Saturday Spotlight

Welcome to my new meme….Saturday Spotlight, where each week we will have a chance to showcase something new.  It will be the place to gather, talk and shine the “spotlight” on all things book related.  Not to mention a place to discover new to us authors, characters, series and places. 

 Each week I will pick a new theme for us to share our favorite of, and every once in a while I’ll make it a “readers choice” week where you can spotlight whatever you want.

  Some of the different things we’ll be spotlighting are our favorite book, author, female/male character, location, murder weapon, series, other book blogs, giveaway sites, places to get our books and just about anything else book related.

 For our first week I thought we should spotlight OURSELVES!!!  I think it will be great way to introduce ourselves to each other and find out a little bit about each other, what we like to read, and how we got started blogging.

 So, about me.......I’m 39 years old and I live in Massachusetts. I work for my family’s business. I’ve got 3 beautiful nieces and a Maltese puppy named Sadie.  I've always been an avid reader. For as long as I can remember I've never been without a book in my hands, in my handbag, on my bedside table or in my car.  I love to read.  It's what I do for fun, to relax, to escape.  

 I love to read mysteries/thrillers, romantic suspense, contemporary fiction, cozies, woman's fiction, and legal thrillers. I used to be a big romance reader as well, but that fell by the way side.

Four years ago I found a great site - Paperback Swap.  For anyone looking to get rid of old books and find new ones, this is the place for you!  You offer up a book for trade. When someone requests your book, you mail it to them (via media mail which is the cheapest way to mail).  Once the receiver gets your book, you earn a credit. With that credit you can than order one of the millions of books that have been posted by other members. That’s it – easy peasy. Not only will you find books you want, but a whole new world of other genres will be opened up for you. I never knew what a cozy was, and now I’m hooked!  During my time on PBS I made some amazing friends.  Friends who were always looking to me for some great book recommendations.  They even started calling  me “The Book Pimp” and urged me to start a book blog.  Who me? Sure….. Will what I have to say actually persuade someone to read this book? Does anyone actually care about what I have to say about the books I read?   I guess some people do and I thank those of you who follow me and who have visited my site regularly.  Lori’s Reading Corner started off as a little place for me to share with my FRIENDS the books I’ve read and it’s gotten bigger than I could have ever expected or hoped for.  



So thank you to those that urged me to write this blog, the friends that continue to encourage me, the authors, publishers, publicists and others who think enough of me to send me your books to read, review and “pimp.”  I appreciate all of you!

Now…..tell me about you. How did you get started in the blogging world?

DISCLAIMER:

(Stolen from the lovely Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books – thank you!)

The Spotlight isn't just for you to throw your link in there and not visit any other blogs.  It's all about networking and finding new blogs that are of interest.  So, in the spirit of the Spotlight, try to make some time to visit other blogs and don't post your link if you are not planning on visiting other blogs during the week.  This is a weekly event, so if you don't have time this week, that's fine!  Hopefully we'll see you next week!

If you sign MckLinky, make sure to leave a link to YOUR Spotlight post & please share the love and POST ABOUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON YOUR BLOG!  How else will anyone else find out about it and come join the fun?