BBAW 09 Day 1: Favorite Blogs That Didn't Make the Shortlist

BBAW 09—Celebrate Books (Daily Blogging Topics)

Each day this week, bloggers will be talking about different topics on their blogs:

Monday, September 14th - Favorite blogs not nominated

Tuesday, September 15th - Blogger interviews

Wednesday, September 16th - Reading Meme

Thursday, September 17th - Blog about a book you found on another blog

Friday, September 18th - Blog about your goals for you book blog

Day 1: Thank and spotlight your favorite blogs that didn’t make the shortlists

Here is a list of some of the blogs I visit most frequently. I hated even starting to make a list such as this because, as we all know, the list would go on and on, and I would still likely leave out some blogs I love (and that's why we have things like Google Reader!) But the point of today's BBAW assignment is to spotlight blogs and bloggers, so I must name names. Here are people and places I visit just about daily for fun, inspiration, support, conversation, information, and (I almost forgot) book recommendations, among other things. If you are unfamiliar with any, drop on by and check them out.

At Home with Books (Alyce)

Bermudaonion's Weblog (Kathy)

A Circle of Books (Toni)

Brimful Curiosities (Janelle)

Diary of an Eccentric (Anna)

Enroute to Life (Kelly)

Write for a Reader (Shelly)

Cafe of Dreams (April)

The Burton Review (Marie)

Marjolein Reviews (Marjolein)

Passages to the Past (Amy)

Bibliophile By the Sea (Diane)

A Girl Walks into a Bookstore (Katherine)

Reading in Appalachia (Icedream)

Book Chatter and Other Stuff (Ti)

Peaking Between the Pages (Dar)

Wrighty's Reads (Debbie)

The Tome Traveller's Weblog (Carey)

Lost in Books (Rebecca)

So Many Precious Books (Teddy Rose)

Tanzanite's Shelf and Stuff (Daphne)

Thank you, ladies!
(I didn't realize my list was so femininely slanted until I plugged in each blogger's name. Ooops!)

THANK YOU! BBAW Nominations

Well, thank you! A Sea of Books has been nominated for 2 Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards! The categories are Best Blog Name and Best General Review Blog.

However, it looks as though I've disqualified myself from the Best General Review Blog category because I've been AWOL and did not submit the requisite 5 posts to the awards panel before the deadline last Friday. I apologize for that both to whomever nominated me as well as to the panel. I've been spread thin with several family obligations, extra work responsibilities, and car trouble! In fact, it will probably be a couple more days before I can publish a book post again.

I'm really tickled to have been nominated -- it was totally unexpected. The nomination for Best General Review Blog has really helped to focus my thoughts on what I want my blog to be and how to achieve that. I'll be spending the next year putting those thoughts into practice, so you can look forward to many improvements over the next few months.

And it's so nice and validating to be nominated in the Best Blog Name category. I've only been blogging since April, and I went through a long list of possible names before choosing A Sea of Books. I even briefly considered changing it a couple of months ago. Looks like I made the right choice!

I'd also like to congratulate all the other nominees and wish you all good luck!

Thank you, again, and please check back in a couple of days for my post onTHE GUERNSEY POTATO PEEL PIE AND LITERARY SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.

2nd Annual BBAW Nominations for Blog Awards

Now is the time to nominate your favorite blogs

for the 2nd Annual Book Bloggers Appreciation Week.

Click here

and nominate your favorite book blogs today.

Nominations close August 15, 2009.