Before I make introductions, let me back up a step: this Jellybean is proving to have a mind of her own. We thought she was coming at 33 weeks, and there was a wee bit of drama, and then I was under doctor's orders to keep my feet up "as much as possible" (um yeah, try that with a 3 year old), so I purposely put "staying on the couch" as my number one priority, and everything else has slipped a bit.
Now I'm at 36 weeks, so it's fine, and the doctor said I can stop taking it so easy, and of course now the Jellybean seems pretty happy to stay in my belly for a while longer. (I have a feeling she's going to be just as stubborn as her sister. And they both totally get it from Noel. All from Noel.)
Anyway, the weeks of couch-lying and tv-watching have fried my brain. Plus the whole "she could come anytime! Anytime in the next seven weeks!" thing messes with me, because I'm normally a planner, and I can't plan at all around this, and it makes me a bit nuts.
I'd lined up some great guest posts, which I'd thought to start running post-baby. But since baby is being so darn unpredictable, I came up with a new plan. I'm queuing up guest posts and book reviews that I've already written for the next six weeks. Every Monday you can expect a guest post from somebody awesome to start your week. And then every Friday you can expect a book review from me. Plus I will plan to pop in somewhere mid-week, and give you a brief what I'm reading/ have you had that baby yet update every week.
Hopefully that will strike the perfect balance between being kinda planned and organized, and yet adaptive to my gnat-like attention span.
And now, what you really wanna know, right? Who are these illustrious guest posters??
Without further ado, let me introduce them.
- There's Jill from Rhapsody in Books, who writes really funny reviews sometimes, and really thought-provoking ones other times. She will be sharing about How To Evaluate Young Adult Books.
- Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness reads almost exactly the opposite kind of books I do, which is probably why I love her blog so much - fun to read about variety. And about cold weather, ha. But this time she's talking fiction - about her Harry Potter re-read with her sister.
- I'm rather jealous of Katie from cakes, tea and dreams - she keeps going all the places I desperately want to go - like Montreal - and shopping in adorable bookstores everywhere. She also has a problem - she can't stop buying books!
- Keri from Growing in His Glory writes about her faith, books, and parenting - and sometimes combines a couple of those, like in her recent post about having a book-themed kids' birthday party. She's going to give us 10 Must-Read American Classics.
- Kelly from Kelly Wiggains: From Literature to Living, also writes about books and parenting, and related topics like homeschooling. I love her recent tweet-review of Cuckoo's Calling. She shares about 5 Classic Novels Worth Revisiting.
- And a fellow Arizonan - Nikki from BookPairing. She pairs books with all kinds of surprising (and often drinkable) things. For this series she pairs up some great fairy tale options!
Anyone else have a short attention span these days? Do you already read any of these blogs?
