Book Blogger Insider Tag

Thank you to Lashaan at Bookidote. He has been so supportive of my blog over the past several months. It’s been great interacting with him. I’ve gotten recs from his blog and we’ve reviewed several of the same books. Here’s one of my favorite reviews he’s written, The Poppy War. I plan to read the book soon.

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1) WHERE DO YOU TYPICALLY WRITE YOUR BLOG POSTS?

I write my posts all over the place. I can be riding my stationary bike in my garage, sitting on the couch, or at my desk at work.

2) HOW LONG DOES IT GENERALLY TAKE YOU TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW?

It doesn’t take me too long, maybe an hour or so. I will sometimes write a bunch of words down and then take a couple days before organizing them.

3) WHEN DID YOU START YOUR BOOK BLOG?

March of this year.

4) WHAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT HAVING A BOOK BLOG IN YOUR OPINION?

I do have some conflicts in my blogging life. Quantity vs Quality. Length or Depth in a particular review. I’m competitive with myself. Can I read and review this many books?

I have one small rant: GoodReads. It is not a super website. Its design is clunky, and takes so long to load. I think I’d be on it more if it was easier to use. I currently put all my reviews up there, but don’t do a lot of interacting with other readers because it’s just so hard. I’m mostly on WordPress and Twitter. My FB account is for my personal stuff, but I do post my reviews up on it.

5) WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT HAVING A BOOK BLOG IN YOUR OPINION?

Spreading the Joy of Reading. I’d like more people to read more books. I really like the idea of helping an author promote a good book.

6) WHAT BLOG POST HAVE YOU HAD THE MOST FUN WRITING SO FAR?

The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq by C.J. Chivers

Have you ever broken the law to read a book? Here’s my story…

7) WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF BLOG POST TO WRITE?

I’ve mostly done straight reviews, but have done some others. I’d like to write some “stories of books in my life” type of posts. And I’d like to write one of those “If you like this, you should read this…” post. I’d like to write more creative posts.

8) WHEN DO YOU TYPICALLY WRITE?

I write at night, and in the morning. Hard to do any concentrated writing during the day, even during lunch.

9) DO YOU REVIEW EVERY BOOK YOU READ?

No. I just DNF’d my first book of 2018. Crazy that I made it until halfway through December to do that! And there have been a couple other books that I really haven’t enjoyed and felt just eh about writing about.

10) HOW DO YOU WRITE YOUR BOOK REVIEWS? WITH A CUP OF COFFEE OR TEA? WITH NETFLIX? CUDDLED WITH YOUR FUR BABY?

Sometimes I take notes while I read, usually for my ARC reads, but not always for my personal reads. I get to work about an hour early to eat my breakfast and prepare for the day, and I always read the my current blog post one more time out loud to edit.

11) WHEN DO YOU WRITE YOUR BOOK REVIEWS? RIGHT AFTER FINISHING THE BOOKS? TWO WEEKS AFTER FINISHING THE BOOK?

I don’t start another book without writing at least something about my last read. Normally, I force myself to finish my review before starting a new book.

12) HOW OFTEN DO YOU POST?

I’ve had some good streaks of posts. But it depends. My latest foray into graphic novels has made it easier to post more frequently since they only take an hour or less to read.

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Here’s my TAGs. No obligation at all. This is just a way of saying that I enjoy your blog and a big thank you for supporting mine.

Jason at Off the TBR

Scarlet at Through Novel Time & Distance

Elizabeth at BeforeWeGoBlog

Mogsy at Bibliosanctum

Jee at Hooked on Bookz