I just want to pause and thank Google for sending the absolute most strangest people ever to my blog.
Well done, Google. For all the people who typed something random into your search and then found ME, well I (a) appreciate the page stat, and (b) think you’re probably terrible at your job, because (c) HOW DID MOST OF THESE SEARCH RESULTS LEAD TO ME.
Move over Stranger Things, we have the Strangest Fury Blog coming right up.
Because YES! I’m going to answer some of my blog’s search term results for this year! Now I do this every month in my recap posts but last year I did a whole post on it and who is arguing with that kind of quality content, amirite?!? * This will be glorious. Also you might recognise me answering some of these from this year but probably not because: let’s be real. Both our memories are not that good.
* Um, those who are arguing probably WANT quality content. But hahaha you are here after all so standards aren’t too high.
Now just in case you don’t know what a “search term result” is, it’s basically things people type into google and then google is a freaking idiot sends them lovingly to your blog. You can find them in your stat section on WordPress and Blogger.
And since it’s my duty as queen of all, blogger extraordinaire, pillar of the community, and etc. etc. I will be answering these questions posed by humans and bots alike to help make my blog a HELPFUL hub of information to serve the people. *
* LMAO
Also before we go on…
I made it to the @EpicReads Book Shimmy Award FINALS. Which is actual madness and I’m so freaking grateful!! I’ve never got this far?!? So go vote for me as booknerd of the year!
No but seriously how did I get this far amongst all these booktubers hahahaha….wow.
yes it’s still Christmassy themed around here heaven help us all ugh
“too much reading bad for you”
IT IS. OMG HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THIS?!? Reading is terrible. It makes you think, it makes you ask question, it starts disagreements and forest fires if you leave books unattended while roasting marshmallows under a blood red moon. Honestly, all I can say to you is: get out while you still can.
Side effects can include:
- bad eyesight
- interest in becoming a nocturnal bat
- general confusion when asked to put book down and go outside
- unreasonably high expectations for normal-humans to be as good as book-humans
- might inspire you to become a writer which is obviously an illness
- fills up your brain with magic so you forget people’s birthdays (but you remember fictional characters’ birthdays so where is the loss)
- unholy screaming because of plot twists
- your arm might fall off
- I don’t know but it could happen. Don’t take the risks.
“20 appearance”
This is an accurate summary of how many times I’ve gone outside to socialise in the last 23 years, so I’m glad it helped you find my blog!
“why is the love triangle in books always two boys and one girl”
I think there are several reasons for this. HIGHLY SCIENTIFIC REASONS which I have not made up on the spot just now.
- Often in YA the narrator is a girl and the author is a girl —> and both those phenomenons generally lead to the girl wanting to be pursued twicely because apparently it’s attractive of something. I mean, it’s nice to be wanted? I DON’T UNDERSTAND.
- It can also be SEXISM. Because if you put 2 girls in a room competition for something, they’re automatically labelled “catty” and “bitchy”. Whereas if two boys are fighting for something, it’s apparently hot and admirable.
- I rolled my eyes and they fell out.
- Someone started this trend and 78 people followed because WE FORGOT TO THINK FOR OURSELVES.
- Two girls don’t need to compete for 1 boy because if he can’t make a decision then they know HE IS BAD NEWS and they ditch him and become best friends and raise a dragon egg together and fly away on a magic carpet and– wow, can someone please write this.
“i rate my books by the time it makes me cry”
Same, my friend, same. I rarely figure out my star rating before I’m at the point where I want to cry and throw things. Preferably a chicken.
(I’m just KIDDING I would never throw a chicken unless I was teaching it to fly like I may admit I did as a 12 year old and effects were varied. Also I named my chicken Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo after the children’s book to spite everyone who said I could only have ONE chicken and ONE name. So ha.)
“blasting through unread shelves”
Hmm, you won’t find this happening here.
No wait! I actually did blast through several backlist books last week and got some eARC reviews sent in and felt GREAT about myself! As I reward I requested like 8 new books and sometimes I wonder why I cry so often.
“unhinged: library edition”
This is the future title of my memoir.
“maybe if you want to die bookworm”
Is this a THREAT?!? Or are you asking for a list of suggestions on ways bookworms die so you can avoid it and be immortal and live forever??
If it’s option (1) then hoW dARE U and we will fight to the death at dawn of maybe next week if my mum says it’s ok
And if it’s option (2) then just literally do not walk under your TBR pile. You’ll be fine then.
“tupes of love you like love you till moon and back”
Oh oh I can be good at this one!
- I love you to the library and back.
- I love you as far as I can throw you which is basically Ronan and Noah bless them.
- I love you to a black exploding star and then not back because we both died.
- I love you to my Goodreads page and then wooooow back and maybe I don’t love you did you seriously not rate my favourite book 5 stars can we even talk after this???
- I love you to the moon and not back because I would like to live there alone with my books and some croissants thanks that would be great I’m an introvert and anxious just go.
“is it wrong to read books”
Yes it’s very wrong. I have no freaking idea what kind of SINNER invented them.
“iam back wid my original character”
This question is so interesting because I have no idea if YOU x your character = are in a relationship and in which case, congratulations!! I hope you have a lovely life together!!
Or else you’re possibly announcing that you killed your original character, regretted it, and brought them back to life. Happens ALL THE TIME, sweetie, don’t even worry about it.
trends in ya fiction 2018
DO I LOOK LIKE I KNOW THE FUTURE???
I mean, I do look like it a little bit right? I’m super magical and trustworthy. The top YA trends of 2018 are going to be books about MUSIC and PIANOS and SMOL SAD BOYS and–
Oh wait. That’s just my book. Excellent, go preorder.
“reasons why books are reviewed”
- Bookworms have too many opinions and have to let them out somehow. If they don’t, the bookworm might melt.
- They’re a great way to figure out your full thoughts and feelings about a book.
- We write them to give recommendations!
- Also great hobby if you have no life to speak of like meeeee.
“names that are pretty but exeptionally hard to spell”
Mine apparently. Did you know there are 9389 ways to spell Cait? And nO ONE IN MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD could actually figure out my way? Every single year, I would get a youth group award and my name would be spelled differently. I even applied for a bank card when I turned into an adult (ugh) and it took THREE TRIES for them to spell my name right.
I’m changing my name to Nick Fury. Please, use at will.
“why we read painful books”
Honestly we want books that make us FEEL and pain is one of the strongest and more memorable and relatable feelings. So we strange human creatures just run after it like little deranged lemmings.
“why do adults read ya fiction”
I actually am going to do a full post on this but for now, view my (FAMOUS) tweet
“jared and aglionby”
IS THERE A 5TH RAVEN BOY WE DON’T TALK ABOUT?!? JARED?????
GANSEY, PLEASE COME AND TELL US ABOUT JARED?!???
