Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bookbloggers, aggregated by home.social.
This week on Tell Us About Your Shelf we are fortunate to have with us Naja Søndergaard of Mostly Murders Book Reviews who has kindly taken the time to chat with us as we talk about her favourite books, what got her into reading in the first place, the go-to books she turns to for comfort and what reading means to her!
#books #bookcommunity #reading #readingcommunity #reviews #bookbloggers
Winding Up the Week #484
https://bookjotter.com/2026/09/19/winding-up-the-week-484/
Following a break, I return to books newly read and discussed, wander through some of the most engaging literary writing to appear on the blogosphere, revisit earlier posts worth rediscovering, note a handful of timely observances (including the birthdays of William Golding & George R.R. Martin) and draw attention to a scattering of intriguing features from across the Internet. #bookstodon #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #bookbloggers
Winding Up the Week #483
https://bookjotter.com/2026/09/05/winding-up-the-week-483/
In this week’s slightly shorter wind up I focus on books read and reviewed, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Read a New Book Month, National Read a Book Day, Roald Dahl Day and the birthdays of Alice Sebold, China Miéville and others) and call attention to fascinating features from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #AmReading #Books #BookReview #bookbloggers
#ReadANewBookMonth #NationalReadaBookDay #RoaldDahlDay
Winding Up the Week #482
https://bookjotter.com/2026/08/29/winding-up-the-week-482/
This week I turn to books newly read and discussed, revisit earlier posts worth rediscovering, note a handful of timely observances (including the closing few days of Tove & Moomin Month, Literacy and Numeracy Week and Frankenstein Day) and draw attention to a scattering of intriguing features from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers #ToveTrove #FrankensteinDay @hrb
The silence is over.
For years, he couldn’t say the word. It lived in the shadows of his browser history, a secret shame that corroded his confidence, his relationships, and his view of himself. He felt trapped in a cycle of guilt and compulsion, a prisoner in his own mind. The Word He Couldn’t Speak isn't just another book about the problem; it’s a practical, step-by-step guide to the solution. Written with unflinching honesty and compassionate insight, this book will take you by the hand and lead you out […]https://dottywise.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/the-silence-is-over/
Winding Up the Week #480
https://bookjotter.com/2026/08/15/winding-up-the-week-480/
This week I delve into books newly read and reviewed, roam through some of the most compelling literary commentary on the blogosphere, mark a variety of celebrations (from Tove Jansson & Moomin Month to the birthdays of Walter Scott, Charles Bukowski, Diana Wynne Jones and others) and shine a light on intriguing pieces from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #ToveTrove #ToveJansson #Gulliver300th #bookbloggers #AmReading @Calmgrove @lorywidmerhess
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15 Key Lessons from Unmasking the Hidden Threats in Your Life by Dotty Wise (2024)
In a world where we often blame external circumstances for our struggles—difficult people, bad luck, or societal pressures—Dotty Wise’s Unmasking the Hidden Threats in Your Life offers a refreshing and transformative perspective. The book challenges readers to look inward and confront the real enemies: our own thoughts, beliefs, and fears. Wise argues that the most significant obstacles […] 15 Key Lessons from Unmasking the Hidden Threats in Your Life by Dotty Wise (2024)
Podcast Episode: Feeling Trapped by Porn? Why Willpower Isn’t Enough and What Truly Leads to Free
Pip: Dotty Wise has been writing about one of the hardest things a person can admit to themselves — and doing it without flinching. Mara: This episode covers the territory that post explores: why willpower-based approaches to porn addiction tend to backfire, and what a neuroscience-informed path to recovery actually looks like. Pip: Let's start with the case against fighting harder. Feeling Trapped by Porn? Willpower Isn't the Answer Mara: The central tension here is straightforward but […]
A Little Something to Fill the Gap
https://bookjotter.com/2026/08/01/a-little-something-to-fill-the-gap/
A short week for me means a brief message rather than my usual weekly wind up. You will, however, still see announcements for both Tove Jansson & Moomin Month and Women in Translation Month 2026. #Booklovers
#AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers #ToveJanssonMonth #MoominMonth
#ToveTrove #WITMonth26 #NationalPlannerDay #WorldWideWebDay
Winding Up the Week #478
https://bookjotter.com/2026/07/25/winding-up-the-week-478/
