Last fall, a friend asked me to join a new site she was launching called Vulpes Libris  ( http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com ), which means Book Foxes in Latin. It was to be a literary website focusing on books and there would be a team of writers from around the world reviewing whatever they wanted to read and interviewing authors & publishers. Since most of the other contributors are authors, I was flattered to be asked to join, which was because I read about 200 books a year. Since VL began last year, it has expanded to posting opinon pieces, bookish celebrity interviews, theme weeks, guest writers & any aspect of books & reading we can think of. We now get about 20,000 hits a month, which is surprizing to us all.
  My involvement with the site is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I love reading and writing reviews often helps me get more out of a book. Then there's the added bonus of "review copies", which are free books sent by publishers or authors for the sole purpose of reading them & posting a review. Can it get any better?
   Apparently it can, because as we began Environment Week, we somehow came to the notice of CNN and they linked to my review on Monday of a book about extinction.I'm absolutely thrilled!  If you'd like to read it, here's the direct link--
http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/the-ghost-with-trembling-wings-by-scott-weidensaul/
   Will I be hearing from Anderson Cooper or Christine Amanpour? I'll let you know....