LGBT Month – April
I’ve been wanting to read more books with LGBT characters for a while and this event is the perfect time for it. There will be a read-a-long, twitter parties, giveaways, and discussion posts. I plan on reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and possibly also Two Boys Kissing, as well as participating in as many of the other activities as I can find time for. Sign-ups are here.
Bloggiesta! – March 27th-30th
I’m very excited for Bloggiesta this year, for a number of reasons. I always love the twitter chats and this year’s topics seem very helpful. I can’t believe I’m hosting a challenge giving people advice this year when it feels like not so long ago I was just starting a blog with no idea what I was getting myself into. And my blog needs lots of maintenance, so this will be a much-needed nudge pushing me to get things done. I’m going to be insanely overly-optimistic with my to-do list and then I’ll just come back later to what I don’t get to during Bloggiesta. Sign-ups are here.
Bloggiesta Goals
- add a review policy page
- brainstorm non-review post ideas (Blog Post Bingo mini-challenge)
update Dewey Decimal Directory of reviewsparticipate in at least one twitter chat- visit blogs of participants in my Book to Movie Challenge
- visit blogs of participants in TLC book tours I’ve done
- visit blogs of participants in other challenges I’m doing
make Non-Fiction Friday headerall social media mini-challenges (4/4)PicMonkey mini-challenge- update Riffle account
make G+ header and otherwise spruce up G+ page- work on Pinterest boards
- figure out if I want to do anything other than cross-post blog posts to G+ and facebook
- add links to all social media sites to blog (perhaps design new logos)
update publisher contact list
Great list of goals! My list keeps growing as I visit other blogs, but I’m doing my best to keep it small and manageable. The mini-challenges all look so tempting this year, and congrats on hosting one of them! Good luck!
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The mini-challenges do look good this year! I’m very excited to be hosting one and wish I had time to do all of the others. I’m sure I’ll revisit the ones I don’t get to during bloggiesta later
Good luck with your goals too!
Thank you so much for signing up for LGBT Month! I hope you have a blast participating in both events.
I’m very excited for both! I’ve been wanting to read Ari and Dante for a while so this event is just the push I needed. Thanks for hosting!
Sounds like you are ready for Bloggiesta. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed by it, but it will get done even if it’s not over the specified weekend.
I wish i had planned time for LGBT April. Hopefully some of the books i have planned already have some sexual diversity to them.
My blog is so very in need of attention! I really hope I’m able to spend some time on it this weekend. I’ve just started tracking statistics about the books I read this year, things like ethnic, gender and sexual diversity of character. I’ve noticed that genders tend to be balanced or skewed towards women without me even trying but I almost never pick up a book with an LGBT character by chance so I’m excited to work on picking them up intentionally in April
So many great events coming up! I hadn’t heard about LGBT month. I’ll have to see what I own that fits into that category. I just finished Other Voices, Other Rooms, which would’ve worked. Hmmmm….
If you’re not able to find something to read, I think there will be twitter chats, discussions, etc, so there are other ways to participate in LGBT month as well. I look forward to hearing what you thought about Other Voices, Other Rooms
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Thank you for sharing! I love that you share the upcoming events because it’s a great way for me to learn about them.
Good luck with your Bloggiesta goals!
Thanks Rebecca, I’m glad to be helpful! I’ll be sure to share your book club event in my next one. I’m excited to read a new classic and the non-fiction you’re pairing with it sounds fascinating. Good luck with your bloggiesta goals too!
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Enjoy the blogging events and thanks for sharing! Next time I will participate
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Great! I don’t if LGBT month will turn into a yearly thing, but I hope so, and I think Bloggiesta is twice a year so that are lots of opportunities to do that
Impressive list! This is my first Bloggiesta so my list is a little smaller. I’m loving the mini challenges so far. I’ll have to look up yours next!
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I made my list long knowing I would never get to all of it during Bloggiesta and I didn’t, but I did make a good start and I’m hoping the momentum will help me get the other things done over the next few weekends. Welcome to Bloggiesta!
Oh gosh, I wish I weren’t already so swamped for April, I’d love to participate in LGBT month! If you want something on the T side, I highly recommend anything by Jennifer Finney Boylan or Helen Boyd.
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Thanks for the recommendations Monika! I don’t know how much I’ll have time to do this month myself, but I’ll definitely look these authors up eventually
I have a Riffle account and I never use it. I had not even thought about it in months. Thanks for the reminder. Congrats on getting things knocked off your list.
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I don’t use my Riffle account much either but now that they’ve added reviews, I’m thinking of getting back into it. I hope you had a productive, fun bloggiesta too!