It's been a very busy month as last month we hosted festivities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Book Report Network with a party at Ruby Foo's in New York City. You can see pictures from this very special evening here.

The recent anniversary of The Book Report Network has me thinking about how much I personally have changed over these past ten years. Little secret: When we first started the company I HATED making cold calls. In fact, I hated making most phone calls. I would delay calling anyone I did not know. But as time went on I realized that I was the only person who could make the calls to get some things done to make the company work, and I needed to get over my fear of the phone to do this. So I did. The way I see it, passion overcame fear.

Back in 2002 when we were working on a plan for FaithfulReader.com, I attended a convention in San Diego where I was meeting Christian publishers for the first time. I was slightly overwhelmed getting to know a whole new market. During one meeting I was talking to a colleague named Beverly Rykerd, who had been encouraging me to start this site. She knew me from one of the other book websites that we had running and she knew my taste in reading. I asked her for a recommendation of a book that I might enjoy. She suggested a book by Philip Gulley, CHRISTMAS IN HARMONY.

Back in 2002 when we were working on a plan for FaithfulReader.com, I attended a convention in San Diego where I was meeting Christian publishers for the first time. I was slightly overwhelmed getting to know a whole new market. During one meeting I was talking to a colleague named Beverly Rykerd, who had been encouraging me to start this site. She knew me from one of the other book websites that we had running and she knew my taste in reading. I asked her for a recommendation of a book that I might enjoy. She suggested a book by Philip Gulley, CHRISTMAS IN HARMONY.

Tuesday night we celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Book Report Network with a party at Ruby Foo's in the city. Authors, publishing friends, agents and friends of the company joined us and shared stories from the last decade. It was a really fun evening. You can see photos of some of the events of the evening here.

Happy Fall! Yes, we have moved into what we call "the colorful season" with the great looking foliage changes this time of year. Apples anyone?

My boys are back in school this week for a full week. For all the moms out there, HOW tired are you of filling out forms for school where you list emergency numbers? My favorite was this week when I was filling out a form for my younger son online and I needed cell numbers for all "in case of emergency" contacts, including the three neighbors who can be called if my husband or I cannot be found. This came after I had listed home/office and cell numbers for both myself and for my husband. Both of my sons have cellphones too with all these numbers speed dialed. So the form was not letting me close it without this info for our neighbors, which I did not know. So I typed 000-000-0000 and it worked! I know, I am a bad mother!