One of my favourite things about the blogging community is it's so vast. There's no little group of people doing one thing, there are thousands of people blogging about a thousand different things, and with so many voices in the community, it's very easy to feel lost among the many many voices. Fear not, because I'm all about sharing my love for all things fabulous, and that includes super awesome blog posts I read last month that deserve your attention. Go forth, explore, find fantastic posts and spread love!
Reading, Reviewing, and All Things Books!
Inside Books
- Mel asked: do we outgrow characters we previously loved?
- Cait explained why she's afraid to write diversely
- Kelley explained why she can live without sex scenes
- Nereyda asked: do people really make what the heck moments in real life?
Acquiring Books and ARC's
- Amir shared a guide to advanced reading copies
- Samantha talked about her NetGalley experience
- Liza asked: do you keep hold of advance reading copies?
- Shannon shared a guide to epically hoarding books
Reviewing and Critism
- Jess wondered: has she forgotten how to use her free speech?
- Lauren talked about head vs heart during reading, reviewing and rating
Bookworm Thoughts
- Brittany shared 51 statements bookworms relate to
- Cait asked: do you get protective over certain books?
- Cait shared 10 problems behind reading YA as an adult
- Cait shared 10 occupational hazards of being a bookworm
- Cait asked: do you like ordinary characters?
- Asti explained why she's starting to dread series
- Kelley talked about going in blind and being (almost) screwed over
- Nova asked: why do YA parents give their children silly names?
- Samantha explained why she loves using the library
- Brittany talked about blogging conventions and personalised book signings
- Hazel shared her idea behind an E-Zine for book lovers!
- Sandra talked about translated novels and qualities in language
- Shannon shared 10 book-related 'things' she's never done
- Joy asked: do you choose books to read based on size?
- Carmel asked: do you judge authors by their online identity?
- Sarah delved into what it means to be a critical reader
Blogging, Design and Lots of Advice!
Blogging Thoughts and Advice
- Ashley explained why posts without dates piss her off
- Mel talked about the pros and cons of co-blogging
- Zoey talked about her biggest blogging fears
- Chiara asked: can you be an author and book blogger?
- Mel snarkily explained how to book blog
- Sarah shared things she's learned in one year of blogging
- Aimee talked about things that have changed since she started blogging
- Nova created a blogger/author love feature - tell someone you appreciate them!
- Nova snarked her way through 8 'mandatory' rules for commenting on blogs
- Sarah reminded everyone: take care of your no.1 employee, solopreneur!
- Regina shared 10 tips on transitioning from blogger to creative coach
- Ashley asked: do we overestimate our originality?
- Bekka asked: why do you blog, and who do you blog for?
- Kaitlin shared 10 things that cause her to leave your blog
- Jessica shared 11 post ideas for feeling blue bloggers
- Lauren shared 5 things she's learned through blogging 5 days a week
Content and Statistics
- Jana shared 7 ways to reduce your bounce rate
- Jana explained why you should update your old blog posts
- Regina shared how to expand a blog post or series into a book
- Jana shared why you should brand your blog, and how to do it
- Allysa re-launched her refresh your blog e-book for $5!
- Jessica shared how to find your blogging niche
- Allysa shared 5 ways to get personal on your business blog
- Lauren explained why she focuses on site traffic vs email subscribers
- Lauren shared how to create SEO-rich content
- Sunny explained why you should find your vision and make things happen
- Aimee shared blogging tips on good content and active readership
- Ashley shared how to create a blog series
Design Tricks and Tools
- Jessica shared how to create a drop menu in blogger
- Jessica explained how you remove the wrench, pencil and more in blogger
- Nova shared the evolution of Out of Time's blog designs
- Jessica shared 2 alternatives to Photoshop
- Stephanie shared 9 common reasons CSS breaks
- Ashley shared how to search through a blog without a search box
Social Media and Marketing
- Jessica shared how to establish consistent social media pressence
- Jessica explained how to use group Pinterest boards for exposure
- Jessica shared how to set up rich pins on Blogger and Wordpress
- Allysa shared how to change thumbnails on Facebook
- Lauren shared how to brand your Pinterest boards
- Ashley shared how to create a pint-it hover button
Wow, it would be great if everyone did this! There are some good articles here, (and some I recognized.) Thanks for the list! Going to check out some good blogs
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Danni, I hope you got great use out of it, I know I did out of these posts! :)
DeleteEep thank you for sharing, Amanda! :D I'm seeing lots of interesting topics here that I haven't checked out yet, so I'll definitely get onto that right now. <3
ReplyDeleteOoo, I hope you thought they were great Aimee, I'll be making this a regular thing!<3
DeleteNice roundup! I visited most links and those are really great articles! :) Thanks for compiling them into one post. :)
ReplyDeleteJulie @ Books and Insomnia
You're welcome Julie, I loved putting it together! :)
DeleteOH WOW! Thank you so much for putting all this together! I do agree that the bookish community is so vast and there's so many blogs and bloggers I've yet to get to know! So thank you for taking the time to do this Amanda because this could have not been easy to compile. And thank you for linking up my ARC guide too :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Amir, it was great to do! Your post was well worth the mentioning :D
Delete*clicks on all the things*
ReplyDeleteTHANKS FOR SHARING MY POSTS, THO, AMANDA. <3
And now I just have #5390 new posts to read because these topics all look soooo gooooood. xD
You're welcome Cait! Your posts were great, and I already have some ready from this month by you ;)
DeleteThanks for sharing my link! And thank you for creating such an awesome resource for me to peruse.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love the style of graphics you've been doing recently! Very nice!
You're welcome Sunny! I love the graphics too, but there are some changes in store soon.. ;)
DeleteTHIS POST IS MADE OF AWESOME [i'm not just saying that because I'm in there a few times!]
ReplyDeleteI want to say thanks so much for doing this because while I've read quite a lot of these posts, there are also some I HAVEN'T read so now I can!
Oh Nova, I'm pleased you liked it and found it great, I plan to do it regularly from now on ;)
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