Sunday Salon: A Shift In Focus

Today is the third and final in series of Sunday Salon posts in which I also reviewed my 2011 reading goals and launched a new project. There comes a moment in most book bloggers’ blogging careers, I think, when the review requests start to take over. It’s exciting when they start rolling in, so many …

Sunday Salon: just READ it.

Today is the second in a three-week series of Sunday Salon posts in which I also reviewed my 2011 reading goals and will be shifting my reading focus a bit. As I promised last week, today I’m unveiling a new project. Reading projects have been, by far, my most successful and enjoyable reading endeavors. They …

Sunday Salon: 2011 Goals In Review

Today begins a three-week series of Sunday Salon posts in which I’ll be reviewing my 2011 reading goals, launching a new project, and finally shifting my reading focus a bit. I’m excited to learn from this past year’s reading experiments and craft some new ones for 2012! As the end of the year approaches, I …

Sunday Salon: To Rate or Not To Rate?

Today I’d like to talk about ratings. I know this is a topic that has been widely discussed. However, I’ve never talked about it on Erin Reads, so I figured, why not? A few days ago I was talking with a friend about rating books on Goodreads. We were bemoaning the lack of half-stars in …

Sunday Salon: The Plan

Happy Sunday, everyone! Thanks for bearing with me and my new-found busyness. The new job (in a bookstore again, since some of you asked) is going very well, though that plus class has effectively wiped out both my reading time and my blogging time. Luckily, I’ve somehow amassed a backlog of reviews, which shall come …