The Sunday Salon ~ It’s My Blogiversary

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1. Martina Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:06 pm

   1 Congrats on three years! Wow, my first year blogiversary is coming up and I can’t even imagine three. I’ve been reading your blog for about 6 months now and really love it. Keep up the good work! Reply to this comment.

2. softdrink Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:12 pm

   2 Happy blogiversary!! I’m really about remembering dates (I don’t even pay attention to my own blogiversary), but I think I started reading your blog sometime before your big makeover. Reply to this comment.

3. Beth F Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:15 pm

   3 Congrats on your 3 years! I’ve been blogging a year and 4 months — just a baby! I’m looking forward to what the future brings you. Reply to this comment.

4. Lisa Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:15 pm

   4 Happy blogoversary! Reply to this comment.

5. Kathy R (Bermudaonion) Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:16 pm

   5 Happy Blogiversary, Jennifer! Three years is something to celebrate! Your blog was one of the first I discovered, so I’d say I’ve been reading it for a year to a year and a half. Reply to this comment.

6. Angela D. Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:16 pm

   6 Wow, three years! Congratulations! I hope I can keep up blogging for that long and longer. I honestly have no idea how long I’ve been reading your blog. I know the year of reading deliberately post sticks out in my mind but I’m pretty sure I was following before that. I enjoy your posts very much. Those are some great prizes you are giving away Reply to this comment.

7. Jenn's Bookshelves Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:35 pm

   7 Happy Blogiversary! I’ll be celebrating my second blogiversary in March. I think I’ve been following your blog when I started blogging, so about 2 years now. Reply to this comment.

8. Amanda Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:41 pm

   8 I’ve been reading for probably about a year now. Congrats on 3 years! amandarwest at gmaildotcom Reply to this comment.

9. Sandy Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 1:51 pm

   9 3 years is like 7 years in blog time I think. Like Beth, I am still a baby, with only a year and three months under my belt. I cannot really remember when I started following you. It was the spring of 2009 I think, so I guess it’s been between 9 months and a year? My memory is so bad. Reply to this comment.

10. Rebekah Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    10 Happy Anniversary! I’ve been reading your blog religiously for about three months. I’m a high school English teacher, and as I was giving my students a book-blogging project I wanted to find great book blog examples for them! Yours is one we look at! Reply to this comment.

11. The Kool-Aid Mom Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    11 Wow. 3 Years? I hadn’t realized. I’ve been reading your blog as The Literate Housewife, and never knew there was anything before. That’s cool to find out your blogging history and what gave you the start. I think I started reading your blog about a year and a half ago, around the same time I started Mt. TBR. Happy Bloggiversary, Jennifer! Reply to this comment.

12. Daphne Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    12 Happy Blogiversary!! I’m not exactly sure how long I’ve been reading, but I’m guessing somewhere between 1 and 2 years. Reply to this comment.

13. Brittany Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    13 Congrats! 3 years is very impressive. I’ve been reading for about a year now – keep up the great content! Reply to this comment.

14. rhapsodyinbooks Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    14 Wow, congratulations! (be sure and have some cake!) :–) I have no idea how long I’ve been reading your blog but it has to be at least a year! Reply to this comment.

15. Anna Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    15 Happy blogiversary! I don’t know exactly how long I’ve been reading, but it’s close to 2 years I’m sure. Wishing you may more years of blogging fun! Reply to this comment.

16. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    16 Happy blogiversary! I wish I could say I’ve been with your blog since the beginning, as you have with mine, but it’s really just been since June 2008, about a month before I started blogging. Thanks for the great blogging (and for being my inspiration to start), and hope you enjoy a fantabulous day. Reply to this comment.

17. Chris@bookarama Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    17 Congratulations! Hmm, probably close to 2 yrs, but I can’t say for sure. Reply to this comment.

18. A Bookshelf Monstrosity Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    18 Wow! Three years. That’s a wonderful accomplishment, and I’m so glad you’re around the blogosphere. Your blog is one of the first ones I started following back in September before I was a blogger myself. Keep up the wonderful work! Oh, and could I enter for the grab bag, please? Many thanks. fitz12383(at)hotmail(dot)com Reply to this comment.

19. Kay Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    19 Happy blogversary, Jennifer. 3 years is a long time. Your blog is very nice and I guess I’ve been reading it for about 3 months. Take care and I wish you a balanced 2010! Reply to this comment.

