It always sucks when people unsubscribe from your blog. It can put you down, make you mope, make you doubt.. but… How do you feel when someone you know unsubscribes to your blog? I was looking through my subscribers the other day, and realized that […]
Tag: Discussion
Dear Goodreads Users: Why I Won’t Accept Your Friend Request
I like having Goodreads friends and I’m honoured when someone sends me a friend request. But today I’m going to talk about when I don’t accept friend request. Your request will be rejected if: You have more friends than books This is a good indicator […]
Can You Make Money from Book Blogging?
Don’t we all wish book blogging could be our career? Just sit at home (or Starbucks), read books, review them, and somehow manage to financially support ourselves. Today I’m going to talk about whether or not I think it’s possible. Can you make money from […]
How Do You Manage Your Blogroll?
Different bloggers manage their blogrolls in very different ways. So I’m curious: how do you manage your blogroll? Do you use your blogroll as a link exchange? Some people use their blogroll as link exchanges. They sometimes approach people with a simple request like: I […]
When Helping People Gets to be too Much (Closing Comments on Posts)
I’ve thought a lot about this post and how to write it without sounding like a cranky bitch. So before anything, I need to throw this out there: I love to help people! I do. I really, really do. That’s why I write my Bitchin’ […]
What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up?
In less than a year I’ll be done with university and moving on into the “real world”, so lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life. I thought the best thing to do would be to sit down […]
In Which I Suck At Finishing Books – Am I in a Reading Slump?
I used to never not finish books. I had a compulsion to finish them, even if I wasn’t enjoying them. But lately I’ve been SUCKING at finishing books, and it’s gotten to the point where I’m wondering if there’s something wrong with me rather than […]
How to Write Great Reviews… By Not Trying To
A couple weeks ago, someone confronted me on Twitter and suggested that I do a post on how to write great book reviews, because it’s something the person always struggled with. I sat with this idea for weeks and weeks, but never wrote the post. […]
Popular Post Categories, Page Views, and Trends
The idea for this post came to me when I made the claim that book reviews are not the best way to boost your blog traffic. Instead, I argued that it’s about discussions and original features. While looking through my posts on the admin panel, […]
Blog Tours, Guest Posts, Promos & Giveaways – How Much is Too Much?
Do you ever feel like the blogosphere is drowning in promotional posts? Have you ever stopped following a blogger because they publish too many guest posts and giveaways, and not enough reviews? I have. How I feel about promo posts I have a very strict […]