It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Reasons I Love Being A Blogger/Reader. Do I really need reasons? Reading and blogging has been a big part of my life, I don’t want to imagine my life without books. I thought I would talk about five things I love about being a reader and then five reasons being a blogger is great.
Reading
- Escapism – I don’t need to experience life as a serial killer, warrior, mad scientist, astronaut, rake or anything else. I can just read a book and watch those characters make the mistakes.
- Books look great – One of the best things about being a reader is all those beautiful books on my shelves (I’m a
hoardercollector). - Knowledge – The more I read, the more I learn, which leads to the realisation that there is so much more to learn.
- Book clubs – I love being apart of a book club, nothing like getting together and talking about books.
- My pretentious levels – I just love being pretentious and trying to read every book on the ‘1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die’ list is very pretentious.
Blogging
- Book journal – I love having a book journal, this is the main reason I started blogging and remains the most important part of my blog.
- Bookish news – As a book blogger you often find out all the bookish news and are aware of all the great books coming out (this is also a curse).
- Critical reading – As a book blogger, I think my critical reading skills have improved greatly.
- Writing skills – Nothing improves your writing more than practise.
- The community – The book blogging community is great, I love connecting with all the other book bloggers. Though where are all the male book bloggers hiding?
I agree about writing skills. Sometimes I look back at my old blog posts and the reviews are almost embarrassing!! In the few years I’ve been blogging my reviews have become so much better. AND the bookish news!! OMG before blogging I never even knew all this stuff that goes on in the book world.
Angie
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It really is embarrassing to read old posts, but I do love looking at them and seeing how much I’ve improved.
Love your list. I agree with you that reading is brilliant escapism!
Better to read about someone making mistakes that make them yourself
Hahaha, yes I love pretty covers too. I’m like a freaking magpie when things are pretty or shiny.
“I didn’t like the book, but the cover’s so pretty!”
I like to get pretty editions of books but I much prefer reading paperbacks. Weird
I totally agree on writing skills and the community; blog is awesome for that. And yes on escapism, about the best thing with books ever!
Happy reading!
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I hope my writing skills continue to improve. Writing every few days has helped heaps
Pretension! I’m right there with you, I called it Snobbery, but yes! 🙂
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It’s very important
‘Where are all the male book bloggers hiding?’ made me laugh because I wondered that too when I first started book blogging last year. Maybe there are more male booktubers? At least they seem to be easier to find.
And I definitely agree about the critical reading. It feels like there’s a greater purpose engaging in it when you know that you’ll be blogging about the book later.
I do wonder where they are, I’ve found some great male book bloggers but there must be more of them somewhere. I should look for male booktubers.
I *just* asked this question on G+!
Hope you get some answers
I love the escapism of reading– I totally want to get lost in a book! Also, I’m absolutely a hoarder, too. My husband has given up on trying to limit my shelf space, there are YA books in every room now!
That is a lot of YA books
Great picks 🙂 Escapism, the greatest thing about reading! It can get you through the toughest times as you can get totally swept up and lost in a book. That’s such an extraordinary feeling <3 My TTT
I do love that feeling. I read a lot of transgressive fiction so it is better to read about their experiences than having to experience it myself
I really enjoy the bookish news too! Great list!
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Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
Thanks Missie
Escapism made my list too!
Zeee @ I Heart Romance
Seems to be a common reason for people to love reading
It was a great topic