I’m combating my own laziness and restlessness this weekend by making a few changes around here. Bloggy maintenance always seems to be last on my list, and while it isn’t essential, I still do spend a lot of time on my blog and commenting on others’ blogs, so I might as well make it a bit more comfortable around here. The biggest change is my “Read in” tabs – I hadn’t updated them since 2009! I didn’t think anyone noticed until I actually got an email from a reader who wondered what happened to them. I made a new one for 2011 and am planning on combining the old ones together. I have to add in 2010 and all the links in to the older blog posts as well.
I’m also planning on reconsidering the sidebars and what’s in them and adding in some new headers. The affiliate links are also going to take some thought. So, hopefully within a few days it will be a little bit different and nicer on the blog! Please ignore if things look a bit strange for the next week or two. I’ve also been thinking about a custom redesign, but it’s not in the financial cards just yet.
Also getting a bit organized, or disorganized as it may appear to the casual visitor, I have been making piles of books and I thought I’d share them with you. I have three hanging out on my TBR bookcase right now. The first one here is my Once Upon a Time V pile. I also plan to poach from this for the Read-a-thon, if I feel like it.
The second pile is the actual Read-a-thon pile. I know it’s two weeks away, but I got excited, and we’ll be away next weekend to visit my MIL for British mother’s day, so what time better than now to put it together? The pile kept getting too heavy on the romance – I seem to read short books faster than long ones – but I think the mix looks good now. I’ll be at the library in a couple of weeks to get a few more non-fiction books in there.
Lastly, my regular “immediate” TBR pile. I’ve mentioned before that I like to rotate through my books, reading equally from library, review, and own piles. This short term TBR stack switches between them, and I fill in the bottom with the next type of book as I go. I let myself choose other books or take something out of the middle of the pile sometimes, but generally I try to just get through all nine of them to keep to the mix. The current pile should take me about two weeks.
And that’s it from me today. I’m off to continue reading Monsieur Montespan, a novel set in seventeenth century France about a rare loving marriage, but one in which the Marquis’s wife has caught the eye of King Louis XIV.
Do you have any piles of books lying around your house?
I am an Amazon Associate. Some of the books mentioned / pictured above may have been sent to me for review.
I’m going to make a pile of books today. The TBR Dare ends on Friday, so I’m going to go through the large number of books still on my TBR shelves and cull. It’s time to admit that I’m never going to read a substantial number of them and more them along to someone else who might.
Nice pile of books! I just requested a little pile of Diana Wynne Jones books from the library because of her recent passing. I all ready had one out for the Once Upon a Time challenge, but I have hardly read anything by her since 2009.
I am looking forward to reading/reviewing Dreams Underfoot together!
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Do I have any piles of books lying around the house? Snort – my husband would sputter at anyone even asking me this question. Our bedroom has become the place for stacks of books that have not found a room on the shelves yet – because there is no room. LOL
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I think to switch in my own books into my review copies too but sometimes I get so far behind on review copies all I seem to read are review copies! Um, and yeah, I have piles of books everywhere!
I so need to re-read Howls Moving Castle. Love that story.
I have a few piles going too: to be read pile, donate to library pile, and trade in at used bookstore pile.
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Oh, blog maintenance is one of those things I think we all put off. Of course, I have piles of books sitting around.
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The piles of books are getting more manageable now for me…but oh, yes, I have them. The difference between my piles and yours is that yours are organized so nicely. I’m very jealous.
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Ummmm, well, yes I *do* have piles of books everywhere. But mine aren’t really organized so you can pat yourself on the back because you’re about three steps ahead of me!
And I am very behind in my personal indexes on my blog too. Ugh.
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I’ve been thinking of some sort of sidebar reorganization as well. But I never seem to find time to actually get it done!
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I have piles of books around my apartment — my read-a-thon books are sitting on my bookshelf, just waiting for this Saturday. I can’t wait!
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