“bookstagram clean the stuff after photoshoot”
Personally, I would like a bookstagram clean up fairy. I have discussed this quite often, but all I’m saying is some people ask for pumpkins and glass slippers and all I want is someone to put all my books back on the shelves?!?? Is this so much to ask, FAIRY GOD MOTHER?!??
#BehindTheScenes
“no big deal bookworm”
Like what the heck, mate, everything is a big deal around here. HOW DID YOU END UP ON MY BLOG?!?? This blog is 87% existential crisis, unprovoked panic, unreasonable levels of anxiety over things that shouldn’t be a problem, and the exploding of average circumstances into NATIONAL INCIDENTS.
WHAT’S CALM.
“i had telepathy”
WELL WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. AND ARE YOU ELEVEN.
Excuse all the Stranger Things references, I’m watching Season 2 with my smol sister and we are mildly obsessed.
“can reading too much give us superbrain”
Well I should HOPE SO or else half my evil plans are going to fail and I’ve been wasting a lot of time.
“killing off characters is hard”
“writers types buffalo”
Wow well this is the answer I’ve been looking for basically all my life. Whenever people say, “What kind of writer are you?” I always hesitate and get stuck trying to decide if I should answer that I’m a plotter or a speed-writer or a full time writer…like??? So many options??
From now on I’m going to say I’m a buffalo.
“how am i paper fury”
WHAT THE HECKKKKKKK. WHAT????? WHAT!!!!! NO YOU’RE NOT. I AM. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE???????
“im a teen looking up to be a writer but sometimes i feel like im not good enough”
The biggest and best advice you will EVER EVER get is: keep writing. I’m not joking. I know we want quick fixes and we want concrete “how to” lists so we improve. But absolutely nothing is better than writing and writing again. Even when you finish a book and start to query it — you should be writing something else. Even when you get a book deal, guess what?!? You should already be writing something else.
My debut comes out with Hachette / Orchard UK in June, 2018. It is the 16th book I wrote. Do you feel a bit better now?!
“paperfury schedule”
JUST KIDDING. I appreciate you, little stalker.
And I do actually have a schedule because I’m nothing if not horrifically predictable. It looks like:
- Monday: book review
- Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday wherein I break the rules wildly and still link up and wait for sirens
- Saturday: a discussion or list post from my own creativity, hence today is Saturday and you’re being stuck with..well…all this.
“acotar and acomaf pronunciation guide”
I pronounce them both like: no.
“pre-decapitation party”
Wow I have so many questions, like are WE doing the decapitating or are we going to BE decapitated?!?
“the act of a person sleeping on books becoz of reading too much is”
I think the act is called “terrified realisation that cannot read enough in a life time so will sit here and panic existentially” not that I WOULD KNOW because I would never never sleep on a pile of books. *
* Blatant lie. My life is a pile of books.
“how to make a tbr”
Honestly just say “I LIKE BOOKS” and all the books will come to you to overwhelm your life. Also start book blogging or go on Goodreads. Give it like 5 mins. After that you’ll be crying, trying to sell your sister for more money to buy books, and making lists of books that stretch to Jupiter and back.
“most horrific things”
- stickers on book covers
- someone eating the last slice of cake when I specifically said it was mine
- people puking slime
- or eating busting out of slime
- or touching slime
- SLIME
- EVERY SCENE WITH SLIMEY ALIEN GROSS STUFF IN STRANGER THINGS
- me @ trying to buy books with no money
- Christmas
- trying to figure out your left vs right hand when someone’s yelling directions at you and you’re driving and YOU SUDDENLY REALISE YOU NEVER FIGURED THAT OUT IN KINDERGARTEN HOLY KELP
- any time your computer wants to do updates
- trying to spell things
- waiting for critiques back on your novel and dying somewhat inside
“paperfury personality”
Wow okay you asked, so I’ll hit you with it ALL.
- I’m an INTJ and apparently the J stands for “Judgemental” and that’s not me at all obviously I WOULD NEVER SKEPTICALLY JUDGE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD AT ALL TIMES.
- Ok fine yes. This is very much me. Also the T stands for the queen. Me.
- I’m a Slytherin. Which is obviously because I’m so ambitious and if you ask my sister for ANY childhood story it involves me being so very snakily cunning it’s a worry to us all.
- My secondary house is probably a Hufflepuff. I’m still unsure. I’m very hardworking and literally put me next to a Stiefvater book and I’ll show you doggedly loyal. I also like food. I would live in the kitchens. Let’s be real.
- I think I might be Eleven. Since we’re stuck on Stranger Things for some reason. I have yet to move something with my mind but I say 1 word instead of 10 and I will eat dessert without you if you come home late.
- I’m such an introvert that I often hide from myself. Sometimes mirrors are too much.
“how important are book bloggers in selling books”
Eee, so this might be a seriously unpopular opinion, but I don’t think we’re that important. I KNOW! Throw things if you want, but make sure they’re soft and edible and I’m ready to catch and eat them. (Chocolate muffins? Please?) I’m smol and fragile.
We make a difference, don’t get me wrong! And I sure as heck have sold a ton of Raven Boys books. (BLESS YOU.) But honestly book blogging is at a bit of a low right now…and yet book sales haven’t drastically decreased. So hmm. We’re not a blimp in the radar, but I believe social media does more than blogs??
“what does the writing process look like”
Mine also looks like…
- hours of brainstorming and writing the book in my head
- then writing out a hugely detailed outline
- absolute speed-writing sessions where I write for 8 hours per day and get 30,000 words down
- pure and absolute TERROR that my books aren’t deep or complex enough
- trying to find a comfortable position to type in and ending up on your head in the Mariana Trench
- hating and loving your words at the same time
- drinking so much hot chocolate
- dissolving into your own universes so deeply they just FEEL REAL
- torturing characters
- a lot
- like…even more than that…hahahaha
- (sorry)
- writing books now that won’t even be talked about til 2020
- ABSOLUTELY BUSTING WITH SUPER EXCITING NEWS ABOUT MY 2019 BOOK BUT BEING UNABLE TO TELL YOU
- writing so many Hufflepuffs and Slytherins because #favourites
- really really really really really loving what I do except everything is on fire, sure, and my hair and I just ate a wall and everything is a typo but I love writing so I shan’t stop
These are some of the weirdest searches I’ve ever seen haha. Ooh, and I’m looking forward to you adults reading YA post!! I will forever be reading YA. And fantasy. And no one can tell me otherwise. Every time I do one of those ‘which house are you in’ tests, I always come back with Gryffindor. So Gryffindor it is, I guess! Secondry house would totally be Ravenclaw. Or Slytherin. According to the Meyer Briggs test I did, I am an INFJ, which seems wildly accurate, because I literally related to EVERYTHING they said about me.
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Forever reading YA is the bessst way to live, honestly. 😍 And hey that’s awesome you’re Gryffindor. YER A WIZARD, ‘ARRY. (I’m sorry I couldn’t help myself.😂) I love it when those personality tests actually work hahaha.
