70 Inspiring Book Blog Ideas To Keep Readers Coming Back For More
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Many times book bloggers wonder what they should write about or why they are not seeing a lot of blog traffic. As a book blogger, you can feel trapped within the niche or run out of book blog ideas for innovative posts. Writing review after review for advanced reading copies gets tedious.
However, there are a ton of unique topics that you can write about related to books, reading, literature, and blogging itself.
You can use ‘blog post idea’ generators, read others’ posts about book blogging, and see what your favorite book bloggers are writing about to get your own creative wine grapes smushed and fermenting. I also love to evaluate what is trending on Google Trends and Pinterest Trends.
But just in case writer’s block hits you like one too many Old Fashioneds late at night, here are 67 book blog ideas for beginners and novices. Find book blog post ideas, tags, general book blogging ideas, and book blog topics.
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Beginner Book Blog Post Ideas: Your Staple Book Blogging Posts
Like bread, as a book blogger, you want a few staple posts that people rely on day-to-day. You need some book reviews and book lists to gain street cred. A few ideas include:
Book Reviews
Review those books! You need the ever-steady book review with an authentic summary and opinion. Book reviews are the obvious choice for book blog post ideas, but keep them short.
Also, don’t write your opinion like a third-grader: “I liked this story because it was so fast-paced. I disliked when the boy kissed the girl. This part was SO amazing.” You think I am kidding, but I see this all of the time.
Write with personality, too. If you haven’t noticed, I curse like a sailor and compare everything to booze.
Book Lists & Round-Ups
Book lists are all the rage. I recommend writing more book lists vs book reviews for your book blog posts. People like choices and short, easy summaries. Make your book list posts fun and authentic. Choose books that people don’t normally read. Think about these book blog list topics:
Period Book Lists
For period/era book blog post topics, think WWII, Prohibition, Elizabethan England…you get the idea.
Indie Author Book Lists
There are tons of talented indie authors just waiting to be discovered. If you have a strong social media presence and a clear book review policy, they will find you.
Niche Book Lists
Think about what bloggers and entrepreneurs want to read. What about health fanatics? Leadership books are huge these days. More book blog ideas include foodie books, retellings, and macabre.
Famous People Recommend
People love book lists from Oprah, Jenna, and Reese. What about Obama’s book choices and famous authors?
Theme Lists
People love book lists all about dogs or the supernatural. Think outside of the box and pick one specific character, creature, and element. Run with it.
Seasonal, Special Day & Holiday Book Lists
Valentine’s Day books, anyone? Don’t make this a boring list, though. Think about scorned lovers, unique love, steamy romances, enemies-to-lovers, and books that shred apart love.
Don’t forget Black History Month, International Women’s Day, and all of those random holidays that people totally made up: avocado day…sure, I got this!
Favorite Book Club Books
‘Book Club Books’ is my top-performing Pinterest board, which sucks for me right now since I have no posts about them on my blog. I gotta get on that ASAP. People love book blog topics about book clubs, though. Tell their book club what to read next.
Books For Teens That Adults Will Love
Personally, I love YA, and I always sneak YA into my book blog posts. Tell adults who don’t read young adult fiction what will appeal to them.
Picture Books About A Specific Teachable Topic For Kids
Looking for book blog ideas for kid-related posts? Think kindness, the world, sharing, potty training, Christmas… Pick a theme and roll with it. Librarians and teachers love these lists too. Know your audience.
Favorite Audiobooks
Audiobooks are a huge niche that doesn’t always get a lot of love. Busy readers on the go want to know what books are worth their time in the car or at the gym.
Read Alikes
“If you like this book then you will love these books…” As a former librarian, everyone wanted to know what to read after the freaking The Hunger Games. That’s why I left my system. Just kidding.
Traditional-With-A-Twist Book Blog Post Ideas
A few book blog ideas that are fairly standard besides the typical book review include book tags, author interviews, book hauls, and blog tours.
Not-Your-Average Book Review
List 5 reasons why you should read a book or 10 things you learned from this title. Go for more catchy titles such as “Why [Book Name] Will Inspire You.” Or, try for top three character traits, 10 best reasons to read this book, or why you would sleep with the antagonist.
Book Quotes
One of the most popular and trending book blog post ideas on Pinterest, don’t skip book quotes. Write about your favorite book quotes in a non-cliché way.
