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Hola!

How has everyone’s week been?  I’ve been busy busy — work is crazy go nuts, I’ve been honored to help with Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and now I’m searching for a new place to live.  Striking out on my own as it were.  So to say there is loads going on would be an understatement.

What’s going on in Galleysmith-land?  Anything knew in all things bookish?  Suuuureee!

Harry Potter Reading Challenge
Boy you guys really done me proud.  It looks like there are over 100 people signed up to take part and I couldn’t be more excited.  You all hprbuttonare the absolute best readers a girl can ask for.  I know I’ve not been able to take the opportunity to go and respond to everyone’s introductory challenge post but I certainly hope to visit you all soon.

As of yesterday the deadline for the giveaway past.  I’ll be spending some time this week getting things set up and announcing a winner — it will likely be closer to Saturday or Sunday when that happens though so be patient with me.

Literary Road Triplrticon
42 road trippers are currently working their way across their various local municipalities with vim and vigor.  Please be sure to check out all the different posts participants have made.  I’m linking them up through the weekly Road Map I post every Sunday.  And don’t forget participants, let me know you have posted something by adding it to the LRT Mr. Linky.

Kristin Harmel Goodies
This week I started a giveaway of author Kristin Harmel’s work.  Five lucky winners will get a copy of Italian for Beginners and one lucky reader will get the chance to win a grand prize pack of all her women’s fiction novels.  Please read the review, interview and take the opportunity to sign up to win some great work.

Notable and Newsworthy
Around the Interwebs this week there were some great posts that caught my fancy.  If you didn’t catch these on the date they were posted check them out now:

Four Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Publicity from Bloggers at [Personal Branding Blog]

Should Bloggers Have a Code of Ethics Like Journalists Do? at [Twenty Set]

Twenty Simple Ways to Get Massive Traffic to Your Site at [iSnare.com]

The Future of BEA at [Publishers Weekly]

….and That, My Friends, is Why Teenagers Shouldn’t Write at [Hey Teenager of the Year]

19 Things Social Media Consultants or Agencies Cant’ Teach You at [Mpdailyfix.com]

Literary Diet: How Do You Measure Up? at [Book Line and Sinker]

Let’s Be Friends Awardfriends-award
Tam at Bailey’s and Books so generously awarded me the Let’s Be Friends award.  Tam and I started out blogs within months of each other and struck up an immediate friendship so thank you for thinking of me with this wonderful award.  Readers if you haven’t had a chance to check Bailey’s and Books out you should it’s fabulous!

There you have it my friends!  Another week another batch of info.  Here’s to hoping that I catch up on my pile of books to write reviews for.

Have a fabulously productive week :)