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Blog goal in 50 words or less?! The pressure is Twitter-esque! After months of stalking and waiting, I was finally able to snag the .com domain for Book, Line, and Sinker–a company that sells domain names had been sitting on it for a year! Site will be up and running shortly! www.booklineandsinker.com
A few months ago, I put out a plea to book bloggers for help with a personal reading challenge I was developing–Off The Deep End Summer Reading–and asked for suggestions of bloggers’ favorite books. I turned to book bloggers rather than more traditional sources (New York Times Book List, Washington Post, etc) because I think we cover a broader spectrum; [...]
“Since July 1993, the back page of Vanity Fair has been devoted Proust Questionnaire, in which a noteworthy person answers a series of personal questions. The questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust (1871-1922), the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering [...]
Thank you so much for the warm welcome into the book blogging community. The last six months have flown by and I never knew just how rewarding niche blogging could be. I was thrilled to be nominated (Mom, did YOU submit my name?!) for several categories and was over the moon to be shortlisted in [...]
Welcome aboard, I'm Natalie! I'm 37, married to a dream boat, and live in New Jersey. It's all about books here! I read, recommend, review, and revel in them. Have a book you'd like me to review? Visit my Review Policy for details. Want to drop me a line? February 9, 2012
The Girl with the Crooked Nose
by Ted Botha
courtesy of Penguin Publishers
February 25, 2012
The Book Club Cookbook
by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
courtesy of Tarcher Publishers (Penguin USA)
New Kids on the 'Blog': Promoting New Book Blogs
When I first started my life blog back in 2007, I was posting for almost an entire month before someone left a comment. My daily stats were in the low single digits and I was discouraged. I learned, trial by fire, how integral connecting with readers through my writing, tagging posts, and commenting meaningfully on other [...]