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You guys! You guys! I'm so excited! |
My sister:
"Hey Jen. Maybe you should find a place to talk about books with people that actually care about books?"(Translation: No one on Facebook gives a damn about what you were reading this weekend!)
Me:
"Hey sis, I'll look into that."
(Translation: Why don't my friends care about what I was reading this weekend?!?)
So, I started this blog. I needed a place to talk about books and I made my own space. I didn't know if anyone would read my words or care about what I had to say.
Since then I have had THE MOST FUN! I've met the BEST bookish people. I've participated in the BEST bookish events.
Thank you so much to YOU guys. Thanks to the people who read this blog. Thanks to the people who chat with me on Facebook and Twitter. I knew my bookish people were out there. I'm so glad I've found you.
Up for grabs is a signed copy of Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks and a $20 gift card to Redbery Books! How awesome is that? Enter!
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Thanks for hanging out with me this past year. I hope you'll stick around!
Yay! Congrats!! And can I just say that I love that last animated gif--I think that pretty much sums up my life. ;)
ReplyDeleteHa ha, right?! Thanks Beth :D
DeleteCongratulations! You must be feeling pretty awesome right now. Here's to another year of book chat :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Ellie, I am! I'm going to be strutting around today. Woot!
DeleteCongrats on your bloggerversary!
ReplyDeleteThank you Megan! :) I'm a happy gal today!
DeleteCongratulations!! You've achieved so much in a year :)
ReplyDeleteAww, thanks Melinda!! It's been a great year!
DeleteCongrats, this is so awesome! I'm really glad to have found your blog this year :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Kim and right back at you! :D
DeleteCongrats on your 1 year blogoversary...it goes so fast, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I can't believe how fast this year zipped on by!
DeleteCongrats, Jennifer! The book blog world is so awesome -- I know I was thrilled to finally find My People.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rayna! This community is fantastic, thank goodness you are all out there!
DeleteCongrats!! Translation- we like to hear what you're reading :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm so glad! :D
DeleteMy favorite book in 2013 has been The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
ReplyDeleteA great book that I didn't expect to like. My review will be published soon :)
DeleteOooooh! I've read other Kearsley- I'm adding this to my list now!
DeleteCongratulations on your one year!! I enjoy your blog! My favorite book in 2013 was (adult) And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini and (children's) Every Day After by Laura Golden. :-) I LOVED Caleb's Crossing and would love to have a signed copy. I love everything by Geraldine Brooks!
ReplyDeleteThanks Holly! I just won a copy of And the Mountains Echoed and I cannot wait to read it!
DeleteI'm so glad you started your blog! Otherwise, how would I have found you? And our not "meeting?" That would have been tragic. Happy Blogoversary to the CERTIFIED AWESOME Jen!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't follow your instructions. Fave book of 2013? Tell the Wolves I'm Home. I want to play book vigilante and force it upon unsuspecting commuters...
DeleteThank you so much Katie! I feel certified awesome today, that's no lie. I put Wolves on my wishlist :)
DeleteSo excited for you! My favorite book so far has been The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, but I'm in the middle of Philipp Meyer's The Son right now and it's coming up close!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shannon :) I loooved The Interestings too. I keep hearing lovely things about The Son as well. I'm going to have to get to that one!
DeleteThanks for an awesome giveaway! I'm so happy to have found you through Armchair BEA. My favorite book of the year so far is "Life after Life" by Kate Atkinson.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome :D I'm glad we found one another too! Life after Life...oooh, I liked that one a lot!
DeleteCongratulations! (Love the Zoidberg picture!)
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you! :) I thought that was a funny one too!
DeleteCongratulations! That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :D
DeleteCongratulations, Jennifer! I follow loads of book blogs, but yours is definitely a favorite :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book so far this year is a tie between The Golem and the Jinni, and Into the Wilderness. I saw some reviews claiming that Into the Wilderness was just Outlander fan-fiction, but I didn't perceive it that way at all. I actually enjoyed Into the Wilderness much more than Outlander!
