I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend! It seems that Mother Nature decided this weekend really did herald in the autumn, as it’s drizzly and chilly in NYC today. It turns out it’s the best weather to hunker down and catch up on blog reading. Here are some interesting links we’ve been reading lately:
- The Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2011 shortlist just came out and CONGRATULATIONS to author Veronica Roth (DIVERGENT) for her nomination in the “Published Author Blog” category. Thanks to Lee Wind at I’m Here, I’m Queer, What the Hell Do I Read? for the link (and congrats to his nomination as well)!
- There’s still time to have the teens in your library or classroom vote for YALSA’S Teens’ Top 10 – they have until September 16th.
- Family of robots? Bookshelves of Doom does it again: makes me laugh hysterically first thing in the morning before I’ve even had coffee.
- The time has come: awards buzz is in full effect. Heavy Medal has started their coverage of all things Newbery. There doesn’t appear to be a link yet, but keep an eye out for Horn Book‘s own blog, Calling Caldecott.
- Liz Burns over at A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy had quite the ordeal, courtesy of Hurricane Irene. Read her story and check out her links of other bloggers with Irene stories.
- Snape voted the favorite Harry Potter character? Really??? It’s a total upset. Me, I’m a Hermione fan through and through. And you?
- Sam over at Parenthetical has a fascinating blog post, “To RSS or not to RSS?” Really? Only 6% of North American, Internet-using consumers use an RSS feed once a week or more? That floors me, as I couldn’t live without Google Reader to help me keep it all organized (and I couldn’t live without my Bloglines before that, nor could Liz). What do you think? When everyone and their brother has a blog out there, how do you keep it all organized?
- Once again, Seattle Public Library closes for a week due to budget cuts. I think the quote at the end really gets to the crux of the problem: “You kind of take it for granted – and then suddenly you miss it when it’s gone.”
- Doing last-minute book buying for school? Here’s a list of some back-to-school titles from the New York Times.
Have a great (short!) week, everyone, and enjoy the cooler weather!
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