Feature and Follow Friday #165

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've been blogging since Jan, 2011, but got more serious about it the summer of 2012.

2. What is your favorite part of book blogging?

My favorite part of book blogging is meeting other bloggers with whom I can discuss books! *and swoon over hot book boyfriends!* I thought my TBR was out of control before I started blogging...it has grown tenfold because of all the great books I learn about through other bloggers! Oh, and I've met some great authors that I might not have met otherwise. It's all just goody-goodness!

3. What type of books do you mainly blog about?

Lately, I seem to review mostly romance, whether it's YA, NA or Adult. However, I read just about anything and everything. There are just so many great books out there...and I have so little time. *sigh*

4. What are your favorite books?

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is my very favorite of all time. To Kill a Mockingbird is another favorite. I have to mention Twilight because it was the catalyst for stepping out of my literary-fiction-only box. Gah! I have so many favorites now...Slammed! by Colleen Hoover, Clutch by J.A. Huss (such a big fan!)...I'm going to stop now because my list could go on and on! *grin*

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

I think I've grown as a reader and, hopefully, a reviewer. And it's largely due to having met all my blogging friends!

Q: Bookshelf Tour. Give us a tour of your bookshelf.

I reorganized my bookshelf a few weeks ago and posted photos up on my blog. Lucky me - I don't have to take new pictures! I decided to organize my books by color. It wasn't as much work as I thought it would be and it looks gorgeous. It is a bit hard to find particular books, but instead of taking me 10 seconds to find, it takes me 30 seconds. So it's not that bad.

My special shelf books - Harry Potter, Twilight, Mortal Instruments, John Green

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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!

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!

Next Week's Question:

It is up to you to do a Kickstarter campaign for your favorite book!!! Who are you casting for the main characters?

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