Tag: Book Blogging
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Should You Tag Authors in Book Reviews?
Should you tag authors in book reviews on social media? This post explores changing book review etiquette, why author tags can be sensitive, and how readers can approach online book spaces with more kindness, perspective, and intention.
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Questions That Strengthen Your Story: A Guide for Writers, Beta Readers, and Book Reviewers
Whether you’re writing a book, preparing beta readers, or reviewing stories for your blog or socials, the right questions make everything clearer. Thoughtful questions help writers understand what’s working, help beta readers give useful feedback, and help reviewers move beyond “I liked it.” The questions in this guide support all sorts of manuscript or book…
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Struggling to Rate Books? Steal My Simple Star System
If you’ve been rating by vibes alone, this post is for you. I’m sharing the exact system I use to keep my book reviews consistent, thoughtful, and true to how I read — from unsharable to fully bookmatized.
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What I Learned From Listing 100+ Books by Black British Authors – Reflections on Identity, Heritage, and Representation
A deep dive into the highs, lows, and hidden lessons of compiling a list of over 100 books by Black British authors—from questions of self-identification to the power of seeing our stories on the shelf.
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Book Community Key Terms and Abbreviations List
Last week, I was reading a Threads post that contained a bookish acronym that I just couldn’t work out. I was floored. I’ve been on Bookstagram and Facebook reading groups for six years now. The acronym in questions wasn’t even new; I simply hadn’t come across it before because it was about a sub-genre I…
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How to Grow Your (Bookish) Instagram Account Organically in 2022
Instagram has come a long way since the food photo days, but recently you could be forgiven for feeling that the changes are not for the better. With tricky algorithms, relentless ads, seemingly endless bots, and a graduation to a more TikTok style format, those of us who love to share photos, information and reviews,…