Welcome to the Feature & Follow
Increase Blog Followers, gain Book Blog 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.
All features are chosen randomly to be the feature. They are not chosen by content or name.
Our Feature Paranormal Romance
When did you start blogging?
I started blogging a long time ago, maybe 2 or 3 years ago. I started blogging to give me something to do at work when I was bored. I absolutely NEVER expected that I would stick with it. I am a typical Aries, I get bored quick and move on but blogging has managed to stick!
What is your favorite part of book blogging?
My favorite part of book blogging is the community and find new great reads from visiting other peoples blog. I don’t know that I would have picked up more than half of the books that I have if it hadn’t been for the book blogging community. And lets face it the free books is pretty cool too! LOL
What is your favorite book(s)?
My favorite series is the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole! I LOVE it! Kresley Cole can do no wrong in my eyes. I even liked her young adult title Poison Princess. If you are curious about the Immortals After Dark series I am giving away the first full length title of the series “A Hunger Like No Other” and it’s SIGNED! You can sign up below. =)
What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?
Meeting so many great peeps has been the best part of book blogging for me!
Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?
<a href="http://parajunkee.com/category/ff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6778552714_5a75be99b4_o.jpg" /></a>RULES
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!
Latest posts by Parajunkee (see all)
- Feature & Follow #150 – May 23, 2013
- Blogging 101 Presentation – May 23, 2013
- Gag Worthy Cliches – May 22, 2013
- Audiobook Review: The Program – May 21, 2013
- The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau – May 20, 2013
- Feature & Follow #149 – May 16, 2013
- Ten Tips for New Bloggers – May 16, 2013
- The Adventures of Evil Book Blogger Ep. 1 – May 15, 2013
- PJV News: Hot Books Releasing Today – May 14, 2013
- Breath by Jackie Morse Kessler – May 13, 2013
Oo, great question, since I completely agree with you!!
Here is my FFF
Haha…I mentioned Carrier of the Mark in my answer too, although not by name. I ended up liking the book because it diverged from Twilight eventually, but the beginning was maddening.
I don’t read fan-fic at all, but I don’t mind a retelling if the author spins it around a little. Some stories are so universal that it’s almost a given that they will be retold, like The Iliad and the Odyssey. The story is an archetype of the hero’s journey.
I agree! Anything that’s completely recycled isn’t worth reading.
My FFs are at Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. Happy Friday! 
I love fairy tale retellings but other than that…fanfict is a big no no! Is it too much to ask for something totally fresh and exciting? After all we are paying for books from our hard earned money, right?
I’m afraid I’ve never even heard of Carrier of the Mark. And it sounds like I should be glad I haven’t. :p I don’t like lack of creativity, but I recognize that every story has been told before in some form or another. The authors just need to be careful about telling the story in a new way, that’s all.
You can find my Feature and Follow here
My answer is very long this week, and it almost didn’t even get there. I had to re-type my post three times, I don’t know what’s up. I guess it may be because posting my FF post is the first thing I do on Friday morning – before coffee and all
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for featuring me! There is a sort of honesty to fanfic.
-Amanda P
Paranormal Romance
Hello Rachel,
I love the blog hop idea, which is what has brought me to your page today. I wish you well with the project.
Kind regards,
Adele.
Hi! This is the first time I’m joining the hop
Great question! I don’t really mind similarities between books but when it comes to stealing the whole concept of someone else it is pretty annoying and disrespectful, I think.
Thank for hosting this, I’m a new blogger and this is a great way to get people to know my blog while having fun and sharing thoughts on a topic
Great answer! I agree I prefer retellings in many senses!
FF
I guess when you put it that way, it really depends. I don’t mind similar storylines because I can see the differences the author creates.
Here’s my Follow Friday
Have a GREAT weekend!
Old Follower
I agree it’s maddening when I’m reading a book and can’t stop noticing how it seems to copy another book. I like how Kar put it, “I don’t really mind similarities between books but when it comes to stealing the whole concept of someone else it is pretty annoying and disrespectful,”
Great answer! I don’t like stolen ideas either.
Haha fair point! I agree to an extent
I like similar ideas but not the same.
My FF
YES! I couldn’t agree more! I am the exact same way: I’m an idea person and I loathe when some new author blatantly ‘borrows’ characters, themes and ideas from another author. A lot of those popular ‘fanfic-turned-best-selling-series’ I just could NEVER get into because I kept pointing out everything that was obviously copied! Really makes me mad as well. And I agree at least retellings are being honest in the fact that they will ‘retell’ a story, so you know what you’re getting into. Thanks for sharing
I’m an old follower, here’s my FFF this week.
Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows
I don’t mind retellings either. It would be quite weird to be against that, since it’s pretty natural to rehash certain stories into new forms, especially the classics.
Great question. I answered on my blog with my first FF. Yay I am so excited about this.
Great answer! Plus it hurts the author as well when there are copycats that exist just to make money off of their idea.
Such a great question and I agree with you totally! Old follower/bethartfromtheheart.blogspot.com
First time to participate and a new follower! And I totally messed up my link. Oh well….live and learn. Thanks for the blog hop!