Top Ten Tuesday ~ Top Ten Reasons I Love Being a Blogger/Reader

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by 

The Broke and the Bookish. 

This weeks topic:

Reasons I Love Being a Blogger/Reader

in no particular order:

Helpling Indie Authors

When I first got my kindle almost 2 years ago was when I really started discovering the world of Independent Publishing.  I started reading a lot of books that were not traditionally published and found some of them to be amazing! Through social media I was able to connect and have become friends with a few.  After a while I started thinking I really wanted to start a blog to help some of them out with promotion. I have really enjoyed it and I love the feeling of helping others. 

Working as a team with Banana 

One of the things that makes our blog unique is that I share it with my son. On occasion, my daughters will help with book and movie reviews as well.  I didn't get the blog going until my son (Banana) showed interest in helping me.  I had no idea where to start and he was a huge help in getting everything going and he does a great job on everything he works on for the blog.  I'm blessed to have him as my partner.

Sharing books I love and my views on them

I really like reviewing books.  I love telling people about the things I love about them and also about some of the things I don't.  If I can help people make decisions about what is right for them then it is a win for everyone because I enjoy doing it so much!

Challenging my self with new posts

I enjoy trying to change things up every once in a while on the blog as well as the challenge of new posts and especially Top Ten Tuesday!  Sometimes these can be really hard to come up with and it is fun to always give it a try.  Sometimes I even enlist family members to help me out so we can make all 10!

Reading gives me an escape

I love how reading gives me an escape from real life.  I love thinking of going different places and getting lost in a story or a world that doesn't even exist.  I love feeling connected to characters that do things I would never do because I can live vicariously through them.

Being able to read early copies of books

One huge perk of being a blogger is that you can sometimes get advance copies of books for review.  I won't lie, this is one of my favorite things especially when it is an author I love.  It isn't the reason I blog, but it is a nice bonus.

Feeling of Accomplishment

I love having a sense of accomplishment about the things that I do.  I like to think I am doing positive things with my life, and I like how it feels when I get posts completed especially if it one I have spent a lot of time on.  I have learned how to actually set up and make a blog from scratch!  That is knowledge I didn't have months ago so that in itself is a huge accomplishment for me.

Blogging Friendships

I have made so many friends while blogging.  You would almost think that the blogging community would be competitive, but I have found it to be friendly, accepting and helpful.    I am grateful for these relationships and know they are real friendships that I will have for life now.  I have a "blogging sister", Amber at Paradise of Pages and I love her so much!  She has helped me so many times and I am so grateful for her.  Make sure you check her page out as she is amazing!

Author Friendships

I have met authors that I love and are willing to help me in my blogging endeavor . This blog would not even exist, most likely, without the urging of author Tiffany King.  She gave me the final push to get things going and I'm so grateful.  I have become very close with Nikki Godwin and I love to recommend her books.  She is an amazing writer and an even more amazing person. It still stuns me that through social media you can actually talk to amazing authors who's books you love and I freaking fangirl when someone like Rachel Harris, Katie McGarry or Leigh Ann Kopans tweet me not only about their books, but just about life in general.  Authors can be very giving with their time, talents and also resources when you ask and I am so grateful and blessed to have relationships with so many.  

Future

It's fun for me to think about the future of the blog and what things we may be able to do.  I know Banana is only going to be around for a couple more years before he graduates and I look forward to including my girls more and more as they get older if they want to help.  My 8yo has Coconut's Corner for reviewing children's books she enjoys and wants to share with others.  I look forward to what the future holds and hope you enjoy going there with me as a reader.

Now it's your turn.  Tell me the thing you like about being a blogger or a reader and maybe even the things you like about our blog or you would like to see us do in the future.