***UPDATED 9/10/08 9:00 AM – please see below! +++ UPDATED AGAIN at 9:20 AM – keep going… Earlier this year, PunditMom was motivated to open up her blog to weekly guests in a feature she called “Mothers of Intention.” Things are heating up in the presidential race as we winnow the field of candidates. And emotions, as I’m noticing on comments here and elsewhere, are reflective of that. So I’m introducing a new, regular feature […]
Month: September 2008
BBAW Preview: A contest for READERS!
You may have noticed in the sidebar on this blog – or read somewhere, like maybe here – that Book Blogger Appreciation Week will be celebrated from September 15-19! There will be special BBAW-related events going on all across the book-blogiverse next week: themed posts, contests, and even an awards ceremony! One of those contests is getting started right now, and it’s open to everyone who READS book blogs, but who DON’T have book blogs […]
Ten on Tuesday: Favorite Movie Songs
I’m all about the soundtrack. I’ve often wished my daily life had one. Maybe I can get some ideas for it from this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Favorite Movie Songs.” For the purposes of this assignment, I’m sticking with songs that were written specifically for, or were heard for the first time in, a particular movie. A lot of recent movies have made use of existing music for their soundtracks, which is fine […]
Weekend Assignment #232: How’s My Driving?
This week, Karen brings up a topic near and dear to a Southern Californian’s heart: Weekend Assignment #232: It’s been said that as many as 80% of people who drive consider themselves to be “above average” drivers. Since this is statistically impossible, some of us are clearly overestimating ourselves. Be honest: how are your driving skills? If you drive, what are your strengths and weaknesses? If you don’t drive, what drives your decision not to […]
It’s a win-win-win-win!
Thanks to everyone who entered my Second Chance at Summer (Reading) Re-Gifting Giveaway! About 40 people entered, although some got extra chances because they posted about it on their blogs. Some book bags were more popular than others, so that affected your odds of winning. Entries closed on Friday, and I did four drawings today, one for each book bag, using random numbers for each entry generated by random.org. And now for the winners! Bag […]
Saturday Review 9-6-08
Bulletin Board *****Natasha at Maw Books Blog is devoting the month of September to Reading and Blogging for Darfur. Let her tell you all about it here. *****VOTING is on for the Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards – it started yesterday, and closes next Friday, September 12. Click this link to get to the voting booth! If you nominated this blog in any of the categories, thank you! It didn’t make the finals, but some […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday! #5
>>> Have you entered the Second Chance at (Summer) Reading Re-Gifting Giveaway? TODAY is your last chance!<<< Tuesday Thingers (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s question: Members who have your books. Do you ever look at this feature? Do you use it to make LT friends, or compare notes? There are three tabs- weighted, raw, and recent. “Weighted,” which means “weighted by book obscurity and library size” is probably the least self-explanatory of the three, […]
Book talk: “My Husband’s Sweethearts, ” by Bridget Asher
Disclosure: This review is based on an Advance Reading Copy (ARC) I received through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers Program. My Husband’s Sweethearts Bridget Asher Delacorte Press, 2008 (hardcover) (ISBN 038534189X / 9780385341899) Fiction, 288 pages First Sentence: Careening past airline counters toward the security check-in, I’m explaining love and its various forms of failure to Lindsay, my assistant. Book Description: When Lucy discovered that her charming, cheating husband was dying, she came home, opened up his […]
On Sunday some rested, and some wondered why…
This road-trip-inspired post, which is partly a meditation on religious instruction, was originally published in a somewhat different form on the Los Angeles Moms Blog. I don’t have an official “Hump Day Hmm” going up for this week, so I thought this post could fill in for that. Bright and early on a Saturday morning in mid-June, the day after the school year ended, the five of us climbed into Mom-in-law’s SUV and headed off […]
Weekend Assignment #231: Candidates With a Difference
This week, Karen poses a very timely question: Weekend Assignment #231: Over the years we’ve had a number of oddball candidates for public office, from cartoon characters to a live pig, from comedians to TV stars to an ex-wrestler. But it’s only in recent years that a candidate who doesn’t fit the usual profile can run for office and actually expect to win. Who is the most unusual political candidate you have ever supported, either […]
Reading, ‘riting, reviewing, reporting…wait, that’s FOUR R’s
Sometimes, something happens during your day and you just have to tell someone about it – or write about it. That’s one of the great advantages of blogging, isn’t it? But maybe that’s not the kind of thing your blog is about, or maybe it was something you’re not sure you want your family members to read about. You might even be one of those holdouts who doesn’t even have a blog – where do […]