20. Brooks J Young Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    20 Congrats! I have been reading your blog for about a week now. I was very impressed with your reviews and overall blog. You provide exceptional content and I’ve enjoyed reading it. It’s been my daily read as I commute. Brooks Twitter: @brooksjyoung Reply to this comment.

21. Svea @Muse in the Fog Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    21 Congrats on one year! I just started mine in December. You must be so happy with all you have done. Keep up the good work! Svea @Muse in the Fog Reply to this comment.

22. Svea @Muse in the Fog Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    22 Forgot to tell you how long I have been reading! For a couple months now. I am a member of your book club too and you are a member of mine (Historical fiction ~Adventure, love, suspense~)! I found your blog by being your friend on FB. So glad I did too! Reply to this comment.

23. vasilly Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    23 Happy blogiversary!Three years is a long time in this community and I’m so glad you are around. I think I’ve been following your blog for almost a year now. Reply to this comment.

24. Emily Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    24 Happy Blogiversary! Here’s to another fantastic three years I confess — I’ve only been reading your blog since the National Book Festival. But now I’m hooked! Reply to this comment.

25. debnance at readerbuzz Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    25 Three years is a long time! I still feel like a newbie at just a bit over a year. I remember coming across your blog, I believe, just a few months back. I like your name. I like your blog layout. And I like your thoughts. Best wishes for 2010! Reply to this comment.

26. nomadreader Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    26 Congratulations on three years! I only discovered your blog in 2009, but I really enjoy reading it. Happy reading and blogging! Reply to this comment.

27. Bonnie Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    27 Happy 3 year Blogiversary Jennifer! That is an accomplishment to be very proud of. You have done a lot in 3 years. I’ve loved being part of your Bookmark It Club! I’ve been blogging 1 1/2 years now and believe that I found your blog soon after that. So I’d say that I’ve been reading your blog for at least a year. Reply to this comment.

28. Michelle Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    28 Maybe you should become the Deliberate Housewife! LOL All jokes aside, 3 years is an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations on your success, here’s to many more years and much to come. Reply to this comment.

29. Meghan Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    29 Happy blogiversary, Jennifer! 3 years is a great accomplishment in blogging, and you deserve all of your success! I think I’ve been reading your blog since I started getting involved in the book blogging community, which has to be at least 1 1/2 years now. Reply to this comment.

30. Lezlie Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    30 No need to enter me in the drawing. Just wanted to say Happy Blogiversary! Lezlie Reply to this comment.

31. Lori L Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    31 Congratulations! I would estimate that I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now. (Coincidentally, my three year anniversary is on the 23rd.) Reply to this comment.

32. WordLily Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    32 Happy blogiversary! I’m not exactly sure, but I’m pretty confident that I’ve been reading your blog for more than 2 years. Probably about 2.5 years? Reply to this comment.

33. Sheri Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    33 I am so proud of you! 3 years is a long time to commit to your website… and it shows! You are a reading staple of mine and I’m forever a fan of your blog! Reply to this comment.

34. Kate Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 10:31 pm

    34 Happy blogiversary! I have been reading your blog since early December, and joined your facebook book club last week as well! Oh, and interestingly – I linked to this blog from mine today as I was posting about Philippa Gregory’s The Constant Princess. Please come by and check it out sometime. Cheers! Kate Reply to this comment.

35. Melody Posted: Jan 17th, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    35 Congrats and Happy Blogiversary! I enjoy reading your blog so keep those posts coming! Reply to this comment.

36. Florinda Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:53 am

    36 Happy Blogiversary! I got my start not long after you, and I’ve been reading your blog for…at least a year and a half, possibly edging up to two years. I remember a discussion we had over Rob Sheffield’s Love is a Mix Tape. Congrats on three great years, and here’s to many more! Reply to this comment.

37. Melissa (Betty and Boo's Mommy) Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 1:26 am

    37 Congratulations on 3 years! That is a wonderful accomplishment. As for how long I’ve been reading? Well … I’ve been blogging for a year and a half now, so I’ll probably say … about a year? Maybe more, maybe less. Congratulations again! Reply to this comment.

38. Zee Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:38 am

    38 Congratulations on your bloggaversary! Way to go! I’ve been following your blog since I started seriously blogging in September. Reply to this comment.

39. Marg Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:54 am

    39 Happy blogiversary! I am pretty sure I have been with you since the very early days. Whether it is the absolute beginning or not, I can’t say, but it has been a while, and I still love coming by to visit you here. Reply to this comment.

