So Many Precious Books, So Little Time

Amy from My Friend Amy has come up with this wonderful idea!

Here's how she explains it:

Book Bloggers: You work hard. You read books, you write reviews, you maintain relationships with your readers, publicists, and authors. You are constantly running to the post office to mail your giveaways and participating in carnivals to help boost traffic. You sometimes want to faint when you see the size of your TBR pile, but faithfully you read. And you do it because you love it. Book blogging is for most a hobby. But it's a hobby that takes a lot of work and time. It's a labor of love.

I've been blogging for three years but only really got into book blogging in the last year. I have found, without a doubt, that book bloggers are the kindest, most open minded, and supportive group of bloggers on the internet. With book blogging, it's about community and a love for the written word.

Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Acknowledging the hard work of book bloggers and their growing impact on book marketing and their essential contribution to book buzz in general, I am excited to announce the first Book Blogger Appreciation Week. Think of it as a retreat for book bloggers and a chance for us to totally nerd out over books together. And of course, shower each other with love and appreciation.

Register:
In order to experience the maximum impact of the week, I invite you to register your participation (just like a retreat)!To register, just send an email to bookbloggerappreciationweekATgmailDOTcom with your blog url and what you consider your niche...i.e, general book blog, classics blog, personal blog with a healthy dose of books, YA books blog, etc. Then, add one of the two buttons at the bottom of this post to your sidebar. If you are a reader (no blog) just send an email announcing your plans to follow along.

Why bother? If you register, you will be added to a book blog directory which will exist long after this week is over. Additionally, you will receive one raffle entry into the daily giveaways during BBAW here at My Friend Amy.

Awards: Oh yes, there will be awards. The Oscars of Book Blogging. :) Nominations start next week.

Spread the Word: If you are excited about this idea like I am and the other book bloggers who are helping, please consider writing a post on your blog announcing this event and inviting other book bloggers and readers to join.

Help Wanted: If you have a talent for designing buttons (like those below) and would like to donate some of your time and skill to me, please email me personally at mypalamyATgmailDOTcom

Posted by Teddy Rose at 9:24 PM 3 comments    

Just to recap, this is the Challenge:

The challenge will run from June 21, 2008-September 21, 2008.

It will be to help those of us with ARC's to get in gear and read and review them.

Here are the rules:

1. Make a list of all of the ARC's that you currently have and/or are on their way to you.

2. If you have:1-3 ARC's then pick at least one to read and review for this challenge.

4-6 ARC's then pick at least two to read and review for this challenge.

7-9 ARC's then pick at least three to read and review for this challenge.

10 or more Arc's then pick at least 4 to read and review for this challenge.

Here is our progress:

Jen- Total read: 3 Status: Completed

1. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

2. The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin

3. My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar

4. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan

5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

6. Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man’s Darkest Ritual by Paul Raffaele

7. The White Mary by Kira Salak

8. The Dracula Dossier by James Reese

9. Superdove by Courtney Humphries

10. Stealing Athena by Karen Essex

11. One More Year: Stories by Sana Krasikov

12. First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader

13. Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi

14. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller

15. American Savior by Roland Merullo

16. Creepers by Joanne Dahme

17. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

18. The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex by Pagan Kennedy

Wendy -Total Read: 9 Status: Completed

1. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs

2. The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse

3. The Island of Eternal Love, by Daina Chaviano

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

5. Leftovers, by Laura Weiss

6. The Map Thief, by Heather Terrell

7. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff

8. Rules for Saying Goodbye, by Katherine Taylor

9. The White Mary, by Kira Salak

Lori -Total Read: 7 Status: Completed

1. Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton

2. The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly

3. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

4. Die, Decorator, Die: A Novel of Murder, Greed and Interior Design by Franklin H Levy

5. Night Kills by John Lutz

6. The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) by Faye Kellerman

7. Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay

Kathleen - Total Read: 5 Status: Completed

1. The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine

2. The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy

3. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop

4. The White Mary by Kira Salak

5. One More Year by Sana Krasikov

Chris- Total read:4 Status: Completed

1. The Other by David Guterson

2. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

3. False Colours by Georgette Heyer

4. Loyalists and Layabouts, The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia by Stephen Kimber

1. The Horseman's Graves by Jacqueline Baker

2. Ringside 1925: Views From the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant

3. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

4. Dear John by Norma L. Betz

Alessandra- Total read: 2 Status: Completed

1. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop

2. Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James

Katknit- Total read:2 Status: Completed

1. Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O’Nan

2. Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America’s First Spy by M. William Phelps

