New blood book blogger on the block interview

Please welcome Crystal from Paranormal Romance Addict .

Laurie-Hello Crystal, thanks so much for being here and being the New blood book blogger for this month. Would you please tell us a little about yourself?
Crystal-Thanks for having me Laurie this is so exciting!
Hi! *vampire kiss-kiss*, my name is Crystal and I’m a 28 year old Florida girl. I’m married and a stay at home momma to a five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son. And of course, I’m a total bookworm!

Laurie-How long have you been reading? What’s your favorite genre?
Crystal-I've been reading since I was about seven, my mom says that I’ve always had my nose stuck in a book. My favorite genre is paranormal romance of course!

Laurie-When and why did you start doing book reviews?
Crystal-I started doing reviews on my other blog, Reading Between the Wines Book Club, towards the end of last year. But since paranormal romance is what I mainly read and my all time reading love I decided to create a blog solely dedicated to that and here we are.
I started reviewing books because I’m constantly reading and I love gushing about great books that I find and recommending them to others. And the hubs starts tuning me out after a while when I subject him to this. hehe

Laurie-How long have you been reviewing books?
Crystal-About five months.

Laurie-Do you take notes for your reviews while you read?
Crystal-Sometimes I do, on ARC’s and requests mostly.

Laurie-Why did you start a book blog?
Crystal-Because I really am addicted to paranormal romance, just ask the hubs!
I wanted a place that I could discuss that and nothing else with others who share my love. I’ve also found that it’s a great way to find new authors and keep up-to-date on news and releases.

Laurie-How long does it usually take you to read and write a review for your blog?
Crystal-Read: 1-2 days
Write Review: An hour or two, unless I’m having a hard time putting it together, then I might come back and try again later or the next day. I’m a better reader then I am a writer. =)

Laurie-What’s the hardest thing you had to do in setting up your blog?
Crystal-Trying to come up with something unique with the layout and banner/buttons. There are just so many of us book bloggers out there using the same resources it was a bit difficult and I hope I accomplished my goal. *fingers crossed*

Laurie-What’s the most exciting thing that has happened to you since you started your blog?
Crystal-Conversing with new author Dianne Duvall via email and getting to read an arc of her upcoming release Darkness Dawns. She’s such a sweetie and a fabulous writer.

That is a huge joy of book blogging for me, getting to meet new authors and find even more great books to read!

Laurie-What’s your favorite thing to do on your blog?
Crystal-Posting author and book news; I get so excited when I learn something new about a favorite author or series, I love sharing it with others.

Laurie-Any tips that you have for a new upcoming book blogger?
Crystal-If you build it they will come…LoL
Don’t worry about your follower count; followers will come with time. Just enjoy what you do and have fun. And don’t be afraid to ask for help from your fellow bloggers if you need it, most of us are nice and willing to lend a hand. =)

Laurie-What are the most books you read in a week?
Crystal-Probably about ten. I read Christine Feehans Dark Carparthian series in about 2 weeks, which were 20 books at the time.

Quick questions:
Spoilers or no spoilers? No major spoilers
Author interviews or guest post? Guest Posts
Long reviews or short reviews? Short on PRA ;)
Kindle or Sony -reader? Ick, I hate my Sony
Paperback or PDF? Both

Please visit Paranormal Romance Addict  and if you like what Crystal reviews please follow.

Now Blood book blogger on the blog is a interview I host for new book bloggers. All you have to do is review books and have under 100 followers to be interviewed. I do this for new book bloggers in hopes to help them out a little. If your interested in being interviewed please email me, you can find it under contact.
~Laurie~

Novembers New blood book blogger on the block

Kristen @  My Bloody Fairy Tale is Novembers New blood book blogger on the block. You can chat with Kristen here today and please when your done reading make sure you check out her blog.

Laurie- Hello Kirsten, thanks so much for being the New Blood on the block for November. Would you tell everyone a little about yourself?


Kirsten-Hey Laurie. Thanx for having me this is so exciting for me! I am a 22 year old mother of 3 fantastic little boys! I work part time as a cleaner for

my townhouse complex. I love reading and writing. My kids have also inherited my love for reading!!

Laurie-How or why did you start your book blog?

Kirsten-I started my book blog because I love reading and I thought that this would be a great way to meet people who also sharemy love for reading. I also thought it would be a great way to find new authors who I haven't heard about.

