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Blogging and Blog Events

The Procrastination Queen Gives Herself a Pat on the Back

July 1, 2010 Blogging and Blog Events

Yes, I’m the Procrastination Queen. I wear the crown proudly!

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Encouraging Your Children to Read

February 11, 2010 Blogging and Blog Events

I was just over at Molly’s blog, and I really enjoyed reading her post answering today’s Booking Through Thursday question:
How can you encourage a non-reading child to read? What about a teen-ager? Would you require books to be read in the hopes that they would enjoy them once they got into them, or offer incentives, [...]

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Blogging To-Do List

February 9, 2010 Blogging and Blog Events

Week 1’s assignment for the 2010 Blog Improvement Project is to create a blogging to-do list.
While I’m not a big fan of to-do lists, I like the idea of this one because there’s no time element attached to it. I think what I’m most resistant to, when it comes to to-do lists, is the whole [...]

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Banana Views: Being Chinese-Canadian

January 10, 2010 Blogging and Blog Events

I am almost finished (almost almost almost – so tantalizingly close) with this latest clump of deadlines and I’m really looking forward to settling back into the blogging life again.
In the meantime, though, I wanted to introduce you to my sister Dawn’s new blog. I take great pride in it, because she finally succumbed after [...]

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Enter: Marcus

December 17, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my 20 minute writing commitment post. I felt so inspired after reading all of your comments – and suddenly, it really did feel very much like “it’s only 20 minutes”.
So I took roughly 20 minutes today to work on Waverley; I am now 1200 more words [...]

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My New Disclosure Policy

December 15, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Update:  A few people in the comments section and on Twitter have pointed out to me that I neglected to add information about where exactly my husband and children did come from. I’ve remedied this oversight on my part.
So, yesterday, I was procrastinating (what else is new?), and came across this post at Problogger. I [...]

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Comfort Reads (42nd Bookworms Carnival)

December 9, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Comfort reads: perfect reading for a cold winter’s night!

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Seven Random Things About Me

December 7, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

It’s awards time!
Jemi at Just Jemi awarded me with the Honest Scrap Blogger award and the Best Blogger award. Thank you, Jemi!
As part of my acceptance speech, here are seven random things about me that you might or might not know:
1. My name. “Belle” is my full, legal first name, not a nickname. I spent [...]

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42nd Bookworms Carnival: Comfort Reads

November 23, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

MsBookish is hosting the 42nd Bookworms Carnival! The topic? One that is near and dear to my heart: comfort reads.
What are the books you turn to time and time again? The ones with which you love to snuggle up in your favorite armchair, steaming mug of hot chocolate or tea by your side? I’d love [...]

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The Saturday Ramblings Post

November 14, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I’m practicing the Art of Procrastination (I am an ardent and devoted follower of the Art), so I thought I’d sit down and write my semi-regular rambly Saturday post. Why am I procrastinating? (I’m usually always procrastinating about something, and today is no exception.)
Tonight’s Open-House Dinner
I only managed to get a couple of rooms clean [...]

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Weekend Cooking: What We’ve Been Up To in the Kitchen This Week

November 14, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

As some of you know, I recently persuaded my husband, Ward, to start blogging at the food blog we’d set up together, Muse in the Kitchen. I was having the most dreadful time keeping Muse in the Kitchen up-to-date with recent posts because, frankly, what I love is eating, not cooking, and I [...]

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[TSS] International Book Giveaways, Readathon and NaNoWriMo

October 25, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

List of book giveaways open to all, my thoughts about the readathon, and the final week of prepping for NaNoWriMo!

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Readathon Cheerleading: I Got Booted Off Twitter

October 25, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I guess I was doing TOO good a job cheerleading for the Readathon – Twitter won’t let me make any more tweets for now!!
That’s a good thing, right?
So I’m off Twitter for now, but Go, Readers, Go!!!
And I’m taking this as a sign that I’m meant to go comment/cheer on more of the readers’ blogs!

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Go Readers Go!

October 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

It’s the 24-hour-readathon and I’m cheerleading for the Team Romantics!

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Oops: My September Giftaway

October 22, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I totally forgot!
So I’m changing the September giftaway to the September and October giftaway, and early in November, I’ll draw two names from the list of commentors for September and October.
Now to schedule it into Google calendar and get a reminder sent to me!

