Book Expo America is taking place this week in New York, so you know what that means for us bloggers left at home–it’s Armchair BEA time! We’re kicking the week off with “interviews.” Each blogger is choosing from a list of ten questions and posting the answers on his or her own blog. If you want to read more about your […]
My Historical Fiction Reviewer Interview!
Jenny Q (the blogger behind Let Them Read Books) has started a new blog at It’s All In the Details. On this blog, she shares advice with writers of historical fiction. She interviews bloggers who read historical fiction in her regular feature, Reviewer Spotlight. My interview was posted today! Jenny had some great questions, so […]
I’ve Been Interviewed!
Carina at Reading Through Life has a weekly feature called Reading Roots. Here’s how she describes it: Posted weekly on Tuesdays, Reading Roots features a variety of book bloggers talking about their early reading influences and experiences, letting us catch a glimpse of the “roots” that each person has built upon in forming their identity […]
Dragon*Con Parade 2011
I went to Atlanta over the weekend, primarily to attend the Decatur Book Festival (I intend to write about that later). My husband was an unbelievably good sport and went along with me for the second year in a row. When we went last year, we found out that Dragon*Con is the same weekend in […]
Birthday Loot!
So my birthday was last week. (Great big 33, if you must know. The 30’s are starting to seem a little…real) Of course that means I have to dish about what I got! My big gift was a new bike. My old one was more of a mountain bike and it was heavy and clunky […]
Sunday Salon: Happy Easter!
glitter-graphics.com Happy Easter to all who celebrate! In case you’re wondering after last week’s post, we finally made it home Monday afternoon. I still haven’t caught up! Our hotel did have HBO, so I got to watch the premiere of Game of Thrones and I mostly loved it! As far as I remember, it stayed […]
The Sunday Salon: A Game of… Airports?
So here I am in the Tampa airport. I’ve been here for 7 hours because our plane needs repairs. They’ve just announced that it could be another 3 hours and started offering up vouchers for overnight stays. We’re giving up and taking them up on it. We flew down for my brother-in-law’s beach wedding and […]
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got Ol’ Bing: A Bit of Me(me)
Danielle from There’s a Book hosts A Bit of Me(me) every Saturday. Each week she asks us to post the answer to a question designed to help us get to know each other better. This week’s question: What’s your favorite holiday movie? The one you could watch every year and it would always remind you […]
My Favorite Smell: A Bit of Me(me)
Danielle from There’s a Book hosts A Bit of Me(me) every Saturday. Each week she asks us to post the answer to a question designed to help us get to know each other better. This week’s question: What is your favorite smell and why? Does it bring back memories? I’ll admit that I thought this […]
I Can’t Sing: A Bit of Me(me)
A Bit of Me(me) is hosted every Saturday at There’s A Book. Every week, Danielle asks us a question that lets us get to know each other a little better. This week’s question is: What is one thing you are really NOT good at? Oh, man, where do I start? 🙂 I’ll go with the […]
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to any fathers out there! Let me tell you about my dad. He can best be described by a conversation I had with my neighbor recently. I had been out of town, my parents had stopped by my house to water my plants and check the mail, and my dad and Neighbor […]