I didn’t remember until late last night, but yesterday on September 15th, my blog reached 18 years old! Gosh, I never thought when I dipped my blogging toe into the water back on Blogspot in 2008 that I’d still be going – but I just love talking about and sharing books, the best kind of Read More
Tag: Blogbirthdays
12 Years of Blogging
My blog’s anniversary has seemed to come round very quickly this year – Twelve whole years – Eek! As always, a huge thank you to everyone who pops by, you are always very welcome. To celebrate, some thoughts on my favourite instances of the number 12… 12-based number and timekeeping systems Although dealing in tens Read More
11 years a-bloggin’ & a giveaway
My blog began (in its original guise) on September 15th 2008, so today is it eleven years old. I went looking for information on the number eleven and amongst all the gobbledegook of ‘Angel numbers’ and the like, one thing stands out: 11 is the first double-digit PRIME number So I’d like to think that Read More
A Decade of Blogging
On September 15, 2008 I asked a question, “Is there anybody out there?” I wondered. Amazingly, there was, and ten years later, I’m still here. Thank you for reading, visiting, commenting. I always appreciate it. … The Wordle above is made up of my most used and favourite tags and categories over the ten years. Read More
AnnaBookBel is 8!
My blog is eight years old today! It started off at Blogspot as Gaskella on September 15th 2008, eventually moving to WordPress. It was still called Gaskella at that stage, but later I changed the title to Annabel’s House of Books. Then, last summer I took the plunge and bought my own domain – annabookbel.net. I paid Read More
Shiny is 2!
Happy Birthday to Shiny New Books Shiny New Books is two years old today! I’ve added two rather basic candles to our logo (and I’m looking forward to when we can have four!) A huge THANK YOU to my co-editors Simon, Harriet and Victoria and every single one of our contributors who, through quality writing and enthusiasm, have made it the success it undoubtedly Read More
