Laila Lalami

That’s it for me this week. The one and only Randa Jarrar takes over tomorrow and every Friday. Have a good weekend!

Thanks to Randa for minding the site on Friday. I posted a bunch of items for Monday, but things are awfully busy this week (in a good way) so posting may be sporadic.

That’s it for me this week. The one and only Randa Jarrar takes over at Moorishgirl tomorrow and every Friday. Be back on Monday.

That’s it for me this week. The one and only Randa Jarrar takes over tomorrow and every Friday. I will be back on Monday. Have a good weekend.

That’s it for me this week. The one and only Randa Jarrar takes over tomorrow and every Friday. Do come back next week, when I will have another underappreciated book recommendation, possibly a book review, and more news and commentary.

My stats page has shown yet another spike over the weekend (8,000 unique visits on Monday!) and I wanted to say hello to the new readers. Welcome to Moorishgirl. Take a look around and let me know if you have any questions.

Despite the title of the previous post, it turns out I’m not actually back in action. Work has piled up while I was away so I’m taking a day off to catch up and will be back here on Wednesday. Come back soon.

Many thanks to Randa Jarrar for minding the site on Friday. I feel very fortunate to have such a great writer (and awesome friend) be a part of this blog.

Many thanks to Randa Jarrar for watching the site on Friday. I’m back from my writing retreat (about which I’ll have more on Monday.)

In the meantime, take a look at the LBC‘s first press mention, courtesy of the L.A. Times. (The site requires registration, but you can use bugmenot for an anonymous login and password.)

Marking a departure from the solitary life of reading and writing, about 20 independent literary bloggers announced Friday that they will begin working together in hopes of drawing readers to books they feel deserve more attention, while seeking to generate more and deeper public discussions of literature.

Calling themselves the Litblog Co-Op, the effort includes the sites the Elegant Variation, Moorishgirl, Rake’s Progress and Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, all of which will continue to operate separately, the bloggers say.

Key to the effort is the Read This! campaign they’ve created, in which five of the bloggers will each nominate a title he or she thinks deserves readers’ attention, then the co-op will vote for one to promote jointly. The first title (four will be selected each year) will be announced May 15 on the group’s website, Los Angeles blogger Mark Sarvas, who drew the project together, described the effort as less an award program than a conversation starter.

This is all very exciting. Be sure to bookmark the LBC‘s site for further news.

I’m away this week to work on my novel. The entries this week were pre-posted (as are the ones you’ll see next week.) But rejoice! The one and only Randa Jarrar takes over tomorrow and every Friday, and I’m sure she’ll have lots of good stuff for you. Be well.