Considering that it was born just over a week ago on Twitter, 
Armchair BEA is growing up fast! Over 80 people have already signed up to participate in one way or another, and since this is a virtual gathering, it won't run out of room - if you won't be in New York City next week for the "real" Book Expo America and Book Blogger Convention, you can still join us! Here's a quick capsule of the highlights in case you've missed them:
During Armchair BEA, participants will have the chance to do guest posts and/or interviews on one another's blogs, create topical posts, and host or join giveaways (possibly via the Book Depository so international bloggers can join in more easily). We'll have graphics/buttons for you to grab for your blog, and we already have the Twitter hashtag #armchairBEA.Armchair BEA will be launching a dedicated blog very soon, and more details about the daily themes and other exciting info will be posted there. We're having a lot of fun planning this, and we hope you'll have a lot of fun participating - maybe not as much fun as really going to BEA, but at least you'll get to sleep in your own bed!
The tentative schedule of Armchair BEA events is:
- Tuesday, May 25: BEA-related topic post
- Wednesday, May 26: Blogger interviews/optional BEA topic post
- Thursday, May 27: Giveaway Day/optional BEA topic post
- Friday, May 28: BBCon-related topic post
Reading Progress and Plans
Next reviews/reading in progress:Letter to My Daughter, by George Bishop (Tuesday 5/18)
The Heart is Not a Size, by Beth Kephart
The Irresistible Henry House, by Lisa Grunwald
New to the TBR:
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen (for me)
Beautiful Maria of My Soul, by Oscar Hijuelos (for review, via LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
Girl in Translation, by Jean Kwok
BOOKMARKS: Reading-related Reading
Is a short review a more effective review? Is a long review a better review? A discussion on "ideal" review length
Not long ago, I asked if you sent your review links to publishers - the question has come up again, elsewhere
If you're choosing the right books for yourself, you probably won't have much reason to write negative reviews
A "7th sense" of place and time tied to a certain book - do you experience "reading memory?"
Portraits of a TBR Collection - do you live with any of its cousins? Related: one librarian's tactics for getting her personal book collection under control
Do you need to be able to "see" the story - that is, a have a mental picture of the characters and settings - to enjoy the story?
The writer and the WIP - a lovers' quarrel; the shifting online boundaries of a writer's world; just how do writers manage to make money at it? (Not so easily, it seems...)
I hope you have a great reading week!
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