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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Book Blogger Appreciation Week Meme!

7:34 PM | by Phoebe Jordan | | | Edit Post

Well last year I participated in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week that I found through My Friend Amy's blog and now it's become a yearly celebration that is once again happening in September. Amy started this little meme over at the BBAW blog to help everyone learn more about each other and BBAW. Now I'm answering it so that others can find out more about me and my participation with the BBAW. What was the highlight (something that happened, a post, an activity, etc.) of BBAW for you last year? OMG, this is so impossibly hard! I loved just about every moment of BBAW last year, and was truly overwelmed with the way it turned out to be such a big event. I met so many different blogs that had some very intriguing blog posts and book reviews that were a joy learning more about. That is my highlight of BBAW last year and I can't wait for it to begin this year again. What is one new blog you discovered during BBAW last year? I discovered so many new blogs that I seriously had no idea how huge the book blogging world was, and it's double the size now with the BBAW that was organized and continued this year. One new blog I discovered was, The Book Girl, which has wonderful contests and book reviews that I love to read once in a while. What tips would you share to help others get the most out of their BBAW experience? If you host a giveaway, participate in the daily blogging topics, leave comments, and actively search out new blogs, I think you will enjoy the experience so much! This year I really recommend subscribing to the BBAW feeds to keep up and also following BBAW on Twitter which is what I will be doing since Amy recommended it. They have a huge amount of giveaways already lined up and they'll be announcing award winners everyday. This is so exciting!

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Welcome to Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2008

12:12 PM | by Phoebe Jordan | | | Edit Post

I got this post from My Friend Amy because this is the start of Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2008 and she introduces the week so much better than I could since she started this amazing week for bloggers.

We've nominated. We've voted. We've organized our giveaways and twittered and posted and now we are here! It's time to feel appreciated!

The gloom and doom news tries to tell us that reading is dead, we say look at our addiction. We transform reading books from solitary activities to shared conversations through our blogs. We carve out extra time to share book club tips, interview authors, and learn about the technical aspects of blogging. Our blogs are like a part-time job and the only payment is the pleasure we get when someone takes us up on a recommendation.

This week, you will hear from the other side...the people our blogs help promote. And you'll get the chance to enjoy the reality that what we are doing is making a difference. You will have the chance to win books and prizes, the opportunity to speak out and the chance to make a difference in the lives of others. And we'll celebrate the blogs chosen by the book blogging community as the best in their categories. It's going to be so great!

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Official BBAW Participant List

