Thursday, May 7, 2015

Feature & Follow Friday

How exciting - I'm the featured blogger this week at Parajunkee! The Feature & Follow is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read. It's a great way to get new blog followers!


This week's question:
How do you decide what books to read? - Suggested by So Many Books, So Little Time. 

Good question. I usually choose books that have been sent to me for review or books that I have signed up to review through a blog tour or NetGalley. Of course, that leaves tons of books on my shelves that I have bought but haven't had a chance to get to yet! Lately, I've had to become pickier on what I sign up for. There are just so many great sounding books out there and it's all so tempting!



 

26 comments:

  1. Hopping through. I've gotten out of the habit of netgalley. I need to look at it more. So many good ARCs.
    My FF

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  2. That pretty much sums up my answer too. :-D I'm restricting my requests too these days as my TBR is massive at the moment! Congrats on the feature. New follower.

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  3. Love your answer!! I read quite a bit of ARC's too, but I do leave room for others books as well.
    Renee@ Addicted To Romance

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  4. Netgalley is ridiculously tempting! I always tell myself not to request any more as I have a pile to get through and then something amazing sounding is added. I will catch up one day! haha

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  5. It is soooo hard! I give my review books and ARCs priority because they are ones I want to read. But then I keep looking at my TBR Mountain of Doom filled with all the other books I want to read! It's soooo hard!

    Here's my Follow Friday

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  6. I haven't tried NetGalley yet. Like you, I have so many books on my TBR list already!

    New follower via Bloglovin'!

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  7. Congrats on being featured! I have lots of unread books on my shelves as well! Old follower:)

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  8. Congrats on being the featured blogger this week!!

    I'm very much a mood reader, and like you I've had to become picky on Netgalley and the books I accept for review. I'd like to be able to read the books I own too ;)

    New follower on bloglovin

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  10. Congrats on the feature!

    I'm always so tempted by so many books too, it's hard to decide which ones to read first!

    Have a great weekend :)

    New follower via Bloglovin'
    Fathomless Reveries

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  11. This is pretty much why I stopped using net galley - I could get so many books that I really wanted to read either from my bookshop or the library that I didn't want to spend time reviewing books I wasn't 100% interested in from NetGalley or author requests.
    I'm a new follower on GFC.

    ~Ailsa @ The Book Bundle

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  12. I wish I was that good about reading my Netgalley books immediately! Maybe one day I'll be better at it... Old follower!

    Here's my F&F!

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  13. I love Netgalley as well! I'm a new follower on GFC. http://angreads.blogspot.com

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  14. Congrats on being featured this week! Definitely I agree I have to be picky about what I request and what I accept to read. Too many books and not enough time!

    New GFC follower.
    Holly @ Words Fueled by Love

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  15. Way too many books out there! I'm overwhelmed usually with trying to figure out what to read.

    New GFC follower. Happy Weekend!

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  16. I agree. There are always too many books that sound amazing and I never have time for them all.
    New Bloglovin follower <3
    Olivia @ Fluttering Pages

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  17. Great answer! I agree, there are so many awesome sounding books. I also decide based on ARCs and E-gallys that I have then I move on to my bookshelf. But I can also be a mood reader, so sometimes I decide based on what I am in the mood for.
    Congrats on being a Featured Blogger this week!!!
    New Follower via GFC
    Stephanie @ My Bookish Itinerary

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  18. Good answer, I am sort of a mood reader but I do try and get my review books in when I am suppose to but it doesn't always work. :)

    Stormi
    Friday Memes

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  19. Congrats on being featured!! I agree, i get piled up to, having to prioritize Netgalley over my tbr pile :(
    My FF

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  21. I need to start getting pickier about how many books I request on NetGalley, I'm so bad about that and find I have WAY too many books to read & can never get to my "purchased" books LOL Congrats on being a Featured Blogger this week, I LOVE your blog and the colors!!

    New follower on Bloglovin' & GFC

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  22. Congrats on being the featured blog! New follower on Bloglovin' & GFC :)

    Castles Made of Books

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  23. You sound a lot less picky, when it comes to choosing books than me :D which is a really good thing!! I pick based on bio and whether I know I will read it all.

    New goodreads follower :D

    Maura @ Monsterofbooks.blogspot.com

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  24. Congrats on the feature, Tishia! That's awesome!

    I've been in an extreme NetGalley and ARC slump. I'm just not exactly interested in the books that are coming my way! I've decided to become a lot pickier, too!


    Here's my FF!

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  25. OMG I could have written this answer myself LOL

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