This week’s round up moves from recently read and reviewed books to notable pieces of literary writing across the blogosphere, alongside a handful of anniversaries worth marking (including the birthdays of George Bernard Shaw and Aldous Huxley). It also gathers a selection of intriguing book related features from around the Internet. #Bookstodon #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers
Winding Up the Week #476
https://bookjotter.com/2026/07/11/winding-up-the-week-476/
This week’s round-up gathers recently read and reviewed books, standout literary writing from across the blogosphere and a selection of notable anniversaries (including Bowdler’s Day, Malala Day and Henry David Thoreau’s birthday). It also revisits past posts worth rediscovering and highlights intriguing book-related features from around the Internet. #Bookstodon #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers #BowdlersDay
Winding Up the Week #475
https://bookjotter.com/2026/07/04/winding-up-the-week-475/
This week I focus on books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and call attention to fascinating features from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #AliceinWonderlandDay #4thofJuly #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers
Winding Up the Week #474
https://bookjotter.com/2026/06/27/winding-up-the-week-474/
This week I focus on books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Helen Keller Day), spotlight past posts deserving to be rediscovered and call attention to fascinating features from across the Internet. #Bookstodon #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #bookbloggers #HelenKellerDay
Winding Up the Week #473
https://bookjotter.com/2026/06/20/winding-up-the-week-473/
This week I look at books recently read and reviewed, discover standout literary writing across the blogosphere, keep pace with a host of anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight fascinating features from around the Internet. #Bookstodon #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers #ReadingtheMeow2026 #AnneSamanthaDay @curiousordinary.bsky.social
⚔️ A warrior princess. Dangerous magic. Fae politics. Slow-burn romance.
A Dagger in the Ivy by Dorothy Dreyer starts as a richly imagined fantasy and builds into a page-turning adventure filled with betrayals, monsters, and an ending I never saw coming. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#BookReview #Romantasy #FantasyBooks #BookBloggers #iReadBookTours
#adaggerintheivy #dorothydreyerauthor
@authordorothydreyer @acornsireadbooktours
Winding Up the Week #472
https://bookjotter.com/2026/06/13/winding-up-the-week-472/
Following my two-week hiatus, I look at books recently read and reviewed, discover standout literary writing across the blogosphere, keep pace with a host of anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight fascinating features from around the Internet. #Bookstodon #AmReading #BookReview #Books #bookbloggers @anniethebook.bsky.social @rebeccabudd.bsky.social @rlsmithwriting.bsky.social
Season 3 Episode 4: Vibes? Checked.
In this episode, we decided to forego our New Year’s resolutions in favor of a springtime vibe check. Tune in to see what we’re reading, watching, and what we’re excited about.
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#2026 #BookBloggers #BookClubs #BookConventions #BookCon #BookCon2026 #Books #Comics #Conversation #ConversationalPodcast #FakeBookClub #FIFAWorldCup #GraphicNovels #LibroFm #Movies #NewEpisode #Opinions #Pandora #Podcast #reading #Season3 #SpiderMan #Spotify #WillTrent #YouTube
Winding Up the Week #471
https://bookjotter.com/2026/05/23/winding-up-the-week-471/
In this, my final wind up of the month, I look at books read and reviewed, discover standout literary writing across the blogosphere, keep pace with a host of unusual anniversaries, announce a two‑week hiatus, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight fascinating features from around the Internet. #Booklovers #AmReading #Bookstodon #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers
Winding Up the Week #470
https://bookjotter.com/2026/05/16/winding-up-the-week-470/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover standout literary writing across the blogosphere, keep pace with a host of anniversaries (including National Biographers Day and the birth of Adrienne Rich), announce Paris in July 2026, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight fascinating features from around the Internet. #Bookstodon #parisinjuly2026 #AmReading #Reading #Books #bookbloggers @Calmgrove @bookmunch
Winding Up the Week #469
https://bookjotter.com/2026/05/09/winding-up-the-week-469/
This week I focus on books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Read in the Bathtub Day, J. M. Barrie’s birthday and Dalloway Day), focus on past posts deserving to be rediscovered and call attention to fascinating features from across the Internet. #Bookstodon
#AmReading #bookbloggers #20BOS26 #DallowayDay
Step into a haunting world of folklore, ancestral magic, and lingering spirits with One Foot in the Ether by Kayleigh Kavanagh. This atmospheric historical fantasy explores grief, witchcraft, and the echoes of the infamous Pendle witch trials—plus includes a thoughtful guest post from the author herself.
