The Book Pixie: Ending of an Era, Turning of a Page: Farewell Google Reader, Hello Bloglovin'!

Books Read in 2013

~January~
1) Witch's Brew by Heidi R. Kling
2) Shadowlands by Kate Brian
3) The Gleaning by Heidi R. Kling
4) The Voice by Jennifer Anne Davis
5) Destiny's Fire by Trisha Wolfe

~February~
6) Weather Witch by Shannon Delany
7) Blaze by Laurie Boyle Crompton
8) Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

~April~
9) Notes From Ghost Town by Kate Ellison

~May~
10) This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Opel

~June~
11) Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
12) That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard
13) Insomnia by J.R. Johansson
14) Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey
15) A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
16) The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
17) The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
18) Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton
19) The Boy on the Bridge by Natalie Standiford

~July~
20) Light in August by William Faulkner
21) Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

~Books Read in 2012~

~January~
1) The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz Logsted
2) The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

~February~
3) Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
4) Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
5) Fever by Lauren DeStefano

~March~
6) Eggs by Elizabeth Clarke
7) The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller

~April~
8) Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
9) Drinking at the Movies by Julie Wertz
10) The Death Ray by Daniel Clowes
11) Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

~May~
12) The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
13) Fracture by Megan Miranda
14) The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

~June~
15) You Are My Only by Beth Kephart

~July~
16) Dead Letter Office by Kira Snyder

~August~
17) Blood Warrior by H.D. Gordon

~September
18) Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

~December
19) Venom by Fiona Paul
20) Amber House by Kelly Moore
21) Defy the Stars by Stephanie Parent
22) Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Books Read in 2011

~January~
1) Flirt Club by Cathleen Daly (MG)
2) The Sky is Every Where by Jandy Nelson
3) The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
4) Will Work for Prom Dress by Aimee Ferris
5) Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (MG)
6) The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan
7) Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
8) Blood and Flowers by Penny Blubaugh

~February~
9) Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
10) The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
11) In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap
12) A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
13) Mind Gap by Marina Cohen
14) Delirium by Lauren Oliver
15) Steel by Carrie Vaughn

~March~
16) Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams
17) Priscilla the Great by Sybil Nelson (MG)
18) Wither by Lauren DeStefano
19) Purple Daze by Sherry Shahan
20) The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker
21) Wake Unto Me by Lisa Cach
22) All You Get is Me by Yvonne Prinz
23) Drowned Sorrow by Vanessa Morgan
24) Drought by Pam Bachorz

~April~
25) Lost on Spirit River by Tommy Batchelor (MG)
26) Red Glove by Holly Black
27) Family by Micol Ostow
28) The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
29) My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff
30) Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
31) Accomplice by Valerie Sherrard
32) Entwined by Heather Dixon
33) Moonglass by Jessi Kirby

~May~
34) Supernaturally by Kiersten White
35) Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson
36) Hourglass by Myra McEntire
37) Haunted by Joy Preble
38) Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
39) Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

~June~
40) Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston
41) Tighter by Adele Griffin
42) Settling by Shelley Workinger
43) Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
44) Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey

July
45) Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
46) Favorite by Karen McQuestion
47) Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
48) The Queen Bee of Bridgeton by Leslie DuBois
49) Betrayed by Ednah Walters
50) Forgotten by Cat Patrick
51) The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey (MG)
52) The Survivors by Amanda Havard

August
53) Crescent Star by Nicholas Maes
54) Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
55) Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers
56) Kane Richards Must Die by Shanice Williams
57) The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
58) Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

September
59) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
60) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
61) Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday

October
62) Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

November
63) Exiled by M.R. Merrick

December
64) Kiss of Death by Lauren Henderson
65) Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
66) The Iron Quill by Shelena Shorts
67) Rippler by Cidney Swanson
68) Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
69) Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Ending of an Era, Turning of a Page: Farewell Google Reader, Hello Bloglovin'!

Okay, so I just saw a post by a blog that I follow saying that Google Reader is closing. Most of you probably already know this but as I have been kind of out of touch with this marvelous community for a little while, it was news to me. Honestly, I'm pretty sure my jaw hit the keyboard. I reread and reread, wondering what this little fact meant for me. I was in denial. Deep deep denial. I have always loved using Google Reader. It can't possibly be going away. The horror!

Oh but it could. On July 1st to be exact. Once it sunk into my brain that my love for following via Google Reader was not going to make it stay, I went into full on panic. Sure, I have my blog on Facebook, and you can subscribe via email, but I feel like most people don't go that route. (Though please feel free to!)

And then I was just all, "Pull yourself together, girl!" I looked a little closer at Zoe's blog and saw that she was using a site called Bloglovin' as an alternative. I collected my self, took a look at the website, and saw this:

And I was all...

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So I signed up. Imported all my blogs that I follow, which at over 500, only took a few minutes. Then I took the next step and "claimed my blog", which was already on there from where other people had imported me from Google Reader. And I see over 200 of my lovely peeps already follow me through Bloglovin'.

I realize, this may be the end of an era, but it is also the turning of a page. Moving on to bigger and better things. I'm looking forward to getting to use Bloglovin', though the loss of Google Reader will forever remain bittersweet. After all, it was my first.

So peoples, if you love me, if you want to keep following me, in my right sidebar you'll find all the different ways you can follow me, including: Bloglovin', Twitter, Facebook, and Email. I would also highly encourage my fellow bloggers to make the switch.

That said, you should all know that while Google Reader is closing, it is being said that GFC, which I also use religiously, will be remaining available for all blogs through Blogger, at least, so I hear. So you can also still follow me and others through GFC as well.