Blog Hopping
Today I wanted to chat about reading blogs and blog hopping. I have been reading various author and review blogs for four years now. In the beginning, I added new blogs to my feed-reader almost every week. But over the past year, my blog hopping and finding new-to-me blogs has all but diminished. I check my feed-reader 1-2 times per week, and I do a lot of skimming. One thing I’ve noticed lately is a mismatch between the blogs I follow and the type of books that I like to read. What has happened is I now follow a lot of blogs that don’t review books in the genres I most enjoy reading. I don’t know if their reading habits changed over time, or if I just tend to read too narrow a scope of books, but it’s not really working for me any more.
So I’m on the hunt for new-to-me blogs. I’m looking for blogs that primary focus on book reviews and discussions in the paranormal romance and urban fantasy genres. I’d love your feedback!
What blogs to you read religiously? Can you suggest a blog/s that focus on reviews of paranormal romance and urban fantasy books?
Happy Reading!
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Not sure if you follow her already, but author J.A. Belfield’s book review site is awesome. Love her & her snarky reviews. Def worth checking out!
I have the blogs that I follow grouped by genre and these are the one in my UF/PNR list:
Addicted2Heroines
All things urban fantasy
AwesomeSauce Book Club
Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Book Savvy Babe
Claire’s Book Corner
Dark Faerie Tales
Fiction Vixen Book Reviews
Little Read Riding Hood
Paranormal Haven
Rabid Reads
Red Hot Books
The Book Nympho
The Saucy Wenches Book Club
Vampire Book Club
Your Urban Fantasy
I enjoy both Paranormal Reads and Mina Burrows, though it wouldn’t surprise me if you already follow both of them:
http://paranormalreadsreviews.blogspot.com/
and
http://minaburrows.blogspot.com/
I also enjoy UF and PNR and these are the blogs I check regularly for the genres.
Rabid Reads
Red Hot Books
Parajunkee’s View
Under the Covers
Underworld Love Addiction
Addicted to Heroines
Goldilox and the Three Weres
Book Savvy Babe
Hot Listens
Awesomesauce Book Club
The Bawdy Book Blog
The Book Vixen
Vampire Book Club
Romancing the Darkside
Little Read Riding Hood
Fiktshun After Dark
Paranormal Haven
The Bookaholic Cat
Yummy Men and Kick Ass Chicks
I’ll be check back on this post for suggestions. I’ve been blogging since 2009 and many blogs have come and gone. I feel like I’m missing out on tons of blogs.
Here are some of my Favs not including those I know we both follow for sure!
@BethFishReads BethFishReads.com
@TooFondOfBooks shelsTooFondOfBooks.com
@jennbookshelves jennbookshelves.com
@NicoleBo linussblanket.com
@bermudaonion bermudaonion.net
@Caro_Hea secretheasociety.blogspot.com
@Stella_ExLibris stella-exlibris.com
@Susi_Sunshine secretheasociety.blogspot.com
@skrishna skrishnabooks.com
@DevourerofBooks devourerofbooks.com
@SmasAttackAsh smashattackreads.com
@Reads4Pleasure reads4pleasure.com
@SuperWendy wendythesuperlibrarian.com
Thank you all for your suggestions. I will take some time over the next week to investigate them all!
For Urban Fantasy, I like Urban Fantasy Investigations. They mainly stick to the genre and mostly reviews with a few giveaways. 🙂
I also enjoy some of the ones listed above.
Good luck.