I Reserve The Right To Call You A Lazy Idiot

Few things get my ire up more than the handwringing over the lack of YA book books, or the assumption that ‘the new authors being signed by agents and publishers. Chick lit, romance, paranormal, vampires and urban teenage fantasy. Girl stuff written by women’. There are current YA books being published that have boy appeal, […]

Filling The Silence: My Audiobook Year 2010-2011

Ya’ll this has been the year of the audiobook for me. I’ve dabbled before, but this year I have turned into a full on convert. I bit the bullet and got audible on my iPhone which has been the perfect venue for listening to audiobooks. You know, I’m actually at the point where I feel […]

On Taking My Blog To The Next Level

Since attending Book Blogger Convention I have been pondering what taking my blog to the next level means and how I personally define the next level, because we all have our own ideas and benchmarks of success. Stats I love having something to work towards. I know it’s weird, but for someone who hates math, […]

‘Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride’: or WTF YAlitchat

Straight up, there is a rant a-coming. So if you don’t like opinions, please exit my blog. Last night, I attempted to watch #yalitchat on tweetdeck but stopped because the tweets were going wayyy too fast for me to read. So, slightly bored during the afternoon, I thought I would read the chat over, as […]

Why I Got Rid Of Google Friend Connect

Look to the right of my blog. If you are reading this from a feedreader, well, what I am saying has little point. Do you notice what is missing? I bet you do, because you read the title of this post and are, therefore, not an idiot. I removed the Google Friend Connect widget. I […]

Let’s Get Physical: Fitness Tips For Book Bloggers

I’m just going to throw this out there, so please hold your righteous indignation inside, but I’m willing to bet, if you are reading this, you are like me — an Indoors kid. Oh yes, we were the kids picked last in gym class. We got excited when recess was held inside because of rain. […]