week's question is:
When you find a book you love, do you go out and read all the rest of that author's oeuvre?
My answer is:  often, but not sequentially or in a clump.  In my brash and over-exuberant youth, when I first stumbled across Annie Dillard or T.C. Boyle or Margaret Atwood (all Earth-friendly authors, for certain), I promptly started trolling libraries and used bookstores for old volumes, and looking through the NYTimes Review of Books each week so get a jump on their new releases. 

But I quickly realized that to thoroughly enjoy a favorite writer's works, I must sample other writers in between:  sort of a palate cleansing, or a trip round the buffet table, I suppose.

What's your response to this question, and what are you doing for Earth Day?
(We've got an Earth Day challenge up at ActionReaders.com: check it out, and if you're interested just register to win. We'll be checking throughout the day for new members to approve, so go ahead - we'll count you!)

MFB, and keep on hoppin',
L

p.s.  I'll be starting a Sunday "Poem in Your Post" hop here on May 1, 2011, so come join us and bring your favorite poem:  old or new, any style, any writer...!