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One year on from the introduction of the UK government’s 24 hour licensing laws, the official report finds a “mixed picture” of their impact. I asked Martin and Moira Plant, of the Alcohol and Health Research Unit at the University of West of England, for their reaction to the report as they wrote our book Binge Britain: Alcohol and the National Response. This is their short, hard-hitting reply. What do you make of liberalizing alcohol laws? Let us know in the comments below.

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The 7th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival is up now at Reading With Becky. Yes, technically, submissions are still open until midnight tonight. But they have *slowed* down considerably. And I'm the kind-of-girl that doesn't mind editing and updating posts up to a certain point. So if a submission were to come my way tonight, I'd add it in with no problem.

On to the 8th Edition of the Carnival...

The 8th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival will be hosted at The Book Ninja. The theme is "The Geography of Make-Believe." Full details are available at her site. You'll need to read them. Trust me. (But I have every intention of submitting to this carnival!!!) Send an e-mail to thebookninja at gmail dot com with an appropriate subject line like “Bookworms Carnival” or “CARNIVAL OF AWESOMENESS!!!!” or “CARNIVAL EIGHT FOR THE WIN!” (Be creative, but use the words “bookworms” or “carnival” somewhere). The deadline for submission is February 8th.

Welcome to the 7th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival. I'm so happy you've dropped by. The theme of the carnival is Best Books of 2007. Here you'll find links to individual books and links to best-of lists. It appears that 2007 kept a lot of people busy reading! I hope you enjoy. Be sure to read the end of the post where I mention the details about the 8th Edition of the Carnival!

Jen Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page presents her Favorite Reads From 2007.

Little Willow offers her "Best Books of 2007." See also her project on rounding up authors' favorite books of the year.

Betsy Bird (aka Fuse #8) shares two entries: "My Favorite Children's Books" and "The Golden Fuse Awards"

Chris from book-a-rama offers up her own awards of the 2007 season. Categories include "Best Atmosphere", "Best Love Story" and here's one you don't see everyday..."Best Scared the Be-Jebus Out of Me."

Dewey of The Hidden Side of A Leaf shares her "Best of 2007."

Megan of Leafing Through Life brings us "The Best of 2007" in her 2007 Leafy Awards.

A.J. of the Used Books Blogs presents his "Best Books of 2007" list. He picks Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell to be the best book he's read in 2007.

Alisonwonderland of So Many Books, So Little Time presents her "Highlights of the Year."

Susan of West of Mars takes us on a tour of her 2007 reading year pointing out the highlights to what appears to be a great year for books.

Kailana of Kailana's Written World shares her "Best of 2007."

Sarah gives us her "Notable Books of 2007, Part Three: Best & Worst Fiction" in which she lists her bottom and top picks of the year. You might also be interested in reading Part One and Two of her year in review.

Paige of Reading and Breathing shares, "Looking Back, My Favorite Reads of 2007"

Chris of Stuff As Dreams Are Made On brings us his 2007 in Review. What's #1 on his list? The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings shares his "The Comprehensive 2007 Year in Review." Carl also links to other bloggers' best-of lists. Many of which are not linked here. So if you're really wanting to browse, be sure to check out his additional links.

Melissa of Book Nut brings us her best with her post, "The Best of My 2007." She has some interesting categories such as "New Books That I Didn't Agree With "Everyone" On" and "Book I'm Most Embarrassed to Admit I read, But That Hubby's Glad I Did" as well as more traditional offerings such as "Best Fantasy."

Becky of Becky's Book Reviews offers "2007: Rewinding to Find the Best."

Nymeth of Things Mean A Lot shares her review of "The Watermelon King" by Daniel Wallace.

Renay of The Book Ninja offers "Let's Get Reflective! 2007 Book Roundup"

Semicolin presents her "Twelve Best Books I Read in 2007."

Val from Valentina's Room brings us "Some Thoughts About 2007: My Year In Books."

Marg from ReadingAdventures shares "My Reading Year--2007--The Highlights." What tops her list? The Arrival by Shaun Tan.

BookGal from Books, Memes, and Musings presents her favorites of the year in her post, "Favorite Reads of the Year."

Stephanie of Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic offers "The Best of 2007."

Eva of A Striped Armchair gives us "The Lists of 2007."

Alisia from Book Haven shares her "Best of 2007." Topping her list is Half of A Yellow Sun.

Cloudscome of A Wrung Sponge offers "2007 in Review."

Tiny Little Librarian shares, "And the Winners Are..."

Nancy of Bees Knees Reads brings us "Best of...Too" her look at two titles great for young children.

A Life in Books offers "A Final Trio and Year In Review"

Armenian Odar presents her choice for best nonfiction, The Nortion Book of Women's Lives, and her two choices for best fiction of the year: In Search of Adam by Caroline Smailes and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Suzanne of Adventures in Daily Living presents Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

David brings A Year of Development Narratives in which he discusses his thoughts on the books he's read this past year.

