Tag: BBAW

BBAW is Coming Back – Awards and All!
June 13, 2010 randomness

BBAW is Coming Back – Awards and All!

It’s barely summer yet, but some of us are already looking ahead to the fall, and the third annual Book Blogger Appreciation Week in September! What:  Book Blogger Appreciation Week is a week-long festival celebrating the community of book bloggers and their contribution to preserving a culture of literacy through book reviews and recommendations, reading reflections, and general bookish chat.  BBAW events include daily blogging topics, blogger interview swaps, special guest posts, and so much […]

The goal of avoiding blogging burnout (belated Geekery and BBAW leftovers)
September 29, 2009 reading

The goal of avoiding blogging burnout (belated Geekery and BBAW leftovers)

Lots of things catch my eye as they make their way around the blogiverse, but sometimes it takes me awhile to get around to doing something with them myself. Part of the “assignment” for the final day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week was to consider blogging goals: “Tell us in 50 words or less where you want your blog to be by the next BBAW!” Since it’s no longer BBAW, to heck with the 50-word […]

Reading Plans and Goals (Weekly Geeks 2009-35, BBAW Day 5)
September 18, 2009 reading

Reading Plans and Goals (Weekly Geeks 2009-35, BBAW Day 5)

This week on Weekly Geeks, Terri asks about reading plans for the rest of the year: It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the last quarter of 2009. Soon those of us in the northern hemisphere will be curled up in front of the fire (or solar heater) with our favorite wintry reads, and those in the southern will be off to the beaches with their summer books. Do you have a plan of what you’re […]

BBAW: A Reading Meme (but not the “official” one)
September 17, 2009 reading

BBAW: A Reading Meme (but not the “official” one)

Yesterday was the “official” BBAW Reading Meme Day, so I’m late, but I didn’t want to miss out completely. The BBAW Blog has a list of short-answer questions for participants to answer if they choose, but I’m going be different as well as late; I’m responding to another meme entirely, but it does concern reading and blogging, so I’m counting it anyway. Many book bloggers have already addressed the questions raised by author Shannon Hale […]

Product Spotlight: *A Life Well Read*
September 16, 2009 randomness

Product Spotlight: *A Life Well Read*

Disclosure: D&D Creations, the developers of this product, provided me with a sample for review purposes (the product retails for $29.95 plus shipping). I received no other compensation. I always wanted to be someone who kept a reading journal. I made a few half-hearted attempts, but they never stuck, and I never had much success at keeping records of what I read until I went online, where this blog and LibraryThing both serve that purpose. […]

The BBAW Interview – with Jana of Will Work For Books!
September 15, 2009 randomness

The BBAW Interview – with Jana of Will Work For Books!

image credit: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/720361 edited in Picnik Please welcome Jana of Will Work for Books to The 3 R’s for the BBAW Interview Exchange! Jana’s blog is new to me, but it’s been around since early 2008, and it features a variety of bookish content. I like the rating system she has devised for her book reviews, and the inclusion of book-related news in her content mix. Jana really has “worked for books” in various capacities, […]

BBAW: My own personal shortlist (UPDATED)
September 14, 2009 randomness

BBAW: My own personal shortlist (UPDATED)

On this first day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2009, participants are encouraged to share the book-blog love: The first day of BBAW, Monday September 14th, we encourage you to write a post thanking and spotlighting your favorite blogs that didn’t make the shortlists. Those “shortlists” would be the ones related to the BBAW Awards, which I talked more about last Friday: nearly 40 categories, 1000 blogs originally nominated across them all, now down to […]

TBIF Special: Bookkeeping and BBAW
September 11, 2009 reading

TBIF Special: Bookkeeping and BBAW

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report (hey, check out the new badge!*) Book reviews posted this week: “Gone to the Dogs” with – The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog, by John Grogan Next review scheduled (after BBAW): Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, by Lizzie Skurnick (blog) Currently reading: The Last Bridge, by Teri Coyne (for LibraryThing Early […]

TBIF Bonus: The BBAW Meme
August 7, 2009 reading

TBIF Bonus: The BBAW Meme

I was planning to include this in today’s TBIF post, but decided to give it its own space instead, since responses are being collected in a Mr. Linky at the Book Blogger Appreciation Week blog. Besides, it’s not breaking any laws if I sometimes post twice in one day! A Book Blogger Appreciation Week Meme If you were a part of BBAW last year, please answer these simple questions on your blog and drop your […]

December 2, 2008 Uncategorized

Book bloggers say goodbye to Dewey

Book bloggers were shocked and saddened by a post at The Hidden Side of a Leaf on Monday, December 1 from Dewey‘s husband: Hi folks, I’ve got a piece of sad news to deliver. Dewey passed away on Tuesday evening. She will be cremated on a non-specific date this week. We live in a place with relatively relaxed laws abut these things, and I want to ensure her family has an opportunity to see her. […]

September 23, 2008 Uncategorized

I now pronounce…the MATRIMONY Winner!

It turned out to be very good timing that Book Blogger Appreciation Week coincided with my giveaway of the paperback edition of Matrimony – author Joshua Henkin really does appreciate book bloggers, and I appreciate everyone who left a comment to enter the giveaway and helped promote it on their own blogs! The winner was selected with the help of the random-number generator at Random.org, and it is… Serena of Savvy Verse and Wit! I […]

BBAW Appreciates Our Friend Amy!
September 20, 2008 Uncategorized

BBAW Appreciates Our Friend Amy!

Book Blogger Appreciation Week has been SO much fun! I’ve discovered some new additions to my “books” blogroll – you’ll see those in my “Saturday Review” post tomorrow – won a couple of prizes, and seen some friends acclaimed as BBAW Award winners. But all of this wouldn’t have happened without the inspiration – and very hard work – of My Friend Amy. As quoted by Sassymonkey on BlogHer, Amy’s rationale for organizing BBAW was […]