It was actually yesterday’s blogging topic for Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW), but as I was exercising a personal agenda then–and I’m not participating in today’s Interview Swap–I’m coming to this one a day late, but with no less sincerity: Monday: Appreciation! There are no awards this year, but it can still be hard to navigate the huge universe of book blogging. Share with your readers some of the blogs you enjoy reading daily and […]
It’s September. Summer is winding down–if you live your life by the academic calendar, you may consider it over already. (And if you live your life in the Southern Hemisphere, you’re looking ahead to spring instead of autumn! But anyway…) In any case, the calendar is filling up with fun events for book bloggers! It feels like it’s snuck up on us this year, but the original book-blog community-fest–Book Blogger Appreciation Week–is back, and it […]
This past week was on the slow side blog-wise, as I talked about highbrow fan-fic and posted a pub-day Book Talk. The coming week will probably be on the light side as well, with a busy period ahead at work and required reading in the off-hours taking big chunks out of blogging time…so if it doesn’t get prepared today, it most likely won’t be posted before next Saturday! Speaking of “required reading,” let me ask […]
I’ve been mostly hanging out at home for the last several days. Tall Paul and I had submitted vacation requests for this time months ago, in anticipation of attending San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. So much for that–we couldn’t get tickets. But we weren’t about to give back the time off, either, and so we’ve been “staycationing.” (And although we aren’t taking pictures in San Diego, I’ve been playing with pictures this week–I’ll be sharing […]
There’s a rather surprising number of book bloggers in Southern California for a region that’s only occasionally known for being particularly bookish, but (no) thanks to the traffic and sprawl, we don’t get to see each other as often as we’d like. But an out-of-town visitor is always a great excuse to get together. Thanks to the fact that Rhapsody Jill was visiting for the weekend, I got to meet up with her, Amy, Softdrink […]
I’ve finished the photo editing from my trip to New York City for Book Expo America 2012 and the BEA Bloggers Conference, but haven’t put all of my thoughts and reactions into words yet, so while I’m working on pulling that together I wanted to highlight some of last week’s words from Armchair BEA Central. The third year of Armchair BEA–the first as an official partner of BEA, which allowed us to offer on-site reports […]
Good Monday morning, and welcome to one of the biggest weeks in the world of books and the people who blog about them! Book Expo America is getting underway in New York City today, and I’m there for my second visit. (I wrote this post before I left.) I will be one of the speakers at the session “Critical Reviews: Fine-Tuning Your Craft” at the BEA Bloggers Conference this afternoon, and all week long, I’ll […]
My Book Expo America vacation week starts tomorrow, because my nearly six-hour flight from Burbank, California to New York City departs at 7 AM on Saturday and I’ll need more than a few hours between work and bedtime to get ready for it–although, to be honest, I’ve been in various stages of “getting-ready-ness” for weeks. That’s mostly involved shopping–clothes (but no new shoes this year!), personal items, gadgets, and apps for said gadgets. Now I […]
(Updated to correct a major grammar error in the post title, which will unfortunately live on in the permalink–color my face red, y’all!) When we started Armchair BEA in 2010, we had such a great time with it that all of us on the organizing team vowed that even if we had the opportunity to go to the real BEA, we’d still want to Armchair. This year, four of us–Danielle, Emily, Pam, and I–will be […]
Greetings, Readathoners! I’m sorry not to be among you this weekend, but I have a good bookish excuse. I’m at the University of Southern California today (and possibly part of tomorrow) for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! I picked up my media badge on Thursday afternoon, which will admit me to the press room and serve as my ticket to any and all panels. I have three I’d like to go to today–and […]
There are so many things to talk about in the Salon today! Let’s hit the books first: The Indie Lit Awards winners were announced last Monday, and I began posting my reviews of the books that were considered in the Biography/Memoir category that same day. So far, I’ve discussed: I Pray Hardest When Being Shot At, by Kyle Garret Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, by Nina Sankovitch Bossypants, by Tina Fey (previously reviewed, but re-posted […]
Last month, I posted an appreciation of one of my favorite writers–and people–Beth Kephart. It was honest and heartfelt…and part of an underground blogger campaign to call attention to her upcoming young-adult novel, You Are My Only, which will be in stores next week (and is available for pre-order now). Bloggers and Beth are an excellent combination, because in addition to being a prolific and well-reviewed author, she’s one of us. I knew Beth first […]
