Books and Sensibility One Year Blogaversary

 ONE YEAR BLOGAVERSARY

Sweetapolita's Bakery Style Vanilla Cupcakes

Let me preface this by saying I remember a moment when I was around 14 years old  in Borders buying a book for a road trip. I remember looking through the YA shelves and thinking about how sad I was going to be when I was an "adult" and couldn't read YA anymore.

The first banner !

Fast foward 8 years later when I first came up with the idea to start a blog because I wanted to post my thoughts on Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones series. I started the blog and posted some articles on the recent YA book phenomena thinking no one would ever read it and that I was  being so original.

Then Kat told me about a call to promote  book blogs at http://ilovereadingandwriting.tumblr.com/page/91 , a popular bookish tumblr. We were lucky enough to be one of the first 15 blogs to get a shout out ! (PS. Just realized Alexa Loves Books is also on there and I would later meet her in line at BEA, what are the chances ?)

I clicked around on Novels Days  and then started exploring her scrolling side bar, then I joined  the Book Blog Ning where I learned about book memes and publishers. Let me tell you, I had no idea that such a community existed and since then it has been a never ending journey. I was flabbergasted by all the book blogs waiting to be explored on Waiting on Wednesday and In My Mail Box. Suddenly my non-existent bookshelf became a toppling TBR pile.

If you would have asked me a year ago if I thought I would be going to a NYC book conference, trekking  to book signings and meeting with other book lovers I would have never believed it.

Despite the drama and controversy the book blogging community, it has a lot to offer and is one I’m happy to be apart of it. Here is to another year !

Thanks to all the followers, readers, fellow bloggers and publishers who have helped make this a year to remember. Here is to many more.

Most Inspiring Book Blogs

These are a mix between the first blogs I started following  and continue to read today and those who I hope to stick around and learn more from.

Wastepaper Prose

Sash and Em

Novel Thoughts

Literary Exploration

That Hapa Chick

My Favorite Post

We all have those good, bad and ugly book post Here is a list of some of my favorite ones from Books and Sensibility

25 Authors Under 25

In Hunger Games We Jest : Hunger Games Spoofs

Books and Sensibility : National Book Festival