Armchair BEA day 4: Beyond Your Blog

Has blogging opened up opportunities for you beyond getting free, advance copies of new books? Has it helped you get offers to write or review elsewhere (maybe even for pay)? Have you gotten invites to special events or places you might not have been to otherwise? Today, we'd like you to talk about those opportunities in you own posts.


My blog has brought me into contact with so many wonderful people who share my passion for books who I would never have got to know otherwise. I have not really got invites to any events or anything like that yet. I think it may be partly to do with me being in the UK, there are so many fewer book bloggers (and bloggers in general) here. (I'm hoping to help change that with a new venture, stay tuned!!)

I'd love to be able to use my blog as a platform to go on to write, this is very much "on my list" of things to do! I have got the opportunity to start helping people to design their blogs. Unfortunately it means I haven't had time o update my own properly yet!!

Armchair BEA day 2: Best of 2012

Welcome to the second day of Armchair BEA 2012! Today is a chance for us to highlight our favourite books of 2012 so far. I'm sure that like many others I found this quite hard to do! I've read lots of great books, but I've managed to pick some out :-)



Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter #1) by Nalini Singh
Really enjoyed this book, I love her take on Angels, very refreshing. I could not put this down :-) Can't wait to read the rest of the series. 










Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews
I'd heard a lot about this series but for some reason never read it, I'm really wondering why I waited so long now!








Night Life (Nocturne City #1) by Caitlin 
I'm currently reading this and if I tell you it's interrupting me getting a good nights sleep you know I like it!!









Slave to Senation (Psy-Changelling #1) by Nalini Singh
Wow, what can I say, I really loved this book. I can not wait to get my hands on the rest of this series!!!!

Armchair BEA day 1: Introductions

Welcome to the first day of Armchair BEA 2012!!  The lovely ladies over at Armchair BEA have organised this event for those of us who are unable to make it to the physical BEA (Book Expo America). I'm in the UK so it gives me an excellent opportunity to connect with lots of wonderful bloggers, authors and publishing world people! 

Today is day 1 so it's time for introductions! We have been asked to answer at least 5 of the 10 interview questions posed. Here are mine :-)

Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?

My name is Jenny and I'm from the UK. I'm a 30something reader and blogger. I've been book blogging for nearly two years (but had a about 10 months where I only posted a very little). I started blogging because I was already reviewing books on Amazon & Goodreads which led me on to book blogs, I loved the community and got my own started!

What are you currently reading, or what is your favorite book you have read so far in 2012?

I'm currently reading Night Life by Caitlin Kitteridge. My favourite book so far this year is a really hard question as I have several but the leader I think is Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh.

Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.

I run my own businesses, yes two. I have a small accountancy practice and also design, maintain and run blogs for small businesses.

Where do you see your blog in five years?

I'd love to see it grown with me wherever that might take me!! (In other words I have no idea!!)

If you could eat dinner with any author or character, who would it be and why?

Anita Blake (Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K Hamilton) because I'd like to ask her which of her men she really likes best and how things got to where they are.

What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?

The best thing has to be getting to know other bloggers as well as authors. I enjoy how it brings us readers together :-) I'd like to see more interaction between the larger publishers and the book blogging community.

Have your reading tastes changed since you started blogging? How?

I don't think my tastes have changed but the way I describe them and try to categorise them so readers (and me) can find reviews on my site :-)