DeleteThanks so much Marie :) I haven't read The Golem and the Jinni but I've sure heard a lot about it. Maybe I'll be able to make time for it one day ;)
DeleteYAYAYAYAYAY! To one of my fave bloggers. A super fantastic one-year 'versary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Andi!! (((((Hugs! Two even!)))
DeleteHappy blogoversary!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh and I'm thinking Life After Life was my favorite this year!
DeleteThanks Monika :) I loved that book too!
DeleteHappy Blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteThank you Melinda :D
DeleteHappy Blogging Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather!!
DeleteCongrats, my dear! I'm so glad you started this blog. :D I love knowing what you're reading. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks a million Ashley :)
DeleteHappy Blog Birthday!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL to that conversation between you and your sis. Too funny, but how true too.
I'm sending good vibes and imaginary cupcakes and confetti your way! :)
That is almost word for word what happened, lol. And yes, very true! No one cared. (How dare they?)
DeleteThanks so much Sarah!
I said it on Twitter and I'll say it again—WHOO yay! Congrats, Jen. I'm so glad I found a fellow Sconnie book blogger! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristin! Yayyyyy Wisconsin!
DeleteCongrats! So glad you joined the blogosphere and we have someone fantastic to talk good books with! Thanks for the chance to win. My favorite book(s) this year? Sarah's Key and Little Women.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Tanya :) It's been so much fun. Those are both great books, awesome picks!
DeleteHappy blogoversary! Congrats...
ReplyDeleteThank you Greg :) Thanks for visiting!
DeleteMy favorite book this year is The Plum Tree. Congratulations and much more happy blogging. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThanks :D I'm going to look that book up. It sounds familiar but I can't place it.
DeleteAnd one year ago, the book blogging world became a better place. CONGRATULATIONS on your blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh Michelle, thank you SO much!!
DeleteCongratulations on your blogoversary! I loved both Cascade and Tiger in Red Weather. I love Geraldine Brooks by the way. I have read Caleb's Crossing (it was great) and would love to have a signed copy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy! I really like Brooks as well. I really liked The Year of Wonders :)
DeleteCongratulations! Finding out there was a community of people who actually liked to talk about books was a revelation to me too!
ReplyDeleteI have several favorites this year: Looking for Me, Written in Red, and The Apple Orchard to name a few.
Isn't it the best?? MY PEOPLE! :D
DeleteCongratulations on 1 year of blogging! What an achievement!! My favorite book would have to be 11/22/63 or Looking for Me.
ReplyDeleteThanks :D You're the 2nd person to mention Looking for Me. I need to get to that!
DeleteCongratulations! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg! :D
DeleteHappy Blogoversary!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :) I appreciate your visit!
DeleteCongratulations on your 1 year anniversary of blogging!! I'm glad you listened to your sister and started a blog, too :) I've enjoyed reading your posts and love that readers now have a place to meet other bibliophiles, too :D
ReplyDeleteShe's pretty brilliant, for a little sister ;) Thanks so much!!
DeleteHappy 1st anniversary! I can't believe your blog has only been up for a year... you have such a following!
ReplyDeleteThe best book I've read this year is "Fragile" by Lisa Unger. I reviewed it on my blog, but it just truly is a great read. Mystery, family saga, character building... it's at the top of the list so far!
Thanks so much :) I've sure met some fantastic folks! I lure them here with cupcakes, mauahahaha!
DeleteI'm going to look that book up, thanks!
I'm still amazed that you've only been doing this a year. You seem like such a pro and by pro I mean natural. Congrats!!! So so so glad to know you. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you from the bottom of my heart Trish. Your esteem means the world to me :) XOXOXOX!
DeleteHooray and congrats! I don't doubt there are many more fun years to come.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope so! Thanks a million :)
DeleteHappy blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jaime!
DeleteCongrats! You've had quite a successful year it seems! Love your blog and glad you're a member of this amazing community. Looking forward to reading for many more years.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a great year :D Thanks so much Brooke!! This community knocks my socks off :)
DeleteI can relate - although I still thoroughly harass my FB community with numerous book related postings. Congrats on one year! It's been a blast following your blog!
