Sharing the Bookish Love – May 16, 2014

Sharing the Bookish Love is our newest feature where we share some of our favorite posts we have recently come across on the book blogosphere. If there’s a recent post you want us to share, feel free to let us know.

 

Thought-provoking Discussions:

Feed Me Books Now has a post on coping with the ending of a series.

Geeky Bloggers Book Blog wants to know whether you listen to an audio book on a higher speed. I know I do, and I love that feature on audible.

Writer of Wrongs discusses how we feel about cliffhangers. Personally, I. HATE.THEM.

Reading Teen wants to know why do we like to make ourselves cry by reading sad books?

YA Asylum asks what got you into reading in the first place?

Adventures in YA Publishing asks what deters you from reading?

Book Addicts Guide asks are fantasy and dystopia (and other non-contemporary) books focusing more on the romance than on the world building?

Icy Cold Reads asks what makes a good book to movie adaptation? I definitely agree that a good cast and staying true to the book is what we as book lovers expect.

Little Birdie Books discusses what is the right amount of books for a series. I prefer the “less is more” concept. Too many trilogies suffer from second book syndrome.

 

Recommendations and Tips:

Happy Indulgence Books is recommending some diverse books to us. Guiltless Reading is recommending diverse books also. Also, here’s a list of books by people of color recommendations from Novel Sounds. Have you read any of them?

Perpetual Page Turner lists out some NYC bucket list items for the upcoming BEA con.

Here’s a tip from Nose Graze about deleting old posts. Do you delete old posts to clean up your blog, or leave them as history?

Another from Nose Graze on whether all social media avatars need to be the same. It all depends on whether you are establishing a brand, or using it as a personal account.

Interesting infographic on Bookish Findings about books vs. movies. Which version is better?This one shows the stats based on ratings.

Effortlessly Reading asks whether you’re able to read a book by the same author back-to-back or do you need to take breaks between reading such books.

 

Bookish News and other Round-ups:

• Cuddlebuggery Buzz Worthy News includes some J.K. Rowling news, a teaser for Outlander series, information about #AmazonCart, and more news on #WeNeedDiverseBooks.
• The Book Vixen’s In My Pocket contains some interesting news, such as a story about why we really don’t own our Kindle books. What?
• Book Chic City’s Bookish News includes a note about Amazon being deliberately slow to deliver some books and a gay book ban.
• Such A Novel Idea Bookish News includes a post on gendered covers failing YA readers as well as a (nasty) critter being named after Harry Potter.
• Parajunkee Book Bloggerista News includes BEA details, including the diversity debacle, and some events you should attend if you’re going.
• Parajunkee is also accepting nominations for the Second Annual Sultry Listener’s Awards.
  

As always, let me know what you think of this feature and if you have any suggestions. I got a suggestion last week to include the blog name and I’ve done so this week. Let me know if you like that. If you have any posts you would like featured, feel free to let me know.

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