Feature and Follow Friday #126

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 -Bookworm Brandee

1. When did you start blogging?

I started blogging in January of this year (2012). A friend recommended I start blogging as a creative outlet for discussing all the books I read! =)

2. What is your favorite part of book blogging?

I really enjoy sharing books with other book lovers. Sharing opinions and discussing differences of opinion with other bloggers is indescribable. I also love that I’ve made blogger friends in the virtual world of books. AND I’ve read lots of great books by phenomenal authors that I wouldn’t have found if they hadn’t been reviewed/recommended on bloggers’ sites.

3. What is your favorite book(s)?

I have a hard time naming just one...but if you hopped by my blog last week you’ll know that my fav of all time is Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. This year has put a lot more favs on my list. A few of my “go to” authors are Rachel Vincent, Maggie Stiefvater, Colleen Hoover, S. C. Stephens, Tara Sivec, Sylvia Day...well, my list could probably go on and on. But these are a few who I will read without question...

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

So far, the best thing that has happened to me because of book blogging, other than making book blogging friends, is getting to see the book loving community play such a big role in promoting literacy...all the social media outlets being used, reviews and giveaways, interviews...it’s an amazing thing! I know we’re all promoting our favorite authors and their books, or introducing new authors, but it all boils down to promoting reading throughout the world. And that’s a passion of mine. =)

Q: Activity! Who do you want to be? If you could choose any character from a book. What do you think that character looks like and what do you have in common?

My initial answer was going to be Hermione. And that's still partly my answer - after all, who wouldn't want to be good buds with Harry Potter and save the wizarding world with him? I'm not overly thrilled about the idea of being married to Ron although at least he'd be a laugh.

My answer stays on the Harry Potter theme though - I'd like to be Tonks.

Except for the dying part, she has one of the coolest lives of any of the HP characters. Partly I'd like to be her, because I love Remus Lupin. But I also love Tonks's style. She's super smart, brave, funny, mischievous. Actually, she's almost nothing like me (although I like to think I'm a little smart). What does she look like? Whatever she wants to. Although I think when not metamorphosing she has brown hair and dark eyes and has a pale, heart-shaped face.

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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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Happy Follow Friday! Come back at midnight CST for the Facebook & Twitter hop!!