May 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of The Book Stop. This kind of caught me by surprise, even though a year ago I was thinking what I might do to mark the big ten. What can I say, life is a little strange right now. So much thanks to WordPress for the helpful reminder! Since…
Here’s a quick summary of what I read this year: All books: 122 Reviewed: 37 ARC/Review Requests: 9 2019 releases: 30 Author of color: 51 Nonfiction: 19 Graphic novel/memoir: 3 Part of series: 34 New series: 13 New to me author: 81 Set primarily in another country (not US or UK): 24 Audiobooks: 23 My…
My husband loves podcasts, and often recommends them. My usual response is that I’d much rather read than listen, and that’s true. I’m much more visual than auditory, and while my husband spends an hour and a half driving to work each day, I spend 2 hours sitting on trains and buses. Still, there are…
As we hit the year’s halfway point, I looked at my progress on blog resolutions and challenges. Last year I was really overwhelmed, and this year, with no grad school, I’ve been able to put the blog first. That makes me happy. But have I accomplished what I hoped? As a blogger, I tend to…
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, readers! 2016 wasn’t great for a few reasons, and for me it wasn’t a particularly good year in blogging and reading. For the first part of the year I blamed it on finishing my degree (not a bad excuse, really). And the second half of the year? Work got complicated…
As you’ve heard (just a few times), I’ve struggled this spring to keep up with the blog and finish my degree. The blog has been on the back-burner, so I’m way behind on reviews and I haven’t been keeping up with a lot of the bloggy things I love. It’s the 6th anniversary of my…
For the next couple of months, you won’t see as many posts on this blog. I have two months to complete the research on my thesis and write my paper. It’s an interesting topic – I’m studying how a family literacy program in DC helps parents to support their children’s educational development. A mouthful, right?…
We all have rules about how we blog, or at least guidelines. This month I’ve been thinking about what we don’t talk about on our blogs. Obviously, the scope of this blog is about books. So how much should I write about non-bookish things? I like to incorporate a few non-bookish things in my monthly…
This month marks the five year anniversary of The Book Stop. I had a lot of ideas about ways to celebrate, but school and work intervened. So I’m settling for this reflection post, and I hope you’ll grab a virtual piece of cake with me to celebrate. I started this blog five years ago because…
A few months ago, I read a post on BookerTalk about how some people think book bloggers shouldn’t write reviews. I was surprised by this idea, since writing and reading book reviews is why I got into blogging in the first place. Just to be clear, BookerTalk wasn’t suggesting this, just exploring the idea raised…
This summer will mark my fifth anniversary of blogging. And one of the things I’ve really wanted to do is attend the Book Expo America Bloggers Conference. Have you been? What did you think? I read some good critical reviews of last year’s conference, and it sounds like the blogging sessions aren’t always terribly informative.…
I don’t have a lot of blogging resolutions for 2015, other than maintaining my reviews, not taking too many review requests, and keeping up with posting reviews on sites like Goodreads. I’ve got five classes to take this year and a full time job, after all. But one of my resolutions is to be a…
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"She had read novels while other people perused the Sunday papers" - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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