Babbling
Books is four years old today! When I started out, I had only a vague idea of
where this blog would go. Four years
later, I find myself very satisfied with the direction that my site has taken.
I am also very happy about the fact that I am interacting with all sorts of
bright and interesting bookish people.
Thus,
my first order of business, as I have done on past anniversaries, is to express
appreciation the wonderful blogging community with whom I regularly interact. I
have met so many interesting and intelligent fellow bloggers. I must thank all
of those who have commented on Babbling Books over the years.
As
2016 begins, I am looking forward to another year of sharing my thoughts on engaging
books and concepts. I am also looking forward to more fruitful interactions with
the bookish folk of the Internet.
Happy
reading everyone!
71 comments:
Just think! That's 28 in dog years! Have a wonderful celebration, and look forward to another 28. Congratulations from a curmudgeonly book addict who has very much enjoyed your postings.
Thanks for the good word R.T.
And thank you for the perspective from the point of view of our furry friends.
Congratulations on four years of blogging! Your blog is interesting and thought-provoking. I hope 2016 will be a terrific year of reading and blogging. Happy New Year to you and your family, Brian Joseph!
Congratulations on four years of blogging -- that really is an achievement! The best part is that you are enjoying it and finding it fruitful, and the rest of us get to enjoy reading your thoughts as well.
Four years is quite an achievement - congratulations!! I always enjoy reading your thought-provoking posts.
Thanks Suko. Happy New Year to you and yours. I think 2016 will be good!
Thanks Lory.
It really has been fun.
Thanks for the good word JoAnn.
Congratulations on your fourth anniversary of blogging. I really appreciate your commentaries and reviews. Through your blogging I have learned about books that I would have never encountered and been reminded why I enjoyed some old favorites. Hope you continue to raise interesting issues and ideas.
Happy blogaversary & happy new year Brian. I love coming here, almost always every book is one I haven't heard of or that I wouldn't normally pick up myself. Here is to many more reads, reviews, discussions and recommendations.
Lainy http://www.alwaysreading.net
Congrats Brian. Blogging is a healthy hobby IMO
Is it four years already? I remember when you first started this blog and it doesn't seem that long ago! :) I'm glad you're still around. You're one of the most supportive and interactive book bloggers out there, and your posts are always interesting and thought-provoking to read. Long may your blog continue!
Happy blog anniversary, Brian! It's always a pleasure to visit your blog. May you write here for many more years!
Happy Blog anniversary, Brian. It's always interesting to read your reflections on the books you've been reading. Happy New Year to you - wishing you all the best for the year ahead!
Thanks James.
One of the benefits of the blogging community is finding out about all these books we would never have otherwise heard of.
Thanks Lainy.
As I mentioned to James, one great thing about the blogging community getting peeks into all sorts of books we otherwise would not have given a look at.
Thanks Violet.
Time goes by so fast!
And thank you also. I do remember that on many of my early blog posts, you were one of the few, sometimes the only one, commenting on my entries.
Thanks Delia.
Lets hope that we all have our blogs for many years to come.
Thanks Guy.
Your comment is funny, but very true.
Thanks Jacqui.
Much of blogging about sharing our ideas.
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Happy Blog-versary Brian and Happy New Year! I always look forward to coming here to read your interesting and well articulated posts and discussions.
Chocolate cake and wine! Two of my favorite things.
Congratulations on the fourth anniversary of your very thoughtful and thought provoking blog. I hope this year to post more reviews of books I read and to be more honest about what I think of them! Happy New Year!
Congratulations! I wish you many years of happy blogging!
Thanks Sharon!
Thanks Naida!
There just has to be food and beverages at any celebration :)
Thanks Harvee.
I also am determined to get more books in this year.
Congrats on your blog's first four years, Brian, and here's hoping that you have at least another four years of blogging left in the tank. With any luck, I hope to read and review a significant amount more of history books this year as inspired by your example. Thanks for the prod!
HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY, BRIAN!!!! WOOT, WOOT!!!
WOW. I had no idea you had been blogging for FOUR years! Incredible, how time flies!!
Let me say that I am very happy to have found your blog and made your acquaintance. Not only are your posts very thought-provoking, but also very well-written and thought out. You've made me ponder historical and political topics that I probably would never take the time to think about, to be honest with you.
I especially love your posts regarding feminism, as that is definitely one of my major interests. And how about science fiction? You know I love reading about that, as well!
In addition to the above, you are one of the nicest bloggers I've met since I began blogging myself. Even when you disagree with someone, you do so in a polite, rational manner. I really appreciate that! And you always comment back on blogs, as well as replying to comments left on your posts.
So here's to FOUR MORE YEARS!! Naw.....I hope it's a LOT more than that!! KEEP ON TRUCKIN'!!! : )
Hey Brian, congratulations! It's great to see Babbling Books persist and grow and continue to spread an infectious curiosity and appreciation for good literature (and history too, for that matter). And from the photo, it appears you celebrated appropriately. Here's to a terrific year five!
