Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week they give a topic, and then other blogs make their top ten lists for that topic.
This week's topic is Top Ten Things that Make Our Life as Bloggers and Readers Easier
1) The Library: Ok, this one should be pretty obvious, but honestly, it's so true! The library helps me in so many ways... I find the most random books that I would never have found before, I find books that I'm curious about but don't want to spend money on, I find books that I don't have the money for but want to read, I can request books from all over the province, even from different library systems, I can find reference books for school projects that I wouldn't get any other way, I can download ebooks to use on my nook,
2) Review Requests: It's always nice to hear what your audience is into and what kind of books they would like to see reviewed on your blog! Suggestions are always welcome!
3) Book Giveaways/Free Books: I think this one is pretty self explanatory. Free books = less money spent but more books to read!
4) Decent Book to Movie Adaptations: Because there's nothing more heartbreaking than going to see the movie version of a favourite book, and the story you loved being completely slaughtered on-screen.
5) Goodreads: This site is one of my most-used sites ever. I'm serious. I use it everday to update what I'm reading, check the groups I've joined, and scan for new stuff. It is so so so useful! I love being able to track all of the books I've read, authors I like, and reviews from other people. There's also giveaways and discussion groups lists with upcoming releases. Basically, it's the perfect site for me.
6) Sticky Notes: I have a pad of sticky notes on my night stand, and I write on it a lot when I'm reading a book. Most of my reading I do before I go to sleep, so it's always handy right there by my alarm clock and reading light. I can use sticky notes to jot down things that stand out to me, whether I like them, don't like them, or just made me think. I can also use the sticky notes to mark pages in a book that I want to go back to, or if there was a quote I really like. (because who wants to stop and write out a whole quote if you're really into a good book?) Sticky notes mean that I can keep on reading, but still remember things that are important.
7) Thrift Stores: $0.25 for a hardly used book? I'm in.
8) Other Blogs/People: About half of the books I choose to read are because I saw good reviews/ people talking about them on other blogs (both normal blogs and tumblr), on goodreads, or on youtube. And most of them turn out to be really really good!
9) eBooks and eReaders: It's like a book, but you can take 17419074893274 of them anywhere all at once! eBooks are also a good way to travel light but still have lots to read. They might never replace a real, physical book on my shelf, but I still have a lot of appreciation for eBooks.
10) School Breaks: Less school, more time. It's a win-win for extra reading time, right?
Now that my grammar and sentance structure is rapidly decreasing, it's a good thing that list is finished. What helps you blog and/or read?
Rachel & Megan
2) Review Requests: It's always nice to hear what your audience is into and what kind of books they would like to see reviewed on your blog! Suggestions are always welcome!
3) Book Giveaways/Free Books: I think this one is pretty self explanatory. Free books = less money spent but more books to read!
4) Decent Book to Movie Adaptations: Because there's nothing more heartbreaking than going to see the movie version of a favourite book, and the story you loved being completely slaughtered on-screen.
5) Goodreads: This site is one of my most-used sites ever. I'm serious. I use it everday to update what I'm reading, check the groups I've joined, and scan for new stuff. It is so so so useful! I love being able to track all of the books I've read, authors I like, and reviews from other people. There's also giveaways and discussion groups lists with upcoming releases. Basically, it's the perfect site for me.
6) Sticky Notes: I have a pad of sticky notes on my night stand, and I write on it a lot when I'm reading a book. Most of my reading I do before I go to sleep, so it's always handy right there by my alarm clock and reading light. I can use sticky notes to jot down things that stand out to me, whether I like them, don't like them, or just made me think. I can also use the sticky notes to mark pages in a book that I want to go back to, or if there was a quote I really like. (because who wants to stop and write out a whole quote if you're really into a good book?) Sticky notes mean that I can keep on reading, but still remember things that are important.
7) Thrift Stores: $0.25 for a hardly used book? I'm in.
8) Other Blogs/People: About half of the books I choose to read are because I saw good reviews/ people talking about them on other blogs (both normal blogs and tumblr), on goodreads, or on youtube. And most of them turn out to be really really good!
9) eBooks and eReaders: It's like a book, but you can take 17419074893274 of them anywhere all at once! eBooks are also a good way to travel light but still have lots to read. They might never replace a real, physical book on my shelf, but I still have a lot of appreciation for eBooks.
10) School Breaks: Less school, more time. It's a win-win for extra reading time, right?
Now that my grammar and sentance structure is rapidly decreasing, it's a good thing that list is finished. What helps you blog and/or read?
Rachel & Megan
I can't believe that I forgot about giveaways and free books :) I found some great reads this way. Thanks for stopping by my TTT :)
ReplyDeleteIt's not like I've ever won a book giveaway, but I still gotta love them. And no problem! Thanks for stopping back here :)
DeleteRachel
School breaks are amazing! You get more time to read, write, swoon, and sleep!!!
ReplyDeleteDecent book to movie adaptions are always fantastic too, since you could also write a movie review for that~~~
I completely agree! I'm so sad my summer break is ending soon :(
DeleteRachel
The library is where I came across the Uglies many moons ago and brought me back to YA books. Since than it's been a great money saver!
ReplyDeleteAs a blogger I started out slow than found the tour groups and bam, I have the materials needed and books to review to put up quite nice looking posts. And with that I add my trusty planner. Without that I'd be nuts!
I've saved so much money with my library, it's amazing.
DeleteAnd a planner is a really good idea! I should figure out if that would work for us, too!
Rachel