Today’s discussion is mostly aimed at book bloggers/reviewers. As I was getting myself back into a blogging schedule I realized that I didn’t remember a lot about the books that I had read since I had last blogged. In all fairness it had been a few months and there had been a lot of books. For me there was no way that I would be […]
Category: Discussions
Discussion: Do you pre-order?
Pre-orders are kind of a big deal for me right now. When I lived in Illinois I very rarely pre-ordered any books at all. Mainly I was buying Kindle books and you’d be amazed at how often those Kindle prices drop. For one of the books that I wanted to read but didn’t pre-order I would have paid $14.99 on release day and within a […]
Discussion: I think I might be flipping sides….
Circa 2012 I fell in love with ebooks hardcore. I had recently purchased my first Kindle (I’d had a Nook before) and it was so light and convenient. Back then you still had to use a book light because they didn’t have lit screens yet. Soon I was building wish lists, subscribing to Daily Deal newsletters, and amassing what would become an almost frightening amount […]
Discussion: I Don’t Even Have a Witty Title
The book community is a passionate one. If you’ve spent any amount of time in it, you know this. Readers have taken this great thing and created spaces for it on social media platforms and on servers. We love the worlds that authors create and there is nothing better than sitting down and discussing (or typing out) all the feels for a book. With all […]
Discussion: How Do You Follow Blogs?
Now that I’m trying to re-enter the book community, I’m also trying to find a way to efficiently follow book blogs. I can’t comment on every post but that doesn’t mean that I don’t read them. My current method is to use Feedly. *gulp* I just checked and I have 365 posts to sort through. I’m pretty happy with Feedly but I’m always looking for […]