Oh yeah, I remember last year’s post! It was great.
It’s really too bad not many people google me (yet?), or rather, I guess my SEO score could be better xD but basically, it doesn’t show me too may keywords. I’d love to see what hides behind ‘not provided’ 😀
About the awards: I TOLD YOU YOU WERE FAMOUS. Did you listen? 😀
Lol HOW does “most horrific things” lead to your blog?? 😀
And I’m a Hufflepuff. My personality type keeps switching between an I type and an E type every few years xD (currently in the I phase :D), but I can never remember the rest of the letters 😀
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Ahh I’m so impressed you remember last year’s post! I didn’t even remember I did until I was looking at December to see when I did my massive stat post last year. So I’m glad some of us have a good memory. IT’S NOT ME.😂
Aww, that sucks you can’t see many of yours!
I DON’T FEEL FAMOUS, EVELINA. *flaps about* 😂😂
Hufflepuff totally suits you and is obviously one of the nicest houses. I mean, I could be a Hufflepuff because of the food….
Lol wait what did I miss about Hufflepuff and food? 😀 it mostly suits me because I’m (stupidly) hard working and (also stupidly xD) honest. And also because when someone says the word “badger” I start laughing, get very happy and start running around 😀 (don’t ask… my brain is set up in a way that certain words make it go haywire and it releases dopamines, apparently. This is one of those words xD)
I was quite enamored with your blog last December so I definitely remember xD not that I like it any less now – I just visit less often cause now I apparently post 4 times myself xD *life*
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This IS INDEED QUALITY CONTENT obviously and I’d write a longer comment but I have to go read last year’s post??
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LOOK AT ME AND ALL MY QUALITY CONTENT. I THINK I’M JUST ENCOURAGING GOOGLE AND THE WEIRDOS BY THIS POINT.😂
I actually would love to know some stats about the finacial clout of book blogging! I consider it to be someting I do for myself, not for publishers or whoever. But I agree: bloggers influence other bloggers mostly. I think I’m a INFJ? I’m definitely jdgemental, but I aim to be kind and judgemental, and I think I”m probably a Ravenpuff. I don’t really know my House. All of this is really hilarious, I think it says a lot about how quirky and broad your blog content is. My favourite search term is ‘english essay how to mkae a bookmark, which would be a GREAT essay tbh
I would love to know the book-blogging-stat influence too!! I know we DO sell books, but I don’t know if it’s enough to do much? I mean, like you said – bloggers influence bloggers mostly.😂 But hey that still sells books.
Ravenpuff sounds like a fantastic combination though.
I love that search term, omg that’s fantastic and so weird. 😂
Haha I didn’t even know I could check my search terms and promptly looked up mine… I have had two in my entire bloggish existence. One was a direct link. One was unable to be seen. Quite entertaining, I must say.
I actually found your blog through searching for teen authors because HOW ARE THEY SO HORRENDOUSLY TALENTED AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE and can i just read all their books pls and then it dropped me here and at first I thought “Is this person insane…..???” and then I stuck around so I guess I’m a little insane too. 😛
I honestly don’t think blogging changes book sales too much. I mean, it surely changes book ratings, but if your other readers are anything like me, they just add it all to their TBR and never touch it. Ever. #Goals
I’M A PUFFLE AND PROUD BECAUSE HUFFLEPUFFS ARE THE VERY BEST AND WE’RE ADORABLE AND FLOOFY AND give me food pls. I’m also an INFP-T so YAY MORE REASONS FOR BOOOOOKKKKKSSSSS.
Omg why do I get all the super weird search terms then?!?😂 I HAVE SO MANY IT’S JUST ODD. Apparently Google likes sending the weirdos over to me. Anyhow.
Aww that’s so cool that’s how you found my blog!! I remember doing that post…omg that was such a long time ago.😂 Also I’m glad the insanity encouraged you to stay.😂
HUFFLEPUFFS ARE FANTASTIC. I swear, most of the characters I write are Hufflepuffs or Slytherins and it’s very great.
I think you get all the super weird search terms because Google knows that anyone weird enough to search for that will fit right in here XD
Haha, funny thing with one of my characters. You’d think he’d be a Huffle, but then like… WHOOPS TURNS OUT HE’S A SLYTHERIN. Gotta put that ambition to be a famous inventor/give his sister a better life/make his dead mother proud SOMEWHERE. plus he lowkey hacked the government at, like, eight years old so…. clever af.
HOW DARE YOU SAY I’M WEIRD….wait. I think I just admitted to that.😂😂 Ok fine you are so right.😂
And omgggg may I just say I LOVE the sound of your character there?!?? I have a Slytherin/Hufflepuff in one of my books I’m hoping to work on next year and he’s so happy and fluffy but also a conniving wretch. BEST kind of character to write.😂
Slytherpuffs are great, man. They lowkey will protect you and beat anyone up that threatens you, but highkey will leave you to die if you mess with their plans.
But my lil Slytherin boy (in a Hogwarts kinda world) would be that one half-blood amongst all those purebloods and I’d honestly love it bc he’s usually smol and scared of everything and like WHY ARE YOU KIDNAPPING PRETTY CRIMINAL? but then you mess with his fam or tell he ain’t good enough to be who he wants to be and you’re about to die, sucker.
I NEVER get search terms on blog. Either they are hidden or no one searches up something and gets to my blog SO THAT’S FUN. Its weird how I aspire to have search terms one day. They seem such fun. Honestly. I think blogging is…AHH, I have to say Social Media and screaming about the books + on your blog can get a few sales if you’ve got a large audience so it’s IMPORTANT but not like boosk would die without blogging. I’m RAVENCLAW according to the official Pottermore test! But then I took the one with all the questions and I got…Slytherin. So I’m Slytherclaw? WHO KNOWS AT THIS POINT.
Nooo that’s disappointing. Google has let us ALL down. And honestly these are great for when you want to do a Q&A that literally makes no sense. You’re welcome, universe. *throws confetti at the galaxies*
Yes totally agree! I think blogs obviously do SOMETHING or else we wouldn’t be sent ARCs.😂 But I think social media does more these days? I’m sad blogging isn’t as popular as it used to be because I love it.😂
Ooh Slytherclaw!! You are hybrid. *whispers* Divergennnnnt.
Oooh wow I’m early for once because I’m in a different time zone than usual. I have a total of 0 idea what the impact of book blogging has on book sales butttttt I’m about to die d all my Christmas money on The Raven Cycle because of you (I’m honestly 100% ok with you ruling the world if you continue to give out these amazing book recommendations). ALSO I JUST FINISHED THE RAVEN KING BUT I’M BUYING THE BOOKS ANYWAY BECAUSE MY SMALL LITTLE BOOK NOOK WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT MY NEW FAVOURITE OF ALL TIME EVER ( I realize this is my 19th post in the past week mentioning the Raven Boys). Also I just keep on comparing characters to the ones in the Raven boys and Noah is my favourite Hufflepuff (he’s undoubtedly 100% a Hufflepuff) to ever exist and I’m a Hufflepuff (don’t listen to pottermore telling me I’m a ravenclaw because they’re WrOnG. My iq is probably -20, so .. I rest my case). Also, question: What Hogwarts House would Ronan be in??