40. Mel u Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 8:22 am

    40 I think I have been a Blogline subscriber for about 6 months-please enter me in your great contest and congrats on your blogaversary Reply to this comment.

41. Beth Nolan Conners Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 9:04 am

    41 Congratulations, Jennifer!! You were the very first book blogger I followed when I started my blog last January, so I consider you my role model!! I hope the next three years beings you many more wonderful things! All the best –Beth Reply to this comment.

42. Melanie Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 9:42 am

    42 Happy Blogiverary. I can’t remember how long I’ve been readin, probably about a year. I enjoy it, keep up the great work. Reply to this comment.

43. Stephanie Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 9:45 am

    43 Congratulations on three years! Your blog was the first book blog I ever discovered, back in the summer of 2009, and was a big inspiration when it came to my decision to start my own blog, so thank you! You have a lot to be proud of–your blog is phenomenal. Reply to this comment.

44. Sheila (Bookjourney) Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 10:08 am

    44 Wow three years! How exciting! I have been blogging since June of 2009 and I believe I discovered you around the fall of 2009. I enjoy reading your posts! Reply to this comment.

45. Fyrefly Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    45 Happy blogiversary! Having just past 2 years myself, 3 seems like an incredibly long time… congratulations! I’ve been reading since… shoot, I don’t know. Sometime not that long after I started my own blog, so… maybe early spring 2008? Reply to this comment.

46. Ti Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 2:26 pm

    46 Happy Blogiversary to you!!! Reply to this comment.

47. jennygirl Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    47 Congrats on your blogiversary/birthday! I love looking back at what I have done over the past year, and to see how I have changed or grown. Keep up the good work and I look forward to many more wondeful posts form you in the future. I think I’ve been reading your blog for a little over 6 months. I discoverd you from someone else’s blog. Thank you for the contest Reply to this comment.

48. Melissa Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    48 Happy Blogiversary! I’ve been reading for about a month. I found your blog through one of the other book blogs I read. Thanks for your great reviews! Reply to this comment.

49. Linda B Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    49 Although I am 70 years old, I’ve only had a computer for just under 3 years. Soon after becoming semi-competent using this wonderful machine, I discovered reading blogs and forums. Besides reading books, following blogs such as yours, is a favorite activity. Congratulations on your anniversary. Reply to this comment.

50. carol Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    50 Congrats on 3 years! I think I only found you a couple of months ago, but have enjoyed reading your posts. Reply to this comment.

51. Mimajo Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    51 Well, not even thirty seconds. But I like it already. Reply to this comment.

52. Amy Reads Good Books Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    52 Congrats! I’ve been reading for about 8 months and love your reviews! Reply to this comment.

53. mari Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    53 Congrats! I have been reading your blog for about 2 years. Maybe a little less. Reply to this comment.

54. Carol M Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    54 Congratulations on your anniversary! I’ve been reading your blog for more than a year now and enjoy it very much! Reply to this comment.

55. Heidi Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    55 Gosh, I can’t remember. I read you every day and it’s hard to remember when you weren’t on my ‘to read’ list. I think two years at this point. Congrats on year number 3! Reply to this comment.

56. Amy Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    56 Congratulations on 3 years! I posted my 100th post today. I started reading your blog right around the time I started mine! Reply to this comment.

57. etirv Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    57 Happy Blogiversary! I have been following you and reading your blog for 6 – 7 months! delilah0180(at)yahoo(dot)com Reply to this comment.

58. Michelle Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    58 Happy Blogiversary! I’ve been reading your blog for about a month now. Yeah, I’m new to the game, but I love your blog! michellemsherman(at)gmail(dot)com Reply to this comment.