And to be honest I didn't realize there were so many fanatics like me :D

Laurie-What are some of your favorite book blogs you follow?

Kirsten-I love Parajunkee's blog, Touch the Night, Roxanne's Realm, Seductive Musings, Jennifers Musings and Romance Book Junkies

Oh and Did I mention yours *wink* There are alot of blogs that I love reading but the list is to long to tell them all.

Laurie-What kind of books do you read?
Kirsten-I love any genre but my favorite genre is Paranormal romance. Well Paranormal anything actually lol.

Laurie-What is the hardest thing you found in starting your blog?

Kirsten-I found it really hard to be unique. I found myself trying to write what I thought other people
want to read.I was writing for everyone else except for myself in the beginning.

Laurie-If you can give one piece of advice to a new book blogger what would it be?

Kirsten-I would advise any new blogger to not worry about your amount of followers. I found myself doing that. I also would advise a new blogger to write what you are comfortable writing. Do not try to please people. Write because you want to write it. People will enjoy your blog more once you make it yours.

Thanks again Kirsten!

Would you like to participate in the New blood on the block?
Here is the rules
1.follow my blog
2.Comment! When I seen new people comment I see if they have a blog and if yours is new I just may as you to participate.
3.You can email me and let me know you would like to participate.You can find my email under contact
4. You have to have under 100 followers.

I wont be hosting a Dec. New blood book blogger on the block, but I will be on the look out for January's
 

New Blood book blogger on the block (Oct 2010)

The New Blood Book blogger of Oct. is Danielle at Romance Book Junkies.  Danielle maybe new, but she has a great blog that she keeps updated. I love visiting it during the week to see what she has posted.

Hi Laurie,
Thanks for having me as one of your Blood Book Bloggers. I love your blog and I'm honored.

Laurie-Would you tell us a little about yourself?

Danielle-I am 29 years old. I am a romance book junkie all the way. I am married with two children. I also go to college part time majoring in Business Administration. My favorite genres are paranormal and historical romance but I am usually up to try anything. I like my books hot and steamy so most of the books I read are adult. But I do enjoy some of the YA books out there like the Vampire Academy series. Besides reading my favorite hobbies are oil painting and shopping. : ) 

Laurie-Why did you start a book blog?

Danielle-I started a book blog because I read so many books and I wanted to share my opinions with other readers that like the same type of books I do. I've read so many wonderful books with no one to share it with. At least with someone who cares. My husband only gives me the blank stare. hehe I also love reading other peoples responses to books I've read. Blogging is just a labor of love and I think I would still like doing it if I only had one follower.

Laurie-What’s your favorite thing to do on your blog?

Danielle-My favorite thing to do on my blog is the author spotlights and giveaways. I always do an author spotlight featuring an author I have read and enjoyed. Then its always exciting to interview them and to give my readers a chance to enjoy the author's work as well by hosting a giveaway.

Laurie-What are some of your favorite reads?

Danielle-The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series
The Twilight Series
The Hunger Games Trilogy
The Fyne Witches Trilogy

Laurie-Who are some of your favorite authors?
Danielle-J.R. Ward
Stephanie Meyers
Nora Roberts (her paranormal stuff)
Richelle Mead

Laurie-Do you have a good tip to give a upcoming book blogger?

Danielle-Get out there and visit other book blogs and make some friends. You can learn a lot from your fellow bloggers and their usually very willing to help you out.
I also think that its important to post almost everyday and try not to make all your posts really long. Some people like shorter posts that don't take up a lot of their time.

Laurie-Any advice for up coming blogger?
Danielle-Have fun!

Now that you know a little about Danielle please visit her blog Romance Book Junkies
You can comment or leave a question below for Danielle.


Would you like to participate in the New blood on the block?
Here is the rules
1.follow my blog
2.Comment! When I seen new people comment I see if they have a blog and if yours is new I just may as you to participate.
3.You can email me and let me know you would like to participate.You can find my email under contact
4. You have to have under 100 followers.

New blood book blogger on the block

I wanted to start something new to help upcoming blogs that are followers. I know how bad it is to get followers. So I hoping this will help a few fellow bloggers during the year to get stated. I am calling this New Blood book blogger on the block. If you would like to participate keep reading you'll find out how LOL....


