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Jera's Jamboree : How to stay on top and still enjoy #bookblogging

Reblogged from Jera's Jamboree:

In response to Carol (Dizzy C’s Little Book Blog) and my collaborative post on How To Get (and keep) A Book Blogger On Your Side, we would now like to share with other bloggers strategies that have worked for us in reviewing and blog admin.

Carol says:

Do respond to emails as soon as you have them. Often emails can be overlooked because we open them on our phones or tablet when we have a few spare minutes.

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Goodreads Book review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read this book because a friend recommended it to me. It is, in short, a very very good book. Well written, tautly plotted, deep, immersive and compelling. It’s a masterpiece in the unreliable narrator. I can see why it made it into the bestseller list.

So, why only four stars? It was the ending that undid it for me. I likepsycho killers to be caught and put away at the end. Kudos to Ms Flynn for being brave enough to point out that monsters g...

Inheritance Books – Dee Davis

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Dee Davis. Hi Dee, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m Dee Davis, the award winning author of twenty-two books. The most recent, Dire Distraction, an A-Tac novel, is available now. When I’m not sitting in front of a computer monitor, I’m exploring Connecticut with my husband and Cardigan Welsh Corgi.

Which book have you inherited from generations above? Why is it special?

I have a set of four pooh books from my childhood (...

Goodreads Book review: Truth or Dare by Laura James

Truth or Dare? by Laura E James

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had heard about Truth or Dare well before it came out. A few years back, I met Laura who told me that most readers were, apparently, ‘stumped’ as to how to classify the book. Having read it, I can see what they mean.

Truth of Dare is a dark and intricate novel. The main character Kate is troubled and, frankly, messed up. All the characters have complicated pasts. The only one from a conventional background is Josh, and even he has a nut j...

Inheritance Books – Alethea Kontis

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Alethea Kontis. Hi Alethea, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please, tell us a bit about yourself.

My name is Alethea Kontis. I am a princess and the author of many shiny books for children of all ages. (I’m published in more genres than you think!) I am both timeless and versatile, much like the fairy tales I love.

Which book have you inherited from the generation above? Why is it special?

I began reading at the age of three, and was an avid reader by the age...

Inheritance Books – Halloween Special – Spoooky books (well, old ones anyway)

This week I asked my friend, Information Ninja and fellow Jem and the Holograms fan, RF Long to do a guest post for Halloween. When she’s not writing amazing YA Fantasy books, she’s a librarian who looks after a collection of rare and ancient books. She has very generously taken them out and photographed them for us too.

Hi Ruth, thanks for doing this Halloween special on old books. First of all, can you tell us a bit about yourself?

I’m a writer and a librarian. It’s fair to say books play a p...

‘How I learned to write’ or ‘Two emails about one 22nd of a book’

I had two nice emails today. Amazon emailed me to say that there was a new version of Choc Lit Love Match, which I purchased ages ago (before I was signed up with Choc Lit), to tell me that I could update the version on my Kindle for free. This, I promptly did.And Choc Lit emailed me to confirm that my short story ‘Just Add Milk’ was now added to Love Match.

These two emails were a small reminder of how lucky I am. For years (decades even!) I wanted to be a published author. When I finally lef...

Two emails about one 22nd of a book

I had two nice emails today. Amazon emailed me to say that there was a new version of Choc Lit Love Match, which I purchased ages ago, before I was signed up with Choc Lit and that I could update the version on my Kindle for free. This I promptly did.And Choc Lit emailed me to confirm that my short story ‘Just Add Milk’ was now added to Love Match.

These two emails were a small reminder of how lucky I am. For years (decades even!) I wanted to be a published author. When I finally left uni, I s...

Inheritance Books – Mary Schiller

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Mary Schiller, writer of rock star romances.

Hi Mary, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a little bit about yourself.

Hello, Rhoda and All! This is M.J. Schiller, romance writer/lunch lady and I’m so glad to join you today. First, a little bit about myself. I was born, raised, and still reside in the Midwest with my husband of over twenty-five years, my eighteen year old and my three sixteen year olds. That’s right, triplets! I spent a lot of tim...

Inheritance Books – Caroline James

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Caroline James, who is stopping by as part of her tour with Fiction Addiction Book Tours

Hi Caroline, welcome to Inheritance Books.

Hi Rhoda, it’s lovely to be on your blog – thanks so much for hosting me.

It’s my pleasure.Tell us a bit about yourself.

I am the youngest of three daughters and was born in Cheshire. My parents had a box-making company and produced boxes for the food industry, my school holidays were spent in the factory working on the many sta...