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In the Beginning, or the First Ten Books I Reviewed on the Blog

Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl It's been awhile, but this topic was too good to pass up. When I thought about it, I genuinely could not recall which were the first ten books I actually reviewed here on the blog. So then, of course, I had to know . The thing is, I originally started the whole thing simply posting a once a month list of my favorite reads and rereads of the month. That went on for some time until lo and behold I went ahead and wrote and posted my first review on November 9, 2007. In hindsight, I probably should have known exactly which book pushed me over the edge into full fledged reviews. So this was a rather delightful journey back in time. Do you remember the first book you ever reviewed (in any forum) or what made you take the plunge? Here are my first ten (and I have to say, looking at this snapshot from the past, these remain some of my absolute favorite authors and a pretty spot-on array of the genres I read and l...

Robin McKinley Has a Blog

I found out several days ago and have been quietly waiting to make sure it didn't disappear before my eyes before posting it here. And I'm happy to report that yes, it does in fact exist . That not only has it been up and running now for 10 days, but Ms. McKinley has been posting on it regularly . And no, it has not disappeared. I've given myself permission to sit back and relax. It appears the wonderfulness is here to stay.