Book Blogger Appreciation Week is Here!

Don't forget that this week is Book Blogger Appreciation Week. Head over to the site every day to see all new stuff going around.

P.S. I'm in the middle of doing some behind the scenes tweaks to the blog, so I may be scare in posting for the next week(s). But I'll still pop in every once in awhile. :)

Happy Squee!

Hey, sorry I've been absent lately. Work the last month has been brutal and my family was here last week, so I was entirely without internet at our hotel. So now it's time to play the catch up game. Hehe.

Anyway, remember when I mentioned I was registering for Book Blogger Appreciation Week? Well, I happened to take a look at the longlists today, and I'm proud to announce that The Shady Glade made the long list for both Best Eclectic Blog and Best Written Blog. Yahoo! I'm totally not expecting to make the shortlist at all, but I am so honored to make it to the long lists. There were A LOT of blogs registered in both categories, so to have my name up there at all was a big surprise. You can see the longlists yourself if you'd like.

So thank you to you, my readers, for getting me this far. Now I'm off to catch up some more so I can hopefully have more time to blog later!

Registering for Book Blogger Appreciation Week

I know I'm coming late to the bandwagon, but I've decided to register for Book Blogger Appreciation Week after all. I know the chances of me actually winning anything are pretty slim, but I think it's a good exercise in reflection of your blog as well. So if, like me, you haven't registered yet, check out the Book Blogger Appreciation Week homepage to get started.

I've decided to register in the "eclectic" category, because although my focus is Young Adult lit, I do a lot of other things besides just YA reviews, especially when looking over the reviews I've done in the past year since the last BBAW. And here's my examples of why I feel I fit eclectic:

• I enjoy doing reviews of graphic novels and/or comics like this one about The Haunted Mansion.
• I occasionally do children's/middle grade books like this post about the Holly Claus books.
• I really had fun with this review, which featured not only my thoughts but my family's as well.
• And of course, I also do Young Adult reviews too, like this one for Never After.

But I also do a lot of other things on this blog besides just reviews. From my LOLcat of the Week feature, to blogosphere memes, to random ramblings. Of course, my favorite example of this right now is my YA Bloggers Debut Book Battle, which is my current project.

So that's my blog in a nutshell, at least over the last year. Here's to see what other good posts we have in store for the next time BBAW rolls around!