For my 25,000th tweet, I asked the Twitterverse what I should proclaim. One waggish tweep said “A national holiday?”
Why not? I may not be able to issue a federal edict, but I’ll just declare today — known as le jour de la Bastille in more Gallic quarters — National Read What You Love Day.
Read What You Love Day is all about its self-explanatory title. Stop reading what you think you should read and pick up a book you can’t wait to start.
I want to help, of course. I’ve put together a set of five 2010 books I simply love, and will give them away to a random reader who tells me here which book she’ll choose for this inaugural holiday celebration.
Here are the five books you could receive:
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Possessed by Elif Batuman
Ready, set…GO!
UPDATE: 5:07 Eastern time — Random.org selected April Hawkins (Comment #30) as The Winner! April, please email your address to me: thebookmaven at gmail dot com. Congrats! Thanks to everyone who entered…READ WHAT YOU LOVE!
