Welcome to the Feature & Follow
Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers — but you have to know — the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.
The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!
How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools — keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them “hi” in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!
What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Who is our Feature today? Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to WordPress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don’t have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed.
This week starts the first week of the Random Feature Choice…and with the new set-up we’ll be doing something different with mini interviews. Keeping things fresh.
Our Feature – The Fake Steph Dot Com
When did you start blogging?
My blog has been around since 2008, but I started posting semi-regularly in 2010 and it wasn’t until 2011 that I found the book blogging community. 2012 is really when I fell in love with blogging, so even though my blog has been around for a while, most of the time I still feel like a new blogger.
What is your favorite part of book blogging?
Easily the best part of book blogging has been meeting other bloggers. It’s amazing to know people who love books as much as I do and I’ve been able to translate a few of those blogging connections into real world friendships. A close second is that I’m now more willing to read outside my comfort zone. I’ve read and loved so many books that I might have completely missed if it weren’t for other book bloggers.
What is your favorite book(s)?
Right now my favorite book is The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. I seriously can’t stop talking about it. Other than that, I love: The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, Paper Towns, and The Confessions of Georgia Nicholson.
What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?
The best thing that has happened to me because of book blogging is meeting other bloggers. I actually got together with two other Virginia bloggers for Dewey’s 24 hour readathon this year and it was so much fun. It was a completely different experience from doing the readathon alone and only interacting online.
Q: This Sunday in the U.S. is Mother’s Day, in celebration, what are some of your favorite books with strong mother/child relationships?
Also, if you want more hop madness, Jen over at Crazy for Books restarted her Book Blogger Hop!
We have a new button, so update your blogs if you are used to doing this meme!
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To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
- (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
- (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
- Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
- Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say “hi” in your comments and that they are now following you.
- If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn’t have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
- Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don’t just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don’t say “HI”
- If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love…and the followers
- If you’re new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!
Happy Follow Friday! Come back at midnight CST for the Facebook & Twitter hop!!
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Sounds like an interesting relationship! I haven’t heard of this series before. It took me a bit to come up for an answer to this one because in the books I read the parents are generally pretty absent but I think Sweet Evil fit the bill pretty well!
My FF
P.S. It’s Mother’s Day in Canada on Sunday too!
Go Canada!
I’ve only read the first book in the Night Huntress series, but I need to read more!
Happy FF!!!
I love the Cat-Justine relationship, and I love how it has grown and changed over the series.
Happy Friday!
Jamie@Addicted2Heroines
I just read a short story from that series. I really want to read more.
Thanks for featuring me. And I love your answer. I think I have to read that series now, just to see this relationship!
I really want to read this series!! I have heard really great things about it
I read the first book and I really HATE her mother. Part of me hates Cat too for putting up with her…but I totally understand. Yeah, definitely messed up relationship.
Subscribed via RSS, that counts as following, yes? Sorry if I’m being dense:)
Sounds like a really interesting book, I love an interesting parent/child relationship.
About to go post mine!
Haven’t read that books yet, Love the hop thanks
Lolly
http://lollipopsandbooks.blogspot.com
I like so much the idea of this feature! I’m a new blogger and I am very excited with sharing my thoughts about the books I read! Glad to meet new reades!
This is my blog:
Valery•The Book Of Owl’s
I haven’t read those books. I had such a hard time of thinking up a book with a strong mother/daughter relationship. I’m not sure I’ve read one.
Happy Friday!
oops! didn’t put my name in front of the link :/
Well anyway this is an awesome idea!:) I love blog hops<3 Can't wait to find a few new favorite blogs:)
Oh you’re right I didn’t think of this one, it’s always so fun to see Cat and Justine together.
Hmmm. I kind of like the switching it up with interviews. After all, if I’m going to follow someone, I want to really feel like I’ve gotten to know them a little bit first, and not everyone has About Me pages, so this helps.
But I still wish I knew your answer to this weeks question
Just kidding. My brain literally skipped the boxed area. I have no explanation…
I’ve never read Night Huntress, but I do love a good love-hate relationship, especially between family members…. Adding it to my GR TBR!
I love the Cat/Justine relationship
this series is great..
It’s mothers day in Australia on Sunday as well
I would not think of the Night Huntress series straight away. Their relathionship is a little rocky. But I agree with what you said. Good choice.
<a href=” http://www.areadersdevotion.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/feature-and-follow-4.html” My FF
Oops my bad.
My FF
This is my first time doing this so I sure hope I do it right. Going to try it right now.
I hadn’t heard of these books before! They sound really good, though!
My “FF” post.
I LOVE that series. I agree, it is an unusual relationship. Cat is a very good daughter to still stand by her mother through it all!
My FF http://redheaded-bookworm.blogspot.com/2012/05/feature-and-follow-4.html
New to the FF Hop! Thanks for the opportunity to participate. I’m follow the two hosts and the Featured Blog!
Here’s my FF Post.
DOH! I forgot to fill out the info section.
New to the FF Hop! Thanks for the opportunity to participate. I’m follow the two hosts and the Featured Blog!
Here’s my FF Post.
I couldn’t come up with an answer this week
Happy Friday!
I almost picked Justine and Cat! Such a crazy relationship. Great question this week.
Old follower.
Jennifer @ Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews
http://feministfairytalereviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/follow-friday-25-and-tgif-14.html
http://totallybookedsolid.blogspot.com/2012/05/follow-friday.html here is my FF .. The book that touches me the most and makes me cry
I still have to read the Night Huntress series!
Thanks for hosting this every week
Happy Friday
Old email follower (chidoryx at hotmail)
The Muggle
Nominate Your Book Boyfriend
Haven’t read the Night Huntress series….see? I’m behind on all these great books.
Love the Feature & Follow! I’m a new follower.
http://ginspeaks.blogspot.com
I’m a new blogger in general. Can’t you tell?
My first FF or blog hop and I’m really trying to figure it out; however, I keep getting lost for time while reading all these interesting and entertaining blogs! Thank you for hosting.
New follower:
http://michelecozzens.blogspot.com