Thank you so much to Sara @ The Bibliophagist for nominating me. I’ve shouted from the rooftops before as to why to follow her many times now, but if you haven’t followed her you are missing out major! Click on the link to check out her post!
THE RULES:
- Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.
- Write a post to show your award.
- Give a brief story of how your blog started.
- Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
- Select 2-3 other bloggers that you want to give this award to.
- Comment on each blog to let them know you have nominated them and provide the link to the post you created.
HOW MY BLOG STARTED
I have always wanted to start a blog but I never knew what the focus should be – I love to cook and bake, as well as crochet and craft on top of reading. It wasn’t until I saw my cousin, Victoria @ The Contented Reader, having fun with her YA Book Blog that I was incredibly inspired by the brand she was creating for herself. Especially since she’s my baby cuz, it’s hard not to be super proud. If you don’t follow her already, you should definetly do it now. She posts all about YA & Middle Grade book reviews.
Since I was on maternity leave, I wanted something to keep me grounded and also find way to express my self creatively, so I decided to give it a try (Also a huge kick in the butt by my hubby who’s been listening to me going back and forth for months beforehand). I actually dipped my toe in with instagram first but then made the full leap into blogging a month after. I admit since I’ve started working, I still haven’t found my groove yet with posting consistently but I think I will get there soon.
Thank you to all my new followers who have recently joined in and a big Thank You to all the new friends I’ve made through this platform. You guys are forever my people *insert all the heart emojis*.
TWO PIECES OF ADVICE
You do You. In the beginning I was super afraid that people wouldn’t like my opinions or my humour and I held myself back in the beginning. It also used to take me twice as long to write a post because I would go over it again and again. But that’s not enjoyable at all. So just go for it and don’t sweat the small stuff. Make your corny jokes or don’t be afraid to express your love or not love for a character, book or author. Who knows you might find your bookish soul mate on here! As long as you do you my friend.
TALK TO PEOPLE. The whole reason we do this, is to interact with people. If you want your blog to go, invest in a lot of time blog hopping. Read other blogs and comment on their posts. You’d be surprised how much interaction you get on your own blog. This may be common sense, but really put an effort to reply to comments and tags, it’s so easy and so important. Everyone will tell you this community is the bomb and no one will bite (even the super popular bloggers), go out there and say Hi!
MY NOMINEES:
Victoria @ The Contented Reader // Jess & Teagan @ Fiction No Chaser // Kaleena @ Reader Voracious
I love your story about how you got started and I really love your advice! ❤️
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Thank you for the nomination!! Thanks 😘😘
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Thank you so much for nominating us!! ❤ ❤
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Always 😘😘
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This is soooo truuuueeee ! Thank you so much for the advice and for sharing. Visit my blog too and maybe you can help me to improve my blog. Thanks.
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Thank you! 😄😄😄
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I love your blogging journey! I love you and I love your blog!! Thank you so much for the advices, talking to people with the same interest is really fun!
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Thanks gorgeous 😘😘 you’re pretty awesome too 😜😚😚
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Thank you so much for the nomination, and I really loved learning about your blogging journey! Your advice is also on point and you are essentially a perfect cinnamon roll.
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Why thank you! And great reference, I am a bundle of sweetness and love 😜
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I totally understand about using a blog as a creative outlet – I have just started my own, but it helps me not become so bogged down with all the day-to-day mommy stuff. I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes I need time to be creative and do something just for me. And that’s where book blogging comes in. Thanks for sharing a bit about yourself how you got your blog started!
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Right?? Sometimes you get lost in the mommy role and don’t get to be just yourself. Blogging is purely selfish and sometimes you need that! So nice to meet fellow moms on here! 😍😍
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Agreed! I look forward to reading more of your content! I like what I have seen so far 🙂
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YES I’ve been floored by how friendly everyone in the YA/book blogosphere is and I feel like it’s made me a lot friendlier too haha. It’s just impossible to be mean, or to find anyone mean, across these blogs.
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I just saw this! Thanks for tagging me 🙂 Happy I inspired you, especially as the little cuz! Hard to do things first when you’re the youngest, ha! 💕
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