Recently, I’ve been seeing some discontent on Instagram about their new layout because it’s prioritising video (or as someone else put it: turning Instagram into another TikTok) and making it hard for Instagrammers to read captions. That got me thinking: Are book blogs poised for a comeback? In general, I think there are two ways… Read More Discussion Post: Are Book Blogs Poised For A Comeback?
So I took a week off from bookish communities lately, to just read and relax without having to think about posting on the blog or Instagram. And you know, it was pretty peaceful! And even though the only thing that I missed in my break was talking to other people about books, actually coming back… Read More Discussion Post: How Important is the Bookish Community to You?
Being late to a lot of things, I’ve only recently read a 2013 New York Times post called “Whither the Hatchet Job?” (Link to the archived version, since you might run into a paywall). If you don’t intend to read the entire article, here are the last two paragraphs, which I think do a decent… Read More Discussion Post: What is Your Relationship with Negative Reviews?
I’m planning a mini-series on online courses that I’ve taken in April, but before that, I want to do a mini brain dump about new releases vs older books. As you know, I’ve spent March focuses on rereading books, which means that I’ve been focusing on older books that I already own. This is partly… Read More Discussion Post: Should We Be Supporting New Releases over Backlist/Older Titles?
Recently, the idea of intertextuality popped back into my mind and led to a few thoughts (and this post): If you look at dictionary.com, intertextuality is defined as: the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other If I’m understanding this correctly,… Read More Discussion Post: What does Intertextuality mean for Book Reviews?
Katie at Never Not Reading wrote a great post on whether Literacy and Reading is inherently valuable, and while I was reading the post, a secondary question popped up: is it important that we are well-read? Honestly, I think one major issue in any discussion about reading and the relative value of books is the… Read More Discussion Post: Is it important to be well-read?
I don’t know if it’s the areas of the Internet that I hang out in but I realised that I don’t really see many generalist blogs. Most of the blogs I follow tend to fall into a certain niche: book blogs and tea blogs being the main ones. So I’m wondering, what is the best… Read More Discussion Post: How Niche is Your Blog?
This is kind of random, but a question just popped into my head: When do you link to other blogs/accounts on social media? We are probably all blogging so that we can take part in a community. Same goes for when you post about books on Instagram/Twitter/other Social Networking Sites. For me, I get lots… Read More Discussion Post: When do you link to other blogs/accounts?
Now that I’m done with the Sayama Tea Series reviews, I thought it would be interesting to take some time to pause and think about the way that I write tea reviews. While I haven’t been reviewing tea for very long, the way that I’ve written my reviews have slowly shifted over time. This is… Read More Tea Discussion Post: What makes a good tea review?
I’ve been thinking about this recently, especially since Belle has some really great posts about the advantages of Book Blogs, which includes getting really great book recommendations. And you know, it works the same way for tea blogs as well. So I’ve been thinking: when I put a book or tea on my TBR/TBD list… Read More Discussion Post: Is Your Hobby for You or Your Blog/Instagram?