A Little Post About a Our Big Deal Current Situation

I'm not going to hedge around it, readers, I'm struggling right now. My anxiety is pretty off the charts without a national emergency, so for anyone who's also riding a roller coaster of all the emotions right now, I feel you.

The blog hasn't been quite as active as I would have liked of late. Anyone who knows me personally knows that in addition to the blog, which I started back in 2008 as a way to continue recommending books to people post bookselling life (I also contributed to Bookbitch.com for quite a few years), I have a 15 month old, I'm also an associate agent at a literary agency here in Denver, and I work part time at a local indie bookstore. So yeah, when I say I wear a lot of hats, I really mean it.

This is a weird and super stressful time right now. Because I work in publishing and have for almost 20 years now (god, I'm old!), I'm paying a lot of attention to how this affects the industry. Authors are having to cancel tours and, as a result, new releases in particular are going to be affected.

I'm trying to figure out how I can best help, even if it's just a tiny bit, here on the blog. I'll likely add a few additional kinds of posts, specifically features posts of books I haven't yet had a chance to read for review. We'll see.

In addition to that, BookBar, the store I work for, has opted (along with many other indies), to close to the public right now. That said, the store is continuing to operate and will be there for your book purchasing needs!

They're offering curbside pickup for locals as well as free shipping on orders. 

Because I try to keep all the facets of my life so separate, I usually link to Goodreads in every book cover and leave it at that (with the exception of blog tour required info). But, I will begin to link to BookBar with posts from here on out. If you choose to purchase the book from BookBar, fantastic! I'd encourage all of you to consider them or your own indie as you hopefully stockpile books and other items to keep yourself occupied and sane in the coming weeks.

I will be posting book recs and reviews here and on Instagram. If you don't follow me there yet, the link is in the sidebar here.

Stay sane and buy books, folks!