59. Emma Posted: Jan 18th, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    59 Hello dear LiterateHouseWife, and congratulations on your very special anniversary! I believe I have started reading your blog about a month ago – I cannot trace back the day I subscribed to the RSS feed. I want to share my own 2009 recap, with 62 books. Nothing compared to you, but my best record so far. And I have already read 6 books this January! here is my blogpost on that: at http://rocksandwords.blogspot.com/2010/01/about-62-books-i-read-in-2009.html About the 62 books I read in 2009 My friend Trisha wrote a fantastic blog post on the books she read in 2009. See for yourself: http://lookinginalltherightplaces.blogspot.com/2010/01/years-worth-of-reading-2009.html?spref=fb So it gave me the idea to try and do something similar: here it is, with some different categories sometime. Books read in 2009: 62. This is an average of 5.16/month, my highest number of books read in a year since 2001. Among these 62, 16 were Audiobooks: I try to paint my rocks (www.rocksbyemmanuelle.com) every morning, and I discovered that I could listen to books at the same time! It took me a while to dare the plunge, as I first could not consider an Audiobook as a real book, shame on me again, but my library (http://www.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org/) has an amazing collection of audiobooks and MP3. I have never been disappointed: the readers are excellent, and I even listened to several books read by the author himself/herself. I also listen to audiobooks when I do my ironing! Books started and abandoned: I don’t keep track of those usually, and actually there are very few – still under St Benedict’s injunction to read a book from A to Z, so when I start, I always have a hard time to stop, unless it’s a real bore, or totally against my deep principles, or I just don’t get it, or so very poorly written that I really think I’m losing my time, and as I would need at least 3 lives to read all I want to read, better stick to the best! But I do remember I had to stop Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, to my total shame, because I really wanted to discover the baroque style. It was a bit too confusing for me. As for Joyce Carol Oates, I tried several books of hers, as she was invited by Elmhurst Public Library for the Elmhurst Read Program, but I just couldn’t go further than a few pages – I did read We Were the Mulvaneys in 2008. Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio: 39/23 I’m surprised, I thought I had read many more Fiction books than Non-Fiction. Male/Female authors ratio: 26/18 Books by the same author:20! wow! When I love a writer I keep going back to him/her Ellis Peters: the last 7 books of the Brother Cadfael series – and I was so disappointed when I reached the last one and there was no more to come! David Sedaris: 5. The funniest writer, even better if you are French/American. This year I read/listened to When You are Engulfed in Flames, Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Live at Carnegie Hall, Holidays on Ice Archimandrite Vasileios: 5, that I had to review for a monastic spirituality periodical to which I regularly have to send reviews. These were 5 short books on spiritual matters related to monastic life written by a very famous Elder of Mount Athos Sigrid Undset: 3, the 3 books constituting Kristin Lavransdatter. Re-Reads: 3, all books I had read in French only, a looooooooooooong time ago, and that I listened to this time in English: Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick – as you see, I try to go back to the big classics I read in French a long time ago – these audiobooks were AWESOME Oldest: I had to research to fill this one in!: Wuthering Heights (1847) Newest: The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, probably my favorite female writer. Just published a few months ago (2009). Best title: Born on a Blue Day, by Daniel Tammet. The subtitle tells you about the book: “Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant”. VERY interesting In translation: 9 5 from the Greek, by Archimandrite Vasileios 3 from the Norwegian, by Sigrid Undset 1 from the French: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie – yes, he DOES write in French Set in other countries: 20 6 in Greece 5 in Africa (Darfur, Egypt, and others) 4 in GB 3 in Norway 1 in Romania: B. Cooke, Royal Monastic: Princess Ileana of Romania. This is the life of the last princess of Romania who founded monasteries, became a nun and founded Transfiguration Monastery, a famous Orthodox monastery in Elwood City, PA 1 in Burma: a fascinating book by Emma Larkin, Finding George Orwell in Burma 1 in India and US: The Namesake, by Lahiri 1 in China: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 1 in Mexico: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall 1 in Ireland, a very thorough study on the legend of Saint Brendan 1 only in France – I am not chauvinistic! This was Rachi’s Daughters – Book 1: Joheved, by Maggie Anton – set in the Middle Ages Set in the Middle-Ages: 13 – yes this is my favorite period Favorite: this is soooo difficult to choose! my favorite audiobook: The Positronic Man, by Asimov my favorite Fiction book: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie my favorite Non Fiction books: here I just can’t choose. By alphabetical order: – Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin – Life List: a woman’s quest for the world’s most amazing birds, by Olivia Gentile – that’s the biography of bird enthusiast Phoebe Snetsinger – Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson. About John Chatterton and Rich Kohler, two deep-sea wreck divers who in 1991 dove to a mysterious wreck lying at the perilous depth of 230 feet, off the coast of New Jersey, and found out it was a German U-boat. They spend years to identify what U-boat in was. The author will come in 2010 to Elmhurst, for the program Elmhurst reads Shortest: Grendel, by John Gardner Funniest: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Best spiritual reading: B. Cooke, Royal Monastic: Princess Ileana of Romania And finally: books from my personal bookshelf: 1 books received for review: 9 books from Elmhurst Public Library: 52! Am I supporting enough my library? I hope you enjoyed this post and I encourage you to do the same: it’s fun and you may find some surprises. I started listing the books I read every year many years ago, but at some important transition in my life, I stupidly got rid of the list!! I restarted listing my reads in March 2001, when I arrived in the US. Between March 2001-2009, I read: 433 books, which is an average of 48.1/year, but actually 4.08/month (as I started counting only starting in March 2001). Looking forward to reading many more of your reviews and get many good ideas of books to read from them. Emma Reply to this comment.