Megan- Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

2. Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block by Judith Matloff

3. Farworld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Jill- Total read: 3 Status: Completed

1. Resistance by Owen Sheers

2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

3. So Long At The Fair by Christina Schwartz

Literary Feline- Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake

2. The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith

3. Far World, Book 1: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Josette- Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. Crazy Fool Kills Five by Gwen Freeman

2. The Poem I Turn To edited by Jason Shinder

3. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer

Mizb Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. A Well-Behaved Woman’s Life by Susan McGeown

2. Merciless (Dominion Trilogy, book 3) by Robin Parrish

3. Beyond Me: Living a You-First Life in a Me-First World by Kathi Macias

Other participants who have signed up but who have not yet started:

CCDPiper

Amy

3M

Tracy

Janie

Susan

Kristen

Callista

Bonnie

Congratulations to Jen, Wendy, Lori, Kathleen, Chris, Alessandra, Catknit (Linda), and Jill for completing the challenge already!

For the rest of you, hang in there you can do it! Some of you are very close to the finish!

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Labels: 2008 Completed Challenges

Bookworms Carnival for August is up! The host for this month is Florinda over at 3 R's: Reading, 'Riting and Randomness.

This month's theme is You're Never Too Old and it's based on children's and young adult literature. There arelots of links from bookbloggers as well as guest bloggers to choose from! You don't have to be a child to read and enjoy many of these books. So go visit Florinda!

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Labels: Bookworms Carnival

Hosted by Jenn at Should Be Reading

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Labels: Teaser Tuesdays

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Labels: Andrew Davidson, Books Read 2008, Canada, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Badlands, Alberta

Edmonton Folk Music Festival Highlights

Martyn Joseph

Ron Sexsmith

Dancing Frogs on Stilts

Eliza Gilkyson

Dancing Devils on Stilts

Talking With Chris Isaak and Getting His Autograph

Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak

The best part of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is that we get to go again next year! Bill bought 3 raffle tickets and won the early bird prize! It includes 2 passes to next year's Festival, 2 Passes to next year's Calgary Folk Music Festival and a Private box for Bill and 11 of his friends to see the Edmonton Oilers vs. the Calgary Flames, including food and beer. Wow was he stoked! I lost my voice from screaming when they called his name!

As much fun as we had, the old saying is so true, "there's no place like home." It's nice to be sleeping in our own bed.

Stay tuned for my book review of The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, coming soon.

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Labels: 2008 Vacation

Photo taken July 2007 of a bus stop in downtown Calgary, Alberta Canada.

See you all when I return!

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I haven't had much reading time lately. My mom was out here for a visit and just went home. We had a very nice visit and I will see her again in September.

Above is a picture of Kootney Lake, which I took last summer. Bill and I will be leaving next Tuesday August 4th for a much needed vaction. Our first stop will be at the Royal Terrell Museum in Drumheller Alberta. After that, were off to a four day folk music festival in Edmonton Alberta.

We'll only be gone a week, but we are both really looking forward to getting out of town. The house is so quite now without Robbie.

I'm off to try to catch up on some reading now, so stay tuned!

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Lezlie at Books 'N Border Collies and Chris at book-a-rama both nominated me for this award.

Thanks so much for this honour!

These are the rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3. Nominate at least seven other blogs.

4. Add links to those blogs on your blog.

5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

Here are my nominations:

Wendy at caribousmom- She is well know in the book blogging community and deserves lots of awards! She is who I turn to to find out whats going on in book blogs and challenges.

Joy at Thoughts of Joy- She sets such a good example for always keeping her blog up-to-date.

Linda at Your History-She not only writes wonderful reviews, but takes snippets of history and writes and informs about them. If your a knitter, be sure to check out her other blog, Dances With Wools, a knitter paradise!

Marg at ReadingAdventures- An Aussie blogger. She shares her passion for books, especially historical fiction. No news to anyone here, I'm an historical fiction fanatic!

Myrthe at The Armenian Odar Reads- Is not afraid to read books about
controversial or uncomfortable topics. I admire that and her blog.

Nymeth at Things Mean a Lot- She has a beautiful blog and keeps it so neat and tidy.

Bookfool at Bookfoolery and Babble- She has such a fun blog to visit!

Please stop by at the above blogs, you'll be glad you did!

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Labels: Awards