What drove you to start blogging in the first place?
Funny story actually! I made a blog in early 2009 but I never really got into it - I let it sit for a while without ever really doing anything with it. Then one day I was scrolling through Goodreads and I saw someone's review of a book that wasn't out yet. I read a couple reviews and got really excited about the book - and the reviewer mentioned that she got the book from netgalley. I had never heard of it but I wanted to read the book, so I headed over to the website, made an account, and sent a request.
My request was accepted and I sped through the book. It was only after I finished reading that I realized what the purpose of netgalley was...
Feeling more than a little bit guilty, I wrote a review (my first ever!) and posted it on Goodreads. Then I remembered: I had a perfectly good blog, so why not post my review there? I liked that I got free books from netgalley, so why not keep it up?
Two years and more than 700 followers later, I'm glad I didn't stop after one review.
How about you guys?
I didn't find out about Netgalley til maybe a month after I started. But I love it.!
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Great answer! I love how you didn't know you had to review the book LOL! Glad you enjoyed blogging enough that you stuck with it :D
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Bwahahahahahahaha. XD Okay, I had to laugh so much because it sounded just too good to be true. This is kinda awesome! I didn't know what NetGalley was about at first, either, but to request a novel and get approved and only then.. LOVE it! Seriously awesome story!
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LOL! *Walks away slowly* Awkward... Lol! I love netgalley as well! Except when I'm denied... then it is my enemy, but let's not talk about that. Lol great answer!
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Fair enough - I like your honesty! Plus, the story is a lot more interesting than mine - though I think a lot of people have had blogs they've not properly utilized before book blogging!
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Wow! That's awesome! I can't remember how I stumbled onto Netgalley. I think through another reviewer as well! Wish I could remember since Netgalley has become one of my BFFs!! ;)
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Netgalley is genius!
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Maybe stop by mine? My F&F. :D
Good for you! I love to hear all these stories of how people got started! This is such a fun question! My FF is at lkhill.blogspot.com and musingsonfantasia.blogspot.com. Happy Friday! :D
ReplyDeleteHaha very nice! Netgalley is awesome. (:
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Here is my FF :
http://cheerfulreviews.blogspot.com/2012/07/feature-follow.html
Thanks (:
Haha, I actually just signed up for netgalley today! What an awesome place - I didn't even know sites that existed!! New follower from the blog hop - here's my FF:
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