Daily Dose Monday is a weekly meme, hosted at Good Golly Miss Holly, a fellow Aussie book blog. The meme features images that inspire, that create life and energy. Hope you enjoy this week's pictures! All the captions are just what I pull from each image. Sorry if they're not good--I just make them up on the spot, and I'm sleepy right now.
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| And here I stay, letting the ocean engulf me, letting its currents wash my pain away. |
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| The most powerful of books can move even the tiniest of beings. |
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| Maybe if I wish on enough flowers the sun will not set for another day; maybe the wind will not blow it all away. |
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| The most beautiful rose is one that remains true to its roots. (in this case, water and sun, but "rose" can be taken in a more metaphorical stance) |
It's so amazing to think that I've been blogging for more than half a year now! Blogging has always been such a sweet escape from me, and it's still such a wonder that I didn't discover the book blogging community even earlier. It's all just been surreal. I've met so many great bloggers (even Aussies! :D), discovered amazing books that I will carry with me forever, and it's all gone by so quickly. This may sound like a blogoversary-type "speech", but it's more of an OMG-I-have-X-followers-now "speech". Thanks so much to you, my dear followers. I'm sorry I don't comment on every single one of your blog posts (that is, if you have a YA book blog). I may not be the best follower, but 2011 will see to it that I improve my commenting abilities. :)
Book Blogging Pet peeves
So anyway, I saw this awesome post over at Cover to Cover. Jessica lists all of her book blogging pet peeves, and I could not agree more with all those listed. I agree with all of them, except for the last one since I believe I'm guilty of doing that myself.
Here are some of my additions:
- One paragraph reviews — Especially when receiving review copies from publishers/authors, because one paragraph reviews are sloppy and lazy and brief, and really don't do much for anybody. If a blogger is in a hurry or under time-constrictions, save the post and schedule it for a later date. No one is rushing you.
- Blogs that are spammed with blog posts linking to contests, so that said blogger may earn extra entries — No comment needed.
- Spelling and grammar errors — Now I'm sure I've let slip a few errors here and there, but I'm talking about the blogs where there are multiple spelling errors. There is spell check with Blogger, people! Please, for the love of all that is good and sacred, USE IT!!!
- Mixing up words — such as than and then, and there and their and they're. This may be a bit "nit-picky" of me, but this annoys me more than anything. Of course, like with spell check, this is going to happen every now and again.
- Insincere comments — The ones that are just like "Hey, cool review/blog! Go check out my blog at xx." Make a point, take your time, or don't bother commenting at all. I'm also trying to be better at this. :P
- Blog posts with no images, at all, ever — People NEED visual representations so their eyes don't tune out. Same goes for big slabs of text--paragraphs, is the aim of the game here. Or lists, because they're awesome. ;)
That's all for now.
What are your book blogger pet peeves? Have anything to add* , or comment on?
* Please check Cover to Cover too before adding on, as I agree with all points made.
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TinaBookCouture 60p · 742 weeks ago
cass_wordsonpaper 79p · 742 weeks ago
Alice · 742 weeks ago
I absolutely hate when book bloggers don;t use proper spelling, punctuation and grammar. Like, they read all these books and they should take example from it! This is how I learned my grammar, etc! I read books and I saw how they were written, knew when to put commas (now it's just automatic xD ) and knew the differences between their/they're/etc.
Hmm, another pet peeve is probably trying to find out what the bloggers rated a book. Sometimes they don't have stars or anything, and unless it's a different colour, it's really hard to see.
Braiden · 742 weeks ago
I think doing one paragraph reviews is hard for me because I want to write so much. And so I'm sorry if some of my reviews are like bulk paragraphs because I just can't stop when I want to. Therefore I break it up with the image of the cover(s) and occasionally the video if i felt like filming one. But yeah one paragraph reviews seem lazy, because waht's the point of even being a reviewer.
Looking forward to more from you Cass :)
cass_wordsonpaper 79p · 742 weeks ago
Haha, all throughout high school I had trouble writing within the limits. I was always UNDER, never over. Now, on a good day, I can rack up 700 words for a review, which is amazing, for me. I get it that bloggers have off days--everyone does, and some reviews will reflect on this. But it's still unprofessional. And at that, I think I'll go and edit some of my upcoming reviews. :P By the way, Braiden, I still need to read over your reviews. You posted too many of them at once that I couldn't keep up!
Birgit · 742 weeks ago
Erika · 742 weeks ago
As with your blogger pet peeves, I agree with most of them. I especially hate insincere comments! I actually work hard on my posts, and it's pretty upsetting when it's obvious that people just comment for the sake of promoting their own blogs.
Nic · 742 weeks ago
Blogging pet peeves - probably the one about people who only comment to get you to follow them and also people filling up there blog with contests and links. I know that I have off days and sometimes my reviews aren't what they should be and other days the words just flow.
Nomes · 742 weeks ago
i try not to think about my pet peeves, haha.
i sometimes think the community can get a bit whiny about the same kinda stuff. i'd like to say to ppl who are moaning about love triangles, etc, whatever, blah, blah... go out and find the books you like reading and stop reading all the same crap over and over again and then going on about it. haha,. but i would never say that to anyone. it's just, you know, hypothetical.
i am lazy with grammar in my comments ;) but it also niggles at me in posts. which is why facebook just doesn't work for me. blows my mind how many people are kinda clueless about spelling and grammar :)
love your blog cass!
x
The Zealous Reader · 742 weeks ago
Lisa · 742 weeks ago
athanasia-d · 742 weeks ago
by the way i loved your blog, it's great
i see you take part in the "100 Books in a year" challenge, i do too !
Michelle_1010 70p · 742 weeks ago
As far as blogging pet peeves...I'm not sure that I really have any per say. I do agree with your point about images being important. I stumbled across a book blog the other day with no pictures at all and it seemed so empty. :/
Alice · 742 weeks ago
Super · 740 weeks ago
I tend to write shorter reviews because it's been drilled in my head as a former English major to be concise and to the point. Also in my library grad school class for reader's advisory, we are always being told to condense our main points into shorter annotations that focus on the book's appeal to readers. I tend to prefer shorter reviews myself (as long as they are well written). I will occasionally read longer reviews if I know the blogger writes really well, but otherwise I skim the long reviews. Just my 2 cents! :)
I definitely agree with you about the other pet peeves though!
dіssertatіon help · 517 weeks ago