THE BEST OF THE BEST
I’ve been blogging consistently (mostly except like when I was planning my wedding) for the past 6 years. In those years I’ve written A LOT of posts — reviews, discussions, lists, all sorts of random goodness. I always thought I’d run out of things to say but lololol if you know me…that’s likely to never happen.
There are some people who I know have been along for the journey with me since the beginning and there are some who may have just come along in more recent years. And when I was thinking about what I’d post while I’m away on vacation for two weeks I started thinking how when I find a blog I like to dive deep into their archives when I have time. I’m the one who will be click click clicking around your website. So I thought it might be fun, whether you’ve been here for a few years or a couple days, to revisit some of my favorite and most popular posts I’ve done through the years.
I mean, because, really….as bloggers we spend a lot of time on these posts and I’d hate for them to be collecting dust and never seeing the light of day again. I always try to link to relevant old posts in my posts (such a good thing, for many reasons, for all bloggers to do if you aren’t doing that!) but sometimes I just want to shout, “HEY I WROTE THIS POST ONE TIME AND IT WAS GREAT AND YOU SHOULD READ IT!”
So, while I’m away, let me guide you through a tour of some of the blog posts you may have missed along the way (narrowing this down was sooooo freaking hard)! Hope you enjoy catching up/revisiting! And, I hope, maybe some of these will even spark a blog post or two for you! Would love to know if it does!
(NGL, it’s going to be light on the posts from 2010 and 2011, because while I’m proud of a bunch, they are ugly and need to be spruced up and reformatted (or are just outdated) and I never find time to do that.)
LISTS
8 Reasons I Struggle To Put Down A Book
12 Reasons I’m Totally In Love With My Library
10 Bookish Things I Wish Someone Would Invent
5 Things You Could Do To Piss Me Off As A Reader
10 Things I Think My Husband Is Sick Of This Bookworm Saying
10 Books To Read If You Like These Tv Shows/Movies
Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List
10 Inspiring Quotes From Books
10 Book Related Wishes I’d Ask A Genie To Grant
ON THE BOOKWORM LIFE
I Married A Guy Who Doesn’t Read & It’s Not THAT Bad
I’ve Made A Terrible Mistake: On Loaning Books To People // In Memory of Books I’ve Lost
True Life: I Think I’m A Creep
I’m A Distracted Reader…Like THE WORST
Life Is Too Short For The Notion of ~Guilty Pleasures~
I Would Love To Borrow Your Book But….
Some Books Need Warning Labels Like DO NOT READ IN PUBLIC
One Of The Hardest Questions For This Bookworm To Answer
The Sacrificial Lamb Book…YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
I Do Thing That Make Lots of Bookworms Cringe #IAMSOSORRY
My Reading History Through The Years
One Of The Most Terrifying Things In My Bookish Life (see also another one here )
How Books Are Making Me Way More Fit & Productive
I Get The Message LOUD & CLEAR….Reading Isn’t COOL
Rants: A Rant About Bookish Stereotypes// When People Talk To Me When I Read // Careless Book Spoilers
What It Is Like To Be A Mood Reader
Why Used Books Are So Delightful To Me
Cultivating A Love For Reading At A Young Age
On Books Acknowledgements & How They Get Me All Choked Up Sometimes
Do YOU juggle? (hella cute pic of Kid Jamie included!)
First Impressions Of Books Before I Open Them My Habits
The Ebb & Flow Of My Bookshelves
PSH I Am *NOT* Too Old To Be Reading YA
BOOKWORM QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS
What Makes You Re-Read A Book?
GETTING PERSONAL
Why I Read Books Dealing With Grief A Lot
How Unemployment Changed My Life As A Reader
On Mother’s Day (And I Swear I’m Not Going To Cry This Time)
You Aren’t Good Enough The Way You Are
A Letter To Morgan Matson After Reading Second Chance Summer
On Enjoying Life For What It Is
On Books That Change Your Life
FUN & RANDOM
Wedding Readings From Literature
A to Z Book Survey — it makes me happy to see this still making the rounds!!
Meet YA Jamie — embarrassing photos and all!
ON BLOGGING YA COMMUNITY
I don’t really write about blogging much but I have a few.
When You Feel Discouraged About Your Blog
My Blogging Manifesto — I wrote this in 2011 and man is it still 100% my manifesto
What To Do When The Blogging Honeymoon Is Over
3 Lessons My Mom Taught Me That I Apply To My Blogging Experience
Letter To My Young Blogging Self (man, I should really update this one considering I wrote it in 2011 and I have erm way more years under my belt)
10 Things That Make My Blogging Life Easier/Better
Perception, Reality & Our Super Reader Community
Gahhh I had so many more posts I could have shared but alas I have already shared double what I planned to. I hope you have fun plunging into my archives should you dare and, like I said, I hope maybe some of these inspire you to write your own posts or maybe continue the convo with me — I get emails whenever I get a comment no matter how old the post is!!