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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #21

Saturday, 1 November 2014

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #21

Review Round Up #21 Another quick-fire review round up! Check out all the posts you've missed below...
If you're still craving your Halloween themed blog fix, Erin listed off her 'top 10 reads for Halloween'.

Our blogger's also shared which nightmarish world they would hate to be dropped into in our 'Scariest Fictional Worlds' group collaboration!

Plus, Blogger's Bookshelf turned 2 years old last Sunday! And to celebrate we're holding a little birthday giveaway with a bundle of literary themed prizes you could be in with a chance to snap up :) get your entries in quick though, you've only got a week left to enter!!

Also don't forget to get your entries into November's group post. Next month we're getting critical and sharing our thoughts on Overhyped Books! Air your grievances and vent about which book - unpopular opinion - you're just not that into.

Drop us an email, tweet us or post to our GoodReads page by November 19th th to have your answer included in the post!

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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #20

Saturday, 27 September 2014

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #20

Review Round Up #20

And we're back and it's time for another review round up! Make sure you catch up on all the posts you've missed below:

Our bloggers confessed some thoughts on unusual characters name our latest Book Confessions post.

As a follow up to our Bookshops vs Buying online group post, guest blogger Emma posted some thoughts on Amazon Or Bookshops?

And finally this month's group collab saw our contributors delve back into their childhood to reminisce on the Books We Grew Up With!

In next group post we'll be talking 'Scariest Fictional Worlds' to coincide with Halloween!

We want to hear about which fictional worlds & places you find terrifying, which cities filled with supernatural beings you just couldn't stand or which dystopian society you would hate to live in! However you'd like to interpret the topic we'd love to hear from you.

Drop us an email, tweet us or post to our GoodReads page by October 15th to have your answer included in the post!
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #19

Saturday, 30 August 2014

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #19

Review Round Up #19
And we're back and it's time for another review round up! Make sure you catch up on all the posts you've missed below: 
As well as our reviews we've had some lovely guest posts on the blog lately.

Erin showed off the new Vintage Classics Austen series and also listed off her top 5 books on her 're'-read' list. Our regular reviewer also waxed poetic about her love of zombie fiction and gave us some recommendations too.

We also got to know Emma from Reviews with Emma as part of our 'Being a book blogger' series.

Blogger's Bookshelf also got to be part of the online cover reveal of The Elementalists by C. Sharp! 

Rather excitingly, our blog co-captains, Erin and Ria, got to meet the one and only Rainbow Rowell at her Q&A evening in Waterstone, Piccadilly. Check out their round up of the event!

We've been collab happy since the last round up! July's post had our blogger's travel down the fictional roads of their favourite Literary Journeys and our August post got us all debating Bookshops vs. Buying Online. Our bloggers also gave us a quick update on the 2014 Reading Goals.

Our next group post is all about the journeys from our favourite books. We'll be delving into both fiction and non-fiction to pick out our favourite journeys and travel stories, and we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Drop us an email, tweet us or post to our GoodReads page by 17/9/14 to have your answer included in the post!
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #18

Saturday, 5 July 2014

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #18

Review Round Up #18 It’s that time of the month again! Check out the posts you’ve missed below…
Regular reviewer, Ria, showcases and reviews the New York Public Library's 'The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter' exhibition. And with Summer just round the corner our blogger's shared their thoughts on the 'Book to Film Adaptations' they were most excited to see in the coming months and beyond in our June group post!

Our next group post is all about the journeys from our favourite books. We'll be delving into both fiction and non-fiction to pick out our favourite journeys and travel stories, and we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Drop us an email, tweet us or post to our GoodReads page by 16/7/14 to have your answer included in the post!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #17

Saturday, 24 May 2014

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #17

Review Round Up #17
It’s that time of the month again! Check out the posts you’ve missed below…
Regular reviewer Anjali also shared her top 3 favourite Jodi Picoult novels on the blog. Our blogger’s also stepping into the protagonists shoes in our ‘If We Were The Protagonists...’ group collaboration and discussed which character’s they’d want by their side during their fictional journey

Our next group post is all about book to film adaptations. We're going to be sharing our favourite recent adaptations and the upcoming releases we can't wait to see - and we want your contributions!

Drop us an email, tweet us or post to our GoodReads page by 16/6/14 to have your answer included in the post!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #16

Saturday, 26 April 2014

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #16

Review Round Up #16
It’s that time of the month again! Check out the posts you’ve missed below…

Niina also shared her thoughts on Travel Guide Books and recommends some of her favourites. We also caught up with our bloggers as they shared their first update on their 2014 Reading Goals.

For April’s group post, our contributors got debating and voiced their opinions on Series vs. Standalones!

