Thursday, July 12, 2012

Feature and Follow #5



Follow Friday is a really fun way to make new blogger friends and promote your blog in the process! This weekly meme is hosted byAlison Can Read and Parajunkee. 

 Q: What started you blogging???

Well, sometime last year, I really hit a reading craze--as in, I would be reading ALL THE TIME. I don't really know what started it.... maybe the because all the YA fiction offered a great reprieve from the horrors of Sophomore year... and AP classes.
Whatever the reason, I started devouring books and I was going through them so fast that I thought a blog might be a good way for me to keep track of them. A way to document which books I'd read and what I thought of them.

AND, not gonna lie, but another incentive that really made me sit down and start an entire blog was because I wanted to write My Book Boyfriend posts and gush about literary boys I'm in love with.... That probably sounds really weird... but if I gushed to my friends, half the time they had no idea who I was talking about!












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  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 10:01 PM

    I like how you're honest with that. I'd love to gush about swoon-worthy guys as well, though I'm rather shy, and as much as I love Will, he's obviously taken ;) so I shall just sit back and nod-along.

    It is, though isn't it?! how blogging makes it so easy to keep track of what you've read, what you haven't, what's going to be released, etc. etc. We're all in like this exclusive world ^_~

    Vivi's Feature&Follow

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  2. Sarah@Catching BooksJuly 12, 2012 at 11:16 PM

    Great post this week and I totally agree :)

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  3. JennyJuly 13, 2012 at 12:21 AM

    LOL I love the Book Boyfriend idea! I already do that to my friends and they think I'm insane.

    Thanks for stopping by! New follower :)

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  4. UnknownJuly 13, 2012 at 12:51 AM

    Great reason to post and start a blog. I love talking about all the hunky men in books. So many good ones!
    My FF

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  5. APJuly 13, 2012 at 1:41 AM

    Both are great reasons to start a blog!

    New follower via GFC


    -Amanda P
    Paranormal Romance

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  6. BLHmistressJuly 13, 2012 at 1:49 AM

    That's not weird at all, I am so much older and love to gush over the guys in these books and this is the only way I can without sounding stupid to my family.

    Follower

    My FF

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  7. ChrystinaJuly 13, 2012 at 2:02 AM

    I know what you mean, nice to be able to talk to other people who actually know what character you're talking about :) Thanks for stopping by, old follower.
    Chrystina @BookLiaison

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  8. Lisa NguyenJuly 13, 2012 at 2:18 AM

    Great reasons to start a blog! I love making IMM posts. :)

    My Follow Friday: http://shatterbooks.blogspot.com/2012/07/tgif-4-follow-friday-3.html

    Lisa @ Shatterbooks

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  9. Katrina (athousand-lives)July 13, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    Hahaha. I'm not exactly subtle about my book bfs but I'm glad that I have friends that I can obsess with. New follower! :)

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  10. Jennifer @ Bad Bird ReadsJuly 13, 2012 at 3:48 AM

    Exactly, all of a sudden I just flew into the reading craze. Great answer.

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  11. UnknownJuly 13, 2012 at 5:39 AM

    I love gushing about book boys, too! Thanks so much for stopping by My FF!
    Happy Hopping!

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  12. KirthiJuly 13, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    Hi Joie!
    Yeah, I started mine to keep track of books too (I think goodreads does a decent job of that now) and HAHA! Gushing about book boys? I have a couple of book nerdy friends, and we always used to gush about characters :D I'm really interested in reading one of your Book Boyfriend posts now :)

    Thanks so much for stopping by! I always enjoy your comments. I'm an old follower :D

    -Kirthi

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  13. UnknownJuly 13, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    New follower!

    LOL, so cool you have book boyfriends :)

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/07/follow-friday_13.html

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  14. Jessica @ a GREAT readJuly 13, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    My reading craze really kicked in when I was in 7th grade! And paranormal books were soooo hard to find back then! Yet now they're everywhere, so I am scurrying to make up for lost time! And yet I am still so very far behind on soooo many reads!

    Thanks for visiting and following my blog! I follow you now too!

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  15. aliaaJuly 13, 2012 at 8:33 PM

    It's really cool whatever reason you chose for blogging, it's still fun and I am glad you're liking it :D

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  16. DanielleJuly 13, 2012 at 8:52 PM

    Nice. :D Very honest. I hit a reading craze in kindegarten and I still haven't gotten over it, haha. I read way more YA now though, of course. And the whole fictional boyfriend too, of course (what? what was that? Of course Fred and George Weasely aren't fictional.) Haha. Anyways, awesome answers.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. Following you back!

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  17. ElleJuly 13, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    I totally understand! I love talking about the lit boys I love too, but my friends! Ugh! They never read!!

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  18. JenJuly 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    I love to gush about my book boyfriends too!!! This is the only community that you can do that and not be weird.:o)

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  19. UnknownJuly 15, 2012 at 2:01 AM

    I couldn't agree with you more! I always had this obsession with My Book Boyfriends and I would look all of them up and want to do them so bad D: (I sound kinda creepy LOL) But I feel you.(: I love gushing about amazing guys in books <3
    && I just started following you!
    Here is my FF :
    http://cheerfulreviews.blogspot.com/2012/07/feature-follow.html

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  20. JenniferJuly 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    Love your origin story! My Book Boyfriend is a great reason to start blogging...love that meme!

    Old follower.

    Jennifer @ Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews

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  21. SandyJuly 16, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    Thank-you for becoming a new follower, a bit late but I followed you back!

    Sandy
    Scribing Shadows

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  22. The Housework Can WaitJuly 16, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    I think that's a great reason to start a blog! And I always get a kick out of fun posts like that :-)

    New follower via GFC!

    Thanks for stopping by my FF!

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  23. BunnitaJuly 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    thanks for stopping by my blog, following back

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  24. Teri HarmanJuly 18, 2012 at 6:50 PM

    Such a cool event! Followed on GFC. My blog is book-matters.com

    PS. Love the quote on your banner - classic!

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