Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and for more information check out her blog. Each week a new Top Ten list will be featured. Everyone is welcome to join! A list of 10 is just a suggestion, but you can do a list of 3 or 5 or 20.
April 23: (First Ten) Books I Reviewed (These do not have to be formal reviews. A small sentence on a retailer site or Goodreads counts, too! Submitted by Rissi @ Finding Wonderland)
I can do this a few different ways; the first reviews I ever wrote on the blog, the first reviews I wrote on Goodreads for 2019, 2018, etc.., but I picked to list my first ten reviews I posted in 2019 on the blog.
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Book Blogger Hop hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. Each week they have a new book related question you can answer. If you are interested in finding out more, the next weeks question, and/or participating then stop by the Book Blogger Hop page.
19th – 25th – Do you check how many views your posts have received? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews)
Nope. I rarely look at my views.
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Tell Me Something Tuesday hosted by Rainy Day Ramblings.
This week question: Do you like getting unsolicited books in the mail?
I don’t get unsolicited books in the mail, but I do get them in my email. I have a Review Request Policy page and many don’t even look at it. They just do this generic email and send their book. I roll my eyes at that. No wonder so many books pop up on pirated sites.
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Answer this weeks fun memos or just say HI!
Angela
I'm an outdoor sun loving reader living near San Fransisco. I’m a mother, wife, animal & book lover. I'm the owner, reviewer & mind behind Angel’s Guilty Pleasures. My favorite animals are horses & dogs. As for reading I love all things paranormal & urban fantasy & my favorite shifters are dragons.
Mary Kirkland
April 21, 2019 at 8:30 am
Like you, I don’t get unsolicited books in the mail but I do get them in emails.
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Angela
April 21, 2019 at 4:09 pm
I think if I had started blogging when the book blogs took off I’d be getting books in the mail, but ya the emails are my issue. Thank’s Mary for committing and visiting.
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
April 20, 2019 at 7:50 pm
Lots of ways you could have done this week’s TTT. First ten of 2019 is a great choice!
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Angela
April 21, 2019 at 4:10 pm
I know. that TTT was not specific, so I went with first ten of 2019 on the blog. Thank’s Nicole for visiting.
Melanie Simmons
April 20, 2019 at 2:47 pm
Hot Listens doesn’t have a review policy page because we don’t want to get unsolicited review requests. Fun that you put all these posts together.
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Angela
April 20, 2019 at 5:23 pm
My review request page currently says I’m not accepting, but even when I first started to blog I didn’t have a policy page and I still got review requests. Some ppl don’t take the time to check. I just politely reply saying no thank you.
Thank’s Melanie for visiting and commenting.
Tanya @ Rantings of a Reading Addict
April 20, 2019 at 7:03 am
Unsolicited books make me feel so guilty. I know I shouldn’t feel obligated to review, especially when the sender obviously hasn’t read my blog to see what kind of books I read. So this really annoys me.
Tanya @ Rantings of a Reading Addict recently posted…Excerpt & Giveaway ~ Beautiful Nightmare by L.C. Son
Angela
April 20, 2019 at 9:03 am
If your library takes donations on those physical books then it’s a way to not feel so guilty and pass them onto someone else. If I received a lot of physical unsolicited books in a genre I don’t read then that’s what I’d do. But ya, I feel guilty not reviewing, but I also don’t want to read something I feel I won’t enjoy. Thank’s Tanya for visiting and sharing your issues with unsolicited books. Have a great Easter Weekend!