Category Archives: Site info

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about
5 Minutes for Books

Well, maybe not everything (you’ll have to stick around longer to get to know us intimately), but in honor of the Ultimate Blog Party, I thought I’d give a run-down about our site. Even those of you who are regular readers might find out something you don’t know about our site. First thing that everyone…

Meet Our Newest Contributor

Elizabeth has been a frequent commenter on our book reviews for quite some time (and for a while there, she was on a roll as a lucky winner as well), which brought me over to her lovely blog, Planet Nomad. She is a thoughtful communicator and beautiful writer. I am pleased to announce her as…

Problems with our Feed (and a quick survey)

We are having problems with our feed. We’re working on it, but I’m not sure what the problem is, and we had a problem a few months ago as well. ARGH! It hasn’t updated since Tuesday. I don’t want to keep adding new content out there that most of our readers won’t see! If you…

What’s on Your Nightstand — July

All good things must come to an end. No, no, don’t worry. What’s on Your Nightstand is not one of them. We enjoy hosting and visiting around and participating in this monthly meme. But after being a part of the 5 Minutes for Books team since we launched two years ago, both Lisa and Carrie…

Change is GOOD!

Those of you who read the posts on the site may notice that things are looking a little different. Change is good, right? Things are still in progress, but we particularly want to get the sidebars and the navbar (on top) functional. It’s not functional right now, but please let me know what you like/don’t…

All about 5 Minutes for Books

Welcome — Ultimate Blog Party-hoppers — to 5 Minutes for Books! Regular readers — you might find out something new too, so I hope you read and comment. We are a sister site to 5 Minutes for Mom, and we have a wonderful team of reviewers who each have a different favorite type of book….

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Edit: Goal results are below. I am glad that I participated in Maw Books Bloggiesta. Friday totally slipped by me, and I had a commitment Saturday morning, and I wasn’t really prepared mentally, but I think that I spent about 5 or 6 hours of time on it. Reminder for next year — and yes,…

The Year in Review(s)

CARRIE It’s been an interesting year of life for me, and my reading time has sort of fluctuated a great deal. However, there have been a lot memorable reading moments scattered throughout the year. It’s hard to narrow down just one or two reads that really stood out from the rest but if I had…