Book blog/journal?

[sibyllevance]

Hello everyone!

I recently opened my own book blog to spare my flist. Does anyone have a dedicated journal or blog for the books they read? I'd be very interested in reading those.

Comments

[sweet_sparrow]

Oooooh, pretty blog! ^-^ (I can pretty much guarantee that I'll be more of a lurker, mind. Blogger/Blogspot hates it when I comment.)

I have a mostly-book blog* over on Wordpress for much the same reason you give. ^-^

*I say mostly because occasionally I'll talk about things I've seen or played as well. It's rare, but still.

[sibyllevance]

Oh my god I remember you. I remember reading your blog just yesterday oh god I can't remember which review that was. Let me think. Something about Regency and possibly magic and you were talking about a texture associated to it. OH MY GOD THIS IS SO EMBARASSING. There was a girl on the cover. Something round.
I want to weep, I can't find the title :( Well anyway just to say the blogosphere is a very small world! I'll definitely be adding you to my Google reader :)

[sweet_sparrow]

*blush*

It sounds like it's The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett you're thinking of. ^-^ (Link.) I hope it is. My memory's so fuzzy and hazy I won't be able to help if it isn't. :(

And don't be embarrassed! It happens to everyone. ^-^ I've had to make special folders for all the books that sound interesting to me because otherwise I will forget about them!

I wandered into a bookstore a few days ago, fully aware of what I was looking for, but darned if I could remember anything more than "The cover has lots of red on it" and "this person recommended it to me" when I got inside!

[sibyllevance]

IT IS! Unfortunately I also remember that after reading a lot about the book I decided it probably wasn't for me (romance is not my thing and it's usually the part I like the least about even the books I enjoy).
I know what you mean about 'the cover has lots of red on it', I used to be quite good with remembering titles and authors before because there weren't that many books I wanted to read but ever since I've found book blogs, my to-read list has grown significantly and I'm always guilty of remembering completely useless details (recently I was trying to find 'this book with the naked girl on the cover and asked about a thousand people who thought I was looking for porn when I was actually looking for Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler).

[sweet_sparrow]

*nods* If romance isn't your thing, you want to be avoiding it.

Oh, dear. That sounds like one of those stories that's only funny in hindsight... At least you found it eventually, though! ^-^