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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

BBAW Day Three: Blogger Recs

Square banner for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. A blue border sprinkled with stylized snowflakes surrounds a white circle featuring a stylized illustration of some books on a shelf, with the words 'Book Blogger Appreciation Week February 15-19 estellasociety.com' in the middle of the image.

Day Three of Book Blogger Appreciation Week is all about the books we’ve read because of bloggers. I’ve sought out (and loved) heaps books because bloggers either reviewed them widely or couldn’t stop talking about them on Twitter, but to keep things fairly succinct I’d like to focus in on three series recced to me by three beloved bloggers:

Cover of In the Garden of Iden, featuring a white spaceship zipping directly at the viewer through a blurred green background. An indistinct, white-clad figure sits at the small cockpit's controls. A blurred orange face hovers above the ship. Cover of Sky Coyote, featuring a brown-skinned, bearded man dressed in a robe. He holds a book and stands between two carved stone pillars. Above him hovers a clear, golden face.
Jenny of Reading the End and the Company Series

Ages and ages ago, when I was still getting to know her, Jenny read and wrote about Kage Baker’s Company series. She made it sound like my thing to a tee, what with the time travel and the historicality and the possibly evil corporation hovering over everyone, so I made a point of reading through the whole thing as quickly as my shiny new Auckland library could provide it.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

BBAW Day Two: Interviews

Square banner for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. A blue border sprinkled with stylized snowflakes surrounds a white circle featuring a stylized illustration of some books on a shelf, with the words 'Book Blogger Appreciation Week February 15-19 estellasociety.com' in the middle of the image.

And on this second day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, everyone interviews everyone else! The interviews have always been my favourite part of BBAW. They're a fun and fabulous way to get to know not only our own partners but everyone else who participates in the exchange. And for me personally, they take me out of my comfort zone as I dust off my rusty, rusty interviewing skills.

Interviews are scary, y'all. But they're also doable.

This year, I spoke with Jennifer of The Relentless Reader, who graciously answered my questions about the joys of Little Free Libraries, the bookseller life, and her love of Star Trek. She interviewed me over on her blog, too!

Monday, February 15, 2016

BBAW Day One: Introductions

Square banner for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. A blue border sprinkled with stylized snowflakes surrounds a white circle featuring a stylized illustration of some books on a shelf, with the words 'Book Blogger Appreciation Week February 15-19 estellasociety.com' in the middle of the image.

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is back! The event runs from the 15th to the 19th, and is all about sharing the bookish love. There’ll be Twitter parties on Tuesday and Thursday (at 9pm EST and noon EST, respectively), with daily posting topics. I'm traveling this week with my departure scheduled for early Wednesday morning, but I’ve scheduled a few posts and hope to get around to other peoples’ blogs as often as possible.

Today we’re tasked with introducing ourselves by sharing the five books that represent us as people. I had a lot of trouble with this question because I strongly suspected the answers wouldn’t be flattering, but I consulted Twitter and decided on the four (not five) novels below. In the order they entered my life, they are: