Bulletin Board **** Banned Books Week is September 27-October 4th, and Caribousmom talks about a lot better than I could. **** Consider this a public service announcement: If you are tired of forwarded e-mails from your friends and relatives who keep sending you those “true” stories and political screeds they haven’t checked out on Snopes.com, no matter how many times you’ve asked them not to, there’s a website that will do the asking for you […]

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 […]

Bulletin Board******Have YOU entered the Second Chance at Summer [Reading] Re-Gifting Giveaway yet? Click on that link to get the details. You’ve got until this coming Friday, September 5, to leave a comment on that post to enter (US residents only, please)!*******And in related news, my friend Karen is having a back-to-school giveaway on her blog, Nouvelle Blogger, inspired by this past week’s Ten on Tuesday topic – but you only have to tell her […]

Bulletin Board****** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT here TOMORROW, so be sure to check back!******Blog Action Day 2008 will be held on October 15 – this year’s issue topic is “Poverty.” Find out more here. (I haven’t signed up yet as a participant myself, but I think it’s good to have plenty of lead time for these things, so I wanted to help get the word out now.)New in Google ReaderThe Big Piece of Cake, via AllMediocreCitizen Reader, […]

Bulletin Board – the shameless self-promotion edition(I usually use this section to mention events around the blogiverse, but this time it’s [almost] all about me :-).)*******Have you been to the Bookworms Carnival yet? If not, please add it to your weekend calendar :-)! To those of you who found your way here because of the Bookworms Carnival – WELCOME! Thanks for coming by, and I hope you’ll visit often. Also, I’d also like to give […]

Bulletin Board ********THANK YOU to everyone who submitted posts for the Bookworms Carnival! Stay tuned here, and I will post the Carnival in the next few days.********We’re a little ways into the month now, but have you been Blogging the Recession? I’ve encountered a few bloggers who are, and I’ve been trying to do my part, although I haven’t officially signed up for it. It’s the brainchild of Kristen from Motherhood Uncensored, and it goes […]

Bulletin Board: *******The Bookworms Carnival submission deadline is this coming Friday, August 8! Please get your posts up and e-mail the links to 3.rsblog AT Gmail DOT com! Need to check the details? Here’s the scoop. *******Interested in being part of an author’s virtual book tour of blogs? Find out more from a new kid in town – TLC Book Tours, founded by Lisa at Books on the Brain and Trish of Hey, Lady! Whatcha […]

The Bulletin Board: *********I haven’t moved, but my blog has a new address: it’s now being published on its own domain. Welcome to www.3rsblog.com! I’ve changed the Feedburner settings, and bookmarks and links will redirect from the old address, but if you notice any problems, please bring them to my attention! ********Submissions for the August Bookworms Carnival, Edition 14 are already coming in – thanks, early birds! The deadline is Friday, August 8th. Please e-mail […]

Announcements: ******* This was just cool: my Road Trip Diary post this past Wednesday was picked up by the Yellowstone Newspaper Online – (slightly belated) “hello” to everyone who’s found their way here via that link! I kind of wish we’d known about this resource before the trip, though :-). Also, if you’re interested in the adventures of someone who’s spending her whole summer at Yellowstone, read this blog. ******* Speaking of travel, Sunshine at […]