Monday, May 26, 2014

LINK IT UP: Introductions & Literature

Design by Amber of Shelf Notes

Welcome to Armchair BEA 2014! 

Today is the day that we kick off our fifth annual event that parallels Book Expo America in New York City.  This year, we are starting a couple of days earlier than the usual event, which will allow all you participants a little extra time to meet each other and chat from your armchairs before we start bringing in the goodies that we have for you directly from the streets and floors of the Expo.  

Throughout this week, we will be posting a variety of things throughout the day.  You will see special guest articles, announcements of our giveaway winners and special featured giveaways, as well as articles, photos, and videos live from BEA.  We will have multiple posts each and every day, so make sure you are following along closely so you don't miss out on any of the action.

 Now, without further ado, let's get started!!
Daily Reminders:

Twitter Party TODAY at 7 PM EST

Instagram Challenge:  #MyArmchair

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MONDAY, MAY 26, 2014: INTRODUCTIONS & LITERATURE 

Introductions 
As in past years, we will provide you with a list of ten questions and ask that you answer FIVE. We are currently in the midst of revamping the questions, so all our returning participants will be happy to see a whole list of new choices. You can find the full list of questions here.

Literature 
What do you think of when you think of literature? Classics, contemporary, genre, or something else entirely? We are leaving this one up to you to come up with and share the literature that you want to chat about the most. Feel free to share a list of your favorites, break down your favorite genre, feature your favorite authors, and be creative about all things literature in general. 

HOW TO LINK UP

Please use the following format when linking up:

Name @ Blog Name - Daily Topic Represented 

For example: Sally @ Armchair BEA - Literature OR Sally @ Armchair BEA - Introduction & Literature

Please use only permalinks (links going directly to the designated post) when linking up. If you link directly to your home page, your link will be removed.

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  2. Ack! How do I un-link! I made a mistake in my over-eagerness. I knew I should have waited til morning.

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    1. Leonicka ... I *think* I may have just fixed it for you! Take a look and let me know if you need another change!

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  4. I goofed as well and didn't get my Introduction tag put on! Newbie for the win!

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  5. Wooohooo! Can't wait to read all of the posts!

    Lisa @Just Another Rabid Reader

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  6. YAY It has started! Happy ArmchairBEA, everyone :)

    Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews

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  9. My first link is not working, a kind visitor let me know. No 41. I can't remove it, so just put the link in again with the link working correctly at 57. Sorry about that.

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    1. Kathryn T. ... Deleted your #41 and your correct one is now #56!

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  11. Hello everyone! Hope to see you in the Twitter later on today.

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  14. the two links from Tea in the Treetops don't seem to be working. I was so intrigued by the blog name just had to click on it

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    1. bookertalk.com ... Thanks for the heads-up! I will take a look and fix them accordingly.

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  16. Cool. So many new-to-me bloggers to meet :).
    Happy Armchair BEA everyone! Read you all tomorrow (I'm extremely busy today. Just my luck).

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  18. Nice to see so many participants! Welcome all!

    AH@BadassBookReviews

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  19. Introduction down, now to work on Literature and check out the other blogs!

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  20. So excited to finally be participating in the BEA! I cannot wait to get into this!

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  21. So excited to be participating in my first armchair bea! And of course I already screwed up :)! I forgot to include in the linky name that I wrote an Introduction post. Can't wait to read about everyone else!

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    1. Colleen Turner ... Fixed it for you!! :)

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  22. This is so so exciting!! Really great to be taking part this year :)

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  23. Good morning all! Ready to discuss great books and chat with many of you! Its gonna be a great week!

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  24. I'm so excited to be participating in Armchair BEA for my first time ever! I'm looking forward to chatting about books and having a great time with all of you! I'm #73 :)

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  25. Really excited to be participating this year. I can't wait to meet some new book bloggers!

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  26. I'm hoping to find some good new middle grade blogs, and learning more about people I already know. All the fun of BEA but fewer totebags to carry!

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  28. First time participating in Armchair BEA! As an author, I adore meeting new bloggers. Can't wait to meet new bloggers here!

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  31. Happy Memorial Day everyone!

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  32. Very excited for another year of Armchair BEA!

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  33. Linked up. Looking forward to participating.

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  34. Alrighty! Time to start getting to know you all ...

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  35. I got two different link for two different post, my introductory does have the link to my Literature talk. But I also link up again for the Lit talk as well :-)

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    1. Kat N ... Thanks for the heads-up! I will make sure it remains as is!

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  36. So excited to be participating! :D

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  37. So glad it's that time of year again!

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  39. Could you delete "Amber @ Bibliophilia, Please"? My phone was being evil.

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    1. Kayla Beck ... Done! Thanks for the heads-up!

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  40. Sorry for the "non-conformity" # 186. Meant to put Suzanne @ Suzanne Cowles

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    1. Suzanne Cowles ... Fixed it for you! :)

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    1. So... doing the linky on my phone... total fail. The third time may have worked, but please delete the first two stupid attempts! sorry!

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    2. analysismachine .. All fixed! Thanks for letting me know!

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  43. First time participating, so happy!

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  45. So excited to be participating this year!

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  46. Can't believe another year has gone by already.

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  49. My first year taking part, and I am looking forward to this SO MUCH!

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  50. Been working in the yard all day (what a fun way to spend Memorial Day, right?!) but I found a few moments to post before our cookout tonight. Looking forward to meeting and chatting with all of you this week!

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  51. I forgot this was starting today! Can't believe it's that time of the year already. =^.^=

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  52. A bit late to the party due to the holiday weekend. But here we go!

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  53. I'm late to the party, but my link is up now!

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    1. I am working my way through the list and plan to comment on everyone's intro... eventually. ♥

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    2. Sheesh! This is taking longer than expected. You all have such wonderful intros...

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    3. P.S. I'm Amber @ Casual Readers #255. ☺

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    4. Day 2 & 3 posts are up, #285 & #294. Still trudging through the intros! If I haven't commented on yours yet, I'll get there soon.

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    5. Whoopsie! Thanks for fixing my stuff Tif.

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    6. Amber Lovell Boone ... You're welcome! :)

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  54. Happy Armchair BEA everyone!

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  56. My first Armchair BEA! I'm really excited. :)

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  57. So excited about Armchair BEA!

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  58. 11:49 at night but hey I still made day 1!

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  59. ^Wow, Marisa, I was worried I was suuupppeeerrr late, hehe. I'm 11:51 pm :)

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  60. I wish authors wouldn't advertise their books in the comments on our introduction pages. Say you are an author and leave a link, but hyping your book in the comments is a little much.

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    1. La La in the LiBrArY ... I'm sorry you are feeling spammed! I will make an announcement via our social media sites tomorrow morning. (I'm on my way to bed.) However, this may be a great subject to bring up tomorrow for Author Interaction discussions!

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  61. Wooo got my post up finally. (new laptop, lost all premade posts)

    #278

    Ashley M

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  64. This is all so great for me as a new blogger! I'm so new to all this that I didn't even know everyone congregated at BEA... and I'm in commuting distance to NYC! Ah well, there's always next year, right? I've posted my intro on my blog, Readers' Oasis:
    http://leilarice.blogspot.com/2014/05/armchair-bea-introduction.html

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  65. Better late than never right?

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  66. Sorry we're a bit late in the game! AWESOME to see all the names, can't wait to put them with faces tomorrow. :)

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  67. I have finally visited everyone in this list. WOW!
    Hope everyone enjoyed ABEA and BEA!

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