Feature and Follow Friday #186

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 - Angelic Reviews

1. When did you start blogging?

I actually started blogging only 3 months ago. I have been writing book reviews for quite a while, but I was only posting them on Goodreads, until a good friend of mine said I should make my own blog and post my reviews there.

2. What is your favorite part of book blogging?

I absolutely love meeting new people. It makes me really happy to read everyone's comments and reply back to them. Especially because everyone in the blogging community is super nice.

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

I mostly blog about Young Adult Fantasy books. I love all genres but I would have to say that Fantasy is my all time favorite.

4. What are your favorite books?

The Infernal Devices books by Cassandra Clare are my prized possessions. I fell in love with all the characters in this series, they are all so unique and amazing. This series is actually the only one, where I can't pick between which boy I like better in the love triangle. I love Will and Jem equally, and I think this is the main reason why these are my favorite books.

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

Connecting with Authors, I honestly didn't even think that was possible until I started blogging. I love talking to authors about their books and how they came up with the idea and their plans for future books. Also having them read you reviews just makes you feel super important and like you actually matter. This is hands down my favorite experience of being a blogger.

Question of the Week: Time for Book Spine Poetry again! Take a picture of your book spines spelling out something epic.

I'm taking a few of these titles and mashing the words around:

Glass Charms

Farewell to Seraphina

Long May She Reign

Spindlers Wind

Salem's Year

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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.

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

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:

If you could read a book for the “first time” again, which book would it be? Why?

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