Since I missed last Friday, I have LOTS of links to share this week, so let’s move right along… New Arrivals in my Google Reader Novelwhore’s Blog nomadreader My Books. My Life. Books Worth Reading The New Dork Review of Books Dispatches: Links of the (last 2) Week(s) Baking cookies every day ⇨ a daily cookie giveaway: a donation to a food pantry means food for them, and – maybe – cookies for you! When […]
Audience Participation: Blogger Input Requested! Two items – one regional, one worldwide: If you’re a Southern California book blogger or author, have you given your input on a new site to help build up our connections to each other? If you missed the post about that earlier this week, or just haven’t responded yet, please read all about it and take our very short survey! Become part of a very ambitious project to collect one […]
Happy Friday! Here’s what I have to share with y’all this week: seven new-to-me blogs a collection of links that are a bit more thought-provoking than usual (must be something about autumn – the cool weather and short days must make some of us more reflective) a timely Blogthings personality quiz, and a Customer of the Week (fortunately, not my customer!) Also, if you haven’t already told me your favorite cover songs and your thoughts […]
Happy Birthday to my sister Teresa, who has neither a blog nor a Twitter account – but she is spending her birthday at Disneyland! I’ve changed the format of this post a bit – the links are at the end, so hopefully you won’t leave before you read the rest of it! New Arrivals in my Google Reader Lynne’s Letters Booklust Aiming Low Finding My America BlogHer.com has announced the Call for Ideas for sessions […]
Tomorrow, my family and I will be walking a few miles to raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Association at the 2009 Memory Walk in Thousand Oaks, California. We do this every year in remembrance of my mother, who passed away ten years ago this month. I’ve had a donation widget in my sidebar for a few weeks, and I’d like to say a big, public THANK YOU to everyone who has supported our […]
Have you entered one of my three 1000-Post Celebration Giveaways yet? They’re still open for a few more days – the last day to enter is Wednesday, October 14! Here’s what you could win (you may enter only one giveaway): #1: ARC Fiction Package These Advance Reader editions have only been read once, and are in good condition. The links are to my reviews. Restriction: The winner takes them all – no picking and choosing! […]
(Well, it’s nearly the end of the week, and we’re getting ready for the weekend, aren’t we?) I’m changing up the schedule around here a bit, since I have decided to join the Sunday Salon as of this weekend, which means that Saturday will become my regularly scheduled “day off” from posting. Therefore, I’m relocating the Weekend Review links post to Fridays; Bookkeeping and Bookmarks links will be included in the Sunday Salon posts. **In […]
I know where I stand in this debate, but haven’t figured out how to articulate it yet: are families bonded by blood more “real” than families that aren’t? Also, the good and bad of single parenting in the suburbs Your blog is where you’re free to express what you want to share – and to keep what you don’t want to share to yourself. Feedback and failures, successes and soul-searching – you don’t have to […]
Announcements: Memory Walking again I mentioned this as part of yesterday’s post, but it was buried a bit there, so here it is again, because I’d really like you to know about it: If you’ve been reading here for awhile, you may remember that my mother died of Alzheimer’s at the age of 69. This year is the tenth anniversary of her passing, and as has become our tradition, my sister and I will remember […]
New Arrivals in my Google Reader The Debutante Ball A Reader’s Respite Books ‘N Border Collies Kids, Twins, and Laundry Bins The Misadventures of Super Librarian Remembering eight years and one day ago: Project 2,996; remembrances from Washington DC and New York City; remembering not seeing it happen; still looking for “disaster buddy” Don; looking for hope on the National Day of Service. Also: Did citizen reporting on 9/11 foreshadow blogging today? A farewell to […]
I’ve mentioned a couple of times that I was helping with some behind-the-scenes work to prepare for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. I’m finally done, and now it can be told: I was a member of the awards committee, and served on three of the panels evaluating nominees for the Shortlist. (I was not nominated for any of the awards I judged, and the same is true for all other committee members.) I discovered nearly all […]
New Arrivals in my Google Reader Galleysmith Bookalicio.us Dispatches from across the blogiverse Regardless of their beliefs, nearly everyone believes in this Eyewitness News – sting-op at the Shell! (Do they still say “film at eleven”?); encounters with the gender police Tools for the team parent (or any group leader, really), from a genuine soccer mom; the joy of back-to-school week A night at home alone feels…weird Dating isn’t always good preparation for marriage, but […]