Ps—can’t wait for your book to come out!! I’m reading this savage song and August’s a Hufflepuff so I want more Hufflepuff MCs to join the ranks!!! Arghh how will I️ mange the waaaiiitttt??
Oh hello for being earlier!!😂 *sends early cake* Also I’m like freakishly pleased I’ve convinced you to read The Raven Cycle. LIKE THAT’S MY LIFE WORK BASICALLY SO HERE I AM. ALSO PLEASE LET’S NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THE RAVEN BOYS THEY ARE THE BEST BEST CONVERSATION EVER.
Noah is the most Huffle of all Puffs and I love him so much. And Maggie Stiefvater actaully tweeted their houses and Ronan is a Gryffindor?? I do agree, but she said Gansey is also Gryffindor but I think he’s Ravenclaw.😂 Adam is Slytherin AND THAT IS SO SO TRUE.
(ALSO I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO MEET MY HUFFLEPUFF BOY IN JUNE. <3 <3)
Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo was a part of my childhood too 😀 And I also can’t tell right from left most of the time and it makes learning to drive very difficult and +10 anxiety to my upcoming driver’s exam. So apparently we are the same person. Except that I’m an ENFP Ravenclaw (secondary house Gryffindor) so…never mind.
We’re opposite people with strange similarities?
I’m so glad you got that book reference! 😂 I literally was the most annoying kid ever to name my chicken that but OH WELL. (And agreed about driving exams…ugh I like need a 9 hour advanced warning to figure out what direction is what.😂)
OH, HELLOW FELLOW ENFP RAVENCLAW!!!
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My search terms are nowhere near as funny as yours, but there have been some interesting ones over the years. One I got this year was “one billion cloes will burn to ashes every split second around the world” which I am not entirely convinced was a real person! There was also one that read “dark lovers blog reading online”, I’m not entirely sure how that got them to me, since my book blog is called book lovers blog but ah well! There was one that said book blogs people love which kind of made me go “aww”. I know that there are some books that I would never have picked up were it not for other bloggers, but I’m not sure if blogging is important for selling books outside of the blogosphere? Like I’m sure lots of bloggers have bought books because of the recommendations of other bloggers, but we probably would have got those anyway? I don’t know if we play a big role in getting people outside of the community to buy books. I am a Hufflepuff and I think the latest MBTI result I got was INFP, though I have got others before.
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Omg what on EARTH was that person (bot?!) looking for.😂😂 Sometimes I do wonder about the things people google…and how it leads to our blogs, but like thanks for the page stat, I guess, Google?!😂
I do agree though! We bloggers influence each other a TON but I wonder how many random people google for book reviews and find our blogs? I feel like they’d end up on just the big reviewing sites? IDK but I definitely have sold an absolute truckload of The Raven Cycle and that can be my legacy. :’)
I think the search term that led to my blog which most amuses me is someone searching for a band called Clinkay … or something like that. It’s been a while and I can no longer access that stat. My current stats are mostly my blog’s name … “What does the Bible say about ____” (Seriously, how are those essays I wrote for school back when my blog was my school blog so popular) and … “content.”
I mean, I guess, if you come to my blog, you’ll get quality content … I guess…
I’d say that blogging is pretty important. I’d like to think that it is, at length. It’s on a low, but … I think a lot of it is the fact that many of the older bloggers are getting caught up in life, and the new crop of bloggers are still getting their feet wet and being discovered. Maaaaaaybe, at any rate?
And I’m a Ravenclaw. I’ve had people accuse me of being Hufflepuff … but, naw. Loyalty’s great and all … but have you considered knowledge. Like, I want to know all the things. Now.
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Haha I’m glad you get some interesting search results too!! My sister (when she blogged with me) once wrote about smudges on her glasses and we got SO many hits for how to clean your glasses after that.😂It was so bizarre.
Actually that’s probably pretty true?! Like I do feel a LOT of the bloggers I’ve been “growing up with” have stopped, so maybe we’re just in that hazy moment of a blogging turn-over while the 12 year olds are getting into their full nerdom glory? I feel old.😂
You definitely sound way more like a Ravenclaw!
Love this post! Do you access your search terms directly through your WordPress dashboard (if so, where?) or through Google Analytics (and, if so, where)?
Thanks!
Just through my WordPress dashboard! I go into jetpack and then “stats”.
Thanks!
Love this post and now I am curious – I have never even looked at my blog searches. Voted for you already because I know no better booknerd ☺. Plus PS I took your raving to heart and reread the Raven Boys (well to be honest I listened to the audio) and loved it. I have no idea what was wrong with me the 1st time around.
PS x2 Christmas is difficult with all the expectation and family… take care 2018 is going to be awesome coz we have a CG Drews book to look forward to!
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AWW THANK YOU FOR VOTING!!😂 You’re so lovely haha. And afjdkslad I’m so glad I convinced you to read the Raven Boys so clearly I’M DOING SOMETHING RIGHT HERE AND MY WORK UPON THIS EARTH IS FOR GOOD.😂
*screams quietly hoping everyone likes my book*
Your search terms are the best. Mine are usually boring. They’re just people Googling my name, my blog title, or book titles. I don’t think bloggers are as important to publishers as we believe we are. I don’t think people outside our community frequently read our posts. We probably sell books to each other, but we don’t reach the majority of readers.
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Yes! I agree with that! I think Goodreads is way more likely for us to be an influence, but then again, only if you get a lot of likes and get to the top of the GR page? Blogs are important within the community, but I doubt people google for our reviews and find them very much. 😭
I’ve always been torn about which house I’m in; people tell me I’m smart a lot (dunno why cause I’m not), I’m loyal, I’m evil, and Cedric was in Hufflepuff. (I’m saying that because I just forgot what personality Hufflepuffs have 😂)
Maybe you’re a Slytherpuff?!😂
I READ LAST YEAR’S TOO AND THEY WERE HILARIOUS!!
Unholy screaming because of plot twists?? I do this from the moment I open the book till the end of the series??!
you, dragon queen, are a marvel to behold xD The 12 year old chicken name is amazing and I can’t pronounce the whole thing
my attempt: I love you to the library and not because I got lost oops what no i was not found attempting to hide there overnight because I would rather read. ugh, this is terrible but whatever xD
Also, your sarcasm is on point
and this is a description of my life, apparently
“Honestly we want books that make us FEEL and pain is one of the strongest and more memorable and relatable feelings. So we strange human creatures just run after it like little deranged lemmings.”. DERANGED, INDEED
I too am a buffalo writer
Yes, I do feel a lot better knowing that ♥ thank you!
ahh, the good old writing process, I agree 6000% percent
book blogging is important to me, but unless you count Epic Reads, I agree with you. Epic Reads is the reason why my TBR is going to crush me and it’ll be fine because I won’t have to do homework which’ll be great. Also, you because now I want to read, like, every book you liked reading?!!
