I have to ask. Why did YOU start a book blog?

[Insert Book Title]

I started mine as a way to get in touch with the YA book community. No one close to me reads my genre of novels and I wanted to discuss certain novels that I really hated or loved. Ever since I have started my blog, I have loved the interaction with fellow YA bloggers.

Plus...I just love books!

[Taschima Cullen]

I started mine because I was bored and had nothing else to do. Books became more than a hobby, they became a passion, and I wanted to share my love with the world.

I honestly didn't expect so many people to actually care about what I had to say, I thought that If I had at least 10 followers that was heaven. Now I have 100 followers and am amazed at how many other Bookaholics are out there ^^

[BJ Davis]

Last year I started a blog that I felt women could relate to The Serenity Gate. It contained a little of everything and I also started doing a few book reviews there, but realized I really needed a blog just for reviews. Since I was reading a lot of nineteenth century novels, I created my 2nd blog Everything Victorian, but I still needed a blog for more contemporary books--that's when I created I Recommend Great Reads and Page Turners. I just love books and writing.

[Miel Abeille]

I started my blog for two reasons. I wanted a place to organize, document, and otherwise keep track of books, recipes, products and artsy projects that I find and try (or want to try.) Also, I like to have an outlet for my writing.

[Philip Tolhurst]

For me I've started a Blog mainly to see if I can and what I would put in it if I did.

I've not really got into keeping it updated yet but aim to do so more in the future. It's also intended to start being a vehicle by which I will become known in the future.

Phil

http://thewordsescapeme.blogspot.com/

[Mary @ The Sweet Bookshelf]

I started a book blog because so many of my friends and family were always asking me to make a list of the good books they should read. So I decided to start a book blog so they could come at any time and pick from my list of reads and see what I had to say about it...I didn't even know a book blogging community existed!!! It's great to see so many out there!

Mary
The Sweet Bookshelf

[Joseph Arellano]

I wrote record and music reviews in college and started doing so again when I started my first blog. At one point I hit a lull - plus CDs are expensive! - and wrote about a book I'd received and found more people read that review than my music ones.
Yes, readers read both books and blogs and I concur that it is a great community to be part of... BTW, come see my new review of the book Bloggers on the Bus at http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/ !

[Yasser Alireza]

Well, I love to read and write, - even though I am slow at it. I also just started writing professionally a few years ago. Before I published my first book, I wanted to educate myself more about what readers look for in a well written piece of literature, as to not come off as an arrogant self proclaimed author.

i also want to learn about new titles and genres, not just the stuff on the best sellers list.

[Scott Perkins]

It's an outlet and a place to keep the things that occur to me as I read the trades, other blogs or the newspaper -- things that I'm thinking about that 'get in the way' when I'm trying to force myself to think about the story I'm writing and the pages I'm trying to get written for the day.

Which is why I named it "Pages to Type Before I Sleep".

Mostly I just want to write things down, stick the imaginary pin in it so it would stay-put while I move on to the other things demanding my attention. No one was more surprised than I when people started reading it and responding. I think maybe it goes back to the old adage about writing for yourself and letting the work find the audience, but that may be a bit grandiose. The gradual migration to a more focused set of thoughts about books, writing and the way technology intersects with all of the above occurred because those are subjects that are very much pressing on my mind as the industry changes from ink on paper to electrons in a database. Fascinating and frightening as we watch the old comfort zones crumble and something that is at once new and old emerge from the rubble...

But I digress, as I've a tendency to do.

[Sandra Stiles]

I started my blog as a reading and writing site to hopefully get my students as excitedd about books as I am. I have met some wonderful people on here and found a lot of new books and authors to add to my list. I will read just about anything but really prefer all types of YA books.

[Julie Jones]

I love to read and always have had a book in my hand. MY friends are always asking what I'm reading so it been good outlet to let my friends know about good books and books that I like. Its a still family and my likes etc.

www.tableforseven-julie.blogspot.com

[Swapna Raghu Sanand]

Hi Julie,

You've got a great blog there. I love the way you write.

Best,
Swapna

[EB]

http://www.theotherbookreview.com/about-me/

I really like reading and I noticed I often read other books than generally known. That was when my idea came to send those books in the world as well to let them get a bit more exposure than they normally would. The rest is history as they say...