In Bed With Books: Year One

I started In Bed With Books on March 18, 2008. By that point I'd been reading and reviewing ARCs for years; my ninth grade librarian started me down that path. But I was aware of lit blogs and decided it would be good to start one. Plus I could be more organized.

But here's the real question: Why did I call my blog In Bed With Books?

A) It's true. I do most everything in my bed - eat, sleep, differential equations, read. (Apparently this isn't good for my sleep health. Eh, I sleep like a rock.) My room at home is designed so that you can reach all parts of it from the bed. My dorm room, where this all started . . . not so much. Sadly, my dorm replaced all the furniture this summer so the bed where In Bed With Books started no longer exists. (Happily, I like having new furniture.) But here you go:

That would be me, updating the blog, in the usual place. Yes, I am terrified of heights. The extreme loft took a long while to get used to.



This is a worse photo, but I've actually got a smile in it. Yeah, I'm a little vain.

So there you go. In Bed With Books is literal. It's where I curl up with the books and where I write the blog.

B) The student magazine I write for was doing an "In Bed" themed issue when I started the blog. My article was about books to read in bed. I went with it, since it made sense given my lifestyle. Why rack my brain when a blog title fell into my lap?

So now it's been a year. This blog has been written in four beds, on three computers. (For those wondering: dorm bed, my bed, my bed at my dad's, new dorm bed, my lappie, mom's comp, dad's comp.) Here's to another year. Hope ya'll enjoyed my first as much as I did.