Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Same Old Story ...


— Photo by TJ Sullivan —
Sorry to say it, but we all knew this was coming.

As reported a few minutes ago over at LA Observed, the Los Angeles Times appears to be in layoff mode again.

Same story on the other coast, at The New York Times.

Have to wonder how these publications can hope to retain subscribers while letting go the talented folks who produce the content.

Wishing the staffs of both newsrooms all the best ...

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— TJ Sullivan in LA

Monday, October 12, 2009

LA Today: Umbrella Watch 2009


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Disclosure: I shot this photo in December 2004 ... which is just about the last time we saw any rain in Los Angeles. But, if what the forecasts, and the skies, are saying is true, we're in for a storm.

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View more LA Today photos at this link.


— TJ Sullivan in LA

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

285+ Book-Related Links


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As promised, I have completed my search for book-related blogs and Web sites. All 285 of the sites listed here have been confirmed as active, meaning they've all featured fresh content in the past 30 days, or so. Of course, this is by no means a complete list. If you've got a few book clubs, book blogs, and/or book-related Web sites to suggest, send them along and I'll gladly append the list.

Enjoy ...
1 More Chapter

(The) 3 R’s: Reading, ‘Riting, and Randomness

38th Ave. Diva Readers

About Last Night

(An) Adventure in Reading

Adventures in SciFi Publishing

Age 30+ ... A Lifetime of Books

Allison’s Attic

Alvah's Books

American Booksellers Association

American Library Association

Amitava Kumar

As usual, I need more bookshelves

At Home With Books

Avery, an anthology of new fiction

Bagels, Books and Schmooze

Bailey’s and Books

Barnes & Noble's Book Club

Beatrice

Bermudaonion's Weblog

Beth Fish Reads

Biblio File

Bibliophile By the Sea

Bibliofreak

Bibliolatry

Big A little a

(The) Big Read

Bloggin' 'bout Books

Blue Archipelago

Bluestalking Reader

(The) Bluestocking Society

Book Addiction

Book-a-rama

Book Awards Reading Challenge

Book a Week with Jen

(The) Book Bench

Book Blogger Appreciation Week

Book Blogs

Book Browse

Book Chatter and other stuff...

(The) Book Chick

Book Chick City

Book Club in a Box

Book Club Girl

Book Club Classics

Book Club Classics - Facebook Link

(The) Book Club Cookbook

Book Clubs Resource

Book Crazy

Book Divas

Book Dragon's Lair

Book Group Buzz

Book Group Expo

(The) Book Lady's Blog

Book, Line, and Sinker

Book Lust - Nancy Pearl

Book Movement

(The) Book Nest

Book Nut

Book Reviews by Bobbie

Book Room Reviews

(A) Book Sanctuary

(The) Book Show

Book Slut

Bookavore

BookBigot

BookDwarf

Bookfoolery and Babble

BookFox

Bookgasm

Booking A Room With A View

Booking Mama

Bookish Ruth

Booklorn

Bookopolis

Bookpuddle

Books on the Nightstand

Books-a-Million's Book Club

Books and Bars

Books and Cooks

Books and Other Thoughts

Books and Quilts

Books in Every Room

Books, Inq.

Books Lists Life

Books ‘N Border Collies

Books on the Brain

Booksellers Blog

Booksie's Blog

Booksquare

Bookstack

BookTryst

Bookworm with a View

(A) Bookworm's World

Booninja

Borders Book Club

(The) Boston Bibliophile

Brandywine Books

Breaking the Spine

Callapidder Days

Care's Online Book Club

Caribou’s Mom

Carolina Gal's Literary Cafe

Chick with Books

Chicklish

Cindy’s Love of Books

Color Online

(The) Complete Booker

Condalmo

Confessions of a Real Librarian

Conversational Reading

Critical Mass

DailyLit

Dannyreviews.com

Daughters of Catastrophe

Devourer of Books

Diary of an Eccentric

Diane Rehm's Reader's Review

Distraction no. 99

Don't Miss Books

DoveGrey Reader

Dreadlock Girl

E. Lockhart

Early Word

Eating My Words

Educating Petunia

(The) Elegant Variation

(An) Embarrassment of Riches

Emerging Writers Network

Eos Books - The Next Chapter

Escape to Books

Everyday I Write the Book

Ex Libris

Fizzy Thoughts

(A) Fondness For Reading

Fresh Ink Books

Fyrefly’s Book Blog

GalleyCat

(A) Garden Carried in the Pocket

(A) Girl Walks into a Bookstore

Girls With Books

good reads

Globe Books

Great Books and Fresh Coffee

Guardian Unlimited

(A) Guy's Moleskine Notebook

Harper Collins Reading Group Resources

Hamza's Chronicles

Here in the Bonny Glen

Hey Lady!  Whatcha Reading?

