BBAW – My Nominees are…

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Today our assignment for BBAW was to post our favorite blogs that did not make the short list.  This is the point when I could kick myself for not hanging on to my worksheet when I nominated blogs about a month ago!  I planned to be so organized for this week and keep the week lite of appointments so I could fully enjoy every moment.  yet here I am at 11:54 pm on day one, finally sitting down and getting to this late post…. but important post.  🙂

Here are a few I would like to recognize:

kayKay Cassidy’s Y 2.0: Seriously…. I don’t even know how I ever found Kays blog to begin with but I am sure glad I did.  Her interviews with authors are fun and you have to get in there and see the three truths and a lie questions she asks each of them.  She is also one of the founders on Living Your 5 which I for one am excited to take more of an active part in!  This YA blogger is a must read!


reganMiss Remer’s Reviews:  What I enjoy so much about Reagan’s blog is that she is on her way to being a teacher and her blog is designed to find and review books to encourage reading among YA.  How super cool is that?  Regan actively seeks out Guest Reviewer for her blog to post the great YA reads they have come across.  I love that she promotes reading and her blog is a wonderful reflection of this goal.


alyceAt Home With Books:  Alyce has wonderful reviews and I love stopping by and seeing what she has posted.  I can count on her reviews to be wonderfully straight to the point without giving away too much of the story.  Check out her blog – it is a wonderful layout with great reviews!



dianeBibliophile By The Sea:  Recently discovered while I was hopping through the blogesphere, this blog has become a must stop for me.  The layout alone is worthy of your time, but the reviews – and wonderful book reviews I might add have really put this one on my radar.  I suggest you stop by and see for yourself.


aThats A Novel Idea:  Fantastic review spot… I check her blog frequently.  I love the layout – I am envious of how current it looks all the time…LOL A great poster and just plain fun things are always popping up at this blog!



eveBetween The Bookendz:  I feel this blog is a wonderful place for me to find new reads.  Eve is my book twin I think…  every time I stop at her blog the review is wonderful – the book looks incredible and nect thing you know I am adding it to my list to read.  I highly recommend you check this blog out… she is reviews and lots of them – and not the books many of us are reading either, but books that I have usually not heard of but look so WONDERFUL!

This award I give to all of you for the smiles you put on my face when I see you have stopped by – or I read a post on your blog and know that I am once again…. reading something special!

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I know there are so many more that I ADORE and dont miss a post…. The Book Blogging Community has really been such a blessing to me.  I love the great connections I have made with other bloggers and all the great books I have been introduced to becuase of their reviews.  Happy BBAW to everyone!

**  Tomorrow I will have my interview post up as well as more giveaways to celebrate this wonderful week!

To E Read or not to E Read…. that is the question….

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thinking gifThis is a funny topic for me as I am truly a book girl.  And by book…. I mean BOOK.  You know… sheets of paper with words on them all wrapped in a gorgeous cover….  old school.  That’s me.

There is a girl in my book club who has a Kindle.  I have walked her through my home library pointing out the book shelves I love and all that they hold…. my treasures…. “See,” I tell her.  “If I had a reader like this, what would be on my shelves?”

Yet… as time has went on…. I see them …. yes – THEM.  E Readers.  They are at the YMCA where I work out.  As I struggle to turn pages on my book while on the treadmill, the girl next to me runs and looks thinkingat her E Reader.  When no ones looking I ask her, “Do you like this form of reading?”

“Oh Yes,” she says.  “I love it and I can take it anywhere.”

I do travel a lot.  Road trips, planes a couple times a year.  I have been in situatuations where I am looking for a particular book and can not find it.  Or I have read everything I brought with me.  And of course there is the weight/space factor.  My book take up a nice portion of my suitcase.

idea smileySo…if I were to get an E Reader, being a die hard books to the end girl…. it would need to do all the things I wish my books could do.  It would need to capture improtant facts so when reviewing I could easily find these passages again.  It would need to look up words for me that I did not know in a quick and easy manner.  Easy to read… many MANY books to choose from…. light weight, easy to travel with, price not too scary….I may be able to be persuaded to take an E Reader for a spin.

Morning Meanderings….

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Good morning!  I am back from the 150 mile bike ride and I am feeling great!  I posted last week what this was about and why I was involved.  If you did not have a chance to read that post, I encourage you to do so here.  The post explains what I knew going into this event… but coming out of it… I am so thrilled to have been a part of such a great cause.

The weather was fantastic!  Sunny and mid 80’s both days of the ride.  I LOVED it!  I met so many wonderful people from our team who bikes to support the camp that Connie started.  Not only is Connie’s story one of true amazement (that is in the post I mentioned earlier) but talking to her throughout the weekend really was an eye opener as she shared her journey with me about what it was like to be a woman with Aids through a blood transfusion for 28 years – from the early days (which were painful and hard to see people turn their back on her) to now….  (Yeah I know that was a run on sentence but I had a lot to say there …LOL)

I had a bit of trouble on Saturday when my bike was hit by another bike.  I was ok but my bike took a serious hit and the back tire rim was all bent up.  At first look the team thought I was done unless I had another bike to ride (which I did not).  Thanks to Pete on our team (who works in Brainerd at Trailblazer Bikes) he was able to fix the tire well enough for me to continue the ride.

Thank  you to those who sent me well wishes on this ride.  I cant even begin to describe how fantastic is was to meet the Team of Rhinos (our team name) and to just hang out with friends for the weekend.  I feel good – a little sore but nothing too bad and I cant wait to be a part of this next year!

