BBAW

BBAW 2011

September 16, 2011

Even though I did not officially participate in BBAW this year, I still wanted to mention it here. Because, really, the primary reason I blog about books is community. I feel energized by talking about books with other book lovers – that is, you! So, I just thought you all should know, I appreciate you. [...]

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BBAW Interview – New Treasure

September 14, 2010

Book Blogger Appreciation Week has arrived!  It’s even bigger and better here in its third year, and this year’s BBAW interviews are no exception. I’m so excited to introduce you to my interview partner, Tricia from Ecclectic/Eccentric. Tricia and I (virtually) got together and came up with the following scintillating interview questions. Enjoy! 1. What [...]

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Book Blogger Appreciation Week – Registration Post

July 7, 2010

Hello, everyone out there in book blogosphere land. It’s time, once again for Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW). It’s coming up in September, but it’s time to register now! Today is the deadline, in fact. I’m registering my blog in the literary fiction niche. And I am submitting it for an award in that niche, [...]

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BBAW Giveaway Winner

September 21, 2009

And the winner of my BBAW giveaway is . . . Kerri from Book Ends. Congratulations, Kerri! You’ve won a paperback copy of Wally Lamb’s most recent book, The Hour I First Believed. Please email me your mailing address ASAP. Thanks to everyone who entered, and a happy BBAW to all! I really enjoyed reading [...]

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BBAW Giveaway

September 16, 2009

In honor of BBAW, I’m holding a giveaway! Wally Lamb’s most recent book, The Hour I First Believed, was recently released in paperback. And, thanks to the nice people over at Harper, I have a copy to giveaway. (And trust me, I was very tempted to keep this.) I read this book in March and [...]

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BBAW Interview – Part I

September 15, 2009

In celebration of BBAW, Nat from In Spring It Is the Dawn and I had a little chat and got to know each other better!  We took a cue – okay stole - from Nymeth and Chris‘s Nerds Heart YA posts and used the magic of Google Documents to kind of interview each other in real time. [...]

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BBAW My Favorite Blogs

September 14, 2009

As you are all likely aware by now, there are thousands and thousands of book blogs out there.  It is physically impossible to read them all.  So, I’ve developed a system.  I keep a list of 20 or so book blogs that consistently speak to me (vague criteria, I know) and put them in a [...]

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