Happy Follow Friday!!
This weekly feature is hosted by
Rachel at Parajunkee's View
and
Alison at Alison Can Read,
which you really must go and check out!!
You can find the rules at the links above.
Join in the fun and make new blogging friends!!
This week's featured blogs are:
Shanan @ The Book Addict
and
Fran @ Books and Beyond
This week's question is:
It’s Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.
so we want to know what
you are thankful for –
blogging related of course!
Who has helped you out along the way?
What books are you thankful for reading?
This is not only an interesting question, but a spiritual one, as well. To begin with, I'm very thankful for this topic, because it gives me an opportunity to pause and reflect, and we all need to do that from time to time.
Well, when it comes to blogging, the very first thing I'm thankful for is the fact of blogging itself! However, I'd have to go further than that -- I'm thankful for the very existence of the Internet. Without it, there would be no such thing as blogging, no social networking at all, no place to share my love of books on a worldwide basis. So...yay for the Internet!!!
I'm also very thankful for the Blogger platform, which is the one I use. Barring occasional glitches, it has worked out very well for me! Also, it has the GFC widget, which I think makes networking with other bloggers so much easier. It also allows one to keep better track of one's followers. This is especially useful for those who are definitely not computer geeks, like me.
I'm very grateful to Rachel at Parajunkee, and Alison at Alison Can Read, for hosting this fantabulous blog hop! Without it, many of us wouldn't get a chance to meet each other!!
Of course, I also have to mention some very special friends in the blogosphere. These are supportive people who have delighted me with their wonderful, very interesting comments, as well as their pleasant personalities! Their blogs are just as terrific as they are! Here's a list, and I sure hope I haven't excluded anybody! (My apologies to anyone I might have missed. Do leave a comment, and I'll include you at once!)
Jessie @ .bibliophile. .anonymous.
Giselle @ Xpresso Reads
Kat @ A Myriad of Books
Amy @ Amy's Book Den
Ao @ aobibliosphere
yay @ Book That Thing!
Kimberly @ Kimba the Caffeinated
Katie @ Legacy of a Writer
Jamie @ Mithril Wisdom
Ron @ Stories of my life
Thanks to this blog hop, I have just met
two more wonderful bloggers!
Jackie @ Jackies Bookbytes
and
Amanda @ Book Love 101!!!!
I am also very, very grateful for my love of reading!! Without that, I wouldn't be blogging about books in the first place! My passion for reading is something I was simply born with. No one else in my family loves books as much as I do -- not even my Mom, who used to carry a book around with her everywhere she went, when she was younger. But she's not an obsessive book buyer. Me? Well...if Amazon and eBay were to give out awards for the customers who purchase the most books, I'm sure I'd win first prize! Bookstore salespeople know me very well, too. When I call one bookstore located a mere block from my job in downtown Miami, I say, "This is Book Addict! I'm looking for this particular book...." (Of course, they know my real name, too. Lol.)
I am especially thankful for the following much-beloved books! They have not only provided me with many hours of pure reading delight, but they have completely transported me from this boring reality I have to live in...
Charlotte Bronte
J.R.R. Tolkien
Stephenie Meyer
J.K. Rowling
Charles Dickens
Tom and Sharon Curtis
Elswyth Thane
Robert A. Heinlein
Daphne Du Maurier
Thomas Hardy
Ray Bradbury
Gee, I guess I'm truly blessed!
What are you all thankful for?
