Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Books I Would Have Never Read Had it Not Been For Book Bloggers!
Book Bloggers Appreciation Week (BBAW) is an annual celebration to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, authors, and a lifestyle of reading. BBAW is happening right now! To fully participate in BBAW visit the official blog.
How many books do you read because of a book bloggers review?
I was curious as to how many books I’ve read since I began blogging have been influenced from blogger recommendations so I pulled some out. This list is actually much larger; I didn’t include any review copies, blog tours, or requested books. Each of the following are books I either purchased or borrowed from the library after a bloggers review piqued my interest:
(Click on a book cover, to be taken to my review.) I’ve lost track of who exactly recommended yet but I know that a few of these include Becky’s Book Reviews, My Friend Amy, Shelf Elf, Booking Mama, Small World Reads, and Trish’s Reading Nook.
How about you? How much of your book selections are based on a book bloggers recommendation? And did you agree with it? I must admit, I’ve had a few come back to me after I recommended a book to say they hate it. Sigh . . .
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What a great post! Love all the pretty covers.
You like the dark stuff, don’t you? LOL
on September 17th, 2009 at 4:59 pmWow, that is impressive! What a great resource this community is…
on September 17th, 2009 at 5:18 pmI also read Wake because of a Blogger’s recommendation. I think it was J. Kaye.
on September 17th, 2009 at 5:19 pmI can definitely say that the best books I’ve read this year — Guernesey Literary, The Book Thief, The Help, Hunger Games, and Absolutely True Diary — I read because of book blogs and/or twitter buzz by bloggers. But it is hard to remember where you first hear about something…
on September 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pmI agree that the Book Blogging Community is the best resource for books! Thanks for the shout out! I am very flattered!
on September 17th, 2009 at 6:29 pmAh, I love how you posted the cover pictures. Somehow it’s all the more impressive with the visual how big of an impact bloggers have had on your reading!
I’ve picked up a few of these titles from book bloggers’ recommendations, too!
on September 17th, 2009 at 6:30 pmLOL–sounds like my blogging. I think pretty much everything I buy now is because of some blogger or another. Glad to have recommended some titles to you–I know the ones here that I’ve read I’ve really enjoyed (Little Giant comes immediately to mind).
on September 17th, 2009 at 6:39 pmAll of my recommendations come from bloggers, one close friend and my sister these days.
on September 17th, 2009 at 6:42 pmLove seeing all the covers. Most of the books I read these days are either ones I see blog posts about or ones that are popular at my elementary school.
on September 17th, 2009 at 6:49 pmWhat a great list. I love your cover presentation, too. I’m finding that as my blog reader grows, my TBR piles grows exponentially. I just started keeping a list ofblogger-recommended books on my blog in January. I haven’t made much progress … yet!
on September 17th, 2009 at 7:15 pmI love all the cover shots! It’s hard to believe that you have all of those just from book blogs, but I would venture to guess that I would have almost as many.
What’s wonderful about it is that it’s exposed me to some amazing writers that I would have never tried or heard about except for on someone’s blog.
PS…sorry I think my gravatar is messed because of setting up the new site.
on September 17th, 2009 at 7:19 pmMr. Popper’s Penguins! I need to reread that. For the life of me, I have no idea what it’s about anymore, but I know I really coveted that book in elementary school. I can actually picture where it was on the shelves of the little school library! I think I’d sneak over and read some of it when I wasn’t supposed to or something, because it has a forbidden fruit kind of association with it for me.
on September 17th, 2009 at 10:18 pmMy wish list definitely grew since I started blogging! Not everyone agrees with every one of my ratings, but that’s to be expected.
on September 18th, 2009 at 9:39 amPretty much ALL my books come from book bloggers recommendations! Thanks for including me!
on September 18th, 2009 at 8:20 pmMy wish list — so huge — basically exists because of book bloggers.
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on September 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pmWHat a wonderful way to showcase the books you’ve read after reading of them in other blogs. If I cannot come up with a book or I’m looking for soemthing new to read, I think I’ll come here and check out this post of yours. It’s fantastic! I love that you found all of these books from fellow bloggers!
~Amy
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on September 20th, 2009 at 3:00 amI loved this post just because I wanted to scoop all of these books up and read them for myself. I have read The Translator and thought that it was a very worthwhile read. Thanks for sharing all of these great covers and fueling my book addiction
on September 20th, 2009 at 6:34 pmThat is quite a lot of books. A few of them are on my list as well.
on September 21st, 2009 at 7:24 amWhat a great, visual way of representing the variety of books personal recommendations can add to your reading list! Love it.
on September 22nd, 2009 at 10:36 am