Communities

It’s been a very slow reading week.  I can’t seem to focus on much of anything — I’ve been trying to read Saturday by Ian McEwan, but (even though I recognize it’s a lovely book) I just can’t get into it.  But I want to read.  I want to read a lot, I just can’t [...]

Everyone and their brother has already reviewed or read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, so I’m not going to post a long review myself.  Instead, I want to write a little bit about listening to the book on audio book, something I’ve never done before. Over Christmas, I had a discussion with my sister and cousin [...]

Weekly Geeks was the first blogging community activity I joined, so I’m excited to see it back.  I’ve been helping out with some of the behind-the-scenes admin work to get things going again (mostly just maintaining the e-mail and that sort of thing), but I’m happy to be a part of it. This week’s activity [...]

I’ve mentioned at least once that one of my news assignments this semester was a story about independent bookstores getting ready for the holiday season.  I just submitted the story for consideration at a local arts magazine, so we’ll see how that goes. One of the things that didn’t make it into the draft I [...]

Welcome to Day 17 of the Blog Advent Tour! The movie that makes me feel it’s finally the holiday season is White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Cloony, and Vera-Ellen.  My mom, sister, and I watch this movie every year (while my dad and brother sit in the background making fun of us).  [...]

I finally, finally finished all my classes last week!  I don’t have grades yet — final papers are still pending — but I feel pretty confident about how things are going on that front.  One of my papers is on book blogging and the book blogging community, so it’s actually been pretty interesting to write.  [...]

Madison is going to be hit with a massive snowstorm tonight bringing 6-11 inches of snow along with some freezing rain.   I’m not a big fan of that, so I wasn’t in the best mood on my bus ride home today. However, when I got to my front door and found a colorfully wrapped package, [...]

I just remembered that today is Sunday and that I need to write a Sunday Salon post!  Today has been, perhaps, my most unproductive Sunday since I started school.  Of course that would happen on the Sunday before my last week of classes!  It’s not totally my fault — I slept terribly last night because [...]

Since we all learned about Dewey from The Hidden Side of a Leaf passing away, there has been a huge mobilization from book bloggers trying to figure out how to honor her memory and keep all her activities going.  Becky from Becky’s Book Reviews suggested a Weekly Geek remembering Dewey, so that’s what I’m doing. [...]