Book Blogger Appreciation Week!

Hey Everyone!

I just wanted to do a quick (okay after I put the whole post together I realized it's not quite as brief as I thought it would be, I got excited and rambled a bit) post about Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2011 since nominations are now underway. For those of you who don't know, as the title suggests, Book Blogger Appreciation Week is a week long event with all sorts of fun guest posts, giveaways, and of course awards honoring book bloggers who have been nominated in different categories. I had just started the blog last year when nominations were taking place so I wasn't able to contribute to the voting process, but I'm really excited to be a part of it this year and nominate some of my very favorite blogs as a token of the deep, deep love I harbor for all of them :-)

If you're interested in nominating some of your favorites, you can click on the following links (nominations close August 13th)! They've changed the process a bit this year and you must have a Twitter or Google account in order to register and submit nominations, but basically you just sign in using one of those accounts and then fill out the form with the the name of the blog you're nominating, the URL address, and the blogger's email. You can find more information about the awards process HERE. They also have a FAQ page to answer any questions you may have!

There are a lot of different categories and you absolutely do not have to nominate a blog for each one, you can just fill out the ones you are most familiar with and submit them. All the different categories are listed below. There's also some new book-related categories this year in addition to the blogger categories like Favorite Character, Best Cover and Favorite Bookish Relationship or Romance, and I can't wait for those results!

BOOK BLOGGER CATEGORIES:

Best Written Book Blog
This blog is consistently well-written, clear, and engaging, no matter what the subject.

Best Author Interviews
This blogger does his or her research and asks the questions no one else does. These interviews are top-notch. Note that this award reflects the quality of the interviews, not the popularity of the person being interviewed.

Best New Book Blog
his blog was launched on or after September 1, 2010. The blogger has already made his or her mark in terms of the quality of the reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content on the blog; it’s hard to imagine the book blogging world without this blogger.

Best Book Blog Meme
This weekly or monthly meme is one that you never miss. You look forward to contributing on a regular basis and/or to reading the participants’ posts.

Best Book Blogging Event
This event, whether it focuses on blogging, reading, collecting reviews, or building community, inspires everyone to join in. It brings bloggers together for fun, learning, reading, or mutual support and help.

Best Book Blog Feature or Series of Posts
This weekly or monthly feature is something that an individual blogger does on a regular basis, but that does not include the community participation of a meme.

NICHE CATEGORIES:

Best Eclectic Book Blog

This blog doesn’t specialize in any one book genre. It is known for consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in a variety of genres.

Best Kidlit Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content for books written for young children through middle-grade readers.

Best Young Adult Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content for books written for a young adult audience.

Best Nonfiction Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in nonfiction. It may cover a variety of areas or focus on one particular field.

Best Speculative Fiction Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and/or paranormal books. The blog may cover several of these subgenres or just one.

Best Literary Fiction Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in literary fiction.

Best Classics Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in classics.

Best Romance Book Blog

This blog offers the best reviews and specialized content in romance books of any subgenre, from historical to contemporary.

Best Historical Fiction Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in historical novels. For the purposes of this award, consider historical anything from 1945 (World War II) and older.

Best Mystery/Suspense/Crime Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in mysteries, suspense, and/or crime. The blog may cover several of these subgenres or just one.

Best Horror/Thriller Book Blog

This blog offers the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in horror and/or thrillers. This blog may cover both of these subgenres or just one.

Best GLBT Lit Book Blog

This blog features the best reviews and specialized content in GLBT books. This blogger may or may not self-identify as a member of the GLBT community, but he or she focuses on GLBT literature on the blog

Best Cultural Book Blog

This blog features the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in books and/or authors of a *specific* cultural identity. This blogger may or may not self-identify with the culture featured on the blog but focuses on that culture’s literature.

Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated Nonfiction Book Blog

This blog features the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content in the graphic medium.

Best Publishing/Industry Blog

This blog features the best content on the publishing industry and is written by an industry professional.

Best Published Author Blog

This blog features the best content written by an author. This is an author who keeps an active blog that engages his or her readers.

Best Spiritual, Inspirational, or Religious Book Blog

This blog features the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content on books that address a life of faith. This blog is not necessarily associated with an organized religion and may discuss either fiction or nonfiction books.

Best Audiobook Blog

This blog features the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content on audiobooks.

Best Poetry Blog

This blog features the best consistently excellent reviews, recommendations, analyses, and other content content in poetry.

Best Bookstore Blog

This blog is associated with a retail bookstore, offering book news, staff recommendations, and other content of interest to people who love to shop for books.

Best Bookish Miscellaneous Blog

This blog has a specific focus that is related to books, but doesn’t include reviews of books. It might focus on book cover design, books in culture, trends in books, hidden treasures in books, etc.

Whew. That was a lot of categories, but again you don't have to nominate a blogger for each one, you can pick and choose. Much love to all my fellow bloggers, this first year of blogging has been way too much fun and I'm thrilled to be part of such a positive community of people:)