Thursday, October 4, 2012

Feature & Follow Friday (16)


Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee's View and
Alison Can Read. It's a great way to meet other book bloggers!

This week's question is:
What do you hope to accomplish with your blog? Is it to one day become an author yourself, just for fun, maybe get some online attention, or maybe something very different?

Blogging is something that we do for fun. We didn't really have anyone besides ourselves to discuss books with. Some of our family members were rather tired of hearing our nonstop book chatter, so we thought that we'd start a book blog to meet others who are as obsessed with reading as we are and who don't mind talking about books all the time. The blog has given us the perfect outlet to share our love of books, and even though running it is a job in itself at times, we're extremely glad that we decided to start it.

If you're a new follower, be sure to let us know so that we can follow you back. Thanks for stopping by!

49 comments:

  1. I think book blogging has turned my previously mildly frightening book obsession into a shared experience- it always helps to know we aren't alone!

    I'm an old follower!

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    1. Definitely! We were so happy to find others who felt the same way that we did about books!

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  2. Great answer! Isn't fun the best thing to have? :D Old follower. My FFs are at Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. Happy Friday!:D

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    1. It most certainly is, and it is so much fun getting to gush about my favorite books all the time!

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  3. Good answer and I love that you guys blog together!

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    1. Ally and I are the biggest book nerds in the family, so it just seemed natural to start a blog together.

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  4. Hopping through. There are many reasons I blog, but ultimately it's to have fun. That's most important.
    My Hop

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    1. I completely agree- if it isn't fun, then it's really not worth doing.

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  5. I love the answer! It's so great to meet others who share the same interests in reading.

    New follower here. :)

    My FF @ Her Fiction Fix

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  6. Hi Lee,

    Happy #FF Friday. Thanks for visiting my blog! Wonderful answer, by the way :-) Have a great weekend! 

    Tamara @ Shelf Addiction
    http://shelfaddiction.weebly.com

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  7. That is a wonderful answer.
    Old follwer.
    My F&F
    http://kimberlysnovelnotes.blogspot.com/2012/10/friday-56-5-friday-feature-4.html

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  8. It's actually the same for me :) !!

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    1. I think there are a lot of us who took to blogging because we didn't have many other people to chat about books with.

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  9. That is the very reason I started blogging, so I could talk to someone other than myself, about books.
    Here's my FF.
    Happy Friday!
    Ashley
    #BookNerd

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    1. If we hadn't started the blog, Ally and I would still only be talking about books among ourselves.

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  10. Yes, book blogging is definitely what I'd call a healthy and productive outlet for all the book talk in the world :)

    Check out my FF at
    http://theyabookgeek.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/feature-and-follow-4.html

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    1. I'd be so lost without the blog; it's become a haven where I can lose myself in nothing but book talk for a while.

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  11. Following you back . . thanks for visiting me :-)

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  12. A great answer, have a great week-end.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/10/feature.html

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  13. Thnks for stopping by! Love your blog design :)
    following you via GFC
    I also started the blog because I need to give my family a rest from my chating about books:)
    Ruty@ Reading...Dreaming

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    1. Our family is very happy that we've found other people to discuss books with; they think we're a little too obsessed. :)

      Thanks for following!

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  14. I just love the look or I should say the art on your blog. Did you guys draw it yourself? Thanks for stopping by my FF!
    Angie
    Angela's Anxious Life

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    1. Ally drew everything from scratch, then I added the color in Photoshop. She definitely had the toughest job!

      Thanks for following!

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  15. Great answer! You're so right, it's the BEST way to meet other book-addicts :) Thanks for sharing.

    I'm not a new follower, but this is my very 1st F&FF

    Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows

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    1. Meeting other book addicts is definitely the best thing about blogging!

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  16. Thanks very much for visiting and following me, I have returned the favour.
    I know how you feel, by the way - plenty of people I know get tired of hearing me harp on about books. A blog is a nice way to get all those thoughts off our chest!

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    1. Yes it is, especially when a character gets on your nerves and you need to rant, or something unbelievable just happened in a book and you just have to share it with someone.

      Thanks for following!

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  17. I love talking books with other bloggers as well. No one in my family reads like I do.

    Thanks for stopping by, returning the follow :)

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    1. I could go on about books forever, so it's great having a place where I can do just that!

      Thanks for following!

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  18. I am a new follower via twitter and GFC!
    I love making new friends and getting to know other bloggers!

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  19. You girls are so lucky you have each other to talk to about books! I have to troll the internet for bookish freaks likes myself, but I'm so glad I've found each and every one you! The highlight of my week is getting to talk books with bloggers!
    Golden Oldie follower, but I followed via Linky, too!
    Thanks for stopping by beautiful Girls! =D

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    1. Bookish freaks are always welcome here! We've got to stick together!

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  20. I think I drive a ton of my friends and family crazy talking about all the books I read. Since I started my blog, though, I don't talk about books ALL the time :)

    Here's my Friday Hop

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    1. When we're among family, we try to save the book talk for when we go on our after dinner walk, but sometimes we can't help ourselves and still try to steer the conversation at the dinner table towards books.

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  21. I can't count how many eye rolls I received when I wanted to talk about certain books that I love so much.

    My FF

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    1. We've gotten a lot of eye rolls, too, as well as exasperated sighs.

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  22. Awesome answer :)

    old follower
    http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/feature-and-follow-21.html

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  23. New follower, same hear my poor hubby didn't give a flip about Bella and Jacob so the internet saved me from driving my hubby crazy. Hoping through click on my name to see my FF.

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    1. I was lucky because two of my cousins were as obsessed with Twilight as I was. Everybody else in the family thought that we were nuts, though.

      Thanks for following!

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  24. Great answer, and thanks for stopping by the blog. Returning the follow :)

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  25. Running a book blog definitely feels like a job sometimes! With the amount of work that's put into it. Sometimes it interferes with my actual job haha.

    Nice answer :)

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    1. I try to stay organized so that things run a little more smoothly, but it doesn't always work out.

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