If I could wrap my arms around the great big blogosphere I totally would y’all!

I’m so very grateful for the kindness and support everyone has given Galleysmith.com.  It’s because of you that I was nominated for a BBAW award so the fact that I was further shortlisted has me awed and humbled.  Add to that the fact that I’ve been placed in what I think is the most appropriate category for my blog goes to further show that the process works!  Even more than that look at my competition:
Web
Beth Fish Reads
Books and Bards
Scifiguy.ca
Steph Su Reads

Dude!  Right? I mean seriously?  Could it get better than that?  I’m so wayyyy beyond amazed and just so very very thankful.

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As part of the process I was asked to submit five links that I felt were representative of my blog in this category so I provided the following:

The Literary Road Trip
Italian For Beginners Book Review
Kristin Harmel Interview
Who’s Your Target?
The Hunger Games Book Review

I hope you all feel I chose wisely!  I tried to provide a little of this and a little of that to show diversity and breadth of involvement.

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Polls for all categories are now open and I encourage you to head over to vote if you feel you’d like to.  If you aren’t interested in participating in the awards you might still enjoy the community building parts throughout the week.  I won’t rehash what the purpose of BBAW is here but I will point you to a phenomenal post by The Book Smugglers outlining why it’s about more than just the awards.

Book Blogger Appreciation week festivities run from September 14 through September 18.  I’m looking forward to having some fun, connecting with new and different bloggers, and just appreciating books!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  You are truly the best :)