8:06 AM | by Phoebe Jordan | | | Edit Post

Here is the very, very long and official list of participant list for the Book Blogger Appreciation Week. 1 More Chapter, 2 Kids and Tired Book Reviews, 248 Book Club, The 3 R's: Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness, 49 Writers No Books, 4 the Love of Books, A Book Lover, A Bookworm's World, A Guy's Moleskine Notebook, A Hoyden's Look at Literature, A Lovely Shore Breeze, A Mom's Book Blog, A Peek At My Bookshelf, A Platypus with a book walks into a bar..., A Reader's Journal, A Well Watered Garden, A World in the Pages, A Writer's Dream, Adventures in Reading, Age 30 - A Year of Books, Alabama Book Worm, All I Have To Say, All the Saints, Allison's Attic of Books, Alpha Heroes, Amateur de Livre, The Amazing Adulthood of Alexis, Amber Miller - Author, Writer, & Web Site Designer, Amber Stults - Book Reviewer and Author, Amy's Corner of the World, Antique Books, Apooo Bookclub, Apprentice Writer, Arch Thinking, As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves, At Home With Books, Aunt Rowena sez:, Babbling Books Review, Badger Books, Bart's Bookshelf, Becky's Book Reviews, Bermudaonion's Weblog, Better World Blog, Between Sundays, BiblioHistoria, Bibliolatry, Bibliophile Support Group, Blacklin's Reading Room Reviews & More, Blog Book Tours, Blog Business World, Bloggin' 'Bout Books, Bloody Hell, It's a Book Barrage!, Blue Archipelago, The Bluestocking Guide: Reviews by a Partial, Prejudiced, and Ignorant Reader, Bobbi's Book Nook, Boats Against the Current, Book-a-holic, Book Binge, The Book Blog, Book by Book, Book Chatter and Other Stuff, Book Chic, Book Club Girl, Book Crazy, Book Critiques, Book Dads, Book Dweeb, Book Escape, The Book Girl, Book Hangover, Book Junkie Melissa, Book Kingdom, The Book Lady's Blog, The Book Mine Set, Book Minx, The Book Muncher, Book Nook Club, Books and Movies, Books for Kids, Books on the Nightstand, The Book Reader, Book Review Maniac, Book Reviews, Book Reviews Today, The Book Smugglers, Book Tsunami, Book Zombie, Booked Books, Booking Mama, Bookish Ruth, Booklorn, Bookroomreview's Weblog, Books 'N Border Collies, Books and Authors, Books I Done Read, Books, Movies, and Chinese Food, Bookshelf, Bookshipper, Booksweet, The Bookworm, Breaking the Spine, Breeni Books, BTripp's Books, But If You Look At Me Closely..., Café of Dreams, Candid Canine, Caribousmom, Canadian Book Worm, Cheryl's Book Nook, Cheryl Rainfield, Chick Lit Teens, Christian Bookworm Reviews, Christian Children's Book Review, Christian Novels, A Christian Writer's World, Cindy's Love of Books, Civil War History, Clear Shining After Rain, Confessions of a Bibliophile, Confuzzled Books, Critty Joy, Croak, Cubie's Confections, Cupid's Chokehold, Cynsations, Damn Heart..., The Dark Phantom Reviews, Deborah Vogts, Devourer of Books, Diary of an Eccentric, Dog Ear Diary, Dolce Bellezza, Elizabeth Willse, Everyday I Write the Book Blog, Experiments in Reading, Fashionista Piranha, Fizzy Thoughts, Fnord Incorporated, The Forgetful Faerie Queen, The Fox Reads, Free Spirit, Frequency of Silence, Fresh Ink, The Friendly Book Nook, Fyrefly's Book Blog, Grasping the Wind, God-Writing, Good Reads, The GRITS Online Reading Club, Heather's Books, Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'?, The Hidden Side of a Leaf, Hope's Bookshelf, I Read What??, I Smell Books, Iced Tea - Books, TV, Etc., In Laurie's Mind, In Spring it is the Dawn, The Indextrious Reader, Into the Fire, It's All About Books..., Jace Scribbles..., Jama Rattigan's Alphabet Soup, Janicu's Book Blog, Japanese Literature Challenge, Jen's Book Thoughts, Jenn's Bookshelf, Jennifer's Random Musings, Journey to the End of the TBR Pile, Joy's Blog, Julie's Jewels, Just A (Reading) Fool, Just Your Average Carpool Queen, Katrina's Reads, Kawzmik World, Kimani Press, Kittling: Books, Kristina's Favorites, Leafing Through Life, LadyVampire's Lair, The Lair of the Undead Rat, Lesa's Book Critiques, Lesley's Book Nook, LesleyW's Book Nook, Letters On Pages, Library Hospital, Life According to B, Life and Times of a "New" New Yorker, Lighthouse-Academy, Linus's Blanket, Literanista, Literarily, Literary Escapism, Literary License, The Literate Housewife Review, Liv's Book Reviews, Lori's Reading Corner, Lost In Books, Loud Latin Laughing, Love To Read, Lucky Ladybug, Lurve a la Mode, The Luscious Literary Muse, Madeleine's Book Blog, The Magic Lasso, Mama Bear Reads, Marilyn's Romance Reviews, Marireads, Marjolein's Book Blog, MarysLibrary, Maw Books Blog, Mayra's Secret Bookcase, Me, My Book, and the Couch, Medieval Bookworm, Melanie Anderson, Melody's Reading Corner, Mervi's Book Reviews, Michele - only one 'L', Midnight Twilight's Book Blog, Minds Alive on the Shelves, Mirek's Blog--Reading Books, Miss Daisy Anne, Mistress of the Ancient Revelry, Mog's Blog and More..., Mrs. Magoo Reads, Muse Books Reviews, Musings, Musings of a Bookish Kitty, My Christian Fiction Blog, My Fifty Book Challenge, My Friend Amy, My Life in Books, Mysteries in Paradise, Necromancy Never Pays, Never A Dull Moment, Nose in a Book, The Novel World, http://thenurseryatliteratehousewife.wordpress.com/, OCD, Vampires, and Amusing Rants, Oh My!, The Octogon, Off to Turn Another Page, On My Bookshelf..., One For The Books, Out of the Blue, The Page Flipper, Pages Turned, Paper Bridges, Patricia's Vampire Notes, Peeking Between the Pages, Pop Culture Junkie, Popin's Lair, Presenting Lenore, The Printed Page, Quiverfull Family, Ramblings on Romance, Read, Read, Read, Readerbuzz, Reader's Respite, Reading and Ruminations, Reading Keeps You Sane, Reading Romance Books, Reading, Writing, and Retirement, Reading Room, The Reading Spot, Reading with Monie, ReadingAdventures, Reading Circle Books, Readingjunky's Reading Roost, Real Life is Overrated, Rebecca Reads, Red Lady's Reading Room, Relz Reviewz, Reviews by Jesse Wave, Reviewer X, Rhapsodyinbooks's Weblog, Rhonda McKnight on Urban Christian Ficton, Rip My Bodice, Romance Author Buzz, Romance Book Wyrm, Romance Rookie, Romancing the Desert, Ron's Baseball Bookshelf, Rose City Reader, S. Krishna's Books, Sassymonkey Reads, Savvy Verse & Wit, Seaside Book Worm Blogger, See Ya On The Net, She is Too Fond of Books, She Reads and Reads, She Reads Books, She Treads Softly, Shelf Life, Shhh I'm Reading, Shooting Stars Mag, Should Be Reading, Simply Books, Simply Romance Reviews, The Sleepy Reader, SmallWorld Reads, Smiling Sally, SMS Book Reviews, So Many Books...So Little Time, So Many Precious Books, So Little Time, Socrates' Book Reviews, Sophisticated Dorkiness, SORMAG's Blog, Southern Sunshine, Stacy's Place On Earth, Stamped With Grace, Stephanie's Written Word, The Story Siren, Straight from Hel, Strategist's Personal Library, Stuff as Dreams are Made on, Survival of the Book, Talk About My Favorite Authors, Tara's View on Books, Teen Book Reviews, Teen Troves, Tempatt, Terra's Book Blog, That Book Addiction, Things Mean A Lot, This Book For Free, Thoughts from an Evil Overlord, Thoughts of Joy, The Thrillionth Page, Through the Looking Glass Book Review, Tiny Little Reading Room, TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog, The Tome Traveller's Weblog, Too Many Books, Tower of Books, Traci's Book Bag, Tree Swing Reading, Trish Perry - Reading, Writing, and the Stuff In-Between, Trish's Reading Nook, Under the Cover, Vixen's Daily Reads, Well-Mannered Frivolity, Walking on Sunshine, Welcome to Married Life, Wendi's Reading Corner, Wendy's Minding Spot, What Came Down Today, What Cheesy Reads, What Vanessa Reads, Window To My World, With Intent To Commit Horror, WORD up!, Worducopia, World According to Books, Writer's Block Reviews, Writing By Faith, Writing On The Edge, Yankee Romance Reviews, Young Readers, Zensanity.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