Our next group post is all about putting yourself in the shoes of a protagonist! We're going to be discussing which characters we would want by our side through our journeys in the form of a best friend or sidekick and we want your contributions!

Drop us an email, tweet us or post to our GoodReads page by 14/5/14 to have your answer included in the post!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #15

Saturday, 22 March 2014

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #15

Review Round Up #15
Regular blogger Ria, fuses fashion and books and lists off her top 5 best dress literary characters for us!

In honour of the 86th Academy Awards, we hosted our own version of the Oscars in our latest group collaboration, Blogger's Bookshelf Literary Oscars! Featuring nominees selected by the members of team BB with the winners were chosen by our readers via a voting form and there was some surprising (and not so surprising) results!

April's group collaboration will be an opinion piece focused on Series vs. Standalones! 
If you'd like to get involved email bloggersbookshelf@gmail.com for more information or send us your opinions via twitter to @blog_bookshelf!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #14

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #14

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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #13

Saturday, 25 January 2014

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #13

Review Round Up #13
It’s that time of the month again! Check out the posts you’ve missed below…
Erin interviewed author of The $7.50 Bunny That Changed The World, Gretta Parker for us.

Ria also shared her pledge to change her reading habits and read more diversley in 2014.

Our blogger’s shared their confessions on ‘Reading Ahead’, and also gave up the last update on their 2013 Reading Challenge.

As the year drew to a close, our group collabs focused on looking back at our Favourite Reads of 2013 and looked ahead to our 2014 Reading Goals!

Our February group post is titled 'I'll be spending Valentine's Day with...' and as the title suggest we wanna know which fictional book character you wish you could spend February 14th with!

Let us know your opinions by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #12

Saturday, 30 November 2013

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #12

Review Round Up #12
It’s been a busy ol’ time since our last review round up! Check out the posts you’ve missed below…
Anjali interviewed author Jamie Baywood, about her book, Getting Rooted in New Zealand, and Ria interviewed giveaway author Laure Eve on her novel Fearsome Dreamer.

There was FIVE new additions to our ever growing list of book blogger/booktuber interviews! Check out Jess from Jess Hearts Books; Alexa from Alexa Loves Books; Allie from Little Birdie Books; Sanne from Books & Quills' and Rob and Kate from Adventures with words' answers.

Our team have also been mingling with some high-profile authors! Newest team member Kath attended an evening with YA author, Maureen Johnson, as part of her tour of the UK. And Erin headed to London for an evening with Veronica Roth in celebration of the release of Allegiant.

And of course Blogger’s Bookshelf celebrated its 1st birthday! Check out just how much has happened in a year in our handy inforgraphic and get to know our team members here (Part One (Anjali & Kath), Part Two (Ria & Erin), Part Three (Laura & Lucy) and Part Four (Niina))

We’ve also had two fabulous group collaboration posts! Check out our Halloween themed ‘Favourite Fictional Villains’ and see what our bloggers would do ‘If We Made The Movies’.

As the year comes to a close, we’re asking you guys what your Top Reads for 2013 were!

Let us know you opinions by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #11

Saturday, 5 October 2013

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #11

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Another month over, check out the review you may have missed below…

We've also had pretty busy time with so many different types of posts too!

We've added the following bloggers/vloggers to our ever growing list for the ‘Being A Book Blogger/Book Tuber’ series:

Our blogger’s have also been going on some Literary adventures! 
Ria gushes about her LeakyCon London experiences
Guest blogger Kath shares her experience at An Evening with Neil Gaiman

We've also set up a new series spilling our secret Book Confessions, read it here! 

Guest blogger Hayley also counted down her Top 5 Books of 2013 so far!

And finally! Two collab posts you may have missed! 

Our blogger’s Favourite Non-Fiction books and 
our rather revealing look at the Popular Books We Haven’t Read!

We're heading into the spookiest month of the year with Halloween just around the corner. So in the spirit of all things scary we want to know all about your…
Favourite Fictional Villains!

Let us know your favourite by email, tweet us (@blog_bookshelf) or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #10

Saturday, 17 August 2013

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #10

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 Check it another review round up! Catch up on what you missed this month...
Also Amber from The Reading Addict and Emily from Afternoon Bookery joined the ranks of bloggers/vloggers featured in our 'Being A Book Blogger' series.

And finally our blogger's revisited the judging books by their covers debate and shared their favourite book covers with us. Check out the post here.

We're getting into a 'back to school' for September's group post as we're talking...
Favourite Non-Fiction! 

