At the end of last week I had about a million books going at once. Over the next few days, I started knocking them out one at a time, and as a result I read ALL THE BOOKS this week. It helps that I was expecting to be cleaning a house this week, but our closing has been pushed back, so I had some significant reading time.
Actually, it was just a good bookish week all around, because on Wednesday I also got to spend some time hanging out with Melanie Gideon, author of Wife 22, which I read last week and just absolutely adored.
I read Wife 22 (out in late May) in about 24 hours and absolutely adored everything about it. I was extremely pleased to find out that Melanie is just as lovely and fabulous as her book. I also had the pleasure of meeting fellow Chicago bloggers Dana from Possessionista and Beth from Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom. Really, it was just a completely lovely time all around.
Friday was a slightly less awesome bookish day, though; I woke up and found my blog down. I was able to get an answer from my host before I went to work, but it was a hacking, and they were not able to remove the code automatically. It was more than I could do before work, so that meant I had to wait until after work to do anything about it, meaning my site was down all day. Once I got home, I got on Twitter and Trish had a recommendation of a site that could not only remove my malware (instead of the 4-6 hours I was about to spend doing it), but would also monitor my site multiple times daily to continue to protect my from future malware. I’m going to put this in a big font (with an affiliate link, because seriously, most of you need this) so nobody misses it:
Sucuri Security
You guys, they were super fast and super helpful, and I love the setup of the site to allow for future monitoring. They scan my site every 6 hours automatically, but I can also do manual scans which are insanely fast. I’m an absolute convert. I also appreciate that they under-promise and WAY over-deliver. I know, I’m gushing, but they deserve the gush. Every penny I paid was worth it for me not to spend 4-6 solid hours doing that myself. Look into it.
So here’s the crazy amount of stuff I read this week:
This week I posted giveaways for two wonderful books, now in paperback: The Language of Flowers and The First Husband. I also reviewed these books:
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Wow! I’m reading An Uncommon Education and enjoying it, and hope to get to Wiley Cash’s book soon.
I just don’t get the mindset of people who hack sites. I’m glad you were able to find such a great solution!
Ooh, so jealous you got to meet Melanie Gideon. Is she coming back for Printers Row by any chance? –Margie
Not that I know. I’m not aware of any family she has in this area, they just brought her here to meet some bloggers and booksellers.
Sorry to hear that your blog was hacked. Luckily it’s all back to normal now.
Congrats on finishing all those books. Hope you’ve got some great new books in the pipeline.
That is such a bummer about the blog but glad you are back and all is working well now