Thanks Richard.
There is so much to read and so little time. We need to fit more of history and other stuff into out reading.
Thanks Scott.
Cake is always good!
Thanks so much Maria. Your words mean a lot.
We do share these interests in such fascinating topics.
Agreed, I want to go on for a lot more then four years!
Have a great week!
Brian, Congratulations! It has been great reading your posts through the years. I'm glad you are sticking with it.
Thanks Heidi - Hopefully I will be around for awhile!
Only slightly late. Happy blogoversary. Wonderful to have spent the last four years in such company, here's the next four and beyond.
Thanks Tracy.
Your comments o my posts have been wonderful.
Happy 2016!
Happy Blogiversary Brian!
Congratulations Brian!
I agree with you: book blogging is a fantastic opportunity to find like-minded readers and it deepens our reading.
To more years of book blogging!
Hear, hear Brian. Congrats on 4 years! Your blog posts are always interesting and informative and I look forward to reading more of your reviews in 2016! Glad I found your site.
Yay, happy blogoversary!!! I'm late to the party, but I'm glad I found your blog :) Having a record of one's bookish thoughts is wonderful, I look at olde rposts every now and then and it's so interesting to see how one's tastes and interests develope.
Congrats on four years of blogging, Brian. I love reading your analyses of books and I look forward to many more. Happy new year! :)
Thanks Kate!
Thanks Emma.
And thank you agin for being the first person ever to comment on my blog four years ago!
Thanks Susan. I am glad that I found your site too.
Here is to many more years of blogging for us all.
Thanks Bina.
I am glad that I found your blog.
It is striking how my thoughts on books have changed over the years.
Thanks for the good word Priya.
Happy New Year!
Happy blog anniversary! (And happy New Year too.)
I always find your posts enjoyable and thought-provoking, though for now I'll skip the last one due to the major spoilers for a book I want to read :)
Thanks Hila.
That is why I put up the spoiler warning :)
Congratulations! Feels so nice to find a place to interact with nice and bookish people, doesn't it? I find that sort of thing disturbingly hard to find when out and about...
Here's to (at least) another four years!
Thanks Sarah.
Indeed finding folks to converse with about books is often so difficult. The digital age has opened so many doors for us.
Congratulations! That cake looks soooo good! I hope there are many more years of blogging ahead!
Thanks Stephanie.
The cake was a made by my wife a few months ago. It contains a lot of Nutella.
Congratulations Brian & thanks for the many interesting posts & comments over those years
Congratulations Brian & thanks for the many interesting posts & comments over those years
Thanks Gary and that you for your posts and comments.
I will mis your blog.
Good luck in all your future endeavors.
Happy reading to you as well. I agree that blogging has improved the way I think and respond to what I read.
Thanks Jane.
What a difference it has made in my life.
Already four years? Amazing. Congratulations. I'm looking forward to see what you'll be reading and writing about next year.
Thanks Caroline.
Time has flown.
I want to that you for being one of the first people to start coming to my blog and commenting.
Happy 2016!
Blogging has improved the way I think and even changed the way I socialize (at least online). It's amazing how fulfilling it can be, even though I find it difficult to find the time and the energy to do it. Sometimes I really have to force myself to sit down and blog, especially when I'm not feeling well. But by the time I have actually written something I feel so much better. It's my best self-improvement tool.
Hi Rachel -
Time and energy are indeed an challenge when it comes to blogging. I try and work on a blog a little bit every day, even if it is only for ten minutes or so. Still, sometimes it is a challenge to do so.
Apologies Brian for a very late comment but sending you huge congratulations for four years of your brilliant blog! Also apologies for not commenting for ages. I have been reading and enjoying your posts via email subscription and always find them interesting and insightful. Cheers to more posts! All the best.
Thanks Lindsay. No need to apologize. Life gets busy. I hope that you are well.
Many congratulations, Brian. I discovered your blog only recently, but I already seem to love it. Thank you. :)
Thanks so much Deepika! Thanks again for stopping by,
How is it I've only just discovered you? I think it's easier for WordPress bloggers to connect with other WP bloggers, and it's harder to discover Blogger bloggers, somehow. I don't know if that's true or not! Happy Blogoversary!
Thanks Laurie and thanks for stopping by.
Congratulations Brian, sorry I missed this post in January. I'm coming up on 8 years and I always say this will be my last as it is work -- LOL --that never seems to happy though
Thanks for stopping by Diane.
Blogging is a lot of work and it is tempting to let it go sometimes.
Brian as we say down here "better late than never" so congratulations on four years of blogging! Glad I found your little corner.
PS: dear, that cake looks so yummy... hummmmm
Thanks so much Reader's Tales.
I am glad that I found your bog too.
The cake is another wonderful creation of my wife's
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