Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Reasons Why We Love Book Blogging!

As part of our 1 Year Blogoversary celebration we decided that this Top Ten Tuesday should be about the blogosphere and why we love doing what we do! Be sure to check out our other blogoversary posts and giveaways.



And now TB&TB team will tell you all the reasons why we LOVE being a part of this community:

1. Blogging has opened up a lot of doors for me, professionally. I've gotten to know a lot of people, including authors and other librarians, that I would never have gotten in touch with had it not been for my blogs. Plus it's great for me to get the practice for writing short synopses and gathering thoughts about my reading. --Tahleen

2. Blogging means I can share the love I feel for some of the books I read! Whenever I review a good book I always hope that someone out there will actually read it and enjoy it as much as I did! --Anna

3. Blogging has given me a chance to really reflect on the books I'm reading and it's a fun way to exercise my mind since graduating from college. I feel like I'm reading more quality books since I started doing this. Also being able to talk with other bookish people makes me feel so much better about my overflowing bookshelves and addiction to bookstores/the library! -- Heather


4. I love that I now have people who are just as obsessed with books as I am to talk to and having the chance to interact with authors, since they don't come to Holland all that often. And my exploding TBR-list, it's crazy! -- Daisy


5. Working with TBTB has broadened my book boundaries (say that three times fast) a ton! I am constantly exposed to books I honestly would never have thought to look for myself. Seeing what other people think is good or bad just keeps my ever expanding TBR shelf growing and growing. And it is not all made up of romance novels anymore. - Julia

6. It motivates me to really think about the books I'm reading. I'm used to analyzing literature for school, but when I read a book that I'm going to review, I have reason to write down all of the non-academic random thoughts that go through my head and then reflect on them later, which is fun and interesting. -- Natanya

7. I find such great recommendations. In the year since I started blogging, my TBR list and bookshelf have practically doubled in size! I love meeting fellow book lovers who share their favorite books with me. -- Kelly

8. I get to be as bookish as I want! I get to write about things I've read, or just do a post that combines my love for literature with my other passions. Like my post "Where bookishness and thespianism collide." :) -- Kimberly

9. Blogging helps keep me up-to-date on all the best new releases. I was always years behind, but now I look forward to new titles months and months before their release. Come to think of it, maybe that's not a good thing. :P Just kidding! The anticipation is a lot of fun (like Christmas!), and I always have something to look forward to! -- Jana

10. It makes something I always considered a "solitary" hobby into something very social...and I LOVE THAT. I've met amazing bloggers whom I've shared amazing bookish conversations with online and in person and I love love love talking to authors about their books.  -- Jamie






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35 comments:

  1. I completely agree with reasons 2, 4, and 10!

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  2. Gah! I didn't realize that the (Tom Sawyer) was still attached to my name from a different linky earlier. Ignore that. :)

    Happy blogoversary!

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  3. I love this weeks topic! Not only did I get to sit down and live what I was writing, but it made me think about how honestly important blogging is to me, and how much I do need it.

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  4. While I am still fairly new to the blogging community, I love it and am totally addicted! Thanks so much for hosting these. All great reasons listed above! You guys are great ^__^

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  5. Happy blog Birthday!! Mine is this week, as well. :)

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  6. Congrats on 1 year!! Great top ten this week :)

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  7. Happy first Blogversary! I agree with all your reasons. Those are pretty much the reasons I love book blogging too. It's definitely an exercise for the mind and and exploration of not just the book, but your interests as well.

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  8. Great top ten list and I love that you all weighed in with your own answers

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  9. Great reasons!! Book blogging has become something so important to me ;o) Thanks for all you guys do!

    Mickey @ imabookshark

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  10. I never thought about it as turning something solitary social but you're so right! Great topic!

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  11. Congrats on your Blogiversary & hope you have many more.

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  12. Congratulations, and thanks so much for a wonderful year!

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  13. Love this topic! It really made me think to come up with my own list.

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  14. Great topic and great reasons, they're very similar to my own! Happy blogoversary! :-)

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  15. Great list! Number 10.

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  16. This was a great topic! Congratulations on your blogoversary!

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  17. I love blogging for a lot of the same reasons. Great minds!

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  18. Great list guys, and happy one-year blogoversary!

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  19. Thanks for another great Top Ten!

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  20. My first ever Top Ten Tuesday! Loving all these lists.

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  21. This is the first Top Ten I am participating in can't wait to do more!

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  22. Happy Blogoversary!!! You've added considerable joy to our Tuesdays!!!

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  23. I love this topic!

    Happy Blogoversary :)

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  24. Happy blogoversary! I've been enjoying reading people's reasons already, loads of love going round today :)

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  25. Happy blogoversary! Great list this week. :)

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  26. Just posted my list. Great topic, especially since my own Blog-O-Versary is comiing up in July.

    Congratulations on your One Year Blo-O-Versary, guys!!

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  27. Great topic choice for the blogiversary celebration! I know I rave about your blog a lot, but I just want to say a special thank you to TB&TB for being so great at infusing community in the book blogging world! You guys are definitely a reason to love book blogging!!

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  28. Thank you for the great topic!

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  29. I particularly like Jamie's comment, that blogging turns a solitary hobby into a social one.

    Happy Blogaversay!

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  30. Happy Blogoversary! Love the list, as they're all soooooo true!

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  31. Happy Blogoversary! What an accomplishment for you guys! *g* Lovin' the list. :)

    Suz @ A Soul Unsung

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