60. Alyce Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 2:32 am

    60 Happy Blogiversary! I’ve been reading your blog now for the past year and a half, and I love stopping by to read your posts! Reply to this comment.

61. veens Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 3:55 am

    61 Happy 3 Anniversary! Hope you have many more years of blogging ahead and you ENJOY doing it too! I think I started reading your blog in 2008.. then I went on a break for 6 months and then i was back in 2009.. yah I think so.. but can’t be sure though Reply to this comment.

62. Jackie (Farm Lane Books) Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 4:05 am

    62 Congratulations! That is a fantastic achievement! I have been following your blog for just under a year and have enjoyed reading it. I look forward to following your blog for many years to come! Reply to this comment.

63. Amy Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    63 Congratulations Jennifer!!!! 3 years of awesome blogging – you have been an inspiration for a lot of us, myself included! You were one of the first blogs I started following – I think that was about almost 2 years ago – WOW! Raising my glass to many more years of success! Reply to this comment.

64. Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    64 Happy Blogiversary (a few days late)! Reply to this comment.

65. Lisa Munley Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    65 WOW! Congratulations on your 3 year Blogiversary! I’ve been reading your blog since I started blogging in Sept 2007. Yours was one of the first blogs I subscribed to, and you were one of my earliest readers too! You’ve done an impressive job with your blog and I’ll always be a big fan! Woo Hoo! Here’s to many more happy blogging years! Reply to this comment.

66. Stacy Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    66 Congratulations on three years!!! I’d loveto win – who wouldn’t? I think I’ve been reading your blog about 9 months? Reply to this comment.

67. Valerie Posted: Jan 19th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    67 Jennifer, my blogiversary is this month also, although I’ve been doing it for two years and didn’t really start focusing on books until early last year. That was about the same time I discovered your blog, too. I really enjoy it, and also being a member of your bookmark it club. Congratulations on your 3-year blogiversary! Reply to this comment.

68. Rebecca Reid Posted: Jan 20th, 2010 at 1:05 am

    68 I honestly don’t know how long I’ve been reading…so I checked and your first comment was on my blog July 2008 so that’s probably how I found you! Congrats on your blogoversary! Reply to this comment.

69. Julie H. Posted: Jan 20th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    69 Congratulations! I’ve been checking in on your blog for almost two years now…when I think back, I’m pretty sure I found you thru a link at Becky’s Book Reviews or maybe Maw Books..I kind of stumbled on a bunch of good ones at once! Enjoy the celebration! Reply to this comment.

70. Tracie Yule Posted: Jan 20th, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    70 I’ve been reading your blog around four months and I just keep coming back for more. Reply to this comment.

71. nat @book, line, and sinker Posted: Jan 21st, 2010 at 9:52 am

    71 wow! happy blogoversary! i’ve been reading since last march (when is started my book blog) and enjoy it here. cheers to 3 more years! Reply to this comment.

72. LibraryGirl62 Posted: Jan 21st, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    72 About six months~and enjoying it Reply to this comment.

73. Stiletto Storytime Posted: Jan 22nd, 2010 at 5:40 am

    73 Happy Birthday…congrats on 3 years! I have to say I am a new reader to your blog..just in the last few months. Your blog name caught my attention as I am a former librarian turned Stay at Home Mom in this last year. Literate Housewife indeed! Love it! Reply to this comment.

74. Lisa Posted: Jan 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    74 Congratulations on three years! I just passed that milestone myself in October. I have no idea how long I’ve been reading/lurking. More than a year, less than three? Reply to this comment.

75. Heather Good Posted: Jan 23rd, 2010 at 11:22 am

    75 Hey! I just happened upon “A Literate Housewife” a couple of weeks ago when I was determinedly searching for an order to read Pilippa Gregory’s Tudor series. I was so excited about the list I found on your blog I spent hours reading, exploring, and squealing with pleasure at the jewel I had found! I instantly forwarded the link to my sister-who in turn spent hours perusing as well. At my book club last night, we pulled up your site to share with all our book-devouring friends! We are ecstatic to have yet another amazing place to find suggestions for our book club reads each month! Thank you for your thoughts! Reply to this comment.

