Book Blogger Appreciation Week - Day Three

2/17/2016

It's time for Day Three of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, hosted by the Estella Society! Today's prompt is to tell what I have read and loved because of a fellow blogger. I don't usually keep track of who has recommended what to me, or whose blog I originally saw a book on (so I'm sorry that I can't give anyone a shout out). But these are a few books that I know I never would have picked up if not for all the good things said about them in the blogosphere.

- The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (Cyborgs and fairy tale retellings? Whoever would have thought that this premise would have made for such an amazing series?)
- The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan (I am a complete Anglophile, but this one seemed like it would be too bubbly or too angsty. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it was neither!)
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (I picked this up because of Nonfiction November. What a powerful read, and what an amazing person she is.)

- The Martian by Andy Weir (It sounded intriguing, but I probably never would have actually read it if not for all the gushing reviews out there.)
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Mysteries are typically not my genre, but everyone seems to love Flavia. Now I know why!)

20 Comments

Tea Time with Marce link

2/17/2016 09:03:11 am

Flavia is an amazing character, I totally agree. I still want to get to I am Malala - Great choices

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:29:48 am

Wouldn't it be fun to meet Flavia in real life?

Emma link

2/17/2016 09:16:13 am

I'm glad sb made you read The Martian!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:30:24 am

Me, too! And even better, my husband read it too - faster than I think he's ever read any other book. :)

Meaghan link

2/17/2016 09:48:15 am

Hooray for Flavia! I often recommend her too, and mention her in my post today. Happy BBAW!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:30:54 am

I think if you looked up "precocious" in the dictionary, you would find a picture of Flavia. :)

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

2/17/2016 10:45:20 am

You know, I don't really keep track either, but now that I think about it, I kind of want to! I think it would be great if I actually could give a shout out to a fellow blogger (or bloggers!) for recommending a specific book :) I think Goodreads has a place where you can write in who recommended a book -- I should start using it!

And my husband's aunt recommended the Flavia series to me a while back -- I really should check it out one of these days, maybe on audio.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:31:37 am

I think you're right about the Goodreads thing. I'll have to check that out, because I certainly want to give credit where credit is due!

Jenny @ Reading the End link

2/17/2016 11:15:49 am

I've seen The Martian on so many lists from today! (Not always in a positive way.) That's definitely one that got a ton of extra play from bloggers pushing it to each other.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:32:21 am

Very true. I never would have picked up The Martian on my own. But everybody said it was so good that I had to give it a try!

Katie @ Words for Worms link

2/17/2016 11:53:39 am

Excellent, excellent choices! I can't recall exactly who turned me on to The Royal We, but I loved it so much I texted a bunch of IRL friends to demand they read it. It was so dang fun!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:32:50 am

Yes, it was! Definitely a book I'll be rereading in the future. :)

Kay link

2/17/2016 02:15:18 pm

I felt the same about The Royal We. And I thought it was a lot of fun. And I recommend it all the time. :-)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:33:43 am

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed The Royal We. It was such a good book! :)

Literary Feline link

2/17/2016 07:55:07 pm

I am terrible about remembering who recommended what. Sometimes I think multiple book bloggers do, which can be impossible to track after awhile. I haven't yet read Cinder, but it's definitely on my TBR list. It's one book I really hope to read before the year is out.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/20/2016 11:35:00 am

I thought I was just about the last one to the Lunar Chronicles bandwagon, but I've had a lot of bloggers say they still need to read it when I mention it. I hope you get a chance to read Cinder this year. It's well worth it! :)