Hello, fellow readers and bloggers! Hope you've got a good book that you are lost in currently. Life This was a much needed slower week after weeks of the other kind. Work was busy until Wednesday and then it got quieter, so that helped me have the mental energy to do other things. The girl's birthday is in 10 days (yes, both my daughter and I share the same birthday month) and we are planning a small party during the following weekend. Guess what theme she wants? Yes, princesses. I wish little girls aspired for more than most of the pink stuff that's paraded at them in the stores. Anyways, I'll be doing some planning for this and trying to pull it together. There's been another big thing going on for the past couple of months. We've been meeting with a contractor to renovate our kitchen and do hardwood throughout the main floor. It's going to be somewhat massive of an undertaking but we are excited for the end result. We still have several finishes to dec
And what a fun week it was! Armchair BEA was a huge success to me! I can particularly attest to that by saying that I didn't do much work at all this week - at least for the first four days. By Friday, I was slightly panicky, and because of my desire to end the week with a feel-good sentiment, I managed to work seriously yesterday. With my Tweetdeck tuned to #BookBloggerCon.
If you haven't checked out my posts yet, here are the links.
- BEA Discussion: Rise of the online book club member, in which I talk about how popular online book communities have become.
- BEA Discussion: The Blogger and the Microblogger, in which I suggest how bloggers can become avid microbloggers, aka twitterers.
- BEA Discussion: Books from far, far away, in which I ask how we can blog proactively and give more attention to the lesser-known books.
- BBC Panel: How to keep an active buzzing blog, in which I give a few strategies to keep your blog active and non-redundant.
Thanks to the wonderful organizers - Tif, Emily, Michelle, Florinda, and Danielle - for having set up this excellent event, that
- Gave me a chance to be a part of BEA and BBC from my comfy chair.
- Introduced me to a whole new set of truly wonderful bloggers, some who I have never come across before, and can't believe I missed them for so long!
- Spread a lot of blogger love.
- Gave us a chance to connect more as friends than bloggers during the Twitter party on Thursday.
- Gave me an excuse not to work this week.
- Gave me an excuse not to write reviews this week.
- Won me 9 wonderful books, without even going to BEA.
- Introduced me to a ten-year old blogger!
*Applause, Applause*
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I did a wrap-up post too.
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