I didn’t respond to last week’s Weekly Geeks prompt, “Who Do You Connect With?”, but I’ve been pondering it, and a recent post from one of the non-book-bloggers I follow seemed to track with my line of thought. Miss Britt shared some of the reasoning behind her decision not to start a dedicated travel blog to chronicle her family’s upcoming year of travel through the USA: “I’m going to write about the trip. I’m going […]
Tag: Sunday Salon
Sunday Salon: Sorting out a reading slowdown
Congratulations to Lynne of Lynne’s Book Reviews, who won the signed copy of Jennifer Weiner’s latest, Fly Away Home! I’ll get it in the mail to you as soon as possible. You’ll have to provide your own cupcakes, though! I knew it wouldn’t last. It couldn’t last. Life and its schedules would settle back into something resembling normal, and an unusually productive season of reading would limp to the finish line. Now I’m trying to […]
Sunday Salon: The Books of BlogHer’10
I’ve been to New York City twice this summer, and I’ve yet to get to the Strand Bookstore! It was actually on the list of things Melissa and I wanted to do when we were in the City for BlogHer’10 last weekend, but between a pretty full conference agenda and my inability to follow the walking directions I got from Google Maps, it didn’t happen. But don’t feel too sorry for me – I came […]
Sunday Salon: Reading ARCs, and a Read-Along announcement!
It’s exciting to snag those advance reader copies, isn’t it? There’s a thrill in knowing you’re one of the first to read an upcoming book, and then being able to talk it up and help it become a hit. However, those advance copies are nearly always marked as “uncorrected proofs,” and as such, they may contain typos, grammatical errors, and factual mistakes. And as hard as I try not to let those things distract me, […]
Sunday Salon: Bookkeeping, Bookmarks, and Reading, Online-style
The Sunday Salon When I went on vacation last month I had a few guest bloggers fill in here, and I think the one who got the biggest response was Molly from The Bumbles Blog, with her tips for managing feed-reader clutter. I’ve implemented one of her suggestions and have been using it for a few weeks now, so I thought I’d let you know how it was going. If your preferred browser is Firefox, […]
Sunday Salon 7/11: Reflections of a One-handed Reader
The last four weeks have been pretty productive reading time for me, between vacation and convalescing with my dislocated shoulder! I started and finished three books during the two weeks we were away, and in the two weeks since we came home, I’ve completed four more. I honestly can’t remember the last time I read seven books in a month – and I’d also forgotten how much I like tearing through one book after another! […]
Sunday Salon 6/13: “Readin’ on a Jet Plane” Edition
It’ll be a brief visit to the Sunday Salon for me this week – I’m leaving for the East Coast first thing tomorrow morning, and I’ve got packing to do. I’ll return to the Salon after I get back from my vacation – see you then! I’m leaving the blog in excellent hands, with a great lineup of guest bloggers posting while I’m away: Average Jane gives a peek inside the world of a polygamous […]
Sunday Salon 6/6: What I *might* read on my summer vacation
Guess who still hasn’t figured out what books are coming on vacation with her? Good thing we’re not leaving till next Monday! The only thing I know for certain is that the Kindle is coming, and I have plenty of (e-)books waiting for me there (all fiction, except for one) (no links, because I don’t log e-books into LibraryThing until after I’ve read them): Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert (the only non-fiction title, and the one […]
Sunday Salon: “After-(Armchair)BEA” Edition
Thank goodness it’s a three-day weekend in the USA, because I suspect there’s a lot of BEA recovery to be done – both from the real thing in New York City and from Armchair BEA! If you joined in the virtual book-blogger convention this week, you probably didn’t have much time to suffer from “BEA envy” – I know I didn’t! Over 170 people officially signed up to participate, but as things got going, I […]
Sunday Salon 5/23: “Deep breath before (A)BEA” edition
The blog has been created. The posting themes have been chosen and announced. The giveaways are in the works, and the Twitter-party planning is ON. This Tuesday, Armchair BEA will be ready to roll! If you’re not going to be in New York City this week partaking of Book Expo America and the Book Blogger Convention, you’re invited to join your fellow book bloggers (130 and counting!) in this online book-based get-together! I’m amazed by […]
Sunday Salon 5/18: More About *Armchair BEA*
Considering that it was born just over a week ago on Twitter, Armchair BEA is growing up fast! Over 80 people have already signed up to participate in one way or another, and since this is a virtual gathering, it won’t run out of room – if you won’t be in New York City next week for the “real” Book Expo America and Book Blogger Convention, you can still join us! Here’s a quick capsule […]
Sunday Salon: Have you heard about *Armchair BEA*? No? Then read on!
Despite how it might feel if you read a lot of book blogs, not everyone is going to BEA and/or the Book Blogger Convention later this month – and shouldn’t those of us who are staying home get to have some fun too? As several of us were on the beloved/dreaded Twitter a few days ago lamenting our BEA-outsider status, we realized we could put a positive spin on the situation instead. We might not […]
