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It's the last day of Book Blog Expo, hosted by Donna at Girl Who Reads! Day 4 - June 2 - Blogging Advice. Do you have tips to share or need help with some aspect of your blogging? Today is the day to give and ask! This is a time for the blogging community to shine by helping one another out. Well, I have very little advice to give.  The way I do blogging is not really designed to bring in the numbers!  I figure, if I start thinking of it as a job -- thinking in terms of audience and what my focus ought to be -- it won't be fun any more and I won't want to do it.  So I just do what I like. What I would like help with is the design.  I like my fairly minimalist setup, but I would love to have a custom image/template like a lot of people do, and the person that was recommended to me seems to have stopped doing it, to my great sadness.  So if you have any recommendations for a not- too -expensive designer, let me know! I'd also like to know the secre...

I found this Book Blog Expo hosted by Donna, which is happening instead of Armchair BEA.  It looked like fun so I hopped on board. Day 3 - June 1 - Most Anticipated Books & Giveaway Day. Tells us all about the books you are most looking forward to this year (share even if your most anticipated book of the year has already come out). And since we are talking about anticipated books, what more anticipated than winning a great prize? If you are doing a giveaway, please include it in this day's post. Here is where I have to confess that I am really bad at reading brand-new books.  I do look forward to some!  But most of my anticipated reads are books that are already on my shelf; I just need to get to them. Here are three 2018 books I'm looking forward to.  One of these things is not like the other: The Coddling of the American Mind, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt -- I just love these guys.  I'll listen to Greg talk anytime, and I did mee...

At the last possible moment, I found out about the Book Blog Expo event, hosted by Donna at Girl Who Reads.   Looks like fun so I'm joining in! Day 2 - May 31 - Favorite Section in the Bookstore. Do you head straight to the new releases or bargain rack? Do you spend hours perusing the mysteries or perhaps you can't drag yourself out of the young adult section? Or is there something unique about your local indie bookshop that makes it a must stop every time you pass it? Whether you shop in a brick and mortar or an online bookstore, what is your favorite section? Consider discussing the genre itself or providing a list of favorite (or recent) finds. Who says I spend all my time at the bookstore?  I spend all my time at the LIBRARY.   Libraries are full of books I can take home for free!  That said, I certainly like bookstores too, and I am always happy to pop into the local (very large and wonderful) used bookstore to have a look around.  I ca...

Hey, I just discovered this event: the Book Blog Expo, hosted by Donna at Girl Who Reads .  It's instead of BEA.  Looks like fun, so I'll just start in... Day 1 - May 30 - Introductions & How to Network. Since networking starts with an introduction, we will roll these topics into 1 post. Gives us the 411 on you - who, what, where, when, why and how. Who are you, What do you blog, Where do you blog (also share where to find you on social media), When did you start blogging, Why do you blog, How do you go about your blogging and being involved in the book community (how do you network). Who/What/Where: I'm Jean, I'm a librarian, mom, and quilter, and I live in rural Northern California -- the part everyone forgets exists.  (This has pros and cons: it's not very crowded, which is nice, but the rest of the state likes to use our water and forgets to give us any money.) When/Why/How: I've been blogging since 2010 and I started because I wanted ...