THE BOOKANISTAS: OUR BIG RELAUNCH

For the past few years, I have belonged to an amazing group of reader-bloggers known as The Bookanistas. Our collective includes librarians, writers (published and not-yet-published), parents, friends, travel enthusiasts, theater geeks, and people who are actually great at technology stuff (I'm not in that bunch but am grateful to know them). Foremost, however, we are all readers and lovers of stories. We are kids who grew up sneaking books into bed, reading by flashlight under covers, asking for books for Christmas and, as adults, having an embarrassing number of books to dust on those occasions when we clean house.

Today, we are re-launching our www.thebookanistas.com website with a bright new look.

We're sharing summer (reading) tips. Here are mine:

• Read one book outside of your favorite genre this summer. An adult book, a sci-fi (if you're a contemp fan--or vice versa), or even a pile of picture books. And, reread an old childhood favorite (Nancy Drew, Little House, Judy Blume.) Ask yourself if you've become a different type of reader as an adult. Do you still love the oldie (and for the same or different reasons)? Can you appreciate the off-genre book (and how/why)?
• Don't wear a binki if you don't want to. T-shirts rule. Especially if they're from Broadway shows or Buffy or make me look like I have an actual waistline (hey, I'm allowed to dream).

AND there are prizes if you enter!

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THE WINNER OF THE BOOKANISTA RELAUNCH GIVEAWAY OF AWESOME WILL RECEIVE

Signed copies of these Bookanista-authored books…

IF I LIE and TOUCHED by Corrine Jackson PLUS ARCs of JUST ONE DAY and SPEECHLESS
LET THE SKY FALL by Shannon Messenger
BY BLOOD by Tracy Banghart
POSSESSION, SURRENDER and ABANDON by Elana Johnson
TOUCHING THE SURFACE by Kimberly Sabatini (plus a swag surprise)
BAD TASTE IN BOYS by Carrie Harris
AUDITION by Stasia Ward Kehoe
THE GIRL GUIDE by Christine Fonseca (plus sweet swag)
MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza
LEVEL ONE by Lenore Appelhans
 
AND A SECOND WINNER WILL GET A BOX FILLED WITH Bookanista-beloved reads including DITCHED by Robin Mellom, JELLICO ROAD by Melina Marchetta, TAKEN by Erin Bowman, CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare, MONSTROUS BEAUTY by Elizabeth Fama and SPARROW ROAD by Sheila O’Connor.

Now, pop along to get advice from more Bookanistas and feel free to leave your own tips and recs anywhere along the way! Where? At the websites and blogs of...
Carolina Valdez Miller, Carrie Harris,  Christine Fonseca, Corrine Jackson, Debra Driza, Elana Johson, Jessica Love, Katy Upperman, Kimberly Sabatini, Lenore Appelhans,  Nikki Katz, Rebecca Behrens, Shannon Messenger , Shelli Johannes-Wells, Tracey Neithercott, and Tracy Banghart!