Time for something new. This site has been most regularly a book review blog down through the years and sadly neglected of late. Because it holds precious memories for me, I don’t want to settle for simply letting it fade off into oblivion. It will look different today, as I am a different person and … Continue reading
Hey Y’all, Wanna Blog with Us? Aurelia {Lit} is currently looking for 1-2 amazing co-bloggers to review books in the genres of their choice and contribute to regular features on the site. Basically, how involved you become would be entirely up to you. Just want to write a review now and then? … Continue reading
Just around the corner now are some very exciting things for Aurelia. We’ll be relaunching within the next few weeks with lots of fresh new content. We’ll still be covering books, but we’ll be branching out to all things Literary. Geeky. and Chic. This means you can expect some expanded categories of coverage including film, fashion, … Continue reading
This post is long overdue, but other exciting projects are taking up all of our time at the moment, so both Les and I are taking a break from blogging for a while. We appreciate all the readers, comments and review requests and we hope to be back here reviewing and chatting soon. Continue reading
So… you might have noticed my absolute missingness over the last several months. Yes, missingness is now officially a word. Didn’t you get the memo from Scott? No? Here you go. Anyway, if the blog has been a little sparse of late, that’s because I’ve been uh…er…sailing around the world to raise money for starving elephants. Wait. … Continue reading
Books That Followed Me Home This Week {March 14-21, 2011}: So, it’s been a while since I’ve done any show and tell of what’s been coming into my place on the book front. Not because I’ve stopped letting books in or anything like that (gasp!), (no matter how happy this would make my poor dad), … Continue reading
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for this quick announcement: Guess What? On Thursday Jonesy and I were featured in Better Know a Blogger over at For What It’s Worth as part of the fun of February and the Ultimate Reviewer’s Challenge. Thanks to Karen for the interview. We know you are curious to know … Continue reading
Congratulations to the Winners in our Valentine’s Day {Books With Love} Hop Giveaway! After a few hours hunched over a spreadsheet and the latent realization that a GOOGLE form might have been a better option, we are excited to announce the winners of our first ever giveaway here at Aurelia {Lit}! Thank you to everyone … Continue reading
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Aurelia is, as of today, a two-person team. The fabulous Miss Leslie Jones, (aka Jonesy) has agreed to climb aboard this roller-coaster ride of a blog and join forces with me to be able to bring you even more book-centric awesomeness. Please join me in welcoming Leslie to … Continue reading
Aurelia will be participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge. What does that mean? We’ll be reading (and of course reviewing) a minimum of twelve titles from authors making their Young Adult or Middle Grade debuts in the coming year. Why? Because we have some passion for finding and promoting great debut authors in the … Continue reading
Pardon our dust as we do some much needed site maintenance in preparation for a MASSIVE REVIEW UPDATE! Here’s just a sampling of the books we’ll be reviewing in the coming weeks: Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Idlewild by Nick Sagan Gone by Michael Grant The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman I am the Messenger by … Continue reading
