tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post3427721836554584718..comments2024-03-25T13:09:43.054-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: Well, I've been doing this blogging thing for six years now...Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-17842081924690345322013-03-06T21:10:36.652-05:002013-03-06T21:10:36.652-05:00Thanks! It's not exactly stats on google read...Thanks! It's not exactly stats on google reader, but if you search for your own blog, you can see how many subscribers you have...Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-23648458617862355522013-03-06T16:28:58.607-05:002013-03-06T16:28:58.607-05:00Happy Blogiversary. I always enjoy reading your re...Happy Blogiversary. I always enjoy reading your reviews, and have found quite a number of great books here. Your Sunday roundup posts are great. I'm glad you've become calmer, calmer is good, as is acceptance. I write a small blog too, we have our place, but it keeps me happy and off the streets. Stats checking is still fun though- I didn't know there were stats on google reader- will have to try and check that out. Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187730620736345378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-17971862288824187942013-02-13T13:03:08.846-05:002013-02-13T13:03:08.846-05:00Happy, happy blogiversary! I track down books fro...Happy, happy blogiversary! I track down books from your blog more often than any of the others I read, and send your reviews on to our youth fiction librarian if we don't already have them. <br />I'm amused at the blogging=high school metaphor. I've been thinking that very thing of late. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-75879749102952469032013-02-12T09:39:03.984-05:002013-02-12T09:39:03.984-05:00Yes, it is true that my high school life is very m...Yes, it is true that my high school life is very much like my blogging life! I had my circle of five friends, and that was actually enough for a happy life (which was about ten percent of my class, and I figure I maybe am friendly with more than ten percent of the children's book bloggers (at least the ones I know about), so actually I am more social in blogging, which is nice).Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-33901325172485246202013-02-12T09:36:19.109-05:002013-02-12T09:36:19.109-05:00I have decided to compete only with myself, and in...I have decided to compete only with myself, and in so doing become Better Person and Blogger :) or something....Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-23299140918054171602013-02-11T19:51:03.853-05:002013-02-11T19:51:03.853-05:00Happy, happy blogiversary! I try to think of blogg...Happy, happy blogiversary! I try to think of blogging like high school-- I didn't have many friends, but the ones I had cared about what I said. I think you have a good niche, an absolutely solid blog, and an enormous breadth and depth of knowledge about MG Fantasy. Why both of us aren't on the cover of, say, School Library Journal is just one of those imponderables, like why do the cheerleaders in our high school want to friend us on Facebook NOW? Here's to many, many more years of your great blog, especially Time Slip Tuesday, so I have an excuse to read more time travel!Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-21571516229663026412013-02-11T19:16:05.202-05:002013-02-11T19:16:05.202-05:00Happy Blogversary. I am on autopilot in terms of g...Happy Blogversary. I am on autopilot in terms of giveaways; I don't sign up for them, because in my head, I'm still overseas. I'll get better at it, I swear.<br /><br />I think "deep" in this blog review thing sometimes is What I First Think. Sometimes your thoughts are just going to be deeper than others. But I do think it is good that you're calmer. (Please note that I snicker quietly at the idea of you as less competitive, but yeah, okay. I can see you <i>trying</i>.)tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-65394403397167163682013-02-11T12:37:49.547-05:002013-02-11T12:37:49.547-05:00I love your thoughts on how you've changed ove...I love your thoughts on how you've changed over the years (six!). It reminds me of how I've changed (or how I want to change still). Love what you do - keep doing it!melissa @ 1lbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292714636311546457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-63833296119616748092013-02-10T07:54:15.022-05:002013-02-10T07:54:15.022-05:00Thank, you all!Thank, you all!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-24398853420185428742013-02-10T06:04:48.813-05:002013-02-10T06:04:48.813-05:00Congrats on six years. Here's looking forward ...Congrats on six years. Here's looking forward to 6 more:)middle grade ninjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15132043736808253237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-40458005791769707162013-02-10T04:58:26.014-05:002013-02-10T04:58:26.014-05:00I trust your reviews. You are very funny.
