It was a short trip, and I was a bit hampered by the lack of a laptop (it’s in the shop… again…), but I had a grand time with Bloggiesta.
What I did get done:
I got rid of the blogroll, inserted recent comments feature. It’s not quite the way I’d like it… I’d really like it if the link with the commentor’s name would go to the commentor’s blog, but I’m not sure that’s available on Blogger. If anyone knows how to do that, I’d love to fix it. I think, in the long run, that it’ll be a better way to go than a blogroll.
I didn’t get rid of my master lists that were over on the side (they’re still there, under the label “master lists”!), but I decided that I needed some more versatility in the blog. Hence, blog labels! I even managed to put up a few genre-specific ones.
And I have a spiffy new blog header. The picture’s from Powell’s, on a trip I took last summer. I’m still not sure I absolutely love it, but it’ll do, for now.
The only thing I didn’t get to was cleaning up my feed reader. (I actually expanded it with some of the blogs from my blogroll.) I think I’m okay with that.
At any rate, I had a grand time Bloggiesta-ing!
The Book Nut 
I like the new header!
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For a late start it looks like you got a lot done. I like the header.
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I like your header. I'm glad you were able to get some things done even with the disabled laptop.
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I love that picture! It makes me wish I was in a bookstore.
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Isn't it weird that when someone changes something you can't remember what it used to look like? I can barely remember your old header already and I'm pretty sure I was just here recently.
I do like the new one though.
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Phenomenal productivity! Congratulations on a very successful weekend 🙂
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You seem to have accomplished quite a lot on your blog. I don't know that we every really are satisfied that we have accomplished everything. I love your site. Great book reviews.
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Fun header! I am trying to limit my blog reading time (I know, sad huh?) so I didn't see it until today. I love 🙂
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I know for WordPress that the recent comments widget will go to their blog. Bummer for Blogger. Thanks for fiesting with us!
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Wow, this was quite a fiesta for you. I love the header and the layout. I found some badges I probably need to add … thanks for the guided tour.
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