I don’t listen to audiobooks on YouTube for a few reasons: I’m not a big audiobook listener. When I do listen to audiobooks, I tend to be out of wifi range. I didn’t actually realise until recently that listening to audiobooks on YouTube was an option. Do you listen to audiobooks on YouTube? If so, …
As I said last week, I’m not a big Pinterest user. I’ll often look at a new-to-me author’s Pinterest account to see if I want to follow it. If it’s posting bookish information such as character portraits or pictures of the book’s setting, then I might follow. I might follow if they’re posting about their …
Like most social media networks, Pinterest is driven by an algorithm, which means it shows you the content you regularly engage with. I tend not to visit Pinterest to look for bookish information, so I rarely find it. Instead, my Pinterest feed tends to be filled with recipes (sometimes useful), home renovation ideas (rarely useful), …
Have you enjoyed a book you discovered after reading a critical review? I’m sure I have, but I can’t remember any off the top of my head! Have you? If so, can you remember which book, and what about the critical review attracted you to the novel?
Do I like authors responding to my reviews on social media? If they’re saying thank you, then yes. If I tagged them in the review (perhaps because I was part of their street team), then yes. If you’re not sure what a street team is, then check out this post: What are the benefits of …
The four main places I share book reviews and recommendations are: 1. Here on my blog (I have a new book review every Monday) 2. On Goodreads 3. On BookBub 4. On Amazon (US and UK … if Amazon accept my posts). I have been keeping up with my Monday blog posts, but have fallen …
Ha ha ha ha ha ha … I’m not. Well, that’s not quite fair. I did almost no reading in May because I was focused on the final edits for my book (so I read that ten times. Does that count as ten books?). I also visited my daughter and mother for ten days, which …
As anyone who has ever read my blog or follows me on Goodreads or BookBub knows, I prefer fiction. I do read nonfiction, but that tends to be work-related, or books on writing (which includes editing and marketing). They are books I read to learn, not to entertain. For me, reading is entertainment, and that …
Several of the novels I’ve read recently have a character on a holiday (vacation for those of you in the USA) … as does my own novel. The first two are from the Trinity Lakes Romance series. The Ocean Between Us by Meredith Resce In The Ocean Between Us, Alanah is visiting Trinity Lakes to …
Yes. Two, in fact: All That Really Matters and All That It Takes by Nicole Deese. I know a lot of people rave about Nicole Deese’s writing, but the first of her books that I bought I couldn’t even finish. I don’t remember what it was called, as I’ve long since given it away, but …
