Comments on: 2008 in Review

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:41:22 +0000

Laura: It was a whirlwind year! I read so many good books…but, I’ll be happy to have a more relaxed year in 2009!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:40:38 +0000

Thanks, Chris Glad you stopped by!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:19:23 +0000

Wow talk about being organized. You have a very nice set up here. Thank you for sharing and all the book reviews.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:53:26 +0000

Wow, what an amazing year!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:14:31 +0000

LOL, Kelly – I’ve stopped counting too There are a lot of resources for ARCs. I belong to Library Thing Early Reviewers and get ARCs through them, also many of the book publishers have links to media on their site and I’ve requested successfully through those. Shelf Awareness is a daily email which occasionally has clickable ads to request ARCs. And finally, I get a fair amount of emails directly from publishers reps who have found me through my blog. If you have a blog, I recommend you put something in the sidebar that gives publishers a way to contact you…it really does work Good luck.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:56:22 +0000

I think I may have you beat with the TBR pile; there have to be over 300 but I am afraid to count. (This is no way keeps me from buying more; I have books coming today.)

How do you get ARCs?

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:31:38 +0000

Gayla: Thank you!! *laughing* A true bibliophile ALWAYS buys more books than they can read (if it helps you feel better, I’m approaching 300 unread books on my TBR mountain!!). I love getting ARCs (it is my new addiction!), but I have promised myself to put them first in the stacks…so far I’ve gotten very lucky at getting really wonderful ARCs to read Thanks for the Stewart O’Nan suggestion…I loved his latest book so much that I’ve been struggling to decide which of his books I should read next.

By: Gayla Collins(weeklyreaders)

Gayla Collins(weeklyreaders) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:47:21 +0000

Wendy;

I have a giant bone to pick with you. Because of your beautifully composed page of your reads so far, the eloquent reviews, and the plots of the books, I was just forced(by my own hand) to wishlist several of the choices I hadn’t heard of before. Now why, when I have 150+ books waiting to be read, do I need to buy more books? Because I am a pathetic biblophile and you are feeding my addictions.

Yes, I am going to blame you as I have run out of excuses. I LOVE to read so much; I am like you…it is a passion, a requirement for my joy, a habit I have no intention of changing.

I loved reading your reviews. They are exquisite. Oh, and you are redeemed because so many of the books haven’t been released yet, thus giving me time to buy them a bit more slowly than most. You must get many ARCS and with the fabulous job you do of presenting and pondering the books, you deserve them.

Keep up the good work and I will be viewing what you read eafch month.

May I suggest “The Last Night at the Lobster” by Stewart O’Nan. I thought it wonderful.

My best;
Gayla Collins in Wyoming

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:01:30 +0000

Diane: Thank you so much! I love adding to people’s TBR mountains

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:47:55 +0000

Your Blog is amazing (i’m just learning). I so enjoy reading your reviews; very well done. Thanks for helping me add to my TBR list.