Thursday Bookish Updates #9

Thursday Bookish Updates is a weekly post here at Silk&Serif devoted to anything book related. The main goal of this posting is to keep readers up to date on what’s going on in the community and get a taste of future posts. I will provide information on some community events I am participating in and blurbs on newly acquired titles to be reviewed at a later date. I might even slip in a few surprises here and there.

I was inspired by a post I read by Kelsye at Wise Ink Blog Ultimate Bloggers Guide to Growing Your Readership. Her list of ways to increase traffic got me thinking about how little I actually do to set schedules and really update readers on what to expect from my little slice of the inter-webs. In theory, this feature should help keep me on track and active. My long term goal is to turn this post into a weekly newsletter of sorts outlining where we are and where we are going.

Sorry this is late everyone, I’ve been rather sick with the flu while juggling job interviews! I’ve realized I am probably a better interview when I’m ill than healthy which is kind of backwards, no?

#OrganizedBlogger

I recently realized I needed to create a list of books I plan to review because I have quite a few on the go or on my TBR list. I’ve utilized my skills with Excel to create an adorable spreadsheet! Its my hope this spreadsheet will help me keep up with ARCs, paperbacks and eBooks I have in queue. I want to ensure I will remember schedules and book lists after I return to work and figured a small database would be the best method. Anyway, its buried on my desktop among rejected cover letters and is gorgeous on the inside:

#Nanowrimo

I have also started planning for Nanowrimo! I don’t think I have any particular skill with writing, but it will be tons of fun! I’ve started developing a plot line for the “novel” I’ll be writing and stressing about how difficult writing a novel actually can be. I am one of those people who get bored of a certain story line well before the sixth page is written, so this will actually be a huge challenge for me.  I don’t know if I’ll make the word count, but the goal is to at least write half a novel by the end of November..prayers are appreciated!

 

 

by Various: Gallery Books. I don’t really read any anthologies so I’m really excited to read Seize the Night. My biggest hope is to find some new authors to check out. A blockbuster anthology of original, blood-curdling vampire fiction from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, including Charlaine Harris, whose novels were adapted into HBO’s hit show True Blood, and Scott Smith, publishing his first work since The Ruins. Before being transformed into romantic heroes and soft, emotional antiheroes, vampires were figures of overwhelming terror. Now, from some of the biggest names in horror and dark fiction, comes this stellar collection of short stories that make vampires frightening once again. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden and featuring all-new stories from such contributors as Charlaine Harris, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Scott Smith, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Kortya, Kelley Armstrong, Brian Keene, David Wellington, Seanan McGuire, and Tim Lebbon, Seize the Night is old-school vampire fiction at its finest.

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