Welcome to my introductory post! This is my very first Armchair BEA event. I’m looking forward to participating. The lovely folks over at the Armchair BEA site have asked us to introduce ourselves by answering a few questions.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?
Howdy! I’m Jennifer and I’ve been blogging for just under a year. I used to drive my Facebook friends nutty by flooding their feeds with book stuff. I decided to start a book blog when my sister begged me to stop gently suggested that I needed a different outlet for all of my bookish thoughts. Tah dah!
Where in the world are you blogging from? Tell a random fact or something special about your current location.
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| Practically in Canada |
I’m located in the lovely north woods of Hayward, Wisconsin. Hayward is a small city of just over 2000 people. Our claims to fame? The Lumberjack World Championships, the American Birkebeiner ski race, and the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging but do you have a humongous 4-story fiberglass musky in your town? I thought not.
What are you currently reading, or what is your favorite book you have read so far in 2013?
Right now I’m participating in a readalong of Under the Dome by Stephen King.
I put together a Hall of Fame post to highlight my favorites from the first quarter of 2013. One book that I keep telling everyone to read is The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne.
Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.
There are two animals that give me the heebie-jeebies: standard size poodles and hyenas. Gross.
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Hey, you live further North than I do!!!
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It can't be that time already. Let the fun and comments begin. Happy BEA.
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See!? I'm telling you, I might as well be Canadian 😉
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I'm pretty excited. I've never participated before and I'm looking forward to all of the shenanigans! Thanks for visiting Michael 🙂
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Hyenas ARE gross…except for the silly one in The Lion King. He was funny.
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Wow, that musky is impressive! I liked getting to you better. Didn't know you were so close to Canada. My intro post will be up tomorrow.
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True! Those were the only hyenas that didn't make me feel yucky in my tummy!
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You'll be posting tomorrow like you're supposed to?? LOL, I just realized that it's MONDAY. Way to go Jen!! These holiday weekends turn my brain to mush. That musky is so funny. I drive by it many times a week and I'll never get used to that giant thing 😉
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The musky – way cool 🙂 And I love poodles – but teacup Yorkies freak me out, as do Corgies!!!Tanya PatriceGirlxoxo.com
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Yay another Armchair Bea person. Great to see you here too 🙂 Poodles are kind of freaky. I can imagine you do not like them!
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I don't know what it is but those big poodles scare the bejeepers out of me! LOL 😉
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Oh yay, glad to hear that you're participating!! 😀
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I'm not participating in Armchair BEA this year, but I look forward to reading your posts!
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Thanks Lark 🙂 This is my first time, I'm all giddy!
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Wow – those are pretty impressive claims to fame Hayward has! We definitely do not have anything nearly as impressive as a 4-story tall musky.
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I've definitely decided to take part :)And that sculpture, it would only ever happen in America! 😛
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Oh yes, this town is a pretty big deal 😉
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Yay Sam! You can actually walk up inside of the fish. There's quite a view from up there 😉
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Hyenas are nasty!! LOL
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Aren't they?? Their shape is so weird and they make me feel UNCOMFORTABLE!
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It's always fun to learn more about my favorite bloggers 🙂 I hope you have lots of fun with the Armchair BEA. I have friends coming into town from the East Coast and it is a testament to how much I like them that I'm allowing them to come this weekend 🙂 Plus, it's one of their 30th birthdays, so it's not like we could change that.
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Awesome sculpture!
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Thanks Allison 🙂 I hope you have a blast with your pals!
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It's pretty groovy right? I find myself ashamed and proud of it at the same time, lol.
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Dat muskie is pert-neer awesome, dontcha know!
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Kristin! You speak my language! 😉
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1) I didn't realize you were from Wisconsin! Hayward is actually not that far from my parents' cabin on Bone Lake. 2) I have been telling a lot of people about The World's Strongest Librarian too. It was such a great book!
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Yep, WI born and bred. 🙂 Well look at that, I'm practically neighbors with your parents. Or with their cabin anyway! Very cool :)Wasn't that book just so good? It made me laugh like a fool for one thing. Josh is a sweetheart too. He deserves all the success in the world!
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Hmmm, I'm pretty sure my father is planning on catching that large a fish this week. He's headed up to Pickerel Lake, WI before me as I have to finish the school year here in Illinois. Nice to learn more about you!
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Oh gosh, Armchair BEA is here already! It's a fun week, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I'm doing the DomeAlong too. I started listening to the audio Saturday and am already a quarter of the way into it.
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Good luck to your dad! 😉 I didn't know you were a fellow Midwesterner, yay!
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It might be a bit insane around here. I have a few review posts scheduled and I think I'll be posting nearly every day for BEA. 😀 I'm so glad your doing the DomeAlong! It's been so long since I've read a chunky King and I'm loving it.
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Standard size poodles? lol Thank your sister for us!
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Crazy! LOVE that fish sculpture! I can only imagine how proud you are to share this. Thank you. (Actually, I intend on quizzing my husband on where the Hall of Fame for Fishing is. He'll probably know and that will crush me, but I 'll try it anyway.)
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I know, it's the weirdest phobia in the land. They look like aliens to me…shudder! LOL, I'll thank her for sure 😉
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I'm very curious if he'll know where it is!!
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Those big poodles are icky, I agree. And no, I am TOTALLY LACKING in giant fish in my town (I think…I just moved). Nice to meet you!
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OMG. If it weren't for the impossible coldness you endure each winter, I'd move to Hayward. A giant musky AND the Lumberjack championships?! AWESOME!
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Your blog is one of those where I thought: how come I didn't discover it earlier (than I id)? And the answer often is: because it's a young-ish blog! I thought you'd been going forever!I'm jealous of that fish. Our town needs one! 🙂
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You betcha! 🙂 hehe Looking forward to reading your ABEA posts—I think I would have liked to participate, but I am just finding out about it now and it's actually pretty tough to keep up with online group things without internet at home! (hopefully this is only a temporary problem)
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They creep me out beyond belief, lol. Nice to meet you too Jennifer!
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Right?! If we didn't have a 9 month long winter this would be the perfect place to live!
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Thanks Judith 🙂 Yep, I'm a newbie! I'm coming up on my 1 year blogoversary soon. I'll have to come up with a fun way to celebrate. A Jennibration if you will 😉 I think EVERY town needs a giant musky, lol.
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There are going to be a lot of posts here this week. I have a couple of reviews scheduled and will all of the ABEA posts…yikes. I'll plan things out a bit differently next year. I'd probably lose my ever lovin' mind without the internet. That's sad eh? 😉
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So…about that musky thing…Why is there a giant statue of one in your town??Happy Armchair BEA! I hope you have a blast. 🙂
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I am so glad you told us about Hayward. When I addressed your audiobook package the other day I was like, \”I wonder where that is?\” Now I know it's home to the LUMBERJACK CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! I feel so enlightened!! 🙂
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Because Hayward is AWESOME? Ha ha, no. It's located on the grounds of the Fishing Hall of Fame 😉 Hayward is known as the MUSKY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD though. I bet you're dying to visit!
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We're hot stuff around here, I'm telling ya! The big shots of Wisconsin, ha ha!
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Hey Jen! I love big poodles and I don't like the little ones. But I LOVE big dogs! Thanks for dropping by!Kendal
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To be honest I could live without poodles entirely, lol. But those big ones? Oooooh they freak me out!
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