Today, we are blogging about the books that other bloggers inspired us to buy and read. This is actually a hard question because I haven’t been keeping track! Almost everything I buy or take out from the library these days has been recommended to me by other bloggers. I really need to make a list with notes of who recommended what to me, honestly, or at least where I’d heard about it. I know which books I’ve seen on blogs and which books I’ve seen on, say, LibraryThing, but never just which bloggers are behind it. I blame my memory. Plus, I already made a list of bloggers I love and I don’t want to exclude anyone again!
So I thought I’d go back for a bit and instead list the books that I absolutely loved and would never have discovered without this awesome world of book bloggers. If you’re reading this and you reviewed or talked about that book, then I can almost guarantee you inspired me to read it at least in part.
- The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, and Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
- Nothing but Ghosts by Beth Kephart
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
- The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
- The Southern Vampire mysteries by Charlaine Harris
- The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
- Possession, A.S. Byatt
- Old Man’s War, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony and Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
- The first 2 vols. of Bone by Jeff Smith
And that’s just books I loved, that I’d read again tomorrow, that I’ve acquired on my own in some way, since April/May. It doesn’t include the 370 unread books I have, 3/4 of which I’ve acquired since I officially got involved in June 2008. It also doesn’t include any ARCs. Thank you, book bloggers!
What books have you discovered thanks to book blogging?
This is a great list of books. Reading down I see some that were suggested to me by bloggers as well. I blogged about Hunger Games myself, but recently Heather from Capricious Reader/High and Hidden Place as well as Drea from Book Blather gushed about Graceling so I’ve grabbed a copy of that. Of course Amy from My Friend Amy was directly responsible for my purchase of Nothing But Ghosts.
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I see a couple from your list that I read also thanks to other bloggers recommendation. But like you, there are so many of them in reality that it’s hard to list them all.
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I was just lamenting the fact that I could not participate in this entry, as most of the books I have read since December have come recommended from book bloggers, but I have not kept accurate records to give credit. I LOVE the way you wrote the entry and may copy it myself, if that’s ok.
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Terrific way to approach this meme. It is so true that the bulk of my reading now is somehow related to my blogging friends.
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I read The Thorn Birds in 2007. I loved it.
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Wow do you know Thorn Birds is absolutely the first book I read that was for adults. And that actually got me into reading… I jUST completely LOVE that book
You know I buy almost all my books and all are books I read about on blogs one way or other! And then I have this HUGE wishlist because of book bloggers… I blame and love them for the same reasons
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The Hunger Games is the one I chose as well. But really, I could have done a list like you!
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I always forget which blog mentioned which books, so I probably need to keep a list as well.
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I’ve been awful at keeping track of who recommended what book to me – I’m trying a spreadsheet. We’ll see how long it lasts. =)
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I was thinking about this meme earlier, but I have no idea who suggested the books that I’ve loved. Your list is a great way of doing it.
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I’ve had a wish list for a while, but only recently started writing down who inspired me to get the book, but I’ve been influenced by many bloggers, including you.
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Great list! I need to check out a few titles from your list and I’ve got a feeling they might end up on my wishlist too!
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I loved The Thorn Birds…and the Hunger Game and Catching Fire were on alot of peoples blogs today..going to have to add them to my TBR wishilist
SO want to read Possession, but I’m a little intimidated by it. I heard about that one through bloggers, too.
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Now I’ve got a list of new titles to check out! I’ve been meaning to read the Bone series for a while now – it sounds really good. I’ve had my eye on several other titles/series on your list for a while now, too.
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I’m not all that good about keeping track of who recommended what either. I wish I was.
I do know that, like you, I’ve discovered many wonderful books that I might not have otherwise through other bloggers.
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Thank you.