Friday, August 10, 2012

Feature and Follow (6)

FF 2012 Feature & Follow #106

Welcome back, everyone! Thank goodness it's Friday :-) It's been a long week, but the weekend is finally here. And so is this great blog hop!

Feature and Follow Friday is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read


Here are the rules to the blog hop!
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!

Q: What would you do over if you were to start your blog again from scratch?

My blog is pretty new as it is-- only a couple of months old. And part of the fun is the evolution of the blog-learning what works, and what doesn't. I didn't even have a followers button for the first few days because I didn't know what that was! Several good friends who already had their own blogs gave me great tips. A few weeks later, I learned about memes and regularly participate in this one as well as Waiting on Wednesday. I learned the ins and outs of Rafflecopter and how to set up interviews and giveaways. I invited my sister to do guest blogging and in the past week, set up my rants page, Curmudgeon's Corner, which is currently my favorite place on my blog! So this is a long answer to the question, but essentially, I wouldn't change anything because the process of learning and evolution was probably one of the best parts of having a blog!


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27 comments:

  1. Great answer! I had already been blogging for years before my book blog, so my friend had already showed me how to put on GFC and all! :)

    Old follower, thanks for stopping by!

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  2. I've been blogging for 3 years now, I believe. And I couldn't think of anything I do different! It's a learning experience!

    Here's my Friday Hops

    Have a GREAT weekend!

    Old Follower :)

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  3. Hi there! I'm also new to the blogging world, in fact, I just started a few days ago, lol.
    Your blog is really nice for only a few months-old blog! :D
    +1 New Follower via GFC!

    Tiffany@Read, Breathe, Read

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  4. Congratulations! The journey is the best part of the blog. New Follower.

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  5. It took me absolute ages to even figure out there was this wonderful community of book lovers! I was sort of talking to myself for a couple of months, between work and uni my posts were anyway infrequent... it sure has been a learning experience :-)
    New follower on GFC
    My FF

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  6. My blog is only a few months old, too, and I can't figure out a lot of things you've managed to do!! I mean, jeez, 400+ followers already?! That's amazing! Anyways, I really like your blog, and apparently I am an old follower!

    Here's my FF post

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  7. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
    It's awesome that you have no regrets :) It looks like your doing everything right though, 400 followers already? Wow! Amazing blog <3 New follower here :)

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  8. I agree!
    Im still new too, only a few month old, so I understand and feel the same way

    Old follower-
    My FF
    -Theresa

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  9. Good answer! Tyler-Rose and I have been blogging for almost a year, and I feel the same way--it's a process, and it's fun. The only thing we're trying to change right now is the fact that we don't have an About Us page.

    Old follower. :) I don't have an FF up today but I decided to stop by.

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  10. That's a great answer. I also like your Rant section. I'm an old follower.

    My FF

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  11. i definitely agree! It so interesting to watch different blogs grow!:)
    New follower!

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  12. I've just started my blog and I can't wait to see it grow!(:

    New follower!
    http://simple-books.blogspot.com

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  13. Thanks for stopping by my Feature and Follow! Old follower and I always enjoy reading your blog, I wouldn't change a thing =)

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  14. I love your blog already! Such a pretty theme and you have so much going on! Following now. Thanks for stopping by mine. I appreciate it. (:

    CJ
    http://cjlistro.blogspot.com/2012/08/feature-follow-mandee-compelled-by-words.html

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  15. Oh, and favorite YA this year so far is THRONE OF GLASS.

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  16. Great answer! I really loved reading your rants!
    My favorite YA of this is is a tie between The Fault in Our Stars and My Life Next Door. :)
    Here's my FF
    old follower :)

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  17. Watching your blog evolve is definitely one of the funnest things about blogging. Mine's come a long way. I'm sure you'll be amazed at how yours changes over the years, too.

    Glad to have found you via Kristen's Book Nook blog!

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  18. Great answer. That is why a lot of people blog because of the fun experience. Old GFC Follower, New Linky follower. =] Thanks for sharing and visiting My FF
    Michael @ The Bookshelf Review

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  19. Love your answer! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. New follower here via GFC and twitter. Happy reading!!

    Sara @ upon a love story

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  20. Hey! Thanks for droppin by my FF
    I don't think I'd change anything from my blog coz it's new, as well.
    What a wonderful giveaway you have! Thanks for making the THG boz set INT--I have read 3 book but I borrowed them from a friend and I want to have my own--ooh, hardback!--copy!
    Thanks also for following. Following back. :)
    Michelle from Michelle Shouts Random

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  21. New follower here! Very pretty blog. I am always tweaking the little things on my blog, but don't change the main theme.
    Favorite YA read, hmm. I would say Blood Warrior. Thanks for the great giveaway and congratulations on all of your new follower.

    laura thomas

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  22. Great Answer :) When I first made my blog, I was totally set on my design process. How I wanted it to look and what not. And when I finally finished with that, I thought "uhmmm now would be a good time to post something" lol. I like that you're able to go to blogger friends for advice on your blog and how to do things.. No one should be afraid to ask a question :) Thanks for stopping by my FF <3

    Old Follower via GFC

    Ana♥ @ Beach Bum Reads

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  23. Blogging is always an evolution! It changes as fast as the technology :)

    Thanks for stopping by, old twitter follower and new GFC follower.

    Otherwhere.co

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  24. Great answer! I think that the learning process is invaluable. Thank God for Google :)

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  25. I don't think I would do anything different. If you are going to maintain your own blog, it is a learning process, which is half the fun. Every time I figure something out, I am so proud of myself. lol

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  26. I complete agree with you! I loved my noob journey to book blogging to a not-so-noob one :)

    New follower on GFC
    Anne @ Everything A-TO-C

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  27. Thank you for the follow! Following back!

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