ReplyDeleteOh and best book so far "Z: A Story of Zelda Fitzgerald."
DeleteHa ha, good for you! Keep it up :) You know I have my own blog page on FB. Now the only people I harass are the ones that WANT TO BE, lol.
DeleteThanks so much Jennine :)
I keep hearing great things about Z, hope to get to it one of these days!
Congrats on the blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteThank you Leah :D
DeleteCongratulations on a fantastic year!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite books so far....maybe Life After Life? Or the Chaos Walking series perhaps. Can I say a whole series??
Thank you Lindsey! Yours was one of the very first blogs I followed. Do you feel special? lol
DeleteYou can say whatever book/books you want :D I'll have to look into that series. Life After Life was incredible.
Congratulations!!!! Soooooooo exciting and I love that you're doing it with a giveaway! You should also treat yourself to a glass of wine, maybe some cake?
ReplyDeleteYou know what's sooooo fun? Me, you, and Allison have blog birthdays all within a few weeks of each other!!!! Mine's July 8!
My favorite book this year. . . oy. . . Maybe The Song of Achilles? Did I read that this year? Or was that 2012? I don't even remember. . .
Thank you dear Rebecca! Wine and cake sounds great. Excuse me while I pour myself a glass...
DeleteAh better :) I knew for sure that your celebration was coming up but I wasn't sure about Allison's big day. Very cool!
I loved Achilles too, I think I read it last year though? ;)
Happy blogoversary!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
DeleteCongratulations! The first blogaversary is always the best. Enjoy it! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Athira! It's been a great day :)
DeleteHappy blogiversary! Here's to many more years!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathy :) I really hope so!
DeleteHappy Blogiversary! I remember the thrill of my first year blogging. Glad I discovered your blog. You're a fun gal!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Laura! ::Blushing:: ;)
DeleteCongratulations! I think I've been following you almost from the beginning and I've enjoyed watching you grow! Cheers to your success and to all the awesomeness I know is sure to come!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you! It's been a great year :) I know you have an anniversary coming up too! Yay!
DeleteCongratulations!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite so far has been CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell.
Thank you Mary :)
DeleteHappy Blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Chrystal! Thanks for visiting too! :)
DeleteHappy Blogoversary! My first Blogoversary is coming up soon, too!
ReplyDeleteTina
Flamingos and Butterflies
Thanks Tina! Yay for both of us! Thanks for visiting :)
DeleteCongrats! Mine is coming up in August so I am starting to feel the same excitement you're experiencing! YAY!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It will be more than one year for you right? I'll definitely celebrate with you! :D
DeleteCongratulations on your anniversary :) I love your logo and colors. I'm also a voracious reader, mostly sci-fi and fantasy. Also cookbooks, I read a lot of cookbooks, lol. Enjoy the #SITSSharefest! Lydia from www.lydiasflexitariankitchen.com
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Lydia! I don't read many cookbooks but I should probably start, lol. I need all the help I can get!
DeleteJennifer, so glad to have met you! You are an awesome commenter, and your enthusiasm is contagious. Happy blog-o-versary!
ReplyDeleteThanks so, so much! I do get a little enthusiastic about things that I love ;) Woot woot!!
DeleteCongratulations, Jennifer. I love reading your blog and I'm surprised it's only one year old. Here's to many more years of blogging.
ReplyDeleteFavorite book this year is the one I gave away in the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop: The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz.
Thanks so much Judith! That means a lot coming from you :D
DeleteCongratulations! I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks a billion you quirky girl you ;)
DeleteHappy anniversary Jennifer! Your blog is such a superb part of the book blogging universe!
ReplyDeleteThank you Brian! You were one of the first bloggers to ever reach out to me. I haven't forgotten that :)
DeleteHappy Blogversary Jennifer!! I love your blog and your fantastic personality shines right through your posts :)
ReplyDeleteAww, thank you so much Naida!! :)
DeleteCongrats! I love your blog! I don't post much but I do love it! :P Happy Blogoversary! Many more to come!
