Rebecca’s BBAW Winners

Happy Book Blogger Appreciation Week: it’s finally begun! I’m so excited to find new blog and to celebrate the old favorites.

To start the week, here are some of my favorite blogs that have not yet been noted via BBAW. I tried to “limit” it to just ten out of the plethora in my reader, but I ended up with eleven, and I don’t want to take any of these off the list. These bloggers all celebrate books in their own way. I love the diversity of blogging, and I appreciate all of you. Continue reading »

Kreativ Blogger Award

I was honored with the Kreativ Blogger Award last week by Jules of Jules’ Book Reviews because she believes I have “a very eclectic group of reviews.”

I am to name seven things that I love. I decided to do this meme because I read a lot, and I don’t want people thinking that reading and books is all I love! Continue reading »

Book Blog Search (Beta) and Other Non-Book Review Stuff

For the last few months, I’ve been experimenting with a Custom Google Search of 300+ book blogs. I use it to find other reviews for books I have reviewed, thereby letting me add links to the bottom of my reviews.

I took the list from the September HTML listing of blogs participating in BBAW. (I needed HTML, and that was the best list.) However, by now, I realize that list is probably out of date. Custom Google Search has a horrible admin interface: I can’t sort very well to see which blogs are in there. Since I imported 300+ blogs, it seems to be quite a mess. I’m also not sure if it’s useful to other bloggers. So I need some help.   Continue reading »

A Meme, A Farewell, and A Giveaway Winner

Bookshelf Meme

Eva at A Striped Armchair created a fun meme about the books on our bookshelves. Continue reading »

Fun Facts about Homer

Image by mharrsch via Flickr

I thought I’d participate in Weekly Geeks this week. In the wake of rethinking my “book blog goals,” as I talked about yesterday, I’ve decided I’m going to not do these weekly memes unless I already was going to post something like this anyway. (I haven’t been participating for weeks anyway; I have had so much else going on.)

For Weekly Geeks #24, we are to share some fun facts about an author. I’m just going to go with the author I’m currently reading: Homer.  I wanted to share these things anyway, and so it will fit right in to my review of The Iliad that will come.

It’s interesting to note that my chosen author may not really have existed. Does that still count? Continue reading »

Google Reader Overload! + Blog Thoughts + Memelet

I have a problem. I am subscribed to too many great book blogs. Continue reading »

Banned Books Week

It’s Banned Books Week!

I didn’t realize that until the week had already begun. As I’m in the middle of a million books right now (see Shelfari widget), I’m not going to start reading another until I finish something! Continue reading »

Book Blogs Rebecca Reads and Appreciates

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is underway! Today we’re asked what blogs weren’t nominated that should have been. I’m only a new book blogger myself, so I know I miss a lot of great blogs. All of those that I’m subscribed to are in my far right sidebar. (I hope I haven’t missed any? It’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated it, and I don’t have time right now to do so.)

Here are some book bloggers that I really think should be recognized: I always appreciate what they have to say. Continue reading »

I’m Back and Book Miscellany

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I’m back from New Zealand! We had a wonderful time, enjoying the scenery of Fiordlands and Queenstown. Our 10-month-old loved the baby-unsafe hotel rooms, and he has been thoroughly spoiled with extra Binkie time and overall parental indulgence.

Thursday I had a few moments, so I logged in to Google Reader: more than 500 posts awaited me. I deleted some posts, bringing it down to 350. Yesterday I logged in again, only to find 520. Again, I deleted some and went to bed. This morning, there are again more than 500. I guess I don’t get any time off! Continue reading »

Author Weekly Geeks Answers

Answers

to Sunday’s post

1. (a) A.A. Milne (b) Simon Winchester (c) Alexander McCall-Smith

2. Guy de Maupassant

3. (a) Amy Tan (b) Terry Tempest Williams (c) Sherman Alexie (d) Robert Hass

4. Robert Hass

6. Winston Churchill

The winner was gag who guessed all correct (!) except Terry Tempest Williams. NIce job! And nice job for the rest of you.

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