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Book Blogger Appreciation Week is coming!! Here’s some info on the event:

WHO Anyone who blogs about books is invited to participate. In fact, we want everyone who blogs about books and reading to be a part of this week!

WHAT A week where we come together, celebrate the contribution and hard work of book bloggers in promoting a culture of literacy, connecting readers to books and authors, and recogonizing the best among us with the Second Annual BBAW Awards. There will be special guest posts, daily blogging themes, and giveaways.

WHEN September 14-18, 2009

WHERE Here at the new Book Blogger Appreciation Week Blog! (Please note that this year there are three separate blogs and feeds—one for the main event, one for giveaways, and one for awards.)

WHY Because books matter. In a world full of options, the people talking about books pour hard work, time, energy, and money into creating a community around the written word. I, Amy, the founder of Book Blogger Appreciation Week love this community of bloggers and want to shower my appreciation on you!

WANT TO PARTICIPATE?
Please help us spread the word about Book Blogger Appreciation Week by posting about it on your blog, stumbling this post, twittering about it, and telling everyone you know that it’s time to have a party and celebrate book bloggers!

Please register by filling out the registration form! Registering ensures your inclusion in the BBAW 09 Database of Book Bloggers and enters you into the drawing for the BBAW 09 Grand Prize!

AWARDS
BBAW Award Nominations are now open on the BBAW Awards Blog.

TI’S THOUGHTS
If you are a newish blog, participating in this event is a GREAT way to meet other bloggers. I got to know quite a few bloggers from this event and I am still communicating with them today! The book blog community is like no other and their support is amazing.

I just finished week 2 of the Game On Diet (plan) and let me tell you, it was quite the challenge! For one, I was on vacation! I sort of knew how food played into my vacation plans. I mean, I am a foodie and I look forward to eating out but I had no idea how much I relied on eating out as a form of entertainment. How sad!

While on this plan, I was presented with all sorts of challenges since my family is not doing it with me. That made it especially hard because they would choose the restaurant and then I was left with whatever limited choices there were for me. However, since the plan consists of five mini-meals I went into the restaurant experience only slightly hungry. That helped a lot. That’s the one thing that I have noticed the most with this plan…you never feel hungry because you are constantly eating. The other thing that I have noticed is that I was obviously stuck in a food rut without even knowing it. All of the foods that I ate before were all processed in some way. Ick.

So, how am I doing after my second week? Well, I have lost NINE pounds. That’s pretty good! A lot of you have commented on the diet and I have to say, that it’s great for pointing out your weak spots and it’s quite good at shaking you off a plateau if you’ve been on one. I was stuck at the same weight for the better part of two months and I am happy to see the scale budge in the right direction.

If you’ve like to give it a try, check out this website. There’s a video and some info on the plan itself. All of my team members will also say that it really helps to have the book in front of you too. You can buy the book here. If you have any questions just let me know. I’d be happy to answer them.

I’m not much for keeping score but I think my team is doing pretty well. Go Ding Dongs!

Chatting with friends about books and life…