#whyibookstagram

Several have spoken and Tina @tbretc wants to know why we Bookstagram. Why l Bookstagram #whyibookstagram I’m a middle-aged grandfather - married for 33 years to Meredith. I don’t really look like the typical #bookstagram demographic but I did win a trophy for reading the most books once in the library summer reading program (1974 😮) About as “book nerd” as you can be 💁🏼‍♂️ 🏆 My first book post was in 2015 of The Rosie Project. I started posting books mostly as a way to keep up with what I had read. And to find some new book recommendations. And then I discovered all these people who liked books as much as I did. 😮 And l would comment on a post that l had enjoyed a book and they would comment back. Who knew that something that was always an escape could become a great place to engage. And now I’m sitting in my home library with a big TBR stack - many books l never would have looked at before. I get a blue #botm box every month with some great reads. Meredith is reading with me and there are people all over the planet happy to talk about books. Sure I’m a little envious when someone gets an ARC of a book I’m looking forward to (Looking at everyone with a copy of Anxious People right now 👀 😄) But good for them for developing publisher relationships. I’ve started reviewing on @netgalley more and getting to enjoy some early reads. I like reading the books that are outliers and showing you some reads you may not have seen. (Like the You Don’t Know My Name series from @kristenorlando ) And I like seeing books l would have missed before. To those who have become my book buddies, thanks for this place we call Bookstagram. Happy reading! #bookstagram #bookshelves #bookswithcharacter #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookreview #hardcover #bookcollector #bookhaul #bookspines #goodreads #homelibrary #fiction #crimefiction #thriller #bookcollection #midnightatthebrightideasbookstore #mrpenumbras24hourbookstore #littleparisbookshop #thebookseller (at Ballentine, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAa4MwWAJiw/?igshid=1buodnjyg3yix

Good morning my lovelies!!! I was tagged a few times for the #meetthebookstagrammer and #whyibookstagram 📚 and I felt that this photo from @paperlyandco mystery box contest was dying to be seen by the world. I also felt it captured the essence of both those tags 😂 I’m Jena, and I #bookstagram because I love books. I love reading them and I’m also writing them, and what better life can there be than to surround myself with people who also love books? It feels like a win win all around. As for introduction? Let’s see 🧐 I am a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, dystopian and YA. I have a fond appreciation for thrillers and horror and will from time to time read contemporary or literary fiction. I review books, so those genres run the spectrum. I am writing my second novel, none published yet. 👩🏼‍💻📚👩🏼‍💻 This is the year for submitting. I own @mysticalmischiefshop because I have an obsession with magic and dragons. ✨🐲✨ I love a good villain, am a sucker for tragedy, and have a massive addiction to coffee. ☕️🖤☕️ I also write for @bookloverscoffee which helps my addiction so that’s a total WINWIN!!!!! This little coffee bean in my photo is Iyla. Therapy dog and sidekick, she frequents my stories a lot. Her and her brother demanded their own page @bibliopaws because they’re total divas 🐾🙄🐾 since we were aiming to capture an eccentric dark wizard, I think we nailed it, it made me think of being an adult at Hogwarts. 🧙‍♂️✨🧙🏻‍♀️ I think I would be an excellent defense against the dark arts professor but I would also like to teach history of magic (or muggles). If you got your letter from #Hogwarts BUT instead of attending it was to teach, what subject would you teach and why???