Unlike the 100th and 200th
posting milestones of The Book Shopper - Atlanta blog, this week's
posting marks the 250th attempt to inform and entertain. It all
began with my first posting back in November of 2008 as a companion
blog to my long ago book, The Book Shopper: A Life in Review,
which by the way, is available electronically or by a long-odds happenstance in some used book store.
There was a quite a celebration for
#250: booze, dancing, and flowers. But there were books involved
(mostly as decorate accents to the shabby Southern chic décor) in
the gala too. Admittedly, to save money, I piggybacked my daughter's wedding on top
of the event. My daughter Bonnie is shown here flanked by her sister Cynthia and her
virtual step sister Lizzie Casey (my Denise's daughter). These
three are more than friends to the blog. They are family. I will
admit the wedding event did overshadow the blog celebration, but I
have made my peace with that .
If you check the links to the #100 and #200 you'll see kind of Greatest Hits list of Bookshopper Blog entries. In keeping with that tradition, Since #200 there have been some good material in the past year, the Talledega Nights Meets William Faulkner posting, and more real book art featuring the work Brian Dettmer and Jim Simpson's reviews of Jamie Quatro, Claire Bidwell Smith and his series on things found in books.
I hope to be kicking off the next set of 250 postings (collect them all!) as I plan on seeing Rick Atkinson on Wednesday and George Packer the following week. I can't remember since I've been doing the blog a more exciting month in Atlanta. Most of the time it's a little too much for one blog to handle, but I will keep writing if you – the few, the discerning, the irreverent – keep reading.
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