New adventure

I wouldn’t normally blog about this type of stuff here, but since it pertains to books, I figured that eventually something will be interesting to people.

A couple weeks ago, I applied for a “job” as an Arts & Entertainment writer for Examiner.com. I wasn’t sure if anything would actually come of it, but they liked me enough on paper, so now after choosing the area in which I would like to write, I have become a Books Examiner for the Boise, ID edition.

I’ve written two articles so far, no reviews yet, and I know some won’t be that interesting to people who don’t actually live in Boise, but I hope to eventually have something for everyone.

The two articles I have written so far are:

• The pros and cons of library book sales
• New library at Ustick and Cole

One main reason I am trying to get the word out there, is because the more page views I get the more the pennies rack up, and since I’m currently unemployed I’m using this is a my only job. I don’t expect it to pay much, but hopefully there will be something fun for everyone.

In the near future, I will start including my new release reviews there as well, most likely posted before they are on this site, and sometimes even a little different review than what I have here.

Either way, I hope so of you won’t mind checking it out and keeping it in mind for the future. I hope to eventually include something on my page that will be updated with all the articles as they become available.

Thanks.

BTT – Unread and TBR

I’m weeks and weeks behind on Booking Through Thursday, but considering I haven’t had much to blog about, this one sounded fun, so I’m incorporating the past two weeks into one.

An idea I got from The Toddled Dredge (via K for Kat). Here’s what she said:

“So here today I present to you an Unread Books Challenge. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you have not read, but keep meaning to. The books that begin to weigh on your mind. The books that make you cover your ears in conversation and say, ‘No! Don’t give me another book to read! I can’t finish the ones I have!’ “

A good majority of what is one here has been sitting there for over a month. A few are new. Included are: 2 early Batman graphic novels, Four Blind Mice, High Five, Sin City: Volume 5, Decked, The English Patient, Memoirs of a Geisha, Marley and Me, Pride Prejudice and Zombies, From Dead to Worse, Gone With the Wind, D is for Deadbeat, Five Days in Paris, and A River Runs Through It.

Follow-up to last week’s question:

Do you keep all your unread books together, like books in a waiting room? Or are they scattered throughout your shelves, mingling like party-goers waiting for the host to come along?

I did some rearranging not long ago, and began to organize my book shelves not only by books already read, but by author as well, so the series books I read will all be together in one spot. Of course, it doesn’t take long for them to get a little mixed up because I am currently out of shelf space so books (unread and read) are mingling around on the edges waiting for a home. It makes it much easier when picking out new books to read, knowing where to look exactly.

August Reading Challenge

Pizza’s Book Discussion is holding then newest challenge, that is all about who can read the most books in one month. Not quite sure if that’s me, but either way I always enjoy a challenge and keeping track of what I read.

My List:

1. Four Blind Mice by James Patterson
2. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
3. Run For Your Life by James Patterson
4. Decked by Carol Higgins Clark
5. Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
6. The Noticer by Andy Andrews
7. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
8. Sin City: Hell and Back (Vol. 7) by Frank Miller
9. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert