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bookgazing) wrote2011-09-28 08:09 am
bookgazing) wrote2011-09-28 08:09 am
A Quick Advert Break
There are several projects I really wanted to highlight (including a couple I’m involved in) before I really get back to being focused on long bookish posts.
I'm on the Indie Lit Awards 2011panel for GLBTQ books again this year and I would love you to nominate something for our group to get excited about. The rules for nomination (shamelessly cribbed from Cass’ post) are as follows:
Anyone who is not an author/publisher/publicist can nominate! You do not need to be a book blogger to nominate books
You can nominate up to five books in each category. Please make sure they were originally published in 2011!
E-books are not eligible for nomination.
Nominations close December 31, 2011 at midnight PST and you can nominate books for the GLBTQ category here.
Cass is offering some kind of tasty invisible cookie reward for all nominators. I of course am too *ahem* classy to bribe and deceive you. I mean if you really loved me you’d nominate, but whatever... ; )Emotional blackmail - sweeter than inivisible cookies no matter what kind of icing you put on them!
The longlist for The Green Carnation Prize is out. I haven’t read along with any of the award lists this year, but I have added interesting looking books to my gigantic ‘want’ list. I’ve heard of lots of the authors whose books made it through this year, but not many of the books so lots of new novels to investigate.
The final of NHYA 2011 has been and gone. I meant to cross post all the judging decisions from each round here as the contest progressed, but I think it’s pretty clear that my blogging time has rapidly disappeared this year. To catch you up here are links to the First Round Decisions, Second Round Decisions, Third Round Decisions and Semi-Final decisions. The final decision was announced by The Booksmugglers on 14th September and their choice of winning novel was ‘What Momma Left Me’ by Renee Watson.
RIP VI is one of my favourite challenges. I’m taking the no stress approach to RIP again this year. I’m taking part in Peril the Second and aiming to read two spooky books. I plan to join the readalong of ‘Under the Dome’ by Stephen King, so I can finally return that monster to my colleague (I have had this book two years – gah!). Otherwise I’ll be trying ‘Dark Matter’ by Michelle Paver (which seems like a popular choice among readers this year) or ‘Draw The Dark’ by Ilsa J Bick which was leant to me by Ana at The Booksmugglers earlier this year. I’ve seen a lot of people’s lists already, but I’d love to hear if you’re reading something RIP related right now.
Hope you enjoy checking some of those out. What blogging projects are you really excited about right now?
I'm on the Indie Lit Awards 2011panel for GLBTQ books again this year and I would love you to nominate something for our group to get excited about. The rules for nomination (shamelessly cribbed from Cass’ post) are as follows:
Anyone who is not an author/publisher/publicist can nominate! You do not need to be a book blogger to nominate books
You can nominate up to five books in each category. Please make sure they were originally published in 2011!
E-books are not eligible for nomination.
Nominations close December 31, 2011 at midnight PST and you can nominate books for the GLBTQ category here.
Cass is offering some kind of tasty invisible cookie reward for all nominators. I of course am too *ahem* classy to bribe and deceive you. I mean if you really loved me you’d nominate, but whatever... ; )Emotional blackmail - sweeter than inivisible cookies no matter what kind of icing you put on them!
The longlist for The Green Carnation Prize is out. I haven’t read along with any of the award lists this year, but I have added interesting looking books to my gigantic ‘want’ list. I’ve heard of lots of the authors whose books made it through this year, but not many of the books so lots of new novels to investigate.
The final of NHYA 2011 has been and gone. I meant to cross post all the judging decisions from each round here as the contest progressed, but I think it’s pretty clear that my blogging time has rapidly disappeared this year. To catch you up here are links to the First Round Decisions, Second Round Decisions, Third Round Decisions and Semi-Final decisions. The final decision was announced by The Booksmugglers on 14th September and their choice of winning novel was ‘What Momma Left Me’ by Renee Watson.
RIP VI is one of my favourite challenges. I’m taking the no stress approach to RIP again this year. I’m taking part in Peril the Second and aiming to read two spooky books. I plan to join the readalong of ‘Under the Dome’ by Stephen King, so I can finally return that monster to my colleague (I have had this book two years – gah!). Otherwise I’ll be trying ‘Dark Matter’ by Michelle Paver (which seems like a popular choice among readers this year) or ‘Draw The Dark’ by Ilsa J Bick which was leant to me by Ana at The Booksmugglers earlier this year. I’ve seen a lot of people’s lists already, but I’d love to hear if you’re reading something RIP related right now.
Hope you enjoy checking some of those out. What blogging projects are you really excited about right now?