About two weeks ago, I noticed some unusually high traffic on my site. This got me investigating the access logs to see what was going on. It turns out someone was like spam visiting my site, but as I was investigating that, I saw another […]
Tag: Discussion
I Don’t Have Publisher or Author Contacts
Here are some of the things I see when I visit other blogs: Bloggers hosting guest posts from authors, and the way it’s written makes it seem like the author and blogger are close friends (and this post is not part of a blog tour) […]
When Authors, Tour Hosts, or Bloggers add You to a Mailing List Without Your Permission (RAGE!)
I’ve noticed a new trend: authors, tour hosts, and/or bloggers adding bloggers to their mailing lists without their permission and without any way to unsubscribe! This makes me RAGE! I find it extremely rude and a horrible business practice. But more importantly… This is spam! […]
I Have Trouble Reviewing Popular Books
I have so little desire to review “popular” or “hyped” books if I agree with the majority. I usually feel like I have nothing to add to what thousands of people have already said. I recently encountered this problem when I sat down to review […]
How Do You Organize Your Goodreads Shelves? (Specifically “TBR”)
Before I get to my big question, I’m going to talk a bit about how I organize my TBR pile. I add all books that I own and want to read to my “to-read” shelf. But then I created a separate shelf called “wishlist”. This […]
The Problem With Memes: They Clog Up Feed Readers
I actually don’t mind reading memes on the blogs I follow religiously (through email). Sometimes Top Ten Tuesday, Waiting on Wednesday, and book haul posts are interesting. I like seeing what books my friends are excited about. But what I don’t like is when I […]
Have Physical ARCs Lost Their Appeal?
Jenna from Jenna Does Books posed a question on Twitter the other day: Curious question: who here still sends physical ARC requests to publishers? Jenna Does Books @jennadoesbooks My response and those from other people got me thinking: have physical ARCs lost their appeal? A […]
Books I Read Before I Started Blogging
Before I started using Goodreads, I started keeping a text file of the books I read. This only lasted one year, but I thought I’d share some of the books I found on my list! I cut out a few, mostly ones I read for […]
Do You Ever Really *Want* to Love a Blog… But Don’t?
There are a few blogs out there that I really want to love. I want to love them because their blog designs are GORGEOUS and I want an excuse to visit it every day. Or I want to love them because everyone else loves them, […]
Are Image Sliders Worth Having?
Lately I’ve been getting lazy with creating slider images for all my posts. It can be a lot of work! At first I loved making them, but then I think I got busy and a little tired of it. So I was contemplating removing the […]