Age 30+ ... A Lifetime of Books: Meeting Bloggers IRL (in real life)!

Who AM I?

That's a good question ... I'm a daughter, a wife, a mother, a sister, a friend ... and there's so much more! But for the purpose of this blog I am a first and foremost a reader.

When I was in the first grade I read The Hobbit and my love of Fantasy took root. By the time I left elementary school I had completed the entire series as well as The Belgariad by David Eddings. Seventh grade brought me the beginning of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series ... which is still not complete. High school and college introduced me to the classics and to history. My reading disappeared for several years when I had a child. Then I started a book club and it came back in full force.

Today I read anything that catches my eye ... at the moment that includes historical fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, and any titles I find interesting. I'm always on the lookout for the next great find ... any suggestions?

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Meeting Bloggers IRL (in real life)!

Since I began blogging about a year ago, I’ve had the opportunity to actually meet several people I first *met* through their blogs. I wrote about my meeting with Shana but I don’t think I mentioned that I also met two local bloggers (Amy and another gal who blogs anonymously) who have since joined my book club.

Last weekend I had the chance to meet two more bloggers, Anna and Serena. They are the brains behind the wonderful War Through the Generations challenge blog. We got together for lunch at the local Panera and spent two hours chatting about books, blogs, and life in general. It was lots of fun!

If anyone else happens to be in my area (Baltimore/Annapolis, Maryland) I’d love to meet you as well. It is always fun to put a face and a voice to the personality I know from a blog.

10 comments:

Anna said...: I had a wonderful time, Heather! The time just flew by with all the chatting that was going on. We need to get together again some time!

--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric; January 29, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Anonymous said...: How cool! I would love to meet Anna and Serena! They seem like they would be so much fun to meet. Meeting bloggers in real life is fun. Lot's to talk about!; January 29, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Anonymous said...: Isn't it fun to meet bloggers IRL? I have never met any bookbloggers IRL, but I have met quite a few from the Armenian blogosphere and some have become good friends. For me that is one of the best things about blogging, the people you get to know.; January 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Serena said...: I'm glad you had fun too. I thought maybe we scared you! LOL

I loved chatting about those horror movies and books, naturally.

We should do it again...maybe somewhere in Columbia...I think they have a La Madeline!; January 29, 2009 at 10:39 AM
avisannschild said...: I agree, it's really fun to meet other book bloggers in real life. I meet with three other bloggers on a monthly basis now!; January 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM
bermudaonion said...: I'm going to have lunch with some bloggers on Saturday and I can't wait.; January 29, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Alyce said...: How wonderful that you've been able to meet so many bloggers in real life! It's too bad I'm not in the Baltimore area.; January 30, 2009 at 1:38 AM
avisannschild said...: I trust you'll blog about your lunch, Kathy!; January 30, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Suey said...: How fun to meet those two! After meeting some bloggers myself a few weeks ago, I now have a craving to meet everyone!; February 3, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Anonymous said...: Very fun! Here's a shout out to anyone who's coming to the Boston area ...; February 4, 2009 at 2:28 PM