(A) High and Hidden Place

Historical / Present

Huffington Post Book Club

In the Pages

Independent Bookstore Photo Gallery

If you're just joining us

Insatiable Reader

Jacket Copy - Los Angeles Times

Jenn's Bookshelves

Jezebel [Posts tagged "books"]

J. Kaye’s Book Blog

Jonathan Maberry’s Big, Scary Blog

Joy’s Blog

Just Books

Kelly’s Pulitzer Project

Kimbooktu

Kittling: Books

Lesa Holstine

Librarily Blonde

Library Queue

life happens while books are waiting

(A) Life in Books

Lit Lovers

(The) Literate Housewife Review

Literary Rejections on Display

(The) Literary Saloon

Living a Quotable Life

London Review of Books Online

Long and the Short of It [Romance reviews]

Long and the Short of It [Erotic reviews]

Lost in Books

(a) lovely shore breeze. . . .

Maggie Reads

Mark Athitakis’ American Fiction Notes

Maud Newton

Maw Books Blog

Medieval Bookworm

(The) Mermaids Bookshelf

Michele – only one “L”

(The) Millions

Minds Alive on the Shelves

Missy's Book Nook

Moby Lives

Mostly Fiction

(The) Mumpsimus

Musings of a Bookish Kitty

my cozy book nook

My Friend Amy

My Tragic Right Hip

Naked Without Books!

Nathan Bransford

Necessary Acts of Devotion

New Pages

Not Enough Bookshelves

Notes from Camp Swampy

(The) Novel Bookworm

(A) Novel Challenge

Novel Journey

(A) Novel Menagerie

Novelists, Inc. Blog

Of Books and Bicycles

Omnivoracious

Omnivoracious' Amazon Blog

One Persons Journey

Oprah's Book Club

Out of this Eos

Pages Turned

Paper Cuts -- The New York Times

Passion for the Page

Patti's Pages

Peeking Between the Pages

Pop Culture Junkie

Pop Goes Fiction

Presenting Lenore

(The) Printed Page

(A) Progressive on the Prairie

Publishing Insider

(The) Pulitzer Project

(The) Reader’s Advisor

Reader's Circle

Reader's Corner:

(A) Reader's Respite

Reading and Writing Podcast

Reading At The Beach

Reading Local: Portland

Reading Group Choices

Reading Group Guides

(The) Reading Journey

Reading to Know

Reading With Monie

Ready When You Are

Rebecca Reads

Redlady's Reading Room

ricklibrarian

(The) Roaring 20’s

Rose City Reader

S. Krishna’s Books

Santa Monica Citywide Reads Blog

Savvy Verse and Wit

(A) Sea of Books

(The) Second Pass

Semicolon

Serendipitous Readings

Seven Impossible Things

She is Too Fond of Books

She Reads Books

She Reads and Reads

Shelf Life

Short Stack - Washington Post

Signatures

Slaves of Golconda

(The) Sleepy Reader

Slushpile.net

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Snapshot

SnarkSpot

So Many Books

So Many Precious Books, So Little Time

Soliloquy in Blue

Splash of Red

Stacy’s Books

Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic

Stephanie's Written Word

Stone SouP

(The) Story Prize

Suburb Sanity

Tanzanite's Shelf and Stuff

Three Guys One Book

Tiny Little Reading Room

Too Many To Count

Trashionista

Trish's Reading Nook

USA Today - Books

Vroman's Bookstore Blog

Whimpulsive

White Readers Meet Black Authors

Worducopia

Words to Mouth

Wordswimmer

(A) Work in Progress

Wowowow/Books

Writer Unboxed

(The) Written Nerd

(A) Year of Books

You've GOTTA read this!
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I hope to see you at Facebook.


— TJ Sullivan in LA

Saturday, October 03, 2009