Showing posts with label book blog suggestions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book blog suggestions. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Browsing the Online Bookish Community for Post Suggestions


This is something I've mentioned quite a few times on this blog. I've talked about how I, on many occasions, have had to do a search or two for inspiration for posts for my blog. Sometimes, this makes me feel like I'm not a "good blogger," or even an adequate one. This thinking can get tough. It has made me want to just stop blogging altogether. My mind ends up going to thoughts such as, "If I can't come up with my own ideas, then why am I doing this?"

As someone who's struggled with this kind of thinking, I wanted to create this blog post. It's a way to tell myself, and others who struggle with thoughts like mine, that it's okay.

It's okay to get ideas for your book blog - or any blog - by browsing around on the internet. There are very few "original" ideas out there in the world for blogs and blog posts. All you can do is put your own, unique take on any ideas you find out there.

It's okay to not have new post ideas for every single day, week, or month of every single year. You can start series. You can revamp old posts. It's your blog - do what you want to do with it.

It's okay to not post every single day, week, or month. Breaks from writing, drafting, scheduling, and publishing posts are needed.

It's okay to personalize your blog to you and your needs in any way. Whether it's your posting schedule, what you want to post, or in any other way.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

35 Post Suggestions for Book Blogs


I've seen quite a few posts giving post suggestions for bookish blogs. I wanted to give my 10 cents for this type of post. This way, anyone who is doing their own internet searches for bookish blog post suggestions and inspiration had another resource to turn to.

The main bookish blog posts I tend to turn to are as follows:
  1. Blog Post Ideas for Book Bloggers (Naty's Bookshelf)
  2. 70 Inspiring Book Blog Ideas to Keep Readers Coming Back for More (The Uncorked Librarian)
  3. 52 Discussion Post Prompts for Your Book Blog in 2018 (Pages Unbound Reviews)
  4. 100 Book Blog Post Ideas (Vivatramp)
Don't be surprised if some of my suggestions overlap somewhat with the ones given in the 4 blog posts linked above. While there is a lot you can do with a bookish blog, there is only so much variation you can do within those ideas. Here are 35 post suggestions for book blogs.

  1. Book reviews
  2. Book recommendations
    1. Seasonal
    2. "If You Like [Title 1], Then You May Like [Title 2]"
    3. Place specific reads (i.e. small towns, beach, pool, etc.)
  3. Your take(s) on controversial bookish topics
  4. Bookish podcasts recommendations
  5. Your reading music playlist (if you have one)
  6. Your thoughts on hyped books
  7. How you organize your books
  8. Describe your reading nook (if you have one)
  9. Classics you do and don't recommend
  10. Bookish social media accounts you recommend checking out
  11. Your preferred book format
  12. Your take on long-running book series
  13. Your take on multiple books happening within the same universe but aren't a series
  14. Your favorite and least favorite reading tropes
  15. Your favorite and least favorite genres
  16. Something you'd like to see more in literature, fiction, or otherwise
  17. Your ideal page length for a book and why
  18. Your ideal height/length for a book
  19. Paperback or hardback
  20. Loaning out and borrowing books
  21. How many books you read at once and why
  22. Your thoughts on actual faces (i.e. photographs of faces) on book covers
  23. Your thoughts on bookshelf decoration
  24. Your thoughts on marginalia
  25. Where you read other than your reading nook
  26. Your thoughts on buddy reads
  27. Your thoughts on book clubs
  28. Where you like buying your books
  29. How you record your TBR, currently reading, and have read lists
  30. Must-read books
  31. Anticipated books
  32. Your ideal bookish home
  33. Your bookish aesthetic
  34. Your favorite bookish accessories
  35. Your favorite book sleeves, if you have them