New Beginning & Listography

Oh, what a long unexpected hiatus this has been! I know I haven't updated this blog since July, and to be honest I am not quite sure what happened. I knew Summer is always a bit of a lethargic time for me, but this Summer really took me by surprise and I found that I neglected many things, this blog included. But now that Summer is gone, and that Fall has almost past as well, I am ready to start working on this blog again.

Mostly though, I just miss writing about books. I've been reading a fair amount of books in the past few months and I want to talk about them and discuss some of them. So let's start over shall we?
(also expect some guess posts in the future from readers and friends. If you are interested in submitting something to The Woodland Library, please see this post)

If you browse this blog you will soon realize that I am a big fan of lists, and book lists are often the best lists there are. So I made a Listography.com account for The Woodland Library. There you will find all the list that have been featured on this blog. Easy to check, easy to print if you want to carry them with you to your nearest bookstore. These lists will continually grow and some will be added and created with time. If you want to submit a book-related list, please don't hesitate to contact me.

So here we are! November 2011 is well on the way and we are starting anew.
Welcome back!

News & Guest Blogger Request!

Hello!

As you might have realized the blog has been a bit slow in the past two months or so. I have been busy, and have not been much in the mood to write anything. It has been a creatively dry few months and I apologize for my absence.

That said, I have read several books that I want to share with you, and have some reviews in the works, so expect posts to pick up again starting next week.

Upcoming reviews:

• The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, by Jeanne Birdsall
• Playing with the Grown-Ups, by Sophie Dahl
• The Secret Circle series, by L. J. Smith

Also, I would like to ask if any of my lovely followers would be interested in guest blogging at The Woodland Library. I would love to introduce different voices once in a while :)
You could write about anything you want: favourite books, reading habits, opinion pieces, reviews, etc. as long as it relates to books somehow. Want to write about the book that changed your life? sure! Want to write about feminism in YA fiction? Absolutely! Want to write about movies and/or TV shows based on books and how they relate to one another? Why not!
Surprise me!

If you are interested, please email me, so we can discuss things (please write Woodland Library Guest  Blogger in the subject line)

I hope you all are having a wonderful beginning of Summer (or Winter)! What have you been reading lately?

Little News and Reminder.

Hello dear readers,

Let me start this quick post with an apology for my absence in the comments in the past week or so. I was visiting family for Easter and found myself quite busy (or lazy).
I want to thank all of you who commented (especially on the "favourite villains" post). I always enjoy reading your opinions.

One News: I am now on Twitter! And you are quite welcomed to follow me. It will be half personal tweets and half books related stuff.
I am @woodlandtales, hope to see you there!

Reminder: With all my visiting and enjoying family time I forgot last week to post a little reminder.
Last week, The Betrayal of Maggie Blair, by Elizabeth Blair came out. I did a review of the ARC, and you can read it HERE.
It is recommended to all lovers of YA Historical novels.







I hope everyone is well, and enjoying some fantastic books!
More reviews and updates coming soon!

Love, MJ