Let us know what your favourites are by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #9

Saturday, 13 July 2013

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #9

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Another month over, check out what you missed below… 

Alone by Robert J.Crane | Review by Anjali 
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen | Reviewed by guest blogger Lulu 
The Elite by Kiera Cass | Reviewed by Erin 
Blackbirds by Chuck Wending | Reviewed by Niina 
Charlotte Street by Danny Wallace | Reviewed by Lucy 
Shallow Pond by Alissa Grosso | Reviewed by Erin

Our bloggers also updated us on how they’re getting on with their 2013 Reading Goals. 

They also clued us in on where they would like to be spending their perfect fictional Summer holiday in our 'Wish You Were Where?!' group collaboration post! 

Next month we're revisiting May's subject of book covers. Previously we gathered your opinions on how important book covers are and what influence they have on your reading choices. 
So, for August's post we want you to let us know what your....
favourite book covers are! 

Let us know you opinions by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!

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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #8

Saturday, 15 June 2013

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #8

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Another month over, check out what you missed below…

Lulu Frances joined the ranks of those we’ve interviewed as part of our ‘Being A Book Blogger’ series, check out the post here.
Our bloggers also talked about our favourite book protagonists and main characters in our June Group Collaboration Post! Let us know who your faves are too!

And don’t forget to get involved in our next Group Collaboration topic! 
Summer is here and we’re craving a getaway with our ‘Wish You Were Where?’ post! 
So let us know if you could visit any place from a book, real or fictional, where would you choose and why? From Middle-Earth to Hogwarts, New York to Paris, we want to know your ideal holiday destination! 
Let us know you opinions by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #7

Saturday, 18 May 2013

Blogger’s Bookshelf Review Round Up #7

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 Another month over, check out what you missed below…

Lucy also shared her experiences of taking part in World Book Night and Anjali also recaps her time at the Quicksilver book launch. Laura from The Book Habitat was also the latest interviewee in our ‘Being A Book Blogger’ series.

Our contributors also got debating again in May’s Group Collaboration Post, discussing whether we should judge books by their covers? Share your own opinions in the comments!

And don’t forget to get involved in our next Group Collaboration topic. 
We want to hear about your favourite protagonists and main characters
Let us know you opinions by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #6

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #6

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 Has it been a month already? Gear up for another review round up and read up on any reviews you missed…
We’ve also had two new additions to our ‘Being a Booktuber/blogger’ series and interviewed Marie from BookswithMarie and Maria from I Believe In Story.

Our contributors also tickled our funny bones with out April LoL Literature group collaboration post! Check out their favourite funny books, quotes, characters and more here.

Don’t forget to get involved in our next group collaboration post. In May we’ll be debating again and asking…
should we judge a book by it’s cover? 
Let us know you opinions by email, tweet us or on our GoodReads page!
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #5

Saturday, 23 March 2013

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #5

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Missed any of our reviews this month? Never fear, find them all below!

We also have a guest opinion post by Kath, called 'The Fall Of The Good Book?', talking about the apparent popularity of book series vs standalone novels.

Our bloggers also updated us on their 2013 Reading Goals, see how they're getting on here.

And finally our March Group Collaboration post touched on the hot topic for book lovers...E-Books and Real Books. It was the battle of Team Paper vs Team Plastic, see what our thoughts were in the end here.

We're getting funny for April's Group Collaboration with 
'Laugh Out Loud Literature'
this month's topic!
Let us know your...
Favourite funny characters
Funniest book quotes
Best Comedic novels
Laugh Out Loud scenes 
Send us your choices via Twitter, Email or GoodReads.
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #4

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #4

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Missed any of our reviews this month? Never fear, find them all below!
We also had a quick tip for finding new book recommendations here and a interview with BookTuber Heather from the 'Bookables' here.

Don't forget to check out our wonderfully romantic February collab post featuring our 'Favourite Fictional Couples'! March's group collaboration post is gearing up for the great debate for book lovers...

Team Paper vs Team Plastic
a.k.a
Books vs E-Readers!

Send us you views via Twitter, Email or GoodReads.
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #3

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #3

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Welcome to our first review round up of 2013! Missed any of our post in the past month, never fear, find them all below...
Also check out our January group collaboration post on our 'Reading Goals & Books We Vow To Read In 2013'. Keep checking back to see how all of our contributors get on with their targets!

Don't forget to get involved in our February collaboration post too! Tweet or email us who your Favourite Fictional Couple is and why?
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Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #2

Saturday, 29 December 2012

Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #2

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Hello everyone, hope you all had a lovely Christmas and welcome to our second review round up post!
We also had an abundance of guest posts and mini collabs this month:

And of course this month's group collaboration post on our Favourite Reads of 2012. Don't forget to start sending your answers to our next group collaboration post on your Top 5 books/series you vow to read in 2013. Just send us a tweet or email us which 5 books or series' you want to read and why.

On a final note, everyone on the Blogger's Bookshelf team would like to wish you all a Happy New Year!
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