And, if you don’t mind me asking,
I’m a high school student in my second to last year of high school (I CAN’T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER UGGG!) but we have to start thinking about our careers and what not and I was wondering what jobs a person who loves writing can actually get? Because I might go for literary agent or editor and just find something in the publishing region.
And, also, how do you take it when your writing is seen as useless? Do you ever feel bad about the fact that you’re a writer and not something “more important”(in the words of today’s society)? I don’t like science or math and I’ve always been obsessed with reading. How do you think I can continue to do what I love and still do something “important”?
THIS MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. I’M GLAD YOU LIKED IT.😂 And honestly I was the best child ever, clearly, with my chicken naming skills. I’m sure no one was ever annoyed at me.😂
Also your “love you to the…” is perfectly on point.😂
I’m glad we’ve gotten to know each other better, like for instance that we are all buffalos and chickens. This is important and crucial life information.
Okay to answer your questions:
1) I’m definitely not a good person to ask for tertiary education questions.😂 I didn’t go to uni/college, but I also have health problems so that made it hard for me. Plus I didn’t want to. I just went straight to writing. But getting a degree in publishing could be very cool if that’s what you wanted to pursue? But I definitely recommend asking someone who’s actually gone on to college/uni, haha.
2) And absolutely not!! I think that’s a mindset that society has told us, that constant idea that art isn’t worth the time and effort and that artists are “less”. I really just think it’s a stigma that needs to be punched. If you think about it, our entire society is built on art. There is no culture without art, so how can art not be important?! Anyway, I do understand the need and want to have a career and I know writing is notoriously hard to live off. So all these are valid! But don’t ever think writing isn’t important. 😉 It is and you are!
I think blogs are important for building a platform and being known, but I still have yet to find any solid blog>book sales ratio (if anyone knows of one, that’d be AWESOME to know). I’m a Ravenclaw, Wampus (since I’m from America) and an INTJ (basically, a less extreme version of INFJ): “INTJs are often given the title of “bookworm” as children.” YES and “INTJs form just two percent of the population, and women of this personality type are especially rare, forming just 0.8% of the population.” I’m super RARE. https://www.16personalities.com/intj-personality and https://intj-girl-things.tumblr.com
I’d love to know if there were actual stats from book blogger driven sales too, but I guess that’d be impossible to find out right?!😂 I’m sure we’re not like an invisible force..we DO things, but I think maybe social media is more popular?
YAY INTJ REPRESENT.
Great post, hilarious!! I think book blogs do influence book sales. They definitely do for me personally. I’ve bought quite a few books that I’ve read reviews of on book blogs (and usually if Cait likes it, I like it too lol). I don’t know how much they’d influence book sales though, but I’m positive it’s at least somewhat. I don’t know about internationally, but I know in the Netherlands some publishers definitely keep good relations with the more popular book bloggers in the Netherlands (but I have to admit.. Cait’s blog is my favourite. Though two Dutch ones are my 2nd and 3rd).
I look forward to your adults reading YA post. I’m an adult that reads YA (and also books for adults and middle grade and sometimes children’s books or picture books), so I’m curious what you have to say about it :).
I’ve always thought I’d be a Ravenclaw but Pottermore told me I was Gryffindor, I’ll take it though! I’m either a INFJ or a INTJ, some tests come up with one and some with the other. I guess for some things I find feelings really important and in other matters I find my mind really important, or something.
I have no blog but some of your search terms are random and hilarious!
OKAY THIS MAKES ME VERY VERY HAPPY AND I’M GLAD TO BE PROVEN WRONG.😂😂 I tend to get most of my book recs off Goodreads, but like the fact that my blog IS doing something is afjdksafld. I am full of the happy right now. *gives you all the cake*
Awww!! I’m on your list of favourites!! DAY IS MADE.
I feel like adults get a lot of crap for reading YA at the moment, and it drives me nuts?! Like since when did we censor book and dictate readerships?! I will never grow too old for a good book. The end!
I think Pottermore can be a bit weird sometimes.😂I got sorted as a Gryffindor the first time and I am the LEAST Gryffindor person ever.😂
Weird search terms are my favorite. I used to get a lot about typewriter repair and buying typewriters and once I got one that was something along the lines of welder for hire and I have no idea how they found my blog.
Ooo, I get the name thing. My first name is Celtic and my middle name is Native Hawaiian do literally NO ONE spells it right on the first try. Or pronounces it right. And I have a small confession: for probably the first year or so that I read your blog, I thought your name was pronounced Cat. Oops.
Somehow as soon as I read “people vomiting slime” I knew it would be about Stranger Things and I dunno. That’s mildly concerning.
Omg it is at this time that we ask google: WHAT IS IT DOING.😂I mean the typewriter makes sense but welder for hire?!😂
I admit I didn’t know how to pronounce your name until you talked about it one time!! But I guess that makes us even since I am now Cat, yes? 😂😂 But also your name is super super pretty.
(I’m obsessed with Stranger Things and it’s leaking into my liiiiife.)
I’m Ravenclaw (borderline Slytherin) and 100% ISTJ. Totally judgmental with you.
I just realized “totally judgmental” is the same initials as Thinking/Judging. I’m laughing at myself, and will use this forever.
And I also don’t think blogging is that important for book sales? (For sure important to my entertainment, though). I’m way more likely to go to Goodreads for opinions (I live half my life on Goodreads) (I found you on Goodreads) then BookTube and Bookstagram. I actually never go to blogs for bookish opinions, I just come across opinions when I’m reading blogs. Hmm. This is reminding me of the blogs listed in The Lunar Chronicles paperbacks. Maybe they are helpful. I don’t know what to think.
Also, my name will forever be Sarah and I’ve become a pro at turning the h into a flower pot. Relatives even do it (I mean, relatives could spell Bob wrong, they’re that reliable with spelling names) because they know I was named after Biblical Sarah, so they assume my parents spelled it “right.” Anyway. Cait’s gotta be difficult.
Omg totally judgemental.😂 NICELY DONE.😂
And yes agreed! I go to goodreads to read reviews way faster than I go to blogs, although obviously I’m still looking at my bookworm/blogging friends but the fact is: I think social media has a WAY bigger impact. I hope blogs don’t die though?! I really love blogging.
Gah, such name struggles. I mean, we both technically have really “normal” names?! But the spelling gets us every time! I wish my parents had just gone with Kate.😂
I AM SUCH A RAVENCLAW IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY.
I AM THE NERDIEST OF THE NERDS THAT I KNOW.
I LOVE IT.