📚 Read the featured spotlight at GinaRaeMitchell.com
#HistoricalFantasy #BookSpotlight #IndieAuthor #FantasyBooks #BookBloggers
https://ginaraemitchell.com/one-foot-in-the-ether/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Trapping, Turkeys, & Thanksgiving
(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 28) SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDEUSA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.Mae West is bound and determined to stay in shape for her wedding day and with all the delicious southern dessert Mary Elizabeth is serving for Thanksgiving Mae has joined the local running group to race […]https://reluctantretireebookreviews.com/2026/05/01/trapping-turkeys-thanksgiving/
Rangers, Rvs, & Revenge
(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 26) SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDEUSA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.As we say in the south beauty is only skin deep but ugly...now that runs straight to the bone.When Miss Daniel Boone Days is murdered and our good friend Helen Pyle, owner of Cute-icles beauty salon is […]https://reluctantretireebookreviews.com/2026/04/27/rangers-rvs-revenge/
Winding Up the Week #467
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/18/winding-up-the-week-467/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature across the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including National Library Week and Refresh Your Goals Day), revisit past posts deserving rediscovery and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers @lauratisdall @buriedinprint
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Favourite Book Blogs and/or Book Bloggers
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #BloggingCommunity #BloggerCommunity #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge #Challenge #Wednesday #blog #reading #BookBloggers
#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #RandomBookishThoughts #6 - Food for Thought... (and #LetsDiscuss2026 #3) This is just a post with some personal, literary musings. This time: I talk about #cookbooks both reading and reviewing them! #bookX #SomethingDifferent #bookbloggers #bookblogging
And in that spirit, I have decided that I will no longer be trying to coax #bookbloggers and #bookreviewers to look at my #books. I reached out to the ones who had already agreed to review my latest #novel, and have withdrawn my request.
The time I have already spent sending out press releases and requests to review my book, could have been far more productively used to #write more #shortstories.
I will announce new stories or books here, but I no longer give a fig about reviews
I know #bookreviews are a gateway to being in #library holdings, and that #librarians use reviews as a gauge of how much #readership a #book might enjoy, but like I decided that querying literary magazines was a waste of time, I'm rapidly approaching the point at which I will say the same about ##bookreviewers and ##bookbloggers
I'm sure this works for many other #writers, and other #writersofmastodon may find it worth the time, but I'm not seeing the value vs spending that effort #writing
Spent most of today looking at articles on what #bookblogging is and what #bookbloggers do. Also about how #writers and #authors should engage with them, and how this forms part of a #writerslife and the broader #writingcommunity
I have reached out to #bookreviewers and bloggers, but now that I've taken a closer look, I think I'm out. The amount of time and effort this would take away from actually #writing is far too big
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@EveHasWords
I have a small number of people who more or less eagerly take my ARCs, but that's really my beta-readers. I think they like the #books and in return for a free book, they give me edits and sensitivity feedback.
I'm not sure I have my head around the point of #bookreviewers or #bookbloggers in this picture, but I'm starting to feel like I care if they help #readers who would naturally like my writing to find my books, but that I actually DGAF what the reviewer or blogger thinks
Which brings me to the final lap
Not all #writing is appealing to all #readers. People want different genres (itself a hot mess) different topics, different styles, and will tolerate or demand different levels of editing stringency.
The best a writer can do is find the audience for whom the content, style, and level of editing is satisfying.
The best thing you #bookbloggers #editors #bookreviewers can do to help, is to connect those two groups. Help #readers find their #writers
