Book Blogger Appreciation Week Award Results

The results are in and QG didn't win the award for Best Spiritual, Inspirational or Religious Book Blog in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week Award contest. Congratulations to the winner: Books, Movies and Chinese Food. Great title, yes?

However, I'm really pleased to have received one of the three nominations in the category, especially since the nomination and award is based on the votes of other book bloggers. I notice that the winner and the other nominee focus almost exclusively on book reviews and related types of posts while QG covers a lot of other topics.

I have been pondering whether to create a separate blog just for book reviews, but given the fact that fewer people follow blogs these days than a mere 5 years ago when QG was first created, I'm not sure I want to divide my efforts. Thoughts?

QG Nominated for Book Blogger Award

Woo-Hoo! I got word this morning that Quotidian Grace has been nominated for Best Spiritual, Inspirational or Religious Book Blog in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week awards contest. If memory serves, there were around 20 blogs entered in this category and I am excited to be among the three nominated by other book bloggers for this award.

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is September 13-17 and this is the third annual contest. The awards are chosen by fellow book bloggers who registered to vote back last spring, so it is an honor to be nominated by your peers.

Here's a link to the post which was my entry into the contest:
Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards Entry

Book Blogger Appreciation Week Entry Post

I appreciate the advice and comments from my Gentle Readers which has helped me to choose the posts for my entry in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards Contest. After further consideration I decided to enter in the Best Spiritual Book Blog (instead of the Best Eclectic Book Blog) and the Best Written Book Blog categories.

I am nominating the following book reviews from Quotidian Grace for the Best Spiritual Book Blog:

1. Days of Fire and Glory by Julia Duin
2. Life in Year One by Scott Korb
3. Revelation, A Matthew Shardlake Mystery by C. J. Sansom
4. The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time by Judith Shulevitz
5. Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller

I am nominating the following book reviews from Quotidian Grace for the Best Written Book blog:

1. Days of Fire and Glory by Julia Duin
2. Keeping the Feast by Paula Butturini
3. Son of Hamas by Mosab Hasan Yousef
4. Revelation, A Matthew Shardlake Mystery by C. J. Sansom
5. The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time by Judith Shulevitz

Wish me luck! The awards will be announced during Book Blogger Appreciation Week September 13-17.

Book Blogger Appreciation Week Entry

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is coming up in September, and I have decided to enter QG in the Awards competition. All entries are by self-nomination and you can enter in one niche and one general category. I am going to enter QG in the Best Eclectic Book Blog and Best Written Book Blog categories.

Gentle Readers--especially those of you who have been kind enough to encourage my book reviews--I need your advice! Entries must include 5 reviews in each category. Please use the poll below to vote for up to 5 of the reviews I selected for Best Eclectic Book Blog. I can nominate the same reviews (or different ones) for the Best Written Book Blog entry so I would also love your advice in the comments about which ones to choose.

Muchas gracias!

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