April marks our 12th month of Sunday Stills since I reinstated this photo challenge last May, 2018. A huge thank you and shout out to all bloggers who have faithfully posted Sunday Stills images since the beginning and to those who post regularly!
Let me take a moment to share some stats!
We’ve Come a Long Way
Our first month saw over 3300 visitors to my blog (not bad after my 4-month break)! The inaugural post had 95 likes, 15 pingbacks (links) and 3 re-blogs! The total pingbacks for the month of May was 44, and that was still during the WordPress WPC’s last month!
We started with the Inlinkz sharing app, which allowed folks to share their posts in the thumbnail gallery. The intention was to somewhat replicate the Weekly Photo Challenge’s thumbnails of images posted. It cost a few dollars a month, but many bloggers did not choose to use the feature. As a result, I ended the subscription in December.
Pat yourself on the back, lovingly clean those lenses, and congratulate yourselves for being inspired by photography!
Let’s Get to Today’s Photo Challenge
Today, April 7 marks the beginning of National Library Week! This week’s Sunday Stills theme is “For the Love of Reading and Books.”
This is indeed a challenge. How often can images depict “reading” or “books?” Surprise me and take a look at some of my images and my interpretation of the theme throughout this post.
Do You Frequent Your Local Library?
Three years ago, I visited my local library to get a library card mostly to rent audio books for my two-hour weekend delta drives. Not only did I get a new card and tour of my neighborhood library, the librarian helped me subscribe to the Overdrive App where I can borrow e-books (read on Kindle—so convenient) and audio-books! All FREE! Yay! No wonder I love reading!
Because I teach at a university, I also get to enjoy its vast library.
To help celebrate books, and the love of reading, please visit these bloggers.
Fellow blogger/author Hugh Roberts recently launched his newest book More Glimpses!
The signed paperback arrived in the mail on Saturday afternoon! This is my photo of the cover.
If you are looking for inspirational reading and books to motivate you, my blogger friend Michele recently posted this book list on her blog!
I just finished blogger and self-published author Jacqui Murray’s wonderful book, Born in a Treacherous Time (Book 1 in the Dawn of Humanity Trilogy). An excerpt from my review Amazon and Goodreads… “That Lucy has the capacity to learn and understand her environment, as well as to befriend an orphaned hominid child and injured proto-canine, speaks to the humanity in all of us and our innate need for love and acceptance.” Check out her newest book Survival of the Fittest.
Are you on Goodreads?
Visit These New Sunday Stills Participants
March’s Sunday Stills themes attracted 5 new bloggers to the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge. Please drop by their blogs and say hello!
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Do you enjoy reading and books? Show us your interpretations! You can link all week!
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