76. dag888888 Posted: Jan 23rd, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    76 Congrats! I have been reading your blog for 6 months! Reply to this comment.

77. Jen - Devourer of Books Posted: Jan 25th, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    77 Wow, 3 years! Congratulations! I need to go back and check the date I started my blog, my 2 year anniversary has to be coming up any day now. I know I missed it last year. I’ve been reading your blog for just over two years, since shortly before I started mine (and, you know, you were the inspiration for that!). Reply to this comment.

78. Aik Posted: Jan 27th, 2010 at 7:07 am

    78 Happy blogiversary! I have just arrived via another blog! Reply to this comment.

79. Patty Posted: Jan 28th, 2010 at 3:55 am

    79 Wow! You give new meaning to the term “voracious reader!” Just got a link to your blog via you know via via. Good luck to you in your 4th year! Reply to this comment.

80. Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) Posted: Jan 28th, 2010 at 11:02 am

    80 Three years is a long time. Congrats! I don’t need to be entered in the giveaway, and I cannot even begin to pinpoint when I began reading your blog…must be more than a year now! Reply to this comment.

81. itsJUSTme-wendy Posted: Jan 31st, 2010 at 10:53 am

    81 Wow, I just realized I haven’t read your blog in about a week! I almost missed your blogiversary! Congrats! I have been reading your blog for about a year now, maybe a little longer. Great prizes!!! Reply to this comment.

82. pingback: Posted: Jan 31st, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    82 TSS – January in Review : literatehousewife.com [...] my 3rd blogiversary on the 17th.  Thank you so much to everyone’s well wishes.  The giveaway, including a 1g iPod Shuffle and books is still [...] Reply to this comment.

83. Laura Hartness Posted: Jan 31st, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    83 Three years! Congrats! I’m relatively new to the book blogging community, and I hope that my blog is still going strong in 2 1/2 years. I’m not exactly sure when I discovered your blog– maybe 2 months ago? I love the title you chose– I’m a housewife as well. Thanks for the contest, and for the chance to enter! Laura Hartness The Calico Critic Reply to this comment.

84. Sam Posted: Jan 31st, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    84 Happy blogiversary! I’ve been enjoying your blog since… whenever The Other Boleyn Girl movie came out, because I remember finding your site and commenting on the differences between the movie and the book, which still remains one of my favorites to this day (the book, I mean). Since then, I’ve been checking back every few days for a while, and your reviews have influenced my birthday and Christmas wish lists for at least two years now. Congrats on your third year, and here’s to hoping for more than three more! P.S. I really really want to hear what you thought of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire because I read those just before Christmas this year and they have officially become my favorite series. You know how those crazy teenagers scream about RPattz or Taylor Lautner? Well, I’m one of those rare teenagers who scream for Peeta Mellark (not Gale. Maybe for Katniss, but not for me. I prefer charming, sweet, strong guys who bake for me). Reply to this comment.

85. Mystica Posted: Feb 1st, 2010 at 4:14 am

    85 Congratulations on your anniversary. I am also fairly new to this book blogging community and have been reading your blog for about six months only. I like the reviews and I also like that its a mixed genre o books offered. Thank you for your generous gifts in celebration of your anniversary. Its much appreciated. Reply to this comment.

86. Kristi Posted: Feb 1st, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    86 Hi there! I’m new around here – have been reading for about a week, but I’m liking what I see! Reply to this comment.

87. bunnyb Posted: Feb 2nd, 2010 at 11:55 pm

    87 Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Blogiversary! I don’t need to be entered to win I’ve been reading you since last year (but I forget how many months already). Reply to this comment.

88. Karen @ Planet Books Posted: Feb 4th, 2010 at 11:59 am

    88 Happy Blogiversary!! I must have been reading your blog for at least two years now. I started reading it when I was living in Okinawa and now we are fellow Virginians. I love the look, “feel” and posts that you have created and look forward to many more years with The Literate Housewife. planetbooksworldwide@gmail.com Reply to this comment.

89. Anita Yancey Posted: Feb 4th, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    89 Happy Blogiversary! I have been reading your blog for almost a year now. This is a great giveaway. Please enter me. Thanks! ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net Reply to this comment.