Armchair Book Expo Day 1:
Introductions
Armchair Book Expo is back, with a new name. It looks like this is the 4th time I’m doing it, and last year I got to participate “live”, as it was in Chicago, in my corner of the world.
Ok, let’s start. Thanks to our awesome team, who came up with a short and sweet list of prompts for our Introductions. Neat!
I am . . .
Emma, a book blogger since 2010. I’m actually French. I teach French online and I also translate books from English to French, among other things.
Currently . . .
I’m in a middle of a fun audio project: I’m listening to the complete works of Sherlock Holmes, following the chronological order of publication. I have chosen Simon Prebble as a narrator, he’s excellent.
It’s a wonderful experience, neat to see the evolution of the stories.
I love . . .
…reading, birding, hiking
My favorite . . .
…genres, right now, are historical mysteries and foreign literature (thrillers, literary fiction)
My least favorite . . .
…genre is romance
My current reads . . .
My summer plans . . .
Hiking and birding in the National Shawnee Forest
My blog/channel/social media . . .
Words And Peace is on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Goodreads, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube
The best . . .
…thriller I have read this month is:
Best Practices
Best Practices in the Online Book Community: Let’s talk about our best practices within the book community. This can range from time management to the use of social media to even ethical obligations.
I don’t have much time, so just a few things I think important right now, and that I do or aim at doing better:
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visit other book bloggers and leave comment, or at least click on the “Like” button – unfortunately, some bloggers don’t have this feature on
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absolutely go visit the blog of someone who left a comment at my place, and leave a comment on one of their posts. This is a regular practice for me
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back up your blog on a regular basis
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try to schedule ahead
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write a review as soon as you finish a book – I’m not there yet!!
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share on Instagram a picture of a new book I start reading – lots of improvement, but I would like to do this regularly
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keep your blog as something fun, do not compare to what others do
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be an active BookTuber!! Hmm, when was my last video??
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etc.,
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looking forward to reading what YOUR best practices are
Words And Peace 
I have to admit I kind of wish everyone had a WordPress blog so they could have the “like” button and so it would be easier to follow and respond to comments. I appreciate your always commenting back – I don’t do it myself, though I always respond to comments on my blog. I think honoring comments in some form is important (otherwise, why have them?)
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I know, sometimes I really don’t have time to write much or I don’t have anything to say, but I would love to click on a Like button to say, Hi, I visited and I’m glad you posted that.
Exactly, dialogs through comments is for me the point of a blog, otherwise it can just be a website. Sometimes it even create neat discussions
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I love your blogger tips! I need to follow more of them!
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this just came to mind, but you can find tons of great ideas visiting the other posts today – all the links here where it says Best Practices: http://www.armchairbea.com/2017/05/daily-reminders-link-up-introductions.html
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Ooh! Simon Prebble narrating Sherlock sounds lovely! I will have to check that out! I also just added After the Crash to my TBR, thanks for sharing that! I love your best practices!
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thanks. Are you also participating in Armchair Book Expo?
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I am! Feel free to check out my intro post here!
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I did, and today as well
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What a good list of best practices – responding to comments that people leave on your site is something I spend quite a bit of time doing. My thinking is that if someone took the time and trouble to leave a comment I should at least acknowledge that. yes it does take time but it’s common courtesy.
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oh absolutely. And returning the visit for me is just as important
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I try to do that but sometimes the profile doesn’t actually give the person’s blog site address
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i know, it drives me nuts when i run into this, i don;t understand why a blogger would not keep this up to date. i have mentioned that to several actually
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I forgot to say that if I find the person following me is really just doing so to promote their business or a point of view, then I don’t leave any comment on their site
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good point, but I guess it’s hard to figure it out from the get go, isn’t it?
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some of the urls make it obvious
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lol
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Hi Emma…great BEST PRACTICES.
I agree about leaving comments…they help build better relationships all around. And not comparing yourself to other blogs is great advice. Everyone is unique, and everyone has his/her own style.
ENJOY the rest of this week.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
Armchair BookExpo Introduction
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unfortunately, this comparing thing is handicapping so many people in our society, and creating so many unhappy and stressed people. So much is built around marketing and ads, what you should have, because cool people have it… That’s one of the reasons we decided not to have TV. Easier this way to be counter-cultural and be happy and grateful with what we have and living on a very small income
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Definitely agree as I said above that comparing is NOT good.
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Hi Emma! I’m visiting your blog via Armchair BEA 🙂 I think it’s neat that you’re a translator. I only speak English, but the concept and practice of translation is intriguing to me. These are good tips, even if we don’t always adhere to them…every year I tell myself, “I’ll write my reviews the day of or after I finish the book” and every year it never happens, haha.
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“I’ll write my reviews the day of or after I finish the book”: ah, my dream practice, lol. I now manage to do that for a couple of months at the beginning of the year, and then I fall behind again! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy this week
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I’m actually visiting the Shawnee National Forest with my family this summer! It’ll be my first time there, and I’m looking forward to it.
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wonderful! we did the eastern part last year, the western part this year
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