It’s March. I mean, it’s really March. Where did January and February go? Okay, we all know January is just a trial month to get us used to writing a new number for the year…but February? Gone, too. Not only that, but the first seven days of March are checked off the calendar. Yikes!
My newsletter will be coming out later today. This is the picture to look for in the newsletter–the one that had the information about how to win the March giveaway.
Just a note to let you know, I’ll be finally launching another blog soon. This month, I hope. Fingers crossed. And the rain in Georgia doesn’t carry me away. I’m testing out names for the blog. It will focus on women’s issues.
Happy Reading!
Linda Joyce
Our 4th of July dinner consists of something bar b-q every year lol. This year it’s smoked pulled pork bar b q. Sandwiches. On the green mountain grill. pork and beans that have brown sugar and bar b q sauce along with onions in then. Homade mac salad (family recipe). Deviled eggs,strawberry jello with peaches. Pineapple upside down cake with ice cream . After everyone gets full we crush some ice and make strawberry daiquiris! Tradition every year. (for us adults anyway). We have at least 10 adults and like 15 kids or more every year. Family gets bigger with time. Thanks for letting me share and enter your giveaway.
I find new authors through authors I currently follow as they often make recommendations in their newsletters. I interact with many other bloggers on Facebook and Twitter where I learn about new books/authors too. And the final way is through my collaboration with book promo companies/book publishers as a blogger who hosts many upcoming releases on my website every month.
The synopsis of a book is the biggest factor on my picking it up. If it has a favorite theme then I’m definitely more drawn to it than others. Price too makes a big difference as I’m a quadriplegic with very little disposable income. Books priced under $2 I’m much more likely to buy.
I don’t even know how many books I have in the Cloud but I’m slowly working through all of them and hope (crossing fingers) to one day get every one of them read. I love having such a wide variety to choose from though as I’ll always have a book to fit my changing moods.
Thanks for such an awesome giveaway! Good luck to everyone!
I find new books from newsletters, contests and bookbub type emails. I check out the books in the genres I like and read the blurb, if I like it I add it to one of my lists until I can read it or buy it. I do have a lot of books I haven’t read yet but I do read hundreds of books a year so I have the ambitious goals that I’ll get to them!
1. I usually find new authors by winning their books in contests.
2. Usually the blurb will put me in the mood to enter the contest.
3. Lots–no known number although with moving I may have a better idea of what I have not read.
4. Thanks for the chance.
Shirley
1. I subscribe to Bookbub, Amazon, Bargain Booksy and Robin Reads.
2. I read the blurb or find it online and read the blurb there. I read mostly Cozy Mysteries.
3. I have two 5 shelf bookshelves full that I’ve read nearly all of. I have over 400 on my Kindle that I have read about a fourth of.
I have been trying to read more this year and trying to post more reviews.
I find new author from newsletters, bookbub, giveaways, facebook and when they are bundle in a with other authors stories in a set. and I read the blurbs on each book and if that gets my interest then I buy it. I love free books and books
I take a chance on a new author if the blurb interest me and if it is a box set where (example 8 different author and their stories are in it I can read and it tells me how the author writes and I go and check the other books she has wrote and if I like it I buy more. i have about over 1000″s of free books that I have not read yet because I don’t have the time to read them all lol
I find out about new books and authors from family and friends, I take a chance on a new author by following advice of family, friends and the librarian also the book blurb does help. I have about 20 books on my tablet that I haven’t read yet. I downloaded them before I realized that I don’t care to read books on tablets or e readers.
I find most of my books from recommendations from other authors. Plus, Amazon sends my a list of new books I might want to try from my past purchase history. If I like the blurb about the store I will purchase. I average around 20 books a week, so my tablet is full of books I have qued to read. How I pick the topic for the next read really depends on my mood. I love the adventure of digging into a story and becoming a part of the story.
(1) I find most of my books from books I see friends reading on Goodreads or Facebook. I also like suggestions through Bookbub & BookPerk. I download a lot of them for free and have found some great authors! (2) My deciding factor to try it usually based on what the description is. I’ve learned you can’t choose a book by the cover, tho some covers do catch my eye and entice me to read the description! Also, if I read a book by an author that I like, I research their other books. (3) I probably have 100 books at the most that I haven’t read, I read a lot! 🙂
1) How you find new authors—word of mouth, Goodreads, BookBub, or?
All of the above. Historically I found new to me authors via fb parties. I currently find more through anthologies. I look for something that is $.99 or free and has a favorite author in it. Then I enjoy discovering the new authors, especially if the story introduces me to a series.
2) What makes you decide to take a chance on a new author?
A free series starter, a recommendation from an author I already like, the book blurb…
3) How many books you’ve bought that you haven’t read—I’ve had readers tell me they have 3,000 or 5,000 unread books on their Kindle—WHY?
I have a couple thousand that I have yet to read. I also have over 5000 that I have read. I read pretty fast so… I used to have towering piles of TBR books… so this is no different.