I recently had a lady Lydia (code name lonewolf) commenting on my blog. She made a book blog for herself, now named Paranromal Reads . As she kept commenting I starting to follow her blog. She email me one day for some help with her blog, I love to help when I can. Well little did I know how much my blog influenced her until I asked her to do this new ideal I have to be the New Blood on the Block.

I want to welcome Lydia, she will be stopping by later today, so if you want to ask her a question feel free to.

Laurie-Hello Lydia. Thanks so much for coming on my blog today. Now would you tell us a little about yourself?

Lydia-Thanks for having me Laurie. Okay, a little about me. I'm an inspiring writer, I've worked on some of my own stories, but I haven't been published yet. Don't worry, I haven't given up hope. When I'm not writing, or doing homework, I'm reading like crazy. The funny thing is that I used to hate English. The thought of it made me gag. *smiles* I think my English teacher from middle school would be surprised to find out that I'm a book lover now.

Laurie-Would you tell us about your blog?

Lydia-Sure. My blog is about paranormal books. They don't have to be romance (though i do love me some romance) but they have to be paranormal; vampires, werewolves, witches and wizards, dragons, ghosts, zombies. Well, I haven't read a story about zombies yet, but there's always time. Anyway, I read books and give my review on them - most of the time the books turn out good - and I'll either recommend it or not. I also have a little thing I call Delicious Photo of the Week on the side that I'll change every Friday. It's just a little eye candy for the blog. You always need eye candy. *grins*

Laurie-How long have you been blogging?

Lydia-Um, since June 2010.

Laurie-Why did you start your book blog?

Lydia-You. I read an interview you did on Kate Douglas and fell in love with your blog, so I made my account to follow you. I'll be honest that at first I was in for the giveaways you were doing that week (which I won one), but then I read your reviews and loved it more. Then I saw your Humorous Paranormal Challenge and wanted to do it, since I was really into reading, and wanted to do what you were doing. I wanted to read the books, review them, and let people in on what the books were like. At first it was only for the challenge, but I liked doing it and wanted to continue doing it after the challenge, so I did.

Laurie-What’s been the hardest thing to do in starting your blog?

Lydia-The design. Oh my God was that a lot of work, and it wasn't even that good in the beginning, but it was a start I guess. Once I got some pointers from a certain someone - Laurie - I got my blog in order and now I love it.

Laurie-What one advice would you give to an upcoming book blogger?

Lydia-Be patient. Your blog isn't going to come together overnight and you're not going to get the number of followers you want overnight either. You're definitely going to want to follow and look at other book blogs to get an idea on how to do it. Sorry, I guess that was two pieces of advice. Most importantly, be patient.

Laurie-What are some of your favorite books?

Lydia-Oh come on Laurie. That's not fair. That's not a fair question. I don't want to leave any out, but I'll answer as best I can. Let's see . . . there's Blink Of An Eye by Ted Dekker, Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie, Anna Stuart, Lani Diane Rich, Indigo by Graham Joyce,The Nightwalker series by Jacquelyn Frank, Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, Ghost Hunter series by Victoria Laurie, and the Detective Kara Gillian series by Diana Rowland.

Laurie-What are some of your favorite authors?

Lydia-Another unfair question, Laurie. But I'll answer as best as I can again. There are a lot so some are; Jacquelyn Frank, Patricia Briggs, Diana Rowland, Kathy Love, JR Ward, Linda Howard, Ted Dekker, Lori Foster, Victoria Laurie, and more but I won't go on.


Laurie-Is there a special genre you like best to read?

Lydia-Of course, paranormal. There's also urban fantasy and . . . BDSM erotica. There's something about BDSM that appeals to me. I think its with how a submissive can have total trust in their Dom that they completely let go and let their Dom push them to a pleasure they've never known. The first one I ever read was Skin Deep by Anna J. Evans and it was hot.

If you enjoyed this interview stop by Paranormal Reads and follow if you leave a comment on the post she made she will be glad to follow back she is like me always looking for new books to read!

Would you like to participate in the New blood on the block?
Here is the rules
1.follow my blog
2.Comment as much as you can and don't go over board LOL..
3.You can email me and let me know you would like to participate, but I will be on the look out for new bloggers that comments.
Last you have to have under 75 followers.