BBAW Awards 2008 Presentation Schedule

11:50 AM | by Phoebe Jordan | | | Edit Post

Amy has posted the BBAW Awards of 2008 presentation schedule for this coming week starting Monday, September 15th and I thought I should post it here so that everyone can know where to go to find out who has one these amazing awards. Did you notice there are a lot of BBAW awards? I sure did! So to make it easier on us all, and so that every blog nominated can enjoy the spotlight, these awards will be presented Wednesday morning through Thursday night at the following blogs. These blogs were asked to host because they jumped in early with their support for BBAW and because they are awesome.

Wednesday Morning

Age 30+: A Lifetime in Books Best Meme/Carnival/Event Best Commenter/Commentator

Booking Mama Best Design Best Book Club Blog Wednesday Evening

Caribou's Mom Most Humorous Blog

My Friend Amy Best Publishing/Industry Blog

Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic Best Name for a Blog Best Challenge Host

Literate Housewife Best Community Builder Best Author Blog

APOOO Books Best Book Published in 2008

Bookroom Reviews Best Book Community Site Most Chatty

Book-a-rama Most Concise Most Extravagant Giveaways

Thursday Morning

My Friend Amy Best General Book Blog

Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic Best Romance Blog Best Kidlit Blog

Literate Housewife Best Fantasy/Sci-fi/Horror/Spec-fic Blog Best History/Historical Blog

APOOO Books Best Literary Fiction Blog Best Cookbook Blog

Bookroom Reviews Best YA Lit Blog

Book-a-rama Best Thrillers/Mystery/Suspense Blog

Caribou's Mom Best Non-fiction Blog Most Eclectic Taste

The Friendly Book Nook Best Christian/Inspirational Blog

Thursday Evening

My Friend Amy Most Altruistic Blog

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The Official BBAW Giveaway List!

11:12 AM | by Phoebe Jordan | | | Edit Post

Here is the post that I got about the Official Book Blogger Appreciation Week giveaways that will be goi

ng on this coming week starting on Monday, September 15th. If you follow along for the festivities of BBAW at My Friend Amy, you will find many chances to win LOTS of goodies! Like what? Well have a look below. All of these things will be given away between September 15-19. There will be a huge variety of ways to win them and giveaways will be announced constantly throughout the week. So be sure to check in often!