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[TSS] International Book Giveaways List, Oct 18 Edition

October 18, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to this week’s edition of International Book Giveaways, which I publish every Sunday as my Sunday Salon post. Giveaways included in this list are open to everyone!
I’ve also added a short “Asides” section, where I put related giveaways and contests that don’t fit, for whatever reason, into the main Internationl Book Giveaways List. I’ll [...]

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[TSS] International Book Giveaways List – Oct 11 Edition

October 11, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to the very first edition of the International Book Giveaways List, which I’ll be posting every Sunday as my Sunday Salon post. All the book giveaways featured here are open to everyone worldwide. As with the old book giveaways list, I’ve indicated the genre of each giveaway to make it more convenient for everyone. [...]

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[TSS] Big List of Book Giveaways – Oct 4

October 4, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Big List of Book Giveaways, at Ms Bookish – Oct 4 Edition

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[TSS] The Big List of Book Giveaways, Sept. 27 Edition

September 27, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Big List of Book Giveaways at MsBookish, September 27, 2009 Edition

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Interview: Author Joy Preble Talks About Her Writing Process

September 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

An interview with author Joy Preble!

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Kaleb Nation, Author of Bran Hambric, Talks About His Writing Process

September 19, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

"What if your mother was a criminal? What if her crime was magic? What if magic ran in the family?" This is the intriguing premise of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, a middle grade fantasy novel written by Kaleb Nation.
Kaleb initially got the idea for Bran Hambric when he was fourteen years old; he [...]

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BBAW: Now, and Next Year

September 18, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Today’s the final day of BBAW! This has been my first year participating in the fun, and it’s been such a blast. My Google Reader is filled to the brim, bursting with a lot of really wonderful new blogs I’ve discovered this week, too. Here’s the final prompt for the week, and it’s a good [...]

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BBAW: Because She Introduced Me To Ceepak

September 17, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Thank you, Beth Fish Reads!
Back in early June, Beth Fish Reads wrote a post about the John Ceepak mysteries by Chris Grabenstein. I trust her implicitly, and at the time I was just in the beginning stages of my love affair with audiobooks, so I was very intrigued, because she’d listened to the series in [...]

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BBAW: Me and My Reading Habits – And a Giveaway!

September 16, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I thought this one would be tough for me. Everyone knows how much I like using five words where one word will do, ten words where two will do, twenty words where three will do (need more numerical examples or was that just perfect?).
This BBAW meme requires me to answer the following questions in as [...]

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BBAW: One TBR Pile, Transformed

September 15, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

More BBAW fun: Show us your TBR pile. And as luck would have it, I’m actually really, really prepared for this post (which is quite an odd thing, as I’m not particularly well-known for preparedness).
A while back, I was tagged for the What’s On My Desk Wednesday meme, and I posted the following picture of [...]

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BBAW: Raindrops on Roses … A Few of My Favorite Book Blogs!

September 14, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

It’s Day One of Book Blogger Appreciation Week and today it’s time to shine the spotlight on some of my favorite book blogs! It was extremely difficult culling down my list, although it was helpful that some of my favorites were shortlisted and therefore had to be cut from my list.
Which, by the way, is [...]

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[TSS] The Big List of Book Giveaways – Sept 13 Edition

September 13, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Welcome to The Big List of Book Giveaways – Sept 13 Edition at Ms Bookish!

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Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Voting Begins!

September 8, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

The BBAW shortlists are now up, so it’s time to get voting!
Congratulations to all those who have been short listed for their various categories. I’m going to have fun going through the lists, as I took a quick peek earlier today and saw several that are new-to-me. My feedreader is eager for all those [...]

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September Giftaway!

September 7, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Update: This month’s giftaway has been extended to October 31. I’ll pull two names early in November!
It’s time again for the monthly Giftaway here at MsBookish!
So, what is a Giftaway? It’s my version of a book giveaway, a celebration of all the wonderful readers who make comments here at Ms. Bookish. I enjoy each and [...]

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Winner of the July and August Giftaway!

September 7, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Congratulations to Nicole from Linus’s Blanket, the winner of the July and August Giftaway here at MsBookish.
I’ve emailed Nicole, and will update this post with the titles of the five books she’s chosen from the Giftaway Shelf when I hear back from her. Here are the five books Nicole has picked from the Giftaway Shelf:
The [...]

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