Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, a Bad Bird Reads feature where I ramble about bookish or bloggerish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. So, obviously we all have lives outside of book blogging. Some of us have more time to blog and read than others. Our lives […]

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Bookish Blatherings #13: Blogging vs. Years Reading
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, a Bad Bird Reads feature where I ramble about bookish or bloggerish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. So, some of you might have noticed that I started writing reviews for the books I read before I started blogging. School and work […]
Bookish Blatherings #12: Never-Ending Review Requests
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, a Bad Bird Reads feature where I ramble about bookish or bloggerish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. I’d say for about the past two years, I have been receiving a steady stream of around 10 to 20 review requests (more often that not, review […]
Bookish Blatherings #11: Writing Negative Reviews
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. Writing Negative Reviews When I go into writing a negative review, my goal is always to be respectful and refrain from blaming anything […]
Bookish Blatherings #10: How Long Does it Take to Write a Blog Post?
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. So, it’s come to my attention that the time it takes me to write a blog post has significantly decreased since my early blogger […]
Bookish Blatherings #9: Proofreading Your Blog Posts
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. So, I have had this thought in my head all week. A boring topic but something all of us have to do every day, especially […]
Bookish Blatherings #8: Cliffhangers, Yea or Nay?
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. I will admit, when I first started reading, cliffhangers bugged the crap out of me. I would literally cut off a star in my […]
Bookish Blatherings #7: Which Book(s) Made Me a Book Blogger
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. I don’t know about everyone else but I started book blogging because of a few certain books, especially one book in particular. But before […]
Bookish Blatherings #6: There is No Crying in Reading…Well, Okay, Sometimes There Is
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. There are just some books that make you ball your eyes out no matter what. I am not a crier, so I like to […]
Bookish Blatherings (Book Cover Edition) #5: Book Covers I Want to Hang Up as Art
Welcome to Bookish Blatherings, my new feature in which I will be rambling about bookish or bloggish things and hopefully you will join in on the discussion. I have really been into book covers lately. I am obsessed with beautiful covers. So I thought I would start a Book Cover Edition […]