I’ve been blogging about kids books for 12 years as of today!
I was an early blogger, the strange librarian wandering ALA Exhibit booths and talking about blogging and getting lots of blank looks from publishers. That has certainly changed! And I am happy to see that blogging, particularly blogs that review books, have reached a new level of respectability from publishers and readers alike. We change the conversation at times, bring diversity to the forefront, discuss hard topics, insist on progress being made.
So thank you everyone. Thank you readers for following my blog and reading my reviews and my rants alike. Thank you publishers for the books you send and the respect you show. Thank you librarians for all you do for your communities but mostly for being a voice for reading and literacy always.
I am so proud to have been part of the flourishing blogging community for 12 years. Thank you for including me with such openness and kindness.
Waking Brain Cells 
Happy Birthday! I follow more than 20 child lit blogs daily and your posts are at the top of my list. Thanks for the wonderful information.
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Thank you!! I wish I had a slice of cake to share with you. One with a frosting rose on it, of course!
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Congratulations, Tasha! You do such an exemplary job of keeping us informed concerning new books. I love getting your posts in my email, and look forward to every one of them. With best wishes for great success over the next 12 years!
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Thank you!
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You were the first blog we read when we started blogging in 2005 — and indeed, it was a landscape with tumbleweeds and the odd cricket. How times have changed. Happy blogversary!
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Thank you! I love the image of tumbleweeds and crickets.
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Congratulations, pioneer!
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Thanks Kathleen! There were others there with me, many of whom are still at it too.
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Happy Blog Birthday, Tasha. 12 years is an eternity in book blogging. I, for one, am very glad that you are still here. (My 10 year is coming up in December.)
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Congrats on 10 years (soon!)
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Congratulations and happy Blog Birthday! You’ve contributed so much to the kidlit world, and you’ve always been an inspiration to me. I’m glad that you’re still going strong after 12 years!
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Sheila you inspire me too! It’s been an honor to work with you for so many years on Cybils.
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Happy Blog Birthday! Thanks for the inspiration to blog!
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Thanks!
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Happy Blog Birthday — that’s a lot of years! I enjoy reading your thorough reviews. Don’t know how you blog two books a day!
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Pure obsession and a need to share all of these great books!
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Happy blogbirthday! yours was one of the blogs I read back when I got started almost nine years ago, so glad you are still here!
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