Input, please! Looking for a few opinions…
Lend a booklover a hand, would ya? I’d love to get some opinions on a recurring feature here at Bookshelf Fantasies. Going back to almost the beginning of my blogging days, I’ve been running a feature...
View ArticleARCs. Argh.
I think I’m giving up on ARCs. More specifically, I’ve just had it up to here with badly formatted e-ARCs. In theory, digital review copies should make my life as a reader, reviewer, and blogger...
View ArticleNew! Improved???
Hey, all — check it out! I’m trying out a new theme and color scheme for Bookshelf Fantasies. After a year and half with my old layout, I was itching for something new to look at. What do you think?...
View ArticleThe Book Blog Meme Directory: An update
In July 2013, I launched a new page here at Bookshelf Fantasies: the Book Blog Meme Directory. The purpose of the Directory is to collect information and links for all sorts of bookish memes, providing...
View ArticleFollowing, following back, and keeping up
When I first started blogging — almost three years ago! — I really had no idea what I was getting into. I was focused only on the “me” parts: I’d write my book reviews and other content, and people...
View ArticleRead, skim, or skip?
About two weeks ago, I wrote a post about how following other blogs is key to building community in the blogging world, and yet it can potentially take up so much time that it’s impossible to stay on...
View ArticleCelebrating 1,000!
With this very post… I have now published 1,000 posts on my blog! I can hardly believe it. Less than 3 years ago, I launched Bookshelf Fantasies with only the vaguest idea of what blogging was all...
View ArticleBloggy dilemma of the day!
I find myself in the midst of a dilemma and I’d love to hear some thoughts from other bloggers! What do you do when you make a commitment and then can’t figure out how to keep it and maintain...
View ArticleThe Book Blog Meme Directory: It’s clean-up time!
As a certain purple dinosaur used to sing: Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere! Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share… The Book Blog Meme Directory has been up and running for almost two...
View ArticleUpdate: Spring cleaning for the Book Blog Meme Directory (all done!)
Whew! That was fun! I mentioned on Thursday that I planned to do some housekeeping on the Book Blog Meme Directory page. I intended to go through the directory, test out each link, and update anything...
View ArticleInput, please! I need your opinion.
Hello, friendly booklovers and bloggers! I’m working on a new weekly feature that I’ll be doing here at Bookshelf Fantasies. For now, this is just something that I plan to have fun with myself, but if...
View ArticleDiscussion: Is it ever unfair to write a review?
Is there ever a time when it’s just not fair to review something? Here’s what I mean: Let’s say you’re reading a book in a particular genre. And it’s a genre you typically never read. What’s more,...
View ArticleHitting the road… See you next week!
Hello, lovely readers! Bookshelf Fantasies is taking a wee break for about 10 days as I head off on a much-needed vacation! While I’m away, my two weekly memes, Shelf Control and Thursday Quotables,...
View ArticleMy blog and my memes
So I’ve been thinking… I’ve been blogging for over four years now. Hard to believe! My interest and energy levels have gone up and down over time, and right now I find myself in a phase where I’m not...
View ArticleA little break — see you next week!
Hello, lovely readers! Bookshelf Fantasies is taking a wee break this week as I head out of town for a combination of vacation time and family business. While I’m away, my two weekly memes, Shelf...
View ArticleA little break — see you in two weeks!
Hello, lovely readers! Bookshelf Fantasies will be taking a wee break for the next couple of weeks as I head out of town for some family business. While I’m away, my two weekly memes, Shelf Control and...
View ArticleI’m baaaaaaaack!
Hello all! It’s been a long 2 1/2 weeks, but… Unfortunately, my time away wasn’t exactly a vacation. I was on the east coast, working with other family members to relocate our aging parents and settle...
View ArticleSummertime slacking
Summertime, and the living is easy… or so I’ve heard. And although I’m not lazing away my summer days on tropical beaches, I am trying to do a bit of relaxing and refreshing. Between my time away in...
View ArticleAn update on Thursday Quotables
Hi there, lovely readers! Several years ago, I started up a weekly feature here at Bookshelf Fantasies called Thursday Quotables: Welcome to Thursday Quotables! This weekly feature is the place to...
View ArticleShelf Control is taking a little break!
I have some family visits and travel plans for the next few weeks, and while I may still do some blogging, I won’t be able to stick to a schedule or keep up with my regular weekly features. Shelf...
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