I also love torturing my characters and taking them hostage because hostage situations are good, stressful plot points. Examples:
Episode 16 of Season 1 of The Flash
Episode 3 of Season 1 of Sherlock.
Also I’m rewriting my novel that I wrote by hand BY HAND AGAIN when will I learn
THE NERD LIFE IS AWESOME SO CLEARLY YOU ARE LIVING RIGHT. And omg writing by hand?!? I bow to you.
The angry chicken meme is from HORATIO HORNBLOWER!!!! OMG, I’m so excited! I didn’t even know Hornblower memes existed!!! Bah, forget about the rest of the post while I fangirl over darling Horation.
Ok, now that I’ve officially scared you by my fangirling, let’s be serious. This post was awesomely funny. but nothing can top a Horatio meme.
And Slytherins and Hufflepuffs are favs. Every time.
Also, I’m going to check my search status thingy. But then I’m going to cry. Because my search engine stats aren’t going to be nearly as epic, am I right?
HORATIO HORNBLOWER MEME WINS MY HEART, btw.
OMG YOU KNOW HORNBLOWER?!? I AM SO RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY RIGHT NOW. I FEEL LIKE NO ONE APPRECIATES THE HORNBLOWER WORLD AND IT IS SO GLORIOUS. *joins you to fangirl over the famous fabulous three of Hornblower, Archie, and Bush*
Slytherins and Hufflepuffs ARE best. I have much love.😍 (Although speaking of Hornblower he is such a Gryffindor.😂😂)
Hornbloweer is the ultimate Gryffindor! And Archie is like my fav hufflepuff, right???
Hmm, I’m not sure about Bush. he’s like a Gyffinclaw, maybe??? Or Slytherin? I’m blubber at sorting these people, haha!
Also, I just want to marry Hornblower. I kind of want to cry cause none my college friends have watched the show. Because you can’t really know me if you don’t know HORNBLOWER!
ARCHIE IS THE WONDERFULEST HUFFLE FULL OF PUFF. Except for that episode where he was so salty at Hornblower for abandoning him but bless them they worked it out. I fully need to rewatch them all and figure out Bush. I feel like he’s not a Gryffindor because he’s too sensible to throw himself into full danger and he likes following rules?? So maybe a Ravenclaw? I LOVE BUSH THO. I LOVE THEM ALL.
You know, it’s SO true that a) if two girls fight they’re always called bitches, and b) that a guy who cannot choose IS BAD NEWS. Also, I want the story of the magic carpet and the dragon egg. But hey, shouldn’t a girl who is unable to choose also be like a disease to get far away from? Love triangles are so sexist, man. At least we all know not to fall in love and pursue America Singer in The Selection by Kiera Cass, unless you have a solid back up plan with one of the servants, of course… *cough cough* That storyline, tho.
THE CHICKEN NAME KILLED ME. i’m ded. I’m gonna call my next Cow Supercalifragilisticoexpialidocious. Just to keep it in theme.
By the way, I love you to the kitchen and, hey, sorry man, not back because I grabbed some cake and forgot about you.
I don’t understand how people can ask if it’s wrong to read books??? Like, are they brain-washing your mind at school with those weird ideas about socializing and having friends? We should revolt against the government, demolish the jocks and recover OUR POWER! Seriously, we cannot let the introvert race be threatened like this. Talking to people? WHAT IS THIS and what side effects does it bring?
Ahahaha the trends for YA 2018 look pretty great. Oh! I play the piano! Maybe I’ll star in a novel next year! P.S I’m sure buying your book and anything you write, don’t doubt it. <3 My surname is the most complicated thing ever, plus my name is usually spelled with an F in my country, so I would normally have combinations like Sofia Keyahoglu, Sophia Kehayoglu (the actual one), Sofia Kehayogurt. I guess people just got confused with that last one because I'm also lactose intolerant. Makes sense. They needed something to remember me by. Mix yogurt and a girl who can't eat it and BAM. Instant recognition.
"no big deal bookworm" I actually pre-scheduled a post for an award I was nominated in and talked about bloggers I love. I discussed following bright, optimistic people that stay calm during a crisis and convey that same, soothing yoga feeling. Full stop. And then I mentioned you. Jk, but you're not lying about this blog being 100% the booknerd's handbook to not dying under TBRs and shouting about it. XD ITS THE BEST.
You should be #PROUD that "most horrific things" leads to your blog! Mission accomplished, finally!
I think bloggers are super influential on book-buying, or the book community in general (booktube too). I buy all of my books only because other bloggers and book people recommend them. If my FAVE says the thing is good, IM IN.
I am Ravenclaw, INTJ, and a Horned Serpent on Ilvermorny. But I was SURE that I would be sorted into Slytherin. Ravenclaw makes sense too, though. Once someone that clearly had just met me asked if I was Hufflepuff. I laughed at their face. IM NOT NICE OKAY?
The question I get often is: "How to write a book". Well, darling, just stick together all of Sophie's comments on paper Fury's Blog Posts and HA! There you have a thousand-page novel, Stephen King-quality. #sorry
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I’m so freaking annoyed at how sexist love triangles are. Like actually MOST tropes are sexist. Like if you have that alpha-male trope but switch it out with a girl, then she’s just the “domineering bitchy high maintenance” type and it’s so wrong?!?
I’M GLAD YOU APPRECIATED MY CHICKEN. HONESTLY NOBODY APPRECIATES MY CHICKEN SO YOU’RE MY FAVOURITE.
Also the amount of “will reading ruin my life” search results I get is TERRIBLE!! Why do people think reading could ever be bad?!?!
Bahahha may I just say your comment is cracking me up SO MUCH.😂YOU’RE THE BEST. Dude, I am here to spread panic and terror in the blogging community. I’m sure everyone leaves my blog having a crisis they didnt’ know they needed and being so stressed. You’re welcome, everyone.😂
And YES. I think book bloggers are more influential around each other?! But even then, I get most of my recs just straight of Goodreads or twitter as opposed to blogs. Gahhhh, I hope blogs don’t die out though because I love them.
(INTJ LIFE FOR THE WIN.)
First of all I just have to say, I LOVE it when you do these posts. People are weird, present company included. And it is hilarious and wonderful Thank you for sharing your search terms and accompanying wisdom.
I don’t know for sure, but I think I am INFP and a Ravenclaw. I haven’t take the MBTI test since I was a child though, so something may have changed. I may have transformed into a lemon or something, I don’t even know.
I’m so glad you enjoyed this!!😂 It’s total random nonsense, BUT HEY LOOK, WE’RE HAVING FUN.😂
Ravenclaws are great!!
It’s so interesting that you think social media does more than blogging does… I’ve been feeling kind of the same way lately?! It makes me sad, obviously, because I love blogging and blogs overall are fantastic, fabulous and so underrated, but yeah… I feel like social media is just swallowing us whole anyway?! It’s strange, but hype is built up there SO SO MUCH more lately than on blogs?!
