This post is a response to Amanda @ Book Badger’s discussion called “Buying Books, Free Marketing and Being a British “Tight Wod“. I wrote two HUGE comments on the post, and thought I’d turn them into a proper response. Amanda starts her post by declaring that she’ll do whatever it takes to get the best […]
Guest Post – Book Monogamy
Afternoon, Book Geeks! Today, I’ve done a guest post over on Oh, The Books! I talk about book monogamy, serial cheating and follow a WikiHow guide on how to read multiple books at the same time to see if I can break out of my one-book habit… Find out what happens over on the blog!
Sharing the Bloggy Love #4
It’s been a little while, but I’m back with more of the Bloggy Love! After a great lazy weekend, browsing some fab blogs, I thought it was time to share more of them with you. Today, I bring you the I’s and J’s… I I Am A Reader, Not A Writer – Not only does Kathy post […]
When You’re Ashamed of What You’re Reading
So, we’ll start at the beginning – Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner wrote a post in August that resonated with me – I Got The Message Loud & Clear: Reading Isn’t Cool. I’m sure at some point in every Book Geek’s life they’ve faced the odd looks, sniggers and maybe even bullying over the fact […]
When An Author Stalks You…
I had a really nice little post all scheduled to go up this morning. But something happened over the weekend that I stumbled upon and I just HAD to say something about it. I haven’t usually weighed in on goings-on in the book blogging community, mostly because I always felt like a relative newbie and […]
Ominous October… for Scaredy Cats
So, this is my first October in the book blogging community, and as we all love themed months and read-a-longs, it appears October is the month for scary reads, gripping thrillers and spooky stress-inducing page-turners. Ula @ Blog of Erised has organised Ominous October, a bookish event featuring reviews, interviews and features such as this […]
Apparently, I’m Reading Too Much
No, this isn’t a post about a forlorn loved one feeling shunned and pushed aside because of my precious paperbacks and handsome hardbacks, but rather a post about my Goodreads 2014 Challenge. I’ve mentioned before that I was an avid reader when I was younger, but that I slowed down when I got into my […]
Banned Books Giveaway!
As part of Banned Books Week (or month on my blog) I’m participating in the Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader and BookHounds. Feel free to check out my other posts – Why I Believe in The Freedom to Read and Popular Banned and Chllenged Books. One lucky Confessions of a […]
(S)he Said Discussion – Birds and Bees
HE SAID, SHE SAID is a brand-spanking-new feature created and hosted by Rachel (at) Confessions of a Book Geek and Joey (at) Thoughts and Afterthoughts, where formality is thrown out of the window in no-holds-barred discussions on all things bookish.
Following on from our previous discussion about sex in Adult/NA fiction, we’re going to take it back a step and look at the physical, emotional and sexual interactions in Young Adult fiction.
Banned and Challenged Books
When I started looking into the most popular challenged books, or the ones that are challenged most frequently, some of the ones I found really surprised me. I decided to do a short compilation post – which of these have you read? What other challenged/banned books have you read and loved? Anne Frank – Diary […]
Sharing the Bloggy Love #3
I’m back with another Sharing the Bloggy Love post, highlighting the bloggers I follow and love to catch-up with, even if I am a bit of a lurker who doesn’t comment religiously… I’m sticking with book-bloggers to start with and then I’ll branch out a little. So, today we have F and G. F Falling […]
Why I Believe In The Freedom to Read
I was always vaguely aware that there was such a thing as banned books, but I was still quite naive in my understanding of what constituted a “banned” book, and I was definitely under the impression that books weren’t banned in the democratic west of the world. I know, how wrong I was. What I found […]
Book Buying Bans and Me
The dreaded book-buying ban. When your physical TBR pile is (much) taller than you, and you need to cut back on a few purchases, do you put yourself on a book-buying ban? I did. And I’m wondering just how effective it is…
Book Buying Survey Response
The lovely, Rinn over at Rinn Reads, carried out a Book Buying Survey at the start of June and posted the results in the middle of July. I thought I’d share my thoughts as a response to her survey, she has a great infographic that lays out the data collected from 100 respondents, so you might […]
Damn You “Unknown Search Terms”!
So, my blog is almost 6 months old (it feels like I’ve been blogging for years!) and I’ve discovered that I can finally start looking at my blog-stats in a more meaningful way. If I could dedicate more time to this hobby (which actually feels more like a part-time job) then I could definitely try to […]
LitRate: We Need Your Help!
I’m sure loads of you know by now that the very talented Ashley from Nose Graze is working hard to create something that all of us book-bloggers can only dream of, a truly social, interactive and (dare I say it?) attractive book-archive website! For those of you who aren’t aware, I’m here to spread the word […]
Confessions of a Book Geek 