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May 20, 2015

Blogs I Love

When I first started trying to grow an audience for my book blog I followed and commented on A LOT of other books blogs.  Over the past few months I have been cleaning out my following list on Bloglovin' and I think I have cultivated a great list of AWESOME book blogs.  Here are some of my favorites: (these are all personal book blogs--I will do another post later about publishing/author blogs.  Penguin has one now that I love reading!)

The O.W.L.:
I think Jill and I started around the same time.  She has rebranded and almost called it quits a few times, but thankfully, she always comes back.  I love her reviews and that she lets her students be involved.  Hers is one I read every time there is a new post!

Bites:
Donna is another one who almost gave up blogging, but has come back.  I love that she still reviews old RL Stine books and I love her snark.  Fun blog to read!

Forever Young Adult:
I love this blog as much for the book reviews as for all the other YA pop culture they talk about.

Abby the Librarian: 
Abby is a youth services librarian whose blog is great because she really posts from a librarian's point of view, not just a reader of YA books.

GreenBeanTeenQueen:
One of my favorites from the beginning!

Icey Books:
Great reviews and amazing blog design.  I could look at hers all day.

Ms. Martin:
I love her reviews and she posts a ton.  Always like to read her Staking the YA shelves on the weekends.

These are some of my favorites, but I have added a few new ones to my list this year:   Pop Goes the Reader and Log Cabin Library being two of my favorites new ones. 

As I was cleaning up my following list I was amazed at how many haven't posted in a year or more.  And because I haven't been seeking out many new blogs, I don't know if the whole community is growing like it was. 

Do you have a must read book blog? 


3 comments:

  1. Aww, thanks Jana. You're so sweet, I love following your blog and tweets too. I have a mix of author and book bloggers with Jill and Sarah's being two that we share in common. Some of my must reads are Ms Yingling Reads,Random Musings of a Bibliophile, Charlotte's Library and Project Mayhem (Author's blog that I've been following for years).

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  2. Awwww thank you!!! You're a blog I always read as well! Solid reviews and that's what I look for!

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  3. Thank you, darling! I really appreciate it. Funnily enough I'm doing Summer of Cheese starting on the first. All old school YA horror all summer. :)

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