Today is my first year blogiversary : ) I don’t want to go on and on, but this keeping this blog has probably been one of the most positive parts of 2009. It has really helped me to reconnect with the idea that the things I like and the way I think are important and valid. It’s shown me that I can maintain a personal project, without getting bored or lazy, as well as making the after reading experience fun because there are more people to discuss books with. So thanks if you’ve been dropping by to chat, or lurk this year, it’s meant bunches.
To mark this day I thought I’d put up the first sentences meme I saw at ‘Of Books and Bicycles’, where you find the first sentence, of your first post for each month and post them all together.
Let’s take a look back at 2009 in one liners:
January: I just couldn't resist joining a couple of more challenges.
February: Whenever I read a great YA book I feel an urge to gush instead of reviewing critically.
March: I’m going to say upfront that I was more than a little disappointed by ‘The Rose of Sebastopol’ by Katherine McMahon.
April: It’s time for all us bad challenge addicts to talk about how our challenge reading is progressing.
May: I decided that before I started my five month stint of book buying abstinence I would have one last fabulous book splurge.
June: We’re entering the sixth month of ‘The Year of Readers’, our year long sponsored read-a-thon that’s designed to raising money for literacy charities around the world.
July: I won't have internet access while I'm away so I've scheduled some posts to pop up while I sun myself and drink cocktails.
August: I'm back from Bath feeling much better.
September: My first RIP selection was Susan Hill’s slim ghost story ‘The Mist in the Mirror’.
October: Now that the review of the book I didn’t like is out of the way I can start talking about all the wonderful books I’ve been enjoying lately.
November: Clearly it is insane for me to try to do Nanowrimo when I have a pretty bad grasp of how grammar and punctuation work (I seriously have no idea how I got through university without someone taking me aside to discuss this issue).
December: I’m about 200 pages from the end of ‘Young Bloods’ by Simon Scarrow, which is the rather large first volume in his quite enjoyable Napoleon/Wellington series.
And I’m also going to commemorate this day with a giveaway. I’m offering you the chance to win one book from my read in 2009 list (see left sidebar) and I’ll also donate a book for children or teenagers to a very deserving community library project in Roanoke. Just leave me a comment telling me which book you’d like to win and what you’d like to me to donate (your choice for me to donate can be anything appropriate, it doesn’t have to be from my read in 2009 list). I’ll randomly draw a winner next week. (Edit Contest open internationally, closes midnight GMT 30/12/2009).
Happy New Year everyone and hope to see you round the blogging world for more years to come.
To mark this day I thought I’d put up the first sentences meme I saw at ‘Of Books and Bicycles’, where you find the first sentence, of your first post for each month and post them all together.
Let’s take a look back at 2009 in one liners:
January: I just couldn't resist joining a couple of more challenges.
February: Whenever I read a great YA book I feel an urge to gush instead of reviewing critically.
March: I’m going to say upfront that I was more than a little disappointed by ‘The Rose of Sebastopol’ by Katherine McMahon.
April: It’s time for all us bad challenge addicts to talk about how our challenge reading is progressing.
May: I decided that before I started my five month stint of book buying abstinence I would have one last fabulous book splurge.
June: We’re entering the sixth month of ‘The Year of Readers’, our year long sponsored read-a-thon that’s designed to raising money for literacy charities around the world.
July: I won't have internet access while I'm away so I've scheduled some posts to pop up while I sun myself and drink cocktails.
August: I'm back from Bath feeling much better.
September: My first RIP selection was Susan Hill’s slim ghost story ‘The Mist in the Mirror’.
October: Now that the review of the book I didn’t like is out of the way I can start talking about all the wonderful books I’ve been enjoying lately.
November: Clearly it is insane for me to try to do Nanowrimo when I have a pretty bad grasp of how grammar and punctuation work (I seriously have no idea how I got through university without someone taking me aside to discuss this issue).