Okay, that was not a happy thought, sorry hahhaa.
This was such a fun post to read – you have so many fun blog search terms results hahaha 🙂
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It makes me sad too! But I think people maybe just don’t have time to commit to reading a whole blog post anymore?? It’s really frustrating because I love blogging and will never give it up, but I swear my comments/friends with blogging HALVED this year. And my twitter exploded. So where is the logic.😂😂 But hey so long as our shouts about books are getting out there somehow.
Its’ always a good post when it includes both gifs from Hornblower and The IT Crowd. 😀
YAYYYY SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNOWS HORNBLOWER EXCUSE ME WHILE I GET TO BE VERY HAPPY FOR A MOMENT.
Ah Hornblower is the best. 😀 Books and show.
“Pre-decapitation party”? WTF? (You have some weird readers there, Cait.) I wasn’t even aware that Blogger tracked search terms. Mine were super boring. Things like “kobo coupons” and “ramona quimby”. *sigh* And I had to go way back to even find those; it appears nobody searches for my blog at all these days.
I think I usually come up as a Ravenclaw, but I can’t even remember what that means. As for the Myers-Briggs thingy, I’m an INFP just on the border with INFJ. (You’ve probably seen this site already, but just in case you haven’t, it gives some good overviews of all the types.)
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I KNOW. Apparently I attract the weirdos?! Which, let’s be real, is not a surprise.😂 And I’m an INTJ so yayy we’re pretty close!
Oh my gosh, I was laughing so hard at this post! Some of those search terms were very strange, and I loved your answers!
I’m a Hufflepuff, and, um… I swear I’ve taken the MBTI personality test like three times, and I’m like “I’m going to remember what I am this time!'” and then two hours later I can’t remember what I got anymore…
Ahhahahha I’m the same with the MBTI test!! I had to write it down so I remember I’m an INTJ and then all I remember is that’s the same personality as Sherlock and I’m pleased with that.😂 I know nothing else hhaaha.
I’m an INFJ-T Gryfffindor with a splash of Ravenclaw. 😛
That’s an epic combo!! INTJ’s for the win!😂
I’m an INFJ, which apparently is the least common personality type. Like apparently there’s only about 1% of them in THE ENTIRE WORLD. Like THANK YOU that explains SO MUCH! I knew I was weird. XD
Omg really!? I thought that was for INTJ’s!! I heard they were the 1% so either someone is making us all feel special or I’m confused hahaha. YOU’RE A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE, HEATHER!
I am definitely a Hufflepuff (for a lot of the reasons you listed haha). Also, I ADORE YOUR BLOG AND WRITING STYLE. You infuse every post with so much personality and I absolutely love it. Never change.
THIS MAKES ME VERY HAPPY I’M SO GLAD YOU READ MY BLOG AND LIKE IT. CAKE FOR YOU.
*raises hand questioningly* I thought I was the only blogger who felt like bloggers aren’t actually that important in book sales…this is def an unpopular opinion but I totally agree?? Since working in libraries I feel like librarians, booksellers, and educators are definitely more important, but I feel a little bad saying it because I have been a blogger for so long.
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Yes I’m the saaame. I feel bad for admitting it. I think maybe we DO influence each other a lot? So it’s not like we’re a void. And I know I get lots of hits from google searches for some of my reviews on more popular books. So I’d like to think we do SOMETHING, but I doubt we’re as important as we think we are.😂😂Which is good! Keep us humble!! I think we do an amazing job of promotion (especially for free) and definitely make some sort of difference…but probably more on twitter and goodreads? I’d say social media is outpacing blogging atm, which is sad because I love blogging.
hahaha well done, Google…well done.
I just took the Pottermore sorting hat quiz thing, despite not reading any of the books sheerly because I was curious and I got Ravenclaw once (which I think I am) and Hufflepuff once (because pshh why would you just take a quiz once if you could take it more than once)
and as for mbti, I’m an ESFP, so basically the polar opposite of you. cool. XD
Ahhha hhaha don’t worry, I took the quiz twice too.😂 The first time gave me Gryffindor and I’m SO not a Gryffindor. 😂 Then I got Slytherin which is actually 100% me.
I SWEAR TO GOD MY BOYFRIEND UPDATED MY LAPTOP FOR ME THE OTHER DAY AND HE MADE ME LOSE MY EMOJI KEYBOARD AND I WANTED TO THROW MYSELF UNDER A TRAIN
THAT IS NOT OKAY. I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK FOR A REFUND AND GO BACK IN TIME AND BE ABLE TO NOT DO THAT.
Your posts are always such a pleasure to read 🙂
This makes me so haaaappy!!
Cait, I think you win the award for having the most random search terms of a book blog LOL and you did so well answering them! Thanks for the entertainment!
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I think I attract the weirdos, let’s be real here.😂
No search terms, b/c my blog is too young and also because I’ve never actually checked. lol.
Actually, I’m here to formally request a “day in the life of paperfury” post! Because as I sit here on my couch watching old sitcoms on Hulu and not updating my blog I can’t help but wonder how you blog and read and take pictures and actually format and post said pictures and blogs and also write really ridiculously fast (DO YOU EVEN SLEEP?!).
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NO I DON’T SLEEP. WHAT IS SLEEP. THAT WORD MAKES NO SENSE.😂😂 (But honestly the only truth is I don’t do EVERYTHING every day! I like only take photos on Sundays and I only blog a few times a week so.😂It evens out.)
I’m a Hufflepuff, but my friend says that I am “the most Slytherin-looking Hufflepuff” because I wear a lot of black. My MBTI type is INFP.
My blog search results aren’t very interesting. 🙁
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Well I’m a Slytherin and wear a lot of yellow, so clearly we complete each other.😂😂
I totally rate my books higher if they make me cry. It automatically goes up one more star rating once that happens.
Speaking of trends in YA fiction next year . . . I have no idea what the trends will be??? Usually I have some idea what’s going to be popular the next year, but I have absolutely no clue this time around.
Also, I pre-ordered your book on Book Depository!
Bookstagram makes me sooo happy, but holy crap, it must be a ton of work to make something that pretty. It always looks way too intimidating to attempt!
Computer updates are the WORST. My favorite is when my computer wants to update and asks me politely if I’d like to, so I say “no thanks,” because I never voluntarily update anything, and then my computer eventually goes “I know you said no, but we’re going to do it now anyway,” and then all of your tabs close and you’re stuck staring in horror at the computer screen for 10+ minutes waiting for the updates to stop.
I am an INFP (though I always forget what the significance of the N and P are) and a Ravenclaw, though my friends insist I should call myself a Ravenpuff.
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EXACTLY. I mean if an inanimate object is going to give us feelings it definitely deserves more stars. THIS MAKES SENSE. And omg I’m the same with the trends. I think I haven’t been paying so much attention to 2018 releases as normal though? I’ll hopefully get an idea when I start writing my wishlists. 😂 I almost think fantasy is on the rise, but???? I DON’T KNOW, KATE. IT’S HARD.
