…or, The (Half)Year in Books I “borrowed” this idea from Nymeth‘s Sunday Salon post last week, but as it happens, it was also June 29th’s Musing Mondays question: Now that we’ve come to the middle of the year, what do you think of your 2009 reading so far? Read anything interesting that you’d like to share? Any outstanding favorites? Considering my pathetic total of 35 books read and reviewed in 2008, the fact that I’m […]
Random updates So, are you surprised to see this post today instead of yesterday? Me too! My internet at home went out on Friday evening and didn’t come back till Saturday morning – we’d been having some issues with our connection signal, but we think (hope!) they’re all fixed now. Following up on one of the Bloggiesta mini-challenges: My blog grade per Website Grader is up above 90% this week (average 92%), from 87% last […]
Bulletin Board – SoCal Local edition *** Do something funny this summer! Comedian Amy Anderson will be conducting a six-week Stand-Up Comedy Workshop starting in July – click on that link for the details about the classes, and Amy’s professional credits. No, I’m not taking the class, but I know Amy through the Los Angeles Moms Blog, and I promise you – she’s very funny!*** *** I mentioned earlier this week in my review of […]
Bulletin Board – for promotion of self and others *** Got some blog-related catch-up to do, and having trouble making the time to do it? Next weekend (Friday 6/19-Sunday 6/21) may be your big chance, if you sign up to participate in Bloggiesta! Hosted by Natasha at Maw Books Blog, this blogging marathon will focus on blog content, improving/cleaning up your blog or working on your social network profiles. I’m pretty open on what you […]
Bulletin Board ****If my review of Amy Tiemann’s book Mojo Mom caught your eye last month, and you’re in Southern California, this may interest you: Amy will be hosting “The Mother’s Summer Reading Salon” with Karen Maezen Miller, author of Momma Zen, on Tuesday, June 23 at Sierra Madre Books (in Sierra Madre). Newbies in my Google Reader The Worst Review Ever Readiac The Bumbles Blog Rhapsody in Books 1330v Catching Days Books and Movies […]
Since I didn’t post a “Saturday Review” last weekend, I’ve got a lot of links stored up, so I thought I’d get a headstart and share some of reading-related ones today – that will give you less to get through this weekend :-). My real reason for this decision isn’t that selfless, however: I just haven’t had time to get ahead on my writing, so if I didn’t do this, I’d have no post for […]
Bulletin Board *** Laura from L.A. Story was the winner of my Mojo Mom giveaway – congratulations! The publisher has sent your copy on its way to you.*** *** Book bloggers NOT going to BEA (Book Expo America) in New York next week, this is for you (and that includes me!): You’re invited to BEATwittyparty on Friday, May 29, from 8-10 PM Eastern time, on Twitter! Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog is working on […]
Newbies in my Google Reader Edge of the Page Bookworm With A View Metalia Follow the Reader The Burton Review Medieval Bookworm Dispatches from across the blogiverse A little late for Mother’s Day, but since moms are important enough to talk about every day: 10 ways that real moms are BETTER than TV moms (yes, even June Cleaver…) Evidence from the bookstore that the mommy wars are still going strong Finding Mom in unexpected little […]
The links are a little sparse this week, folks – my apologies. It has been Hell Week at work, and it’s probably going to last longer than just a week; we’re in the midst of two separate audits, which has made for some long days and led to the use of the “mark all as read” button in Google Reader a few times. I’ve gone to UCLA for the Festival of Books today – I’ll […]
Bulletin Board – Announcements, with a side of self-promotion this week! **** You still have a few days – until Wednesday, April 22 – to enter my giveaway for Pam Allyn’s What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child–and All the Best Times to Read Them. This book’s all about making reading with our kids a better experience. So while you’re doing that, why not keep a record of your […]
Bulletin Board **** My Blogiversary Giveaway closes TOMORROW, folks – if you haven’t entered yet, click on that link to see what your options are! Also: if you HAVE entered already, please make sure you have left me an e-mail address in the comments. If you’re the randomly-chosen winner of the $20 Amazon.com e-gift card, I will need to provide your e-mail address in the recipient info when I order it – I’d hate to […]
Bulletin Board ****PSA of the week, via Donna (SoCal Mom), Los Angelista, and the LA Moms Blog: emergency preparedness (and the chance to get a free “disaster kit”) ****Plans are moving forward for the Book Blogger Retreat. It’s tentatively scheduled for July 18-19 in Portland, OR. Unfortunately for me, I’ll have to miss it – that’s the weekend before BlogHer’09 in Chicago – but it looks like Trish (Hey Lady!) and her team are making […]
