Book Blogger Hop: 4/22-4/25

Book Blogger Hop

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In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!

The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don’t have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun!  This is a weekly event!  And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added!  We get over 200 links every week!! 

RULES:

Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

1.  Enter your book blog link in the Linky List below, including the genre that you review!
In your link, please state the main genre that you review:  eclectic, contemp. fiction, ya, paranormal, mystery, non-fiction, etc.

Example:  Crazy-for-Books (contemp. adult fiction) 
2. Post about the Hop on your blog.  Spread the word about the book party!  The more the merrier!  In your blog post, answer the following question (new question each week!).  

If you have a suggestion for a future HOP question, click here to fill out the form!  Thanks! 

This week’s question comes from Christina who blogs at The Paperback Princesses.  She asks:

 ”If you find a book you love, do you hunt down other books by the same author?”

My answer:  In a word – YES!  I love finding a new-to-me author whose writing I love.  If that means I stalk used book sites/stores to try to find their older titles or I add them to my auto-buy list for future releases (I’m thinking debut authors who have only released one book, but this would really go for any author), then it’s a win/win for both of us!  I think that’s what we are looking for as readers, isn’t it?  One of the many “special” authors out there who we can connect with on a deeper level; who seem to have written that book “just for us”.  I find it to be a magical experience.  When I was reading LETTERS FROM HOME by Kristina McMorris, I found myself just mesmerized by the writing and the word pictures the author was painting in my mind.  The story took on a whole new level for me just by the way the author was able to connect with me as a reader and pull me into the stories of the characters she created.  McMorris has definitely gone onto my future auto-buy list for sure!  (Oh, and I still have to write that review!  I find it hard to write reviews for books I absolutely loved!  I mean, how do you fully encapsulate every single thing you loved, without saying “just read it and you’ll see what I mean”?  But, I digress.  LOL).

3.  Visit other blogs in the Linky List!  Make new friends!  Follow new book bloggers!  Talk about books!  Rave about authors!  Take the time to make a quality visit!  Check out other posts and content, make a new friend!  Don’t randomly follow someone if you never intend on actually following them!  No spamming please!  (Please do not leave your link and not visit other blogs – it’s just not cool and not in the spirit of the Hop!)

And just as an FYI – this event is not something you should feel that you have to participate in every week.  If you want to join in and link up once a month, GREAT!  It’s up to you how often you participate!

So, have fun HOPPING and enjoy your BOOK PARTY week!!!

UPDATE:  THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP DOES NOT ACCEPT TWITTER LINKS!  IF YOU LEAVE A TWITTER LINK, IT WILL BE DELETED!!!  ONLY YOUR BLOG URL IS ACCEPTED!  THANK YOU!

UPDATE #2: Please do not add “AND A GIVEAWAY” to your blog hop link. 

How to enter your link (things are a little different, so rea
d this please!):

The list is RANDOMIZED! So, when you enter your link, it will appear randomly in the list! To find it on a PC, hit Ctrl-F and type the name of your blog. You can delete your own link, too, so if you mess up, just delete it and start over!

Til next time, stay crazy….for books, that is!
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Comments

  1. Thank you for hosting and for finding such interesting questions. I am sure the links will throw up some fascinating authors now!

  2. Thank you for hosting and for finding such interesting questions. I am sure the links will throw up some fascinating authors now!

  3. thank you for hosting. Hope you can stop by http://jeannasbookshelf.blogspot.com/ . I think it awesome when you find a new favorite author. It gives you so many more options when stuck for reading a book.

  4. thank you for hosting. Hope you can stop by http://jeannasbookshelf.blogspot.com/ . I think it awesome when you find a new favorite author. It gives you so many more options when stuck for reading a book.

  5. Jennifer, have a wonderful Easter! Thanks for being such a gracious host. Great question this week. :)

  6. Jennifer, have a wonderful Easter! Thanks for being such a gracious host. Great question this week. :)

  7. As always a great question. Have a marvelous Easter, I must now make a list of the new authors whose work I love and keep tabs on the new release dates.:D

  8. As always a great question. Have a marvelous Easter, I must now make a list of the new authors whose work I love and keep tabs on the new release dates.:D

  9. This is a gr8 Question. Im definitely an Author Stalker LOL http://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com/2011/04

  10. This is a gr8 Question. Im definitely an Author Stalker LOL http://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com/2011/04

  11. Excellent question! Happy Friday!

  12. Excellent question! Happy Friday!

  13. OOooh, you've got me intrigued now! I feel the same way about Richard Paul Evans :) have a great weekend!

  14. OOooh, you've got me intrigued now! I feel the same way about Richard Paul Evans :) have a great weekend!

  15. I love finding a new author and then going out and reading all of their books! Have a great Easter weekend!

    Shan
    Curled Up With a Good Book and a Cup of Tea

    Faith Filled Reading

  16. I love finding a new author and then going out and reading all of their books! Have a great Easter weekend!

    Shan
    Curled Up With a Good Book and a Cup of Tea

    Faith Filled Reading

  17. I don't follow authors so much as series. Thanks for hosting the hop!

    ~Brooke http://brookesboxofbooks.blogspot.com

  18. I don't follow authors so much as series. Thanks for hosting the hop!

    ~Brooke http://brookesboxofbooks.blogspot.com

  19. McMorris' book was fantastic! She has another one coming out in the fall, I think.

  20. McMorris' book was fantastic! She has another one coming out in the fall, I think.

  21. I'm going to try and hop by everyone this week, though I'm about halfway and starting to struggle with the comments!

  22. I'm going to try and hop by everyone this week, though I'm about halfway and starting to struggle with the comments!

  23. Wow! You are so right about being able to easily formulate a review for a book you loved being harder! I always give a usually more detailed synopsis (without spoilers) and after that, it becomes more difficult to encapsulate (it's a lot easier when it makes me laugh a lot or cry a lot – I've had a couple of books that actually had me sobbing in places, wiping away tears just so I could read another page).

  24. Wow! You are so right about being able to easily formulate a review for a book you loved being harder! I always give a usually more detailed synopsis (without spoilers) and after that, it becomes more difficult to encapsulate (it's a lot easier when it makes me laugh a lot or cry a lot – I've had a couple of books that actually had me sobbing in places, wiping away tears just so I could read another page).

  25. I look forward to your review Jennifer. I started hosting I Want More Challenge to do exactly this, read more by an author that impressed us once, so many amazing authors so I want to read more from them.

  26. I look forward to your review Jennifer. I started hosting I Want More Challenge to do exactly this, read more by an author that impressed us once, so many amazing authors so I want to read more from them.

  27. Another great hop question. This one is easy to answer. Yes!

  28. Another great hop question. This one is easy to answer. Yes!

  29. Books in the Burbs says:

    thanks for hosting such a great topic! My blog is: ” target=”_blank”>http://www.booksintheburbs.com. My genre is: Historical Fiction, Biographies/Memoirs, Chick-Lit.

  30. Books in the Burbs says:

    thanks for hosting such a great topic! My blog is: ” target=”_blank”>http://www.booksintheburbs.com. My genre is: Historical Fiction, Biographies/Memoirs, Chick-Lit.

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