Bulletin Board >> I’m “guest-professoring” the Weekend Assignment at Outpost Mâvarin again. Care to join in? Here’s the topic: Weekend Assignment #253: You’ve got no electricity, no Internet, no phone, and no car for two whole days. What do you do with yourself? Extra Credit: What do you usually do in real life when an evening power shortage leaves you in the dark? Post your answer on your own blog, and leave a link to […]
Bulletin Board **** The new Weekend Assignment is from a “guest professor” once again (not me this time), and I’m mentioning it because I know it’s one that some of y’all could easily get into: Weekend Assignment #252: Where do you get books from?Extra Credit: What was the last book you read, and why? Answer the question(s) in a post on your own blog, and leave a link to it in the comments on the […]
Bulletin Board **** I screwed up and missed the official DeLurking Day this past Monday, so I issued a second-chance invitation for lurkers to come out and comment on Tuesday’s post. If you didn’t take me up on it then, please consider this your second second chance – speak up and say hello! **** Y’all know I participate in the “Weekend Assignment” writing exercises based at Outpost Mâvarin. Karen‘s been asking for topic ideas. I […]
Bulletin Board Weekly Geeks re-launches this week – a new topic is posted TODAY! I’m part of the team that is continuing this event that Dewey started in the spring of 2008. Weekly Geeks is on its own blog now – please go on over to get this week’s theme and see how to play along. While you’re there, grab one of the new buttons, and please take a few minutes to check out the […]
Bulletin Board ***** Are you a book blogger living in California AND a member of the Book Blogs Ning group? I just discovered there’s a California Book Lovers sub-group over there (thanks to Natasha at Maw Books Blog for the tip-off; she actually mentioned another state’s book group, but that made me decide to go looking for my own) – why don’t you go ahead and join, too? And help spread the word! ***** ***** […]
Today’s your last chance to vote for your selections for the Book Bloggers’ Top 10 Books of 2008 at Literary Escapism! New in Google Reader Belle of the Books Rose City Reader Pop Culture Junkie And speaking of pop culture: the national obsession returns in just a few weeks, and the LA Times has given American Idol its own blog. (Don’t judge me for adding it to my feeds! If they start one just for […]
Bulletin Board ***** Did you know that there’s a biweekly Book Review Blog Carnival that’s been going on since September? Apparently, I have been under a rock, but in case any of y’all have been there too, now we all know. The carnival runs every other Sunday, and the deadline for submissions to the host is the day before. The next edition will go up on Sunday, December 21, hosted by Maw Books Blog – […]
Bulletin Board **** Have you entered any of my FOUR giveaways yet? Find out more here! They’re open until next Friday (December 12), and you may enter any or all. **** Give the gift of comments during Delurking December! (Thanks to Kylee for the heads-up!) **** Speaking of December, I’m sad that apparently there won’t be a Cavalcade of Bad Nativities this year, but if you missed out on last year’s, you really need to […]
Bulletin Board Nothing to report here this week, and no new blogs added to Google Reader, either. I’ve started using Blogger’s new “follow” feature to keep up with some new-to-me blogs on that platform, and I did pick up a couple of newbies there – if you’re a Blogger blogger, are you using that too? You can see the full list of blogs I’m following on my profile, if you’re curious. From around the blogiverse: […]
Bulletin Board **** The 18th edition of the Bookworms Carnival will be hosted at Bookopolis. The theme is “Memoirs,” and submissions are due by November 28 – e-mail your links to preferred.stock AT gmail DOT com. **** I read about The Mother Letter Project on BlogHer. The idea is simple: a husband and father is collecting “letters from mothers to mothers” to make into a book as a gift for his wife (and letter-writers can […]
Bulletin Board ****** BlogHerCon ’09 (including BlogHer Business): July 23-25, Chicago Sheraton and Towers. The official “save-the-date” announcement came out this past Monday – registration announcements will be forthcoming. Who’s already thinking about going? ****** Many of us are already thinking about holiday gifts too. While it can be tricky to know exactly what to give to the reading addicts in your life, books can still be great gifts even for the “non-readers” (I have […]
“I certainly am not one to ever waste time looking backwards.” – Sarah Palin. Well, there’s one more thing the Alaska governor/former (!!) VP candidate and I do NOT have in common. I try not to live in the past, but I do think reflection on it is essential in order to understand and learn – and, on occasion, to provide blog fodder! – and is often a very worthwhile use of time rather than […]
