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I’ll tumbl(e) for ya…
2010 at 11am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
Which is to say that I started a Tumblr blog…because, well, sometimes I need to say things that are longer than tweets but not quite as long as full blog posts, and the whole Tumblr community thing is fun, and I wanted to try it, and what can I say? I caved to the pressure.
And now that I’m over there, I need fun people to follow, and since I know my readers are pretty much the best bookish people around, who better to ask than you all? So, do you Tumbl? Do you follow tumblrs? Who do you loooooove?
While you think about it, here’s the Culture Club to entertain you:
Celebrate Reading with FridayReads!
2010 at 5am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
With the exception of my notoriously lazy Sundays, Friday is my favorite day of the week. My work is wrapping up, the weekend looms with the promise of rest, relaxation, and hours of reading, and Twitter explodes in a maelstrom of book recommendations and bookish conversation thanks to the phenomenon known as FridayReads (or #fridayreads, if we’re referring to the formal hashtag).
FridayReads was created by Bethanne Patrick (@thebookmaven), and it is beautiful in its simplicity: tell the world what you’re reading. Books, magazines, work papers, cereal boxes, inscrutable personalized license plates—it’s all good. And it’s all about celebrating and promoting literacy.
For a little over a year now, participants have shared their real-time reading selections on Twitter using the #fridayreads hashtag, and Miz Maven, as I call her, recently launched a FridayReads Facebook page so even if you don’t tweet, you can participant. And now the fun is going to continue because…
*drumroll*
The Book Lady’s Blog is now the official blog partner of FridayReads!
So if you aren’t on Twitter and you don’t use Facebook, but you want to participate in this weekly celebration of books and reading, you can do it here by leaving a comment telling me what you’re reading.
Here’s why you should do it:
1) FridayReads includes everyone: readers, authors, writers, librarians, booksellers, critics, bloggers, editors, publicists, salespeople, publishers. (See this piece in Shelf Awareness for more details.)
2) YOU CAN WIN STUFF (every week, randomly selected FridayReads participants receive a variety of books and bookish prizes, and this week, the prizes include a Kobo e-reader)
3) Because, as Bethanne says, “it bands us together in the shared joy of reading and encourages us all to read more.” And in a world where Justin Bieber is regularly a trending topic on Twitter, what’s not to love about that?
And now, a special offer for bloggers:
Invite your non-tweeting readers to join the FridayReads and share their FridayReads selection here at The Book Lady’s Blog, and you will be entered to win one of five book & tote-bag bundles from HarperPerennial, not to mention the satisfaction you’ll have in knowing you were part of helping FridayReads reach the monumental 5,000 participant mark! Drop your links in the linky to be entered.
In the meantime, the in-between time…
2010 at 1pm Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
Well, the technology issues continue. I have a fabulous bunch of book reviews and author features lined up and ready to go, and I don’t want any of them to lose mileage because of the partial feed, so I’ve decided to take this is a sign from the interweb goblins that it’s time for a short break.
So I’ll see you next week!
In the meantime, I’ll be obsessing about which books to pack for my upcoming trip to Mexico. Shout out those recommendations now, folks.
Don’t Panic.
2010 at 5am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
In the process of making some technical “back of house” changes and updates to The Book Lady’s Blog, I’ve encountered some glitches with Feedburner that have, for reasons unknown to me, reset my feed and changed it from full to partial.
If you come directly to this blog to read new content, this probably doesn’t mean anything to you. But if you subscribe using an RSS feed reader, you’ve likely noticed a difference, and I want to assure you that it is 1) temporary and 2)unintentional.
I am not changing to a partial feed. So put those itchy trigger fingers away for a few minutes, k?
(I know you have ‘em because I have one. Nobody likes partial feeds. I get it.)
In the meantime, you can thank me for not being one of the nineteen bazillion bloggers posting the winner of the Man Booker Prize, which was announced last night. If you need that info, I trust that you know where to find it. Like, ahem, on the official webpage for the organization that gives the prize. Really, what more do you need?
Me, Somewhere That is not Here
2010 at 4am Posted by Rebecca Schinsky
The team at Reagan Arthur Books—which brought us such fabulous reads as The Unnamed, Day for Night, and Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English—have started a fun new series on their blog called Book People.
I was thrilled when they asked me to be the first contributor, and you can check out the Q & A here.
While you’re over there, I hope you’ll take a look around and explore some of the wonderful titles they’ve published. I’ve said several times that if pantyworthy ever expands into an honor given to publishers, the very first one will go to Reagan Arthur. Honestly, I haven’t yet read a book she published that I didn’t absolutely love.
Thanks again, Reagan and team, for letting me kick off your new feature!