Its BBAW September 14 – 18

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This post will remain at the top of this blog through Sept 18.  All new posts are below!  🙂

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Happy Book Blogger Appreciation Week ! There will be much going on here this week so make sure you stop by often! I have book reviews and giveaways…. watch for posts with the gift box on them – these are giveaways (they will be sprinkled throughout the BBAW week)  and by clicking on the gift box you will be taken to the giveaway page of what is being offered!

Starting today I am having a comment contest – earn one change per comment on any post on this blog from now until midnight (central time) on Friday, September 18. I will draw at that time a name using random.org, the winner will receive a $15 Amazon Gift Card emailed to them on Sept. 19. EARN 5 extra entries by taking my new blog logo (upper right corner of my blog, and adding it your blog). Top Commentor for the BBAW will receive a $15 Amazon Gift card emailed to them on Saturday the 19th.  Be sure to let me know if you did this so I can give you the bonus entries. **Gift card winners can be anywhere in the world.

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Morning Meanderings…

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Still biking – day two now and as of the time this post is up I should be biking from Hinckley Minnesota to Duluth a big improvementMinnesota…. the last 75 miles of this ride.  I wonder what I am thinking right now?  LOL  (Read about this ride I am doing here).

During my usual morning stride through the blogesphere with the ever full, ever wonderful Coffee Cup, I had recently read another great review on a blog called Bibliophile By The Sea.  The book is called Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls.  This is the author who also wrote The Glass Castle which has been on my shelf for over a year and I still have not read it.  have heard wonderful things about the Glass Castle and now seeing this book – I want to read it too!

Please take a moment today and stop over at Bibliophile By The Sea and read this wonderful review.

**I will be back in town tonight… hopefully after a successful (and not too wet) bike ride and a little reading time as well!  ~Sheila

Morning Meanderings…

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a big improvementI am out of town… by the time this post is up I should be on my way Biking from Blaine Minnesota to Hinkley Minnesota.  (see post about this here).

I wasnt sure if I was going to be able to 1) Have time to post anything and/or 2) Have access to internet, so I have prepped a morning meandering for today and tomorrow and if I do get time to post again that will be bonus!

Recently in my meanderings (which can usually be described as an early morning – pre shower but not pre coffee, slipper clad version of me traveling with oversized steamy coffee cup in hand around the blogesphere) I came across a book that sounded… well…

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Over at Jo-Jo Loves To Read I found a review for a book called The Last Bridge by Teri Coyne.  I found myself rushing through the review trying to see where it was going with almost a sense of anxiety.  I had to go back and read it again more slowly.

Stop over at Jo-Jo Loves To Read and see this book, the review, and of course another lovely blog!

For those wondering…. “Did she take a book with her on this bike ride?”  The answer is absolutely!  I have brought with NORTH!  Or be Eaten (which is appropriate as I am biking North…. and I also brought Dreaming Anastasia – both of which are blog tours I am doing next week.

~ Sheila

100th Review!!! Giveaway Winner Drawn!

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It is noon here in Central Minnesota and I just plugged in the comment numbers at Random.org and have my winner.  🙂

WORDLILLY!!!

Congratulations!  I will email you the code for the certificate today!  🙂

Thank you to everyone who commented in the last three days – this was a lot of fun and I met a few new people!  Do not be discouraged – we are doing something similar to this starting Monday for BBAW!  There will be more chances to win and more prizes!

The Giveaway was: This week I posted my 100th book review!  I am pretty excited about that!  Of course, I always like an excuse to celebrate and this is a great one!  I am offering a $20 Amazon gift card to one lucky reader of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books!

To enter – all you have to do is a leave a comment on any post on my blog.  Each comment will count as one entry to this.  10 comments through out my blog = 10 entries and so on.  Comments of course must actually be a comment and not just a word or two.

This celebration giveaway will start now and end Friday September 11th at noon.  I will calculate all comments, assign them a number and draw using random.org.

Have fun and thank you for celebrating with me!  🙂

Dont Forget To Vote!

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BBAW favI voted and wanted to remind all of you wonderful Book Bloggers and Non Book Bloggers (but book readers!) that the poles are open and currently there is no line to get in and vote!

I am heading out of town pretty quick here so I wanted to get in my votes and found myself spending a lot of time visiting the blogs of the short lists and knwing that when I have more time I need to go back and do some more browsing as there are some wondeful blogs here that I had beeremindern to before, and many I had not.

Stop on over at the short list to see the blogs that are up for the awards.  Then make your way to the voting booth and vote away!  🙂  Remember that the voting booth colses at 11:59 pm on saturday September 12.

BBAW Sept 14 – 18 – Big Celebration Here!

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BBAW_Celebrate_BooksI am so excited to be a part of this years BBAW Celebration.  I have been sweeping and dusting around here… hanging streamers and a few balloons in preparation.

I am not ready to reveal  all I have planned for the week but I will give you these hints.  I will have giveaways for books and gift cards!  There will be a daily chance to win and there will also be an accumulation of the week grand prize.  The gift box below will link to the prizes available and as we have winners I will put their name next to what they have won! gift

You will be able to identify my give away posts as I will have the gift box (gift box is a clickable link)  in the corner.  I am just so excited to be a part of this with all of you!   I hope to see you all here throughout the week, I look forward to seeing my regular visitors and also am excited to meet those of you who are new to One Persons Journey Through a World of Books.   Dont be shy – be sure to say hi while you are here and help yourself to cake and coffee as well!