Announcements: ********If you feel another “book binge” coming on, Mrs S. is hosting the July Book Blowout reading challenge. I’ve signed up, even though I mostly avoid such things, and here’s a list of the books I’ll attempt to read during July (not strictly required – the challenge only asks for target number of books for the month – but if I’m going to be accountable, I may as well go whole hog): Veil of […]
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Sunday Bulletin – scraps and links 5-25-08
Announcements: Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 28 – the second 24-Hour Read-a-Thon begins at 9 AM PDT (or your equivalent local time). You can participate as a Reader or a Cheerleader, and help raise funds for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), an organization that provides children with books. Visit Dewey for more information! ************************** NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at Did you sign up for NaComLeavMo? The official participant list closed […]
One more bookish thing….
One thing makes books even better – getting them for free! Enter the “Mother’s Day Book Bash” at A Book Blogger’s Diary by this Sunday, May 11 ( Mothers’ Day in the USA), and you just might win a book! You’re also promised some linkage. Here’s how it works (full rules may be found at the link in item #1): 1) Blog this giveaway (link to this post please and preferably with a Book Bash […]
Weekly Geeks #2 – book review linkage!
* This week in Weekly Geeks – Weaving a book-review web. Quoting from Dewey: The theme for Week 2 is something borrowed (yes, she said it was ok!) from Darla at Books and Other Thoughts. She says in her sidebar that if she reviews a book that you’ve reviewed, you can email her and she’ll link to it in her review. I love this idea for three reasons. 1. As a blog reader, I like […]
Blog Prom 2008: The Wallflower’s Tale
Yikes. Prom. I can’t believe I agreed to go again…and if anyone other than Sunshine were throwing this party, I’m pretty sure I’d have skipped it. As it is, I’m attending as Designated Wallflower, which means I’ll probably be watching the cool kids have fun. Some things never change… Here’s what Sunshine has planned for this week-long(!) extravaganza: Monday April 28 – Let’s talk about our Prom theme songs. Tuesday April 29 – embarrassing Prom […]
Sunday Scraptacular – this time, there are quizzes, too!
New in Google Reader this weekWe’re Doomed, via Aprilbaby’s California Life (same blogger, Michele Miles Gardiner) – and here’s an example of the kinds of amusing-to-outrageous stories/links/signs of the apocalypse she’s posting. (This is a lengthy read, but if you have daughters, you may want to take the time for it.)Books on the Brain (found me via Booking Through Thursday) If you’re as hooked on Google Reader (or Bloglines, or whatever place you like to […]
Scraptacular – week of April 6-12
New in Google Reader this week:The Chronicles of Tewkesbury, via A Daily Dose of Zen Sarcasm!Mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend…Me (Bubba’s Sis), via Ten on TuesdayThe More, The Messier (Suburban Correspondent), via comments she’s left on various other blogs I readThe Writing Mother, (indirectly) via Work It, Mom!There’s not much that unifies things this week; the links are fairly random.I talked about the dangers (and irritations) of unverified forwarded e-mails a while ago, but this says […]
Scraptacular – April 1st (week) edition, no fooling!
New in Google Reader this weekFound via a MotherTalk Blog Tour: Random Acts of UnkindnessReadingWritingLiving You know that many parents are online, blogging about their lives and their kids. If you have the time to read the post and the comments here, you’ll have a ringside seat for an ongoing controversy/conversation on the evolution of community and commerce as experienced by mom-bloggers. Oh, and speaking of moms…regardless of whether the way we were parented affects […]
Scraptacular – “birthday weekend” edition
New in Google Reader this week Bookbabie, courtesy of the “six-word-memoir” meme Defending Pandora, via Working Girl Candid Karina and Cafe Karina (same Karina), both via Literary FelineWere your lights out for Earth Hour last night? I had intended to observe it, but as it turned out, our participation was inadvertent; we weren’t home! We did leave one light on, since I don’t like coming home to a dark house, but it was a 3-way […]
Easter Weekend Scraptacular
Since I didn’t do the regular “scraps” thing last week because of my Blogoversary observation, this week’s collection is a bit longer and more rambling than usual. New in Google ReaderSurrender, Dorothy, via BlogHer (the post that finally prompted me to subscribe is one of this week’s links) – and her sister’s blog, Tales from Clark StreetBetter Than Marriage (or is it? we’ll see…the chronicle of an unconventional relationship)Mid-Century Modern Moms (new to almost everyone, […]
Welcome the Mid-Century Modern Moms!
There’s a new parenting blog on the scene – and it’s for those of us who are a little bit further along on the road of parenthood, with kids who have long since left the potty-training years behind (no pun intended) and are closer to the driving-lessons stage, or even past that. It’s about time, I say. For true-life stories and discussion of the trials and tribulations of being the parent of older children – […]
Scraptacular 3-9
New in Google Reader this week In My Mother’s Room, via Elana Centor on BlogHer Girl Sailor, via Girl With PenI’ve missed Literary Feline this week – hope she’ll get caught up on her (book) reading and be back soon! I can’t let this pass without comment, since Television Without Pity was one of the first online communities I ever joined, and it’s still one of my favorite sites. Its founders took it to the […]
