How to write a review for a book: Share a summary of the book without giving away spoilers or too much detail. A lot of people read reviews BEFORE they read the novel. Try to avoid spending too much time on this, because people can read the summary of the book on Goodreads or Amazon. Read more
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How to Guide: Goodreads friends
How to make more friends on Goodreads: Copy your link to your profile and paste it into social media book clubs/groups. To copy your link How to make more friends on Goodreads: Copy your link to your profile and paste it into social media book clubs/groups. To copy your link follow these instructions: ***I never Read more
How To Guide: Goodreads Giveaways
How to enter Goodreads Giveaways: *A note: You cannot enter a giveaway on the app. You can on your phone but you must use the browser. You can always use a computer as well. 1. Sign into your account on www.goodreads.com 2. Go to the top of the page and click on the arrow beside Read more
“Through the Decades” – A New challenge for 2020!
Every month, I am going to start “Reading Through the Decades.” I will be reading then discussing my overall feelings of the book. ** I will also talk about other books during that decade. Starting in January 2020 with 1900s through 2010 in December 2020. I am going to read only books that I have Read more
My Current Reads for this week
Here are my current reads. I have a long list of ARCS to read after these novels!
YA vs. Adult Fiction
Everyone always asks me, “What is the difference between YA (Young Adult) and Adult books?” Well, the answer is not as easy as you may think it is. YA or Young Adult can be split into two categories Middle Grade Fiction and Young Adult Fiction. Adult books can be split into NA (New Adult) fiction Read more
My secret on reading more than one book at once
Everyone always asks me, “How do you read more than one book at once?” I can tell you that I “trained” my brain to read more than one at a time. I was an English major in college and needed to read a lot of books at once. After I graduated, I went back to Read more
How to obtain, promote, and review ARCs
How to get ARCs: What are ARCs? They are called Advanced Readers’ Copy. It is a pre-released copy of a book in exchange for an honest review on social media, Goodreads, Amazon, etc. When you hear people talking about “book mail,” typically it is an ARC. Social Media (Instagram and Facebook) Follow Authors Follow Book Read more
Spice up your next Book Club meeting with these ideas
Spice up your book clubs with these ideas! Themes for your book club: Periods of time (Modern British Literature, World War 2 era, Roaring ‘20s. etc.) Travel (Around the World in 80 books, a book with the setting of each state, etc.) Author (Stephen King, Nicolas Sparks, Ray Bradbury, etc.) Series (Harry Potter, The Hunger Read more
Graphic Novels vs. Comic Books
Graphic Novels vs. Comic Books As you can already tell, I read a lot of graphic novels. I do not, however, read comic books. When I show people the Graphic novel that I am reading, the normal reaction is “Why are you reading a comic book?” They are not the same thing at all. Graphic Read more
A Guide to Jenna Bush Hager’s Book Club
I am so excited to talk about another Celebrity Book Club! Jenna Bush Hager’s Book Club which is featured on “The Today Show” has become a phenomenon! She just started making selections back in March 2019. But it took off and became very popular! I have read some of her selections as well. I can Read more
A Guide to Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Hello Sunshine’ Book Club
Reese Witherspoon’s book selection for her book club is one of the highlights of my month. I wait to the last day of the month for that hint on Instagram of what she will be reading next! Then on the 1st of every month, I wait on ‘pins and needles’ to discover her next book! Read more
Dystopian Novels: Suggestions and Common Themes
Suggested Dystopian books YA Suggestions “The Giver” by Lois Lowry “The Hunger Games” Series by Suzanne Collins “Divergent” Series by Veronica Roth “Uglies” series by Scott Westerfeld “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline “The Lunar Chronicles” series by Marissa Meyer “Life As We Knew It” series by Susan Beth Pfeffer “The House of the Scorpion” Read more
Welcome Book Nerds!
Hello to all the fellow Book Nerds out there! Welcome to my blog! You can check out any of the books that I have read and reviewed at https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/21505634-kassy-macpherson Let me introduce my blog by telling you a little bit about myself! My name is Kassy, and I started my love of reading when I Read more