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What to Pack on Your Creative Journey #AtoZ

Joy's Book Blog Posted on March 16, 2020 by Joy Weese MollMarch 15, 2020

This is my second run at the A to Z Challenge — 26 blog posts in a month, one for each letter of the alphabet. In 2018, I published an A to Z of British and Ireland posts. That was fun! … Continue reading →

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Bloggiesta Finish Line

Joy's Book Blog Posted on March 26, 2018 by Joy Weese MollMarch 26, 2018

The Spring 2018 Bloggiesta, a week-long extravaganza of tackling blog to-do lists, ended yesterday. I logged some of my activities as I went along. My Readers’ Workout post last week mentioned my backups, updates, and some initial brainstorming for the … Continue reading →

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Bloggiesta, Day 4

Joy's Book Blog Posted on March 22, 2018 by Joy Weese MollMarch 22, 2018

Thanks to the Juggling Life mini-challenge at Cover2CoverBlog, I learned about the BlogAhead challenge — a challenge to schedule ahead 14 posts during the period from March 27 to April 7. That’s ideal for me to make the A to … Continue reading →

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Bloggiesta, Day 3

Joy's Book Blog Posted on March 21, 2018 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Today, I completed a mini-challenge for Bloggiesta. Labels, Categories, and Tags. Oh my! is a challenged devised by Berls of Because Reading is Better Than Real Life. The biggest change I made was to develop a new category called “Link … Continue reading →

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Priority Grid for Motivation and Time Management

Joy's Book Blog Posted on March 15, 2017 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

I’ve always had difficulty setting priorities. Every idea seems equally good and every task equally urgent. My daily to-do lists routinely have three days worth of activities on them. I’ve been doing better in the last year or so since … Continue reading →

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British Entertainment #BriFri #BBAW

Joy's Book Blog Posted on February 19, 2016 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, British Isles Friday, UK & Ireland | Tagged Book Blogger Appreciation Week | 13 Replies

5 Books That Say “Me” #BookBloggerAppreciationWeek

Joy's Book Blog Posted on February 15, 2016 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Today’s task for Book Blogger Appreciation Week is to introduce ourselves through five books. Here’s “Me” : 1. The book that proved to me that African-American history is American history and that my history schooling needed a lot of updating … Continue reading →

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Take a Virtual Trip at Your Library

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 22, 2015 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 22, 2015

The Open Suitcase, the travel blog founded by Cathy Bennett Kopf, interviewed me about how to use library resources for rewarding armchair travel. Our collaborative piece turned out even better than I imagined. Cathy is a terrific editor! Join us … Continue reading →

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Trip Like a Librarian

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 15, 2015 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 15, 2015

I wrote a piece that just got published on Huffington Post in the Travel section: 5 Steps to Prepare for a Trip Like a Librarian.  I’d like to write more travel articles, so you can help my efforts by reading … Continue reading →

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Joining #Reviewathon

Joy's Book Blog Posted on June 26, 2015 by Joy Weese MollJune 26, 2015

There’s a Review-a-thon going on over at The Book Vixen. I’ve got three reviews ready to be written with good notes in place: The latest three novels in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series (done! and scheduled for June 29) Devil in … Continue reading →

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