The Hype Monster You know what I’m talking about – when everyone loves a book and it gets all these glowing reviews, and everybody is DYING to get their hands on it; so your hopes for the story end up rising higher and higher until they’re just so high that the book probably couldn’t live up to your expectations even if it was the greatest book ever written? Yeah, you know exactly what I mean. As a book blogger, the Hype […]
This topic was inspired by Lauren @ Lose Time Reading. She asked us if we have deal breakers in books, and one of hers was animal abuse. It’s one of mine, too, and I feel the need to talk about it! Animal Murder My first question is: Why do authors feel the need to do this? To get a reaction? To create controversy? Maybe we’ll never know. But what I know is: 9 times out of 10, it is not necessary. […]
Blogger etiquette *This is just my opinion, and what I’ve learned in my two years of blogging. This is by no means fact or law. Isn’t it sad that I feel the need to insert a disclaimer? Now, for most of these things, I’m more lenient when it comes to newbie bloggers who don’t know any better. I probably made plenty of mistakes in my first months of blogging (I admit I was guilty of excessive commenting to get […]
A bit late, I know. I’ve been having trouble lately finding the motivation to do much of anything. But here goes… Blogging goals/resolutions Use my planner to keep up with my posts and things I have to do. Lately I’ve been forgetting to post things – like Sunday’s missing Heartbeat Weekly, or Monday’s review (which I did get posted, just 10 hours late). If I could make it a point to check that planner daily, I could avoid that! Have […]
Hosted by The Perpetual Page Turner 1. Best book you read in 2013? (You can break it down by genre if you want) If I had to pick ONE favorite of 2013, it’d be Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff. That book seriously took a piece of my soul! I already made an in-depth post breaking down my top ten as well as genre faves, you can check it out HERE! 2. Book you were excited about & thought […]
To be honest, I took on far too many challenges this year and set my goals far too high. I had a hard time even keeping track of them! Next year I’m going to limit myself to 4 challenges maximum! Overall: 4/7 challenges completed Hosted by The Book Nympho & Hot Listens Goal: 5 Not Completed (4/5) Books listened to: Hosted by Hobbitsies Goal: 10Completed (and far exceeded the goal!) Books read: Hosted by The Blog […]