What e...I trust your reviews. You are very funny. <br /><br />What else is important?<br /><br />(Also you are an archaeologist who loves children's fantasy novels so both my child-self and my adult-self think you may be the coolest human in the world.)Pennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-56146362565470129452013-02-09T15:24:05.534-05:002013-02-09T15:24:05.534-05:00Happy 6 years! I, too, enjoy reading all of your ...Happy 6 years! I, too, enjoy reading all of your posts, even if I don't often comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-38939349290184672092013-02-09T09:17:37.960-05:002013-02-09T09:17:37.960-05:00Happy bloggy birthday! And many happy returns of t...Happy bloggy birthday! And many happy returns of the day!Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-18957950207479512702013-02-08T23:17:55.366-05:002013-02-08T23:17:55.366-05:00I have had quite a few adults read MG - Angie Sage...I have had quite a few adults read MG - Angie Sage, Brandon Mull, Rick Riordan, those Disneyland fantasies I can't remember the name of at the moment, but I think there's a lot more stigma attached to reading younger books, even among librarians.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-65461201427637219062013-02-08T23:06:16.683-05:002013-02-08T23:06:16.683-05:00Happy blog-birthday!
Good luck getting lost in th...Happy blog-birthday!<br /><br />Good luck getting lost in the blizzard?<br /><br />Only, not too lost, because I still want to see more blog entries from you in the future.Bookwyrmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206423697706457318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-71974051109883088852013-02-08T21:23:29.795-05:002013-02-08T21:23:29.795-05:00There's a logic in the shiny-ness of YA, of co...There's a logic in the shiny-ness of YA, of course, because teens (and adults) are more likely to spend their own money on them. I wonder if the adults reading the YA these days will work their way on down!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-47339830240532961842013-02-08T21:22:29.292-05:002013-02-08T21:22:29.292-05:00My expectations were perhaps too high. It's n...My expectations were perhaps too high. It's not over yet, but I'll be in bed for rest of the fun....oops. The power has started flickering....Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-73693807789364167222013-02-08T21:04:16.754-05:002013-02-08T21:04:16.754-05:00Wow six years! Thank you for existing and stickin...Wow six years! Thank you for existing and sticking with this for so long. You are one of my favorites and consistently wonderful.<br /><br />Sorry about your disappointing blizzard. (Think that's the first time I've ever said anything close to that.)Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105770016693038906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-36636634878153687422013-02-08T20:58:48.098-05:002013-02-08T20:58:48.098-05:00YA definitely seems to be more "shiny" w...YA definitely seems to be more "shiny" when it comes to galleys and reviews. A lot of my middle school patrons read middle grade as well as young adult books, and patronize both floors of our library, but there always seems to be more publicity for teen books. Possibly because so many adults are reading YA now.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-8747939900937855502013-02-08T19:46:04.670-05:002013-02-08T19:46:04.670-05:00I think it's hard, too, for the middle grade b...I think it's hard, too, for the middle grade bloggers because our target audience (adults who read middle grade and the mg Gatekeepers--mg librarians, teachers, etc.), aren't really groups who seem to read many blogs, and there is no easy way to reach them!<br /><br />I hope your YA project is going well!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-57206831663328054952013-02-08T19:42:58.626-05:002013-02-08T19:42:58.626-05:00I agree. When I see a middle grade review on a big...I agree. When I see a middle grade review on a big YA blog, I try to comment. I decided to make my new project YA because it seems so much easier to get published that way and so many bigger avenues to publicize your book through blogs. But that's sad. They say that middle grade authors grow their following slowly and I suppose it's the same for middle grade bloggers.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-75143740792364776202013-02-08T19:33:27.544-05:002013-02-08T19:33:27.544-05:00viz being one with our books-- I will probabably h...viz being one with our books-- I will probabably have enough tbr books still undread in fifty or so years to make a nice coffin--it will be one of those viral book photo things and will bring me fame. Note to self--inform husband.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-82020355524539955242013-02-08T19:31:59.853-05:002013-02-08T19:31:59.853-05:00Happy blogoversary! And here's to change, as w...Happy blogoversary! And here's to change, as well. And to being one with our piles of books. <br /><br />And to many more years of this!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217383813263874657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-26676096952135929442013-02-08T19:31:19.977-05:002013-02-08T19:31:19.977-05:00Thank you so much!!!Thank you so much!!!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-627474647918486972013-02-08T19:30:41.569-05:002013-02-08T19:30:41.569-05:00No need to be sorry! Thanks for sharing your obse...No need to be sorry! Thanks for sharing your observations viz the authors--blogging is still, I think, in a state of youthful flux, although perhaps it will always be subject to periods of ups and downs! It surprises me every week how few mg sff reviews I'm able to find...even when I search for the relativly "big" releases, I don't find much. I think they get overshadowed by the YA books, and there's not as much crossover as one would think with YA readers reading mg.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.com