Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is a freebie and it’s my first one on this blog so I’m going with Top Ten Reasons I’m Happy to be Book Blogging Again!
- I love the book blogging community. I book blogged for many years before I stopped 10 years ago due to things getting hectic IRL, and while I continued to follow book lovers on other platforms, there’s really nothing quite like the book blogging community.
- One of the things I loved most about book blogging were the weekly memes! I actually did TTT more than 10 years ago before I stopped blogging.
- I love doing the memes, but I also loved seeing what everyone else was doing. I loved discovering new books, new ideas, and most of all, new friends.
- I also love the reading challenges, and following along with everyone else’s progress and achievements. I love that the challenges help me to expand my own reading.
- As you can see, I used the word “love” a lot when I talk about books and book blogging. That means I’m passionate about it, and you should always do what you love!
- I’ve still been reading a lot, but had no one to talk to about the books I’ve loved. Which makes me sad. Starting a book blog again means I can talk about books here, and that makes me happy!
- Sometimes I’ve hated the books I’ve read and want to complain about them but had no one to complain to. Which makes me frustrated. Now I can complain here, and that makes me happy too!
- I’ve got a really bad memory when it comes to books I’ve read and I desperately needed a place to write down my thoughts and organize my reading plans and challenges.
- I actually started a physical book journal in an effort to organize my reading, but I found it difficult to keep up with when I had to write everything by hand! Plus, it’s not very interactive. Unlike a book blog.
- Some of my best memories are of when I used to blog. I had so much fun and made so many reader friends. I hope to make new memories, and new friends, and maybe reconnect with some old friends.
That’s my first TTT post! I’m so happy to be book blogging again. What do you love about book blogging? Let me know!
I’m glad you’re back and that you decided to return to TTT as well!
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Thank you! Me too!
Welcome back!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2023/12/05/top-ten-tuesday-did-i-read-my-fall-2023-tbr/
Thank you!
Welcome back! These are all great reasons to like blogging again.
Yes! Thank you!
Love all your reasons and so true. I tried to keep an actual book journal but failed, will try again but blogging does help a lot and I love others ideas about books. I fall into their book traps often!
Me too! I do love how beautiful and creative a lot of the book journals look on IG and I feel so inspired seeing them, so I might try again, but we’ll see!
The book blogger community is lovely.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
It is!
Welcome back!
Thank you!
Yay! So glad that you are back blogging again! I agree so much with everything you said – the book blogging community is amazing and so much fun to get involved in.
Thank you1 I’m happy to be back, and yes, it’s so much fun to be a part of the book blogging community.
This is such a beautiful freebie topic 🙂 I just got the journal in the mail that I’m going to be using for my reading journal. I’m not super artsy so really hoping I can make it look nice. And the book blogging community is definitely one of the best. Welcome back!
Ooh, that sounds exciting! I can’t wait to see what you do with your book journal, maybe I’ll get inspired all over again. I hope you’re planning to share some pictures with us when you get started. And thank you so much for the welcome!
Welcome back!
Thank you!
I try keeping a book journal but can not keep the habit of writing in it.
Same! Keeping it updated is so much pressure, I don’t know why!
Welcome back to book blogging! This is such a great community to be a part of and TTT is a perfect way to get back into it. Your reasons are all fantastic.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Welcome back to book blogging! I know how stressful RL can get, so you’ve taken a big step:-)
Thank you! Book blogging is part of my stress management because I’m using it to get my reading organized, but I’m finding myself getting sucked into all the reading challenges and I need to find a balance between “fun challenging” and “pressure challenging”!
Welcome back to book blogging! I also love connecting with other readers online, and it’s a great way to discover new books.
Thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier!
I agree, thank you!
Aww, this is such a nice TTT post! I used to have a book blog, but now I have incorporated it into my main blog 🙂 x
Thank you! I get it, it can be quite a pain managing more than one blog. I had to think long and hard about starting this one. LOL!
These are such lovely reasons and many are also why I like to blog about books, too!
Also welcome back! <3
Thank you!
I completely agree with you, while I follow book lovers on other platforms, there’s nothing like the book bloggers community. I loved reading your list!
That is so true! Thanks for visiting!