Mid-Week Musing, 3

On the topic of author interviews:

When I first started blogging, my goal was just to create an archive of reviews for my own entertainment and edification. 

I had no interest in interacting with authors or marketing folks--I found the idea intimidating, to be honest. And then, I wasn't sure what value I could bring to them as my blog's not a blockbuster as far as page hits.

Gradually, my attitude's started to change. Sure, my blog is still quite small. But it's still viewed by a fair number of people. And I can be another link in the chain, connecting readers with good books.

So I took the plunge, and signed up to interview an author.

Mid-week Musing, 2

I've heard a lot about Bookbub--getting your book promoted through it can be a huge boon. 

I hadn't really considered it from a consumer's perspective until this week, when I finally signed up. 

I've grabbed a handful of freebies this week, which is good for my book budget (I credited $35 to it last week! But I've stalled out on progress this week, so that $35 needs to last me awhile), but bad news for my TBR pile. I'm not knocking books off of it quickly enough!


Are you a Bookbub user? What have you picked up through it recently? 

Midweek Musings, 1

I've invested a fair amount of time trying to select books I'll read this month. Because I've signed up for an assortment of challenges, I want to make sure that I'm putting in a reasonable quota for each. This means I need to plan, so I have a mixture of new releases and books I owned pre-2016.

But...when I finish a book, and it's time to pick up a new one, I find myself considering other options. I head for (one of) my bookcase(s), and my fingers tease the spines of books that didn't make the cut for January. 

I'm flirting with books that are 'off-limits!'

Maybe I'm not approaching the question of what to read next in the best way.

How do you decide what to read next?