Why I Love Book Bloggers

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ilana • 4 Comments

Book bloggers with red hair have an increased coolness factor of at LEAST “ten!”

As many of you already know, this is Book Blogger Appreciation Week! (September 10-14). And in honor of those whose blogs review books and spread the love of reading, I’ve come up with an important list. It’s a list of reasons to love book bloggers . . . as if we didn’t have enough. ;-)

 Reasons I love book bloggers

  1. They love books—just like me! Daaaww . . .
  2. They provide a place for us to talk about books we love.
  3. They help spread information about great books. Several book blogger recommendations are sitting on my TBR right now, in fact.
  4. They are the new gatekeepers and tastemakers of publishing.
  5. They represent independent thought at its best.
  6. Many of them are librarians, just like my hero in The Adventures of Stanley Delacourt: Book I of Hartlandia. That makes them doubly cool.
  7. Many of them are also teachers. This is heading into dangerously triple-cool territory, folks.
  8. Some are part of a grass-roots movement to bring indie authors to light .
  9. They have really beautiful blogs. Seriously—the design, the colors, the widgets! I just want to stare at them for hours.
  10. Um, stare at the blogs—not the bloggers. Staring at the bloggers might get awkward.
  11. They are CRAZY busy, but still make time to read.
  12. On a related note, they finish more books in a week than I could in a month.
  13. No, really—I don’t know how they do it.
  14. They host AWESOME giveaways. All. The. Time.
  15. Did I mention they love books, and that automatically qualifies them as cool? :-)

More book blogger loveliness

I can’t possibly list all the reasons book bloggers are cool (it would exhaust me). So if you have more, please leave them in the comments.

Also, if you are a bona-fide book blogger and want a chance to win a $25 Starbucks gift card, please enter a comment on my giveaway post. I’ll randomly pick a fabulous book blogger, and award him or her the coffee-money to stay awake and read! (Note: comments on the post you are reading now do NOT count towards your chance to enter. Sorry).

(Top image by library_mistress)

4 Comments. Add yours?
  • http://twitter.com/GoblinWriter Lindsay Buroker

    A nice list. :) I’m extra appreciative that many of them are willing to give self-published authors a try these days.

    • http://ilanawaters.com/ Ilana Waters

      Yes! So many are much more open-minded than they were even a year ago. It’s great to see the tide turning in favor of qualified writers–indie or traditional.

      And thanks for your response to my comment on your blog (my message re: your message re: my message, etc. :-D ). I think I understand the whole “paid advertising” bit a little better now.

  • http://twitter.com/Margaret_Yang Margaret Yang

    Book bloggers are cool because they also recommend books to their real life friends. Just ask a blogger, “So, what are reading now?” and you will get such interesting conversation!

    • http://ilanawaters.com/ Ilana Waters

      I have no doubt, Margaret. The friends of book bloggers are lucky people indeed!