Isn’t this nice? Chartroose sent it my way and I’m just so chuffed. Thanks, Char! And best of all, I get to pass it on. So, without further ado, I nominate:

Veronica of Toddled Dredge. Usually I go down Bloglines in alphabetical order but when there’s something new from Veronica I always skip everything else and read it first. She pretends to be a curmudgeon but she’s got the biggest heart I know. And the biggest vocabulary! If you’ve never visited Toddled Dredge, Go. Now.

Heather from Age 30 – A Year of Books. Heather and I have very similar taste in books, and I love the way she writes her reviews. She does what I try to do — she writes about the experience of reading without giving too much detail about plot, and she draws generalizations that allow other people to comment even if they haven’t read the book.

Caribousmom. I don’t keep a physical TBR stack; I just bookmark other bloggers’ reviews and stick ‘em in a TBR folder. And most of the reviews I’ve bookmarked come from this blog. ‘Nuff said.

Valerie of Life is a Patchwork Quilt. Val is my IRL friend going back to those early days of new motherhood. I didn’t know too many other moms back then, and our little playgroup kept me sane during those first few years. Our boys are 12 now and she lives across the country — and I’m so glad she started blogging! She is smart, funny, artistic, and quite a bookworm. Plus, she’s the only person (that I know of) who’s been brave enough to try the Jump! meme. Check out her blog, and tell her I said hi. :-)

Ella of Box of Books. This is another of my “read-firsts.” If you’ve never visited Box of Books you have a treat in store. It doesn’t matter what Ella writes about — she is always witty and entertaining. Not to mention creative. Don’t believe me? Check out this!

Thanks again, Chartroose, and I hope you all will enjoy these Excellent blogs. :-)