December: I’m about 200 pages from the end of ‘Young Bloods’ by Simon Scarrow, which is the rather large first volume in his quite enjoyable Napoleon/Wellington series.
And I’m also going to commemorate this day with a giveaway. I’m offering you the chance to win one book from my read in 2009 list (see left sidebar) and I’ll also donate a book for children or teenagers to a very deserving community library project in Roanoke. Just leave me a comment telling me which book you’d like to win and what you’d like to me to donate (your choice for me to donate can be anything appropriate, it doesn’t have to be from my read in 2009 list). I’ll randomly draw a winner next week. (Edit Contest open internationally, closes midnight GMT 30/12/2009).
Happy New Year everyone and hope to see you round the blogging world for more years to come.
21 comments:
I won't enter your prize draw, as I have begun to realise the scale of my TBR pile and dangerous book addition, but popped in to wish you a very happy first blogiversary! I'll do the meme today as looks fun.
Happy blogiversary! I love the meme, and would have done something similar except the Zen Leaf has only been around since May. I've been blogging longer, but only started the Zen Leaf then. But I love reading other people's first lines! Maybe I'll do that in May. :)
Hm, as for the contest, I think I'd choose Stardust by Neil Gaiman both for a prize and for a donation book. If that's not okay, just let me know. :)
Congrats again!
Happy blogoversary!
If the giveaway is open international I would love to be entered for The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen =)
Happy blogiversary! Wishing you many more!
I choose "Flygirl" for the prize and donation.
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
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Happy Blogiversary! Here's to your milestone!
I would love to be entered and I would totally love to read The Post Office Gilr - Stefan Zweig, and you could donate that one to the charity as well.
Thanks again for the giveaway.
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Happy Anniversary! I also started my blog a year ago...I think right after Halloween...without thinking I would keep it going that long. But, I've met so many wonderful friends - with so many great reading lists - it's like eating potato chips! As far as the contest, I'd chose Woman in White by Collins since I gave mine away last year to a friend, and I've missed it ever since. Neil Gaiman (anything) for the donation. I just finished The Graveyard Book and loved it. Happy New Year!
Congrats on your one-year anniversary! That's great, and I'm glad you are blogging. I think I would choose The Folded Leaf for me, and The Woman in Black for the donation. Thanks for doing the give-away!
Happy blogiversary! I'll forego a book for myself, but I think a donation is a marvelous thing! I hope you enjoy many more years of blogging.
A very happy blogiversary to you!
Happy blogiversary! Blogging has been such an enriching experience for me this year.
I would love to be entered into the draw for a copy of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and would trust your judgement when it came to a very generous donation.
Happy blogiversary, that is so exciting! I'd like to be entered for Once Upon a Time in the North by Phillip Pullman, and think you should donate that one too :)
Happy blogiversary! You don't have to enter me for a prize, but if you do pick my number I hope you donate Chameleon. It's such a great book for teens.
Happy blogiversary! It's wonderful following your reading, and you don't have to enter me for the drawing (too many books, by a long shot), but I think it's a great idea to donate. Wonderful idea!
Oh happy, happy bloggiversary! Wishing you many more years of book talk.
And, thank you for the giveaway. I'll go with, The Rose of Sebastopol (I think I totally misspelled that! ha).
Happy Blogiversary! I love your line from July--sun and cocktails sounds really nice right now! :)
Happy blogiversary! I'm delighted to be reading you!
As for the draw, I'd love to be put in for The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant, and whatever you see fit for a good donation. That's a lovely idea.
Happy blogiversary, Jodie! Here's to many more years :)
(And no need to enter me for the same reason as Peta and Andi :P The donation is a lovely idea, btw!)
no need to enter me either, but I'm glad you started blogging and that I discovered you!
Happy 1st Bloggiversary!!
I don't need to win any books just wanted to congratulate you. :)
Thanks for dropping by everyone and for all the nice things you had to say :) I'll be drawing a winner very soon!
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