After I set up the Most Excellent Work It, Mom! book club, the discussion took off so much that it felt… superfluous to start a weekly post here called What Are You Reading? What do you think? Not only did the post I had planned seem superfluous, but I have also been working on things behind the scenes here at Work It, Mom!, and in my other working life (I have two, don’t you?), I have two grant applications due at the end of this week. And today is my son Christian’s eleventh birthday. So, I have been flying around trying to configure budgets, do research for background sections, write measurable goals, buy birthday presents and cupcakes, cut up fruit for fruit salad, vacuum, get the kids to make their beds, coordinate writers for WIM articles, and keep up with the forums.

You know, my arms are tired. So, I don’t feel like I am doing a great job of juggling everything right now. But tomorrow is another day.
So, here is what I was thinking about instead. I would really love to keep the discussion about books alive, but it’s sort of boring just to have one hand clapping, don’t you think? So, I thought of this: Having one of YOU do a guest post each week (I am so totally not stealing that idea from Nataly– I gave it to her) about what you are reading, and showcase your thoughts a little more than we can with the forums. You can do a book review, talk about a favorite author, a genre, a magazine, etc. Whatever you want. And you can link to your blog, and you can point your readers to your post here. I’ll even give you a button to put on your blog that says, “I blogged at Work It, Mom!” or something more exciting that reflects the topic. What do you think? Would you be interested in doing that?

If you are interested, please leave a comment here and then I will coordinate with you about how to do this!