Well, the start of my Bloggiesta started out with work and a siesta, but now I’m ready to go! For part of this afternoon and tomorrow I’ll be participating in Maw Books Bloggiesta, “a blogging marathon with a fiesta flair.” You can follow at the blog, or follow @bloggiesta on Twitter. I’ll be updating my blog over the next couple days about my progress.
This first post is my overly-ambitious “To Do List.” I wish I could have started earlier today, but I had to work and then I had to take a nap (it’s been an exhausting week).
Reviews
I’m not actually that behind with reviews, but I am going to try to catch up on all of these over the next couple days. Or, at minimum, get the templates for the reviews ready so I can just fill them in when I’m ready.
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer
- The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safon Foer
- Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Blog Improvement Project
This is something I’ve been hosting since January (details here). I need to get ahead on writing task posts, so that’s a major part of the agenda this weekend. Feel free to comment or tweet (@kimthedork) with suggestions for BIP topics.
- Week #11 Wrap Up
- Week #12: Mid-Year Review
- Week #?: Blog Post Bingo #2
- Brainstorm new topic ideas
- Send some e-mails about possible guest hosts
Other Blogging
And, of course, if there’s time between other things or I need a more free-form post to write, I have all sorts of other ideas and blogging maintenance floating around in my head.
- My Infinite Summer
- Spring Reading Thing 2009 Update
- Sunday Salon: Happy Books?
- What Book Should I Read in July?
- Questions for American Gods
- Campus Common Reader
- Do some of the Bloggiesta Mini-Challenges (Google Reader, especially)
- Send blogging photo picture to Cathy
Wow, it looks even more ridiculous than I thought. Oh well, I’m off to blog (finally!)
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Speaking of naps, my boys won’t go down for one. You’ve got a great list! Good luck!
Good luck with your list!
Good luck!
I see some strikethroughs! Nice work!
That’s a good list, and looks like you had a good start! Good luck with the rest of it!
Looks like you are doing great! I, too, loved the google reader challenge – what, folders? Really?
Anyway, I love the title of your blog – at least your dorkiness is sophisticated
I’m unofficially participating in the Bloggiesta. While I won’t have enough time to get reviews done, I’ll be damned if I don’t get WordPress upgraded for my two blogs. It’s been *years* since they were last upgraded, and I only needed a little extra encouragement to get this done. Wish me luck!
I hope you can get them to sleep
Thanks! I’ve got two reviews done so far, which I’m pleased about. Although if every post takes me as long as they did, I’m not going to get anywhere with this list!