ReplyDelete:) Thanks bunches!!!
DeleteI have read so many good books this year...old and new. My favorite book that was released this year was Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell. An excellent historical mystery/thriller set in Victorian times.
ReplyDeleteHappy one year, Jennifer! Book blogging has been such a rewarding experience for me. I'm so glad that you discovered it too. =O)
Murder as a Fine Art sounds super familiar, I'm going to have to look it up :)
DeleteThanks so much Michelle :) It's been one of the best things I've ever done!
Congratulations! Happy Birthday Relentless Reader!!! I have loved so many books this year that I just can't pick a favorite. Once again congrats! I look forward to my 1 year blog birthday, 11 more months to go. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny! I hope you have half as much fun during your first year that I did! Welcome to the FABULOUS world of book blogging :)
DeleteYou've only been around for a year?! That's crazy! It feels like you've been around FOREVER! I am so happy your sister suggested you find a place to talk about books. You are one of my favorite bloggers. I hope you stay around for many years to come! :-) Happy blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!! :D You put a big 'ol smile on my face!
DeleteCongratulations Jen!
ReplyDeleteWhen this post came up in my feed I was looking at the title with bewilderment. I expected you to have been blogging much longer than that, you seem to have accomplished so much on your blog!
It is great that you've found your place to talk to like minded people about books... I think many of us followers are thankful to your sister :-P
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It feels like I just started yesterday. But then, on the other hand, it feels like I've been doing this forever ;) Thanks a million Jade!!
DeleteCongratulations, Jennifer! You're doing awesome! (I know, I know, terrible grammar...) I'm really impressed by how much you've done in just a year. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Lark, it's been a GREAT year :)
DeleteOkay - I did all the things I promised to do in my entry. Congratulations! I don't know what we bookish people would do without you. You are such a joy to share books with. Belle
ReplyDeleteHi Belle! Thanks :) I'm looking forward to your hiatus being over, I miss ya!!
DeleteCONGRATS JEN! So happy for you and I love the last gif! Hahaha
ReplyDeleteThanks a million!! :D
DeleteCongratulations on one year! Here's to many many more!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I sure hope so :)
DeleteHAPPY BLOGOVERSARY!!! I am continually amazed at the size of your readership after only 1 year. You go, girl!!!
ReplyDeleteHmmm fave book of the year so far...really hard to choose! I'd say ONE of my faves is Michael Pollan's Cooked, but I have a hard time giving it a definitive #1 spot since I've read so many other good ones as well. :)
Thank you Kelly! This has been such a GREAT year! I feel so embraced by this community :)
DeleteIt's impossible to pick a favorite of the year. I don't think I could do it. How jerky of me to ask my readers to, ha ha!
I am late to the party! I had technical difficulties when I made my attempt on your blogoversary. That being said, Happy Happy Blogoversary!! I'm so pleased I happened on to your site. It's one of my favorites and I am a "regular" here. The comment from your sister cracked me up. I can relate!! Love your Facebook posts also.
ReplyDeleteHere's to another year!!
Thank you so much Lori! You've made my day :D
DeleteHappy blogoversary! Glad you found your people. It is sad about Facebook, but at least you can talk as much as you want here, more than you ever could on Facebook, and we'll always listen :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Charlie! And hey, now that my blog has a dedicated FB page I can blab about books there all that I want. (And I do!)
Delete141 comments? Well, you must be doing something right. I don't know what, but you're doing it. ;) Well, I do...and I'm just jealous, of course. :)
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that half of those comments are mine! ;) Thanks Bryan, you're a darling!
DeleteHappy blogoversary! I love your conversation with your sister!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa! That's nearly verbatim ;)
DeleteCongratulations on your 1st year blog anniversary! How exciting! I love reading your posts. They always make me smile. :-) Here's to many more wonderful years of blogging!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much :) That's so nice of you to say!
DeleteHappy blog-o-versary! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Deb :)
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