Category: Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop

 

This prompt was submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews:

Do you use Goodreads as the main website to keep track of what you have read? If not, please share what you use?

A main website? Sure, it’s the first website I used for tracking–and has stayed as my primary since then. I also use LibraryThing and StoryGraph, but I haven’t invested the time to really get into those. I should probably put a little more effort into them. Maybe if I got a follower or two there…

But my actual primary tracking is a Google Docs spreadsheet (because I’m too cheap to pay for Excel, and I like being able to access it anywhere, so I don’t use LibreOffice’s version). I used to use one of my own devising, but for the last two years, I’ve used the Ultimate Book Blogger / Reader Spreadsheet Template from Reader Voracious, which is much nicer than anything I’ve cooked up (and I don’t even use all the features).

What about you?

Book Blogger Hop

This prompt was submitted by Julie @ JadeSky:

Would you ever consider dressing up as a book character? If so, which one?

I guess it depends on what the dressing up is for. Halloween? Nah, it’s not my thing.

But sure, I’ve thought about cosplaying at various conventions as a book character (and would probably only do that rather than TV/Movie character). I could probably pull off a Tolkein-esque dwarf or maybe one of the guys from Saga in Kings of the Wyld. I’d actually planned an Arthur Dent cosplay for a local convention that ended up getting canceled, and was pretty close to coming up with an Ebenezar McCoy (from The Dresden Files) costume for Day 2 of that con. Maybe one day…

What about you?

Book Blogger Hop

 

This prompt was submitted by Julie @ JadeSky:

Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference?

Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference?
I don’t have a preference, really—other than a handful of times a year when someone/multiple someones (including me) is doing a celebration of Indie books/publishers/authors/genres when I think about it a bit more. I really don’t spend that much time thinking about where a book comes from.

I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not—I think I could argue both ways.

There’s an important twist on that question: Am I more likely to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? And the answer to that is, yes, I’m absolutely more likely to—because I’m exposed to them more, I see the advertisements for them, they show up in various algorithms more, etc. Outside of blogs and social media, I’m not going to hear a lot about self-pubbed/indie books. If that word-of-mouth kind of thing is positive, or if it comes from someone like Fahrenheit, Red Dog, Down & Out Books, etc., I’ll grab it. But I’m far more likely to hear about a book, and therefore pick it up and read it, if it’s traditionally published.

What about you?

Hey, look, after 1.5 years of meaning to get around to it, I’ve finally dipped my toe into the Book Blogger Hop. I generally find the topics interesting, but have over-thought my responses. By imposing a strict time-limit on myself for answering the question, I figure I can join in the fun.

Book Blogger Hop

This prompt was submitted by Julie @ JadeSky:

Are you more likely to choose to read a book based on the synopsis, or the cover?

98.6% of the time, I’m choosing to read a book based on the synopsis. Covers lie and/or mislead. Well, synopses do, too, I guess. But really, those are the exceptions (and those who produce those need to be punished). Whether it’s the official inside-the-jacket-flap/back-of-the-book/author-or-publisher-website synopsis, an elevator pitch I hear on podcast interview with an author, or a blogger’s version of the synopsis–it’s knowing what the book is about more than whatever picture is on the front that’s going to get me to read a book.

At the same time–outside of getting a recommendation from a blogger/author/etc. it’s going to come down to the cover to get my attention and get me to read the synopsis (even if it’s just the author’s name on a cover).

What about you?