ALSO OMG YOU ARE MY FAVOURITE YOU PRECIOUS PRE-ORDERING WONDER. <3 <3
Computers are downright rude, I tell you. And then when they decide to do updates and freeze?! Like what did we do to deserve this.
Ravenpuff sounds like an epic combination!
OMG THIS POST 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 THANK GOD I read this though. My arm fell off a few weeks ago and it’s been a medical wonder. IT WAS READING ALL ALONG, WHO KNEW?!?!
I’m definitely a Hufflepuff. I haven’t even bothered trying to figure out what my second house would be because I’m soooooo Hufflepuff. I’m also an INFP, which apparently is called “the mediator.” Other famous INFP’s include (thanks Google) Princess Diana, William Shakespeare, and Audrey Hepburn, so obviously I’M WINNING LIFE.
Alas, I have no fun/interesting search terms for my blog besides “Amazon.” Poo. But I actually completely agree that blogging isn’t really helping to sell books. A depressing revelation because like WHAT AM I EVEN DOING WITH MY LIFE???? *Casually has existential crisis* I follow a ton of other book bloggers and pay more attention now that I HAVE a book blog, but before I didn’t. When I was curious about a book pre-blog, I would browse some reviews on Goodreads and then buy it online. Book bloggers didn’t really play a role at all besides what I saw on Goodreads. LE SIGH.
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Hufflepuffs are AMAZING so you’re in a great house. Plus right next to the kitchens so like where’s the downside, amirite?!
And I think we bloggers are pretty influential WITHIN the community at least right?! Maybe not to the whole world, but we definitely make a splash online at least!
Thank you for making me laugh today.
I’m so glad it made you laugh!!
WOW! These are such weird searches. AMAZING post, as usual! Keep up the good work. Still confused about the writer’s type buffalo’s search. It’s true, but it’s really weird.
Omg the writer buffalo one though, right?!? Like WHAT WAS THAT.😂
I hope book reviews are important for selling books. They are important for me buying/picking books to review. Does that help?
You are hilarious! These people searching for things on your site seem lost. Glad you could take some time to help them out.
It’s true! I think we influence the book community a lot, tbh, and we’re not a small group of people or anything. So we definitely matter!😂
Honestly… these blog question posts are the most fun to read!! XD
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I’m so glad you liked it!!😂 I get the weirdest search results right?!
Haha… absolutely!!
This made me chuckle so much. People search for some weird stuff, don’t they? And do you also feel like with some better spelling and grammar, they might have actually gotten some appropriate results? This is why books are important, people!
So, your questions. How important are we? In general, not very. But in the bookish community, I think we have a lot of impact? Like- look, we’re not going to unseat a popular series with disdain for it, but we CAN build up smaller books/authors/etc? And even though we may be just ONE group of people who buys books, I think it’s still somewhat significant. Basically if I were an author, I’d want bloggers in my corner, I guess I am saying. (Speaking of, I laughed hard at your ACOTAR pronunciation bwhahah.)
And as for your other question, I am a ENFP, apparently. And a Hufflepuff. Also… 2019 book!?!?! GAH you cannot tease like this, Cait!!
I AM SO GLAD.😂 I swear I get the weirdest searches ever?!? Apparently spelling is not anyone’s strong point so wow tehre.😂
And I agree! I think we totally influence each other a LOT. I’ve definitely had people tell me they’ve bought books because of me. So maybe we’re not selling hundreds of books, but we’re doing something, so that’s great.😂 (AND I WANT BLOGGERS IN MY CORNER WHEN I’M PUBLISHED.)
*whispers* I am absolutely torturing you all with secrets I know. Don’t you love me. :’)
This was absolutely hilarious!! I was reading this while eating something and I laughed and nearly choked… yeah… it was actually really funny?
Those are really funny searches, and your answers are even better! I loved this XD
I’m so glad you liked this!! 😂😂
Is that a Horatio Hornblower gif?! I have never seen one in my life. THE WORLD IS A MUCH BETTER PLACE NOW!
*ahem*
Ugh, why can’t there be a bookstagram clean-up fairy? Yes, yes. This is so necessary to life. Why hasn’t someone invented such a fairy yet? Or traveled to another realm and caught one? Think of all the time I could save and use for other things. Although it does help when you stage food in bookstagram photos because the clean process is pretty straight-forward then.
Also, I’m an INTP and a bit of an MBTI nerd. My ENTP and ENFP friends and I have this fascinating, awful habit of trying to type all the people we meet. Heh.
YES IT IS AND THE WORLD IS AN EVEN BETTER OF BETTER PLACE THAT YOU RECOGNISED IT!! Alllll the Hornblower gifs!! Can I admit I’m actually obsessed with that show?!😭😂
And let’s just all admit we deserve a bookstagram clean-up fairy. Maybe it can tackle the whole house since its not busy.
(Typing people you meet is SO fun though!! My sister and I put everyone we see into Hogwarts houses and it’s great.😂)
Hogwarts house is Slytherin so snap there. My secondary house is Ravenclaw though haha. Those search terms were weird, I mean seriously? Although bonus for them being so weird you can make a post out of it and it be hilarious.
I know right?!😂How do I attract all the weirdos.😂
OMG I just found your blog and I fell in love. I’ve followed you on twitter and I love your tweets so much. Excuse me, I have to read every post now. Bye.
“Can reading too much give us superbrain” ahh, so THAT’S what happened on Camazotz!
I LOVE THAT ANSWER TO YOUR LOVE TRIANGLE QUESTION. Even tho I hate love triangles with a burning passion, I’m tempted to make a two girls, one boy love triangle. Or better yet, a lesbian love triangle. (Like Wild Beauty ahahaha.) And aahh, it’s so inspirational that your debut is your SIXTEENTH BOOK!!! But I mean, you’re just generally inspirational when it comes to the amount of books you write. 😂
And oh my god, bookstagram looks like so much WORK. I sometimes take pictures of books randomly because they’re pretty, and just pulling out five books is very tiring to put up. 😂 I can’t imagine what it’s like to take photos with ALL your books like that!!
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Agreed about the triangles!! There’s so many more ways to like make it different and fresh?! Moooore of that please.😂 And haha yes I am definitely not the kind of author who wrote something good enough on the first try. Or the 10th try.😂
Hehe this post made me laugh out loud! And if I ever get a chicken, I am TOTALLY calling it Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo – best chicken name ever!
I relate with the ‘everything is a typo’ feeling on a very deep level 😀
I’m so glad it made you laugh!!😂😂
I’m sitting on the sofa, snorting/giggling to myself as I read this post while my brother yells at his overwatch team. My what a wonderful image I just planted into your head.
(In other words: I loved this post so much asdfghjkl)
xx Kenzie
I’m so glad you liked it!! That makes me very happy!