Follow and Feature Friday #117

Welcome to the Feature & Follow

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Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools -- keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Who is our Feature today? Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to Wordpress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don't have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed.

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How To Become a Featured Blog?

We pick our featured blogs randomly each week from the blogs who participated the week before.

Please be sure to feature your e-mail address clearly on your blog. Either on the main blog, on a Contact page, or on an About Me page. If I can't find your email easily, I will choose a different blog to feature.

Our Feature -Angela's Anxious Life

1. When did you start blogging?

I started blogging in April 2011… funny thing is the blog was actually started in Oct 2010. It was meant to be a personal blog about things going on in my life. Then I would see all these book blogs and knew that I was more interested in blogging about books. That is also why my blog is called Angela's Anxious Life since it was supposed to be about my life not books. But I like the name so I stuck with it.

2. What is your favorite part of book blogging?

My favorite part is that I get to express my feelings about a book after I am finished. It's that moment when the book still lives within you and you just want to talk about it. I don't have any friends or family who read like I do (well my mom reads a lot but not the same kind of books) so blogging helps me connect with people who have similar interests.

3. What is your favorite book(s)?

Oh wow… you would be surprised. I love all kinds of books (except non-fiction). My favorites would have to be The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, Harry Potter by JK Rowling, the Drizzt series by RA Salvatore, and Catcher in the Rye. As you can see my interests are all over the place.

4. What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?

Several things actually. I am able to communicate with people who have similar interests and find great suggestions from them. I found a great book blogging community here in Colorado. I am able to find out about great books that I may not have known about before. I love to meet new people so stop on by my blog and tell me a little about yourself and your blog!!

Q: What do you hope to accomplish with your blog? Is it to one day become an author yourself, just for fun, maybe get some online attention, or maybe something very different?

A little bit of all of those. I'd love to become an author, although I don't think the blog will have anything to do with that aside from inspiration. It's definitely for fun. I also like getting attention - if I didn't, I'd just keep a private journal. I'd love to make a little money - not expecting a living wage obviously - I'm working on that. I guess overall, I increasingly want my blog to appear professional, high quality, and garner attention (there's that word again).

For example: "Ida was a real tomato who was not hitting on all sixes."

Another character translates for the adult in the room: "She was pretty gullible."

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Now for the Follow Fun!

With GFC going the way of the dodo bird for many bloggers, there is no better time to start following blogs via RSS feed. If you use a reader, it would be great if you followed my RSS directly.

We have a new button, so update your blogs if you are used to doing this meme!

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RULES

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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"
7. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
8. If you're new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

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