Category: Let’s Discuss

My Haphazard Reading Habits. Let’s Discuss!

My Haphazard Reading Habits. Let’s Discuss!

The other day, I was reading a fun post on Read All the Things where AJ lists what she calls her Reading Process. She has a really organized and solid approach to choosing books to read, determining what to read next, reviewing, etc. This post made me laugh, not because AJ is funny (though she is—you should totally go read all of her monthly wrap-ups because they’re always hilarious), but because AJ and I are […]

Posted March 17, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 30 Comments
Is There Such a Thing as a “Quick Post”? Let’s Discuss!

Is There Such a Thing as a “Quick Post”? Let’s Discuss!

This post has been linked up to the Book Blog Discussion Challenge. Every once in a while, I convince myself that I have a great idea for a “quick” blog post—something that I can whip right up that won’t take me long at all. After all, the ideas are flowing and I’m feeling inspired! … Three hours later, I’m finishing up said blog post, feeling exhausted and wondering how in the heck I managed to […]

Posted March 10, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 52 Comments
Two (Free) Tools that Have Transformed My Replying and Commenting Back

Two (Free) Tools that Have Transformed My Replying and Commenting Back

This post has been linked up to the Book Blog Discussion Challenge. In the past couple of months, I’ve been trying out two new tools that have really helped me with replying and commenting back (though there are a few drawbacks as well, which I’ll tell you about). I’ve been using the Comment Not Yet Replied To plugin (which, obviously, only works for WordPress self-hosted blogs) and Pocket, a tool that allows you to save. […]

Posted March 4, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 51 Comments
A Book Blogger’s Guide to Acronyms, Terms and Slang

A Book Blogger’s Guide to Acronyms, Terms and Slang

Last week I posted about OTPs and several people said that they didn’t know the acronym. It occurred to me that there are LOTS of book blogging terms that aren’t particularly obvious. When I first started out as a blogger, I often stared in puzzlement at words or acronyms that meant nothing to me. Heck, even nowadays I still run across terms I’m not sure about. I thought it might be fun to try to gather together […]

Posted February 24, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 74 Comments
Am I the Only One Without an OTP? Let’s Discuss!

Am I the Only One Without an OTP? Let’s Discuss!

This post has been linked up to the 2017 Book Blog Discussion Challenge. Okay, first of all, in case you’re like I was when I first started blogging and you’re like, What the heck’s an OTP?—it means One True Pairing. (Seriously, why do we bloggers need to make up acronyms for everything? We write for a living—or at least for a very serious hobby—can we really not muster up the energy to write three extra words?) […]

Posted February 17, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 53 Comments
Power to the Writer: Inkitt’s Mission to Change the Face of Publishing

Power to the Writer: Inkitt’s Mission to Change the Face of Publishing

Hey, everybody! Nicole here (this is a guest post, but the parts in green are me). A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by Inkitt to ask if they could provide a guest post for my blog. I was honestly just about ready to email Hannah back to tell her that I don’t do those types of guest posts, but at the last moment I decided to take a glance at Inkitt and check it out. […]

Posted February 8, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 10 Comments
Seeing the Book Blogging World Through Rose-Colored Glasses: Let’s Discuss

Seeing the Book Blogging World Through Rose-Colored Glasses: Let’s Discuss

Over the four years that I’ve been blogging, I’ve seen a lot of posts going up about the drama in the book blogging world. About people being attacked for their viewpoints, stalked for their negative reviews, outraged over others’ bad behaviors at book conferences … it seems that there is no short supply of negativity on the internet. But still, each and every time I see a post about how painful and draining the book […]

Posted January 21, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 52 Comments
Let’s Discuss: Special Niche Genres

Let’s Discuss: Special Niche Genres

This post is linked up to the 2017 Book Blog Discussion Challenge. I was reading my latest Shelf Awareness newsletter a couple of days ago, and I saw an advertisement for a book, professing the following: I have to confess that it kind of made me laugh. This claim immediately made me think, The best Swedish crime novel? Is that even a thing? How hard is it to be the best Swedish crime novel of the year?  […]

Posted January 14, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 51 Comments
Why Does Technology Scare Me So? Let’s Discuss!

Why Does Technology Scare Me So? Let’s Discuss!

This post is linked up to the 2017 Book Blog Discussion Challenge. Since I’m a book blogger, it shouldn’t be a surprise that most of my strengths have to do with the humanities. When I was a student, I took as many writing, literature, and humanities courses as I could get away with—I only tackled two relatively simple science courses in college (though I took AP Bio and AP Psychology in high school and enjoyed […]

Posted January 5, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 78 Comments
The Gilmore Girls Reboot: I Spent Hours of My Life that I Could Have Been Reading on THAT?

The Gilmore Girls Reboot: I Spent Hours of My Life that I Could Have Been Reading on THAT?

Okay, I just have to vent here for a few minutes. I know I’m behind the times, but I finally had time to sit down and watch the new Gilmore Girls revival with my mom and … I wish I could un-watch it.  I have to know: Did anyone out there like this revival? Okay, so if you haven’t seen it yet and you plan to, you should click away because the rest of this […]

Posted December 26, 2016 in Let's Discuss / 26 Comments