A HUGE thank you to Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group USA, Harlequin, The B&B Media Group, Shera of SNS Blog Design, WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group, Catherine Delors, Pamela Binnings Ewen, Andromeda Romano-Lax, Ceceilia Dowdy, Sormag, Book Club Girl, Savvy Verse and Wit, Cafe of Dreams, Fashionista Piranha, and Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'?. Daily Raffles: Monday--Books and Chocolate sponsored by My Friend Amy and Hey Lady! Whatcha' Readin? Tuesday--Books and Going Green sponsored by My Friend Amy Wednesday--Books and Coffee sponsored by My Friend Amy Thursday--Books and Charity sponsored by My Friend Amy and Fashionista Piranha Friday--Books and Movies sponsored by My Friend Amy Win a Book Club Girl Hostess Survival Kit!

Do you find it's your turn to host book club and not only do you not know what to serve but you don't know what books to offer up for the next month's selection?! Let Book Club Girl come to your rescue with the Book Club Girl Hostess Survival Kit. One lucky winner of the kit will receive: * A basket of cheese, crackers, cookies and wine for up to 12 people * 5 great book group books to vote on for your group's next pick. And Book Club Girl will then donate 12 copies whichever book is chosen for your entire group to read. * 12 Book Club Girl mousepads to give out as party favors that night * 12 Book Club Girl bookmarks to mark everyone's favorite passages * 12 Book Club Girl coasters to protect your coffee table from all those wine glasses! TWO SORMAG Goody Bags containing books and more!

A Special Pamper Me Basket from Cafe of Dreams! From Avon Foot Works ~ Inflatable watermelon shaped foot tub ~ 3.4 FL oz Watermelon Cooling Foot Lotion ~ 3.4 FL oz Watermelon Exfoliating Foot Scrub ~ 12 count Watermelon Effervescent Foot Tablets ~ An ARC of So Long At The Fair by Christina Schwarz ~ A variety of Hot Chocolate and Tea mixes

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A Subscription to Poetry Magazine from Savvy Verse and Wit!

BOOKS

Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax John's Quest by Cecelia Dowdy Confessions of a Contractor by Richard Murphy Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley A Tale Out of Luck by Willie Nelson with Mike Blakely The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken Exit Music by Ian Rankin The Smart One and the Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik Gunmetal Black by Daniel Serrano Isolation by Travis Thrasher The Miracle Girls by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt Every Freaking! Day With Rachell Ray by Elizabeth Hilts Dewey by Vicki Myron The Shiniest Jewel by Marian Henley Keep the Faith by Faith Evans The Book of Calamities by Peter Trachtenberg A is for Atticus by Lorilee Craker After the Fire by Robin Gaby Fisher Mike's Election Guide by Michael Moore War as They Knew It by Michael Rosenberg Fixing Hell By Col. (ret.) Larry C. James Wild Boy: My Life with Duran Duran by Andy Taylor The Last Under-Cover: The True Story of an FBI Agent's Dangerous Dance with Evil By Bob Hamer Border Lass by Amanda Scott Insatiable Desire by Rita Heron Hungry for More by Diana Holquist Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee Trespassers Will Be Baptized by Elizabeth Emerson Hancock He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Trish Ryan Never Surrender by General Jerry Boykin Dream in Color by Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Congresswoman Loretta Sánchez Beyond Belief by Josh Hamilton Cobain Unseen by Charles R. Cross Doing Business in 21st Century India by Gunjan Bagla Branding Only Works on Cattle by Jonathan Salem Baskin Launching a Leadership Revolution by Chris Brady, Orrin Woodward How to Hear from God by Joyce Meyer Knowing Right from Wrong by Thomas D. Williams Pope John Paul II: An Intimate Life by Caroline Pigozzi Pure by Rebecca St. James He Loves Me! by Wayne Jacobson So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore by Wayne Jacobson and Dave Coleman Move On, Move Up by Paula White The Rosary by Gary Jansen Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts The Choice by Nicholas Sparks Right Livelihoods by Rick Moody By George by Wesley Stace The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold Trunk Music by Michael Connelly Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh Dead Boys by Richard Lange The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky With Endless Sight by Allison Pittman Harlequin Titles: To Be Announced

Many other blogs are giving away books and prizes for BBAW as well! You can see the links to all of these giveaways here.

Interested in gaining entries into the daily raffles? Post this complete list on your blog with links and you'll earn two extra entries!

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

BBAW Reader Contest!

8:14 AM | by Phoebe Jordan | | | Edit Post

Hey everyone!

We're having a very special contest for the readers of blogs. If that's you, you definitely want to pay attention to this! Bloggers, you'll want to spread the word to your readers! Jennifer of Literate Housewife graciously agreed to host our very special contest for readers. You can read all about it here. And you need to know that this contest ends soon and here are the offical dates. All of the entries received by end of the day (EST) on Saturday, September 13 will be considered. Of those entries, the top 10 will be chosen. What happens to the top 10? First, they will be posted on The Literate Housewife Review on Monday, September 15 to help kick off BBAW on her blog.

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