CarrieK | February 28, 2010
I am really bad about passing on blog awards. I always thank the person who awarded me and save the link, intending to pass it on very soon, and then time slips away…. Anyway, I’m hoping to make up for that by passing on a few at once. As always, these awards come without obligation [...]
CarrieK | February 10, 2010
Well, my husband has succeeded in transferring Books and Movies to a new host – with a minimum of hassle. The only thing that was lost is a few comments that were left during the interim, and I apologize for that. I believe most of them were left on the previous post about the Stephanie [...]
CarrieK | February 3, 2010
I know there have been some intermittent technical issues here at Books and Movies, and I apologize if you’ve clicked over only to find my blog is not working. We have had a bunch of problems with our host, and are looking for another option. We think we’ve found the place, but until the switch [...]
CarrieK | January 30, 2010
Author links:
~ On Monday, Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go, will be participating in a Twitter interview.
Discussion starters:
~ Debbie’s World of Books: What makes a great blog?
~ My Friend Amy: On being a public reader and The death of our writers.
Reviews that have me adding to my to-read list:
~ A Wish [...]
CarrieK | January 9, 2010
This weekend is the 2nd Annual Bloggiesta, the brainchild of the wonderful Natasha at Maw Books Blog. For those of you not familiar with Bloggiesta, here are the details:
Some of you may be asking what is Bloggiesta? In short, it’s a blogging marathon. A opportunity to cross those nagging items off of your [...]
CarrieK | December 19, 2009
There aren’t a lot of links this week – I finally had to admit that I would never catch up with the over 600 posts in my Google Reader, and clicked “mark all as read.” If I missed something extraordinary, please leave a link in the comments!
Author links:
~ Neil Gaiman: Hanukkah with bells on.
~ Nicole [...]
CarrieK | December 16, 2009
My Book Blogger Holiday Swap gift arrived Monday evening. I wanted to post about it immediately, but unfortunately, I am photographically challenged, and I had to take a picture with my daughter’s camera and then wait for her to e-mail it to me.
As you can see, my photo-taking skills leave something to be desired [...]
CarrieK | December 10, 2009
Michelle at GalleySmith has been blogging for less than a year – a fact that I was shocked to discover, because she’s so good at it! She has thrown her time and energy and personality into book blogging – and her blog is a favorite stop of mine. Plus, she comes up with excellent community-building [...]