I was nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award by Sónia over at Glutton For Books. Since I am so new to book blogging in general, I was completely taken by surprise at this nomination. So, thank you Sónia for thinking of me! 🙂 Make sure you go check out her blog for great book reviews and Top 5 Wednesday posts.

Award rules:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.
2. Write a post to show your award.
3. Give a brief story of how your blog started.
4. Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
5. Select other bloggers you want to give this award to.
6. Comment on each blog and let them know you have nominated them and provide the link to the post you created.
How The Brunette Bookworm Blog started:
I first discovered BookTube about a year ago – before that I didn’t even realize there were these communities of people who love books like I do and wanted to discuss them. From there I discovered Goodreads and book blogs. And, it’s just a great community of people, and I knew I wanted to get involved some how. So a couple of months ago I started this blog – mostly as a place to track my reading and put my thoughts to paper. But, then I started interacting with other bloggers, and it makes the experience so much more fun!
Advice To New Bloggers:
I am by no means a blogging expert as I’m still very new to it myself. But, here are the two things I’ve learned that might be helpful to my fellow newbies:
- Have fun. We all get stared with book blogging because we love books. And we love talking about them. And, if you put that love/passion into your writing, people will see that. And the followers, comments, and likes will follow.
- Engage with other bloggers. Find other bloggers writing about books you love and comment on their stuff. Those conversations are a great way for your to get to know other bloggers and create sense of community for yourself.
My Nominations for the Blogger Recognition Award:
Siobhan @ I am a book drunkard
Nicole @ Bibliophilium
Joce @ Write Through the Night
Stephanie @ Stephanie’s Book Reviews
May @ Sunsets and Bookfests
Katy @ Ardent Attachments
thank you so much!!! I’m so honored that you nominated me! I think the advice you gave for other bloggers is on point 🙂
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You’re welcome! And, thank you! 🙂
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Congratulations! 🙂
-Luna
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Thank you! 🙂
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Congrats! I love your gravatar.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Thanks for nominating me! I could follow your advice about engaging with other bloggers a little more. I always read and usually like posts, but I’m so bad at commenting. I’m trying to do better.
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You’re welcome! Yeah, I totally get that! I was a little nervous to start commenting on peoples posts, but everyone is so lovely that I’ve been having a blast! 🙂
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Thank you for the shout-out Kristen! It was a pleasure to nominate you and I look forward to more of your posts. That’s great advice to new people in the community, by the way! 🙂
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You’re welcome – and thank you! 🙂
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Me and David have tagged you in the Zombie Book Tag. https://loisreadsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/the-zombie-book-tag/
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Oh, that’s great! I look forward to participating! 🙂
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Oh good I’m glad! 😊
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Thank you so much for nominating me – your advice is great. I definitely must remember to just have fun with it! Great post 🙂
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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Thank you for the nomination! And those are some great tips!
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Hey! I just realized I never thanked you for nominating me… so thanks! (lol :D) Great tips, I’ve been blogging for over a year and I still have to remind myself to be more interactive with the community!
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You’re welcome! And, thank you! 🙂
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Oh and I really love your header!
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Thank you! I’ve was lucky to find a great artist on Etsy who designed the girl & books for me. 🙂
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Well the person really did a good job of it!
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