Sunday, March 20, 2011

Independent Literary Awards - The Book Blogger Book Awards

With so many book awards out there, you didn't think bloggers would go without having their own did you? Two thousand ten was the first year for the Indie Lit Awards and it was a big success. For those who are not familiar with the awards:

Independent Literary Awards are given to books that have been recommended and voted on by independent literary bloggers. Nominations are open to independent literary bloggers only, and are then voted upon by a panel of bloggers who are proficient in the genre they represent. Each panel is led by a judge who oversees the integrity of the process.

This year will be the first year the mystery category will be appearing and I am lucky enough to be on the panel of voting members for that category. The other judges in the mystery category are Tina of Reader for Life (Director), Elizabeth of Musings of an All Purpose Monkey, Jen of Jen’s Book Thoughts, and Lesa of Lesa’s Book Critiques.

Nominations open in September, but we need your help now. We need you to read lots of great books so that you can nominate them come September. All we ask is this:

  • You must be a literary blogger; and a link to your blog must be provided so we can verify this (you may not be the author, publisher, or publicist of the book you are nominating).
  • Books nominated must have a 2011 release date.
  • You may nominate a book that has already been listed (the books with the most nominations will be what we add to the Long List).
  • You may nominate books in more than one genre, but only one per genre.
  • Nominations are open midnight PST September 1, 2011 – 11:59 PST December 31, 2011.

If mysteries aren't your thing, don't worry! There are plenty of other award categories as well, including

Biography/ Memoir

GLBTQ

Lit Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

Speculative Fiction

If you want to stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @indielitawards and check out the Indie Lit Awards website.

In the meantime, hurry up and start reading! We'd love it if you could help spread the word about the awards. Grab a button and share it on your blog.


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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Things Have a Way of Coming Together

This past week was quite the whirlwind! Mouse was born at 1:21 a.m. on March 9, 2011, weighing in at 6 lbs and 3.5 oz., 18 inches in length. Her father and I fell in love with her instantly. The last several days have been spent getting to know her and adjusting to parenthood.




Very soon our house will be filled with grandparents and other visitors wanting to get to know Mouse as well. As a result, my attention to my blog will be minimal in the next few weeks. I do have one review ready for posting early next month and hope to at least check in on Sundays to let you know what I've been reading.

In lesser news, Anjin and I got word this past week that the offer on a house we like has been accepted. We are busy working on getting that taken care of as well as making sure the city is doing their part (as they are buying our current home). If all goes well, we will be moving in a month or two. Anjin already has Mouse's room picked out.

Please do stop in and say hello if you have a moment and let me know what you're reading!


© 2011, Wendy Runyon of Musings of a Bookish Kitty. All Rights Reserved.If you're reading this on a site other than Musings of a Bookish Kitty or Wendy's feed, be aware that this post has been stolen and is used without permission.