Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

(Yes, I know it’s already Friday but, well… the title is “by” Friday, so I have until the end of the day to complete the series. According to me.)

I start each week of the Five by Friday series by visiting a blog I already read and just randomly clicking an unfamiliar link on their blogroll. Unfamiliar because the point of this exercise, for me, is to move out and beyond routine and see a little of what else is out there. Then, I click a link on their blogroll, and then the next, so that by Friday there is a sort of six degrees thing going on from the starting blog/site.

I clicked over to The Millions from Tuesday’s site, Gridley Fires – A Blog About Books and Writing, and almost clicked away again! Not that there is anything wrong about The Millions – quite the contrary – but it was just such a difference in look and tone than the previous two sites we’ve visited this week.

Where they were quiet and somewhat personal, The Millions is multi-author, big and bold and chock full of stuff. Here is how they describe themselves:

Welcome to The Millions, offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003. The Millions has been featured on NPR and noted by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Village Voice, among others.

The first post on the page on my visit is a wide ranging and very interesting interview with Zoe Heller, author of The Believers. Scattered elsewhere on the page is literary gossip, cultural observations, reviews and movie talk.

This really is a great little site. There are no flashing or jumping things on the page itself (thank the gods) but the layout makes it seem fast moving, lively and it draws you in to click on not only the current offerings but archived stuff as well. Plus, I learned how to write “millions” in roman numerals – you never know when that might come in handy.

If you love talking about books, reading about them, searching out new ones or just wandering the shelves, you’ll love this site.

Five by Friday – week 1 theriomorph —> Breakfast with Pandora —> Gridley Fires – A Blog About Books and Writing —> The Millions —>

[note: This is also an open thread and a place to drop links to your own blogs or writings, or to other interesting places you visit.]

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