Archives for June 2009

Emily the Strange: The Lost Days

by Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner
Illustrated by Rob Reger and Buzz Parker
I’m not even sure how to go about describing this one.  I couldn’t even figure out how to tag it so I just tagged it “Emily the Strange” because there really is no way to categorize her.
Let me begin with some quotes:
13 elements you [...]

Library Loot: June 24-30

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]

Shine, Coconut Moon

by Neesha Meminger
The only family Samar, who goes by Sam or Sammy, has ever known is her mother.  It’s Samar and her mother against the world and, for the most part, that’s been enough.  Sure, Sammy sometimes gets jealous of her best friend Molly’s huge Irish family but they so often include her in their [...]

Once Dead, Twice Shy

by Kim Harrison
Madison Avery is dead but no one knows it.  On the night of her prom she was killed by a celestial being, a dark reaper, but somehow managed to snag his amulet and give her ghost self a corporeal form.  Now she is being guarded and taught by a light reaper named Barnabas.  [...]

Library Loot: June 17-23

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]

The Season

by Sarah MacLean
Lady Alexandra, or Alex for short, is destined to have her first London season, to see and be seen, and to catch an eligible and wealthy husband.  Unfortunately, Alex is not interested in the least in having a season or a husband.  Alex is independent-minded, strong-willed, and not afraid to say what she [...]

The End of Bloggiesta

I have completed what I can for the Bloggiesta.  Here’s what I accomplished:
Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins (30 mins longer than my goal, yeah!
Bloggy Stuff:

Set up and organized my Google Reader
Completed review and scheduled post for The Season by Sarah MacLean
Completed review and scheduled post for Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Completed review [...]

Bloggiesta!: Update 3

Time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Total Time: 7 hrs
Bloggy Stuff:

Read all of the minichallenges
Participated in the site grader challenge (89% woot, woot!)
Have been periodically commenting on other blogs but didn’t realize until too late that it was a minichallenge so I haven’t been keeping track, though I know it hasn’t been 10
Finished my Shine, Coconut Moon [...]

Bloggiesta!: Update 2

Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 25 mins
Bloggy Stuff:

Wrote review for Once Dead, Twice Shy by Harrison
Wrote 2/3 of a review for Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger
Continued checking Twitter for updates and ideas

Now off to have dinner.  I will hopefully finish my unfinished post and get one more review done tonight.

Bloggiesta!: Update 1

Here’s what I’ve accomplished so far…not much for 2 hours but something:
Time: 2.25 hrs (11:00 am – 1:15 pm)
Bloggy Stuff:

Learned how to create folders in Google Reader
Created folders and organized blogs
Updated GR blog list
Finished partially completed blog post for The Season by Sarah MacLean
Wrote update post :)

Also:

Obsessively checking Twitter and keeping up with everyone’s progress.
Getting [...]