Fern Chasida of My Heart Is In the East presents her "2007 Reading Wrap-Up." She lists the 83 books she completed in 2007, and then goes on to list her favorites and least favorites.

Educating Petunia shares her links to the "Best Books of 2007" in addition to sharing her own personal Top Ten list for the year.

Quixotical shares "Looking Back at 2007."

Florinda of The Three R's shares one of her favorites of the year, "Eat, Pray, Love."

Sarah offers a review of "Like You'd Understand Anyway" by Jim Shepard.

James Bashkin from Nearly Nothing But Novels presents "The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell"

Akemi Gaines shares "Five Wishes."

Louise Manning presents The five books I have enjoyed the most in 2007 posted at The Human Imprint.

Marilyn Terrell for Janelle Nanos presents Trip Lit: The Deportees posted at Intelligent Travel.

Production Blog gives us "The Best Books Made Into Film In 2007"

The 8th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival will be hosted at The Book Ninja. The theme is "The Geography of Make-Believe." Full details are available at her site. You'll need to read them. Trust me. (But I have every intention of submitting to this carnival!!!) Send an e-mail to thebookninja at gmail dot com with an appropriate subject line like “Bookworms Carnival” or “CARNIVAL OF AWESOMENESS!!!!” or “CARNIVAL EIGHT FOR THE WIN!” (Be creative, but use the words “bookworms” or “carnival” somewhere). The deadline for submission is February 8th.

The Carnival of Children's Literature is up at Big A, Little a. The theme is gift books--what books to buy for the holidays, how to choose a book, etc.

AND

The December edition of the Bookworms Carnival is up at A Striped Armchair. The theme is nonfiction.

By the way...

I am hosting the 7th edition of the Bookworms Carnival. I will host it at my blog, Reading with Becky.

The theme for January 2008 is

Best Books of 2007

There are several options. You could create your own "best of" list of books you've read and loved in the past year. You might want to make this a list with notes or commentary. But that isn't a requirement necessarily. Or you could submit a book review of the book you think is THE BEST of the year. Your list can be general or specific. Your focus can be looking at all books or just books about pirates in space fighting spiders. :)

Your "best-of" list can include any book that you read for the first time in the year of 2007. It doesn't have to be just the books with the 2007 release date. Though if that's what you want to do, that's fine too.

The deadline for submission is January 11th.

Submissions for this carnival are by email. Email me at laney_po AT yahoo DOT com. Please use the word Bookworms AND/OR the word Carnival in your subject line. Thank you!

I probably *should* have announced this a week or so ago. But I wanted to let everyone know that I am hosting the 7th edition of the Bookworms Carnival. I will host it at my blog, Reading with Becky.

The theme for January 2008 is

Best Books of 2007

There are several options. You could create your own "best of" list of books you've read and loved in the past year. You might want to make this a list with notes or commentary. But that isn't a requirement necessarily. Or you could submit a book review of the book you think is THE BEST of the year. Your list can be general or specific. Your focus can be looking at all books or just books about pirates in space fighting spiders. :)

The deadline for submission is January 11th.

Submissions for this carnival are by email. Email me at laney_po AT yahoo DOT com. Please use the word Bookworms AND/OR the word Carnival in your subject line. Thank you!

I probably *should* have announced this a week or so ago. But I wanted to let everyone know that I am hosting the 7th edition of the Bookworms Carnival. I will host it at my other blog, Reading with Becky, but all big announcements will be hosted here as well.

The theme for January 2008 is

Best Books of 2007

There are several options. You could create your own "best of" list of books you've read and loved in the past year. You might want to make this a list with notes or commentary. But that isn't a requirement necessarily. Or you could submit a book review of the book you think is THE BEST of the year. Your list can be general or specific. Your focus can be looking at all books or just books about pirates in space fighting spiders. :)

The deadline for submission is January 11th.

Submissions for this carnival are by email. Email me at laney_po AT yahoo DOT com. Please use the word Bookworms AND/OR the word Carnival in your subject line. Thank you!

The November Bookworms Carnival is up. The theme is short stories. Next month’s Bookworms Carnival is hosted by A Striped Armchair. The theme is non-fiction and the deadline for submission is December 14. You can email your submissions directly to Eva at astripedarmchair [at] gmail [dot] com.

Today the 2nd edition of the Bookworms Carnival is up at Reading is My Superpower. The third edition of the carnival will be hosted by Book Nut and the deadline for submissions is September 14th. The theme is classics. To find out more about the carnival and read about future hosts visit The Hidden Side of A Leaf. The carnival homepage is here.

Bookworms Carnival first edition is up and running at The Hidden Side of A Leaf. The theme is novels. I was happy to submit a post this time around and I would encourage all of you fellow bloggers to participate in the next edition of the carnival!!! The second edition of the Bookworms Carnival will be hosted at Reading is My Superpower and the theme will be Surviving the Dog Days of Summer: Books That Take Your Mind off the Heat. The deadline to submit is August 10. So you've got a little bit of time to pick that perfect book to review.