Quantcast
Channel: Blogging – Bookshelf Fantasies
Browsing all 27 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Input, please! Looking for a few opinions…

Lend a booklover a hand, would ya? I’d love to get some opinions on a recurring feature here at Bookshelf Fantasies. Going back to almost the beginning of my blogging days, I’ve been running a feature...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

ARCs. Argh.

I think I’m giving up on ARCs. More specifically, I’ve just had it up to here with badly formatted e-ARCs. In theory, digital review copies should make my life as a reader, reviewer, and blogger...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New! Improved???

Hey, all — check it out! I’m trying out a new theme and color scheme for Bookshelf Fantasies. After a year and half with my old layout, I was itching for something new to look at. What do you think?...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Book Blog Meme Directory: An update

In July 2013, I launched a new page here at Bookshelf Fantasies: the Book Blog Meme Directory. The purpose of the Directory is to collect information and links for all sorts of bookish memes, providing...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Following, following back, and keeping up

When I first started blogging — almost three years ago! — I really had no idea what I was getting into. I was focused only on the “me” parts: I’d write my book reviews and other content, and people...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Read, skim, or skip?

About two weeks ago, I wrote a post about how following other blogs is key to building community in the blogging world, and yet it can potentially take up so much time that it’s impossible to stay on...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Celebrating 1,000!

With this very post… I have now published 1,000 posts on my blog! I can hardly believe it. Less than 3 years ago, I launched Bookshelf Fantasies with only the vaguest idea of what blogging was all...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Bloggy dilemma of the day!

I find myself in the midst of a dilemma and I’d love to hear some thoughts from other bloggers! What do you do when you make a commitment and then can’t figure out how to keep it and maintain...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Book Blog Meme Directory: It’s clean-up time!

As a certain purple dinosaur used to sing: Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere! Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share… The Book Blog Meme Directory has been up and running for almost two...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Update: Spring cleaning for the Book Blog Meme Directory (all done!)

Whew! That was fun! I mentioned on Thursday that I planned to do some housekeeping on the Book Blog Meme Directory page. I intended to go through the directory, test out each link, and update anything...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Input, please! I need your opinion.

Hello, friendly booklovers and bloggers! I’m working on a new weekly feature that I’ll be doing here at Bookshelf Fantasies. For now, this is just something that I plan to have fun with myself, but if...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Discussion: Is it ever unfair to write a review?

  Is there ever a time when it’s just not fair to review something? Here’s what I mean: Let’s say you’re reading a book in a particular genre. And it’s a genre you typically never read. What’s more,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Hitting the road… See you next week!

Hello, lovely readers! Bookshelf Fantasies is taking a wee break for about 10 days as I head off on a much-needed vacation! While I’m away, my two weekly memes, Shelf Control and Thursday Quotables,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

My blog and my memes

So I’ve been thinking… I’ve been blogging for over four years now. Hard to believe! My interest and energy levels have gone up and down over time, and right now I find myself in a phase where I’m not...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A little break — see you next week!

Hello, lovely readers! Bookshelf Fantasies is taking a wee break this week as I head out of town for a combination of vacation time and family business. While I’m away, my two weekly memes, Shelf...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A little break — see you in two weeks!

Hello, lovely readers! Bookshelf Fantasies will be taking a wee break for the next couple of weeks as I head out of town for some family business. While I’m away, my two weekly memes, Shelf Control and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

I’m baaaaaaaack!

Hello all! It’s been a long 2 1/2 weeks, but… Unfortunately, my time away wasn’t exactly a vacation. I was on the east coast, working with other family members to relocate our aging parents and settle...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Summertime slacking

Summertime, and the living is easy… or so I’ve heard. And although I’m not lazing away my summer days on tropical beaches, I am trying to do a bit of relaxing and refreshing. Between my time away in...

View Article

An update on Thursday Quotables

Hi there, lovely readers! Several years ago, I started up a weekly feature here at Bookshelf Fantasies called Thursday Quotables: Welcome to Thursday Quotables! This weekly feature is the place to...

View Article

Shelf Control is taking a little break!

I have some family visits and travel plans for the next few weeks, and while I may still do some blogging, I won’t be able to stick to a schedule or keep up with my regular weekly features. Shelf...

View Article
Browsing all 27 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images