Book bloggers are fabulous creatures. (Especially when you get to subtly make fun of them.) And, being a book blogger creature myself, I thought some analysation was needed of how different people approach book blogging.
Although, before we jump in, question: Why do we still say “book blogging”? It takes so much time. Why hasn’t it been shortened to “bogging” yet? Or “bookogging”?
Anyway. Food for thought. You may continue reading.
1. The Once A Week Wonder
These bloggers are marvellous at quality content. They put up some of the juiciest posts you’ll read all week…and then they disappear into their mysterious world of Real Life to be fabulous. And leave you refreshing their blog hopelessly. THEY NEED TO POST MORE.
2. The Review Ruler
How about a review? Or three? Or six? The thing you keep asking is how the heck does this blogger read so many books?! They always have fresh reviews on the blog. Plus their reviews are detailed and interesting… If you say, “Hey have you read” there’s a 99% chance they’ll say, “Yep. Read it.” What wizardry do they use?
3. The Bookish Photographer
4. The Question Asker
5. The Organised Strategist
They put the rest of us to shame. How do they do it?! What time machine do they possess? But, honestly, they have their blog scheduled like 3 weeks in advance. They’ve got the right ARC reviews up. They’ve got posts for all the top linkups. They do blog hops and giveaways and tweet links and connect with everyone. While the rest of us get our post up 3 seconds before midnight…
6. The ARC Eater
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Similar to the Organised Strategist, but this blogger has contacts. Not only do they know which books are coming out when, but they manage to land all the hot ARCs. (Are we jealous? Pfft. Of course not.) They get themselves to book expos and comic cons and author signings. They know the publicist by name.
7. The Fangirl
8. The Too-Awesome-For-This-Area Elitist
9. The Ideas Queen
10. The Omnipresent Master
This is the blogger you truly take your hat off to. They don’t post a million times a week, but they sure get around. They’ve already commented on a post before you get there. If they join in a linkup, they visit like every link. They visit your blog and answer comments and chat on twitter. In a word: friendly. In another word…are they stalking you? Just kidding.
Cait enjoys laughing. At books, or movies, or herself, or others (although, as Lemony Snicket says, you shouldn’t laugh at other people unless they’re wearing a really ugly hat, and then it’s okay to laugh). Currently she’s laughing at herself because she thought she could rewrite a 70K book before November. Bah hahaha. No. It’s not working out for her.
I find it so sad all the comments on this post got deleted when you moved to wordpress, AS IT’S PURE BRILLIANCE AND SHOULD HAVE THE LOVE OF A THOUSAND COMMENTS ON IT. *sniffles*
I know. I'm sad they're all missing. :'( I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKE THIS ONE THOUGH. I THINK RATHER FOND THOUGHTS OF IT.
I hear comments went missing. LET’S FIX THIS. This is an awesome post, so glad you linked back to it. I also love how you pretend you’re not like 90 % of these. 😀 Allow me to add my category:
THE CONFUSED SHEEP
This person is really excited about blogging, but they’re as inconsistent about their posts as Isabelle and Simon about defining their relationship. They might blog every day for a week during the holidays and then go back to a post a week. It’s hard for the Confused Sheep to settle on blog topics because there are so many awesome things out there, so they just post about everything and anything that comes to their mind. Sometimes even books.
I’M SO THIS! (But ain’t all the different types awesome. We should celebrate the fabulous variety of our blogging universe!)
YOU ARE THE BEST. THIS MADE ME LAUGH.
I think I’m a bit of #2 and bit of #5 and a bit of #9. I read heaps, so post lots of reviews, always scheduled at least a week in advance, but don’t do set things on set days. I throw in quotes and other posts whenever the mood strikes (or I haven’t finished the review yet)
I admire your organisational skills then. 😉 I used to have like things scheduled weeks in advance but now, GAH, I just am lucky to have it scheduled on the same day. 😛
I’m a small mix of the Ideas Queen and Review Ruler except I don’t review books quickly xD
I guess I’m like 5 and 10??? Maybe???