Create attractive social media images for your quotes, too. These squares circulate well as Pinterest pins and inspire Instagrammers.
**Please also remember to credit your source. Huge influencers gone authors and motivators have tanked their careers for claiming others’ phrases as their own.
Book Tags
Book bloggers love book tags and circulate them on Twitter like a librarian handing out library cards at a school open house. These book tags are fun and a great way to attract new bloggers to your site. They help build community and backlink bloggers too.
P.S. You can make your own and circulate it. Should I start an Uncorked tag?
Cover Reveals
Publishers will send you top secret and coveted book covers to circulate on a specific date. Typically, you reveal the cover and build hype for the book. I personally don’t do these, but maybe if you had wine on the cover…or my cat.
Author Interviews
Truth be told for book blogging ideas: I find many author interviews tedious and boring in the book world if done poorly. Write engaging and authentic questions.
Think about what your readers will want to know and what provides value for them. Stop being so boring.
Community-Related Book Blogging Ideas
I love the book blogging community, and you can find TUL on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.
Community book blogging is great to support fellow book bloggers and find like-minded people. Picture bookish people meeting from all around the world. So what are some community-driven book blog ideas?
Guest Posts
Sometimes authors, publishers, and other bloggers will approach you for a guest post. While TUL doesn’t currently allow full guest posts for personal reasons, I do allow writers to contribute to book posts. I love having diverse voices and opinions on my blog.
You can ask your guest to come up with book blog ideas of their own, too. I like to pick niche bloggers — experts in fields where I lack. Sometimes guest bloggers can write about topics that I cannot.
Giveaways, Contests, and Awards
I could probably split these categories up but consider hosting bookish giveaways or creating engaging writing contests. Just like book tags, people love being nominated for awards too.
Use an award circulating on Twitter or start your own. You can do this for readers, book bloggers, bookstagrammers, and books.
Introduction To A New Book Trend, Hashtag Or Program
Book bloggers love their hashtags and campaigns. See what is trending on Twitter and IG. Write a post solely on that topic and share on social media using that hashtag.
For our Uncorked Reading Challenge, we use the hashtag #UncorkedReading[year].
Blog Tours
Publishers contact popular book bloggers with book blog post ideas for touring their books. They ask for book reviews, guest posts, interviews, and specific book blog topics relevant to new releases.
They sometimes ask that you list all of the blogs that they are touring on along with your section of the tour. This can be great for backlinks, too.
Many publishers or their authors will offer book blogging ideas as a guest contributor.
Favorite Book Reviews & Comments From Other Bloggers & Readers
Share the things that make us laugh. Did someone write a hilarious book review or comment on a blog, Amazon, or Goodreads. Tell me about it.
Monthly & Yearly Book Blog Posts Ideas For Return Readers
Tell readers more about your personal reading piles. What is sitting by your bed? What did you bring home from the library or binge buy during the last Amazon sale? What are you currently reading?
Did Not Finish (DNF) Books
Always proceed with caution when writing a bad book review. Personally, I decline a review altogether versus shredding a book or author. I don’t love DNF lists, but I know readers find them interesting.
Why did you stop reading a book? Who would like the title? Is it worth my time?
Book Hauls
Tell us what you brought back from the library. Tell us all. You just raided the bookstore with as much gusto as I raid a liquor store?
What are you reading? Make those books pretty AF and show them off in bookstagram pictures.
If you are desperate for book blog ideas, head to your local bookstore or library and walk around. Check out displays, take pics…or grab some coffee.
Monthly & End Of Year Wrap-Ups
Did you finish reading that book haul? Tell us what you thought. How many books did you read this month? What did you love? What’s new and trending that we should be on the lookout for? Here at The Uncorked Librarian, we run a post called “Currently Reading.”
Best Of…
Tell us the best books of a genre, the best books of the year, the best books of the decade, or the best in a silly category.
Talk About Yourself As A Person, Reader, And Blogger
Tell us about you. Why should we care about your bookish opinions? What do you do when you aren’t reading? What are your reading goals for the year?
Popular & Trending Book Blogging Topics
The Ultimate Book Blog Post Ideas Involve…Harry Potter Everything!
You cannot lose. I don’t even love HP that much. I know. Stop reading and go unfollow me everywhere now. BUT PEOPLE ARE POTTERHEADS.
Our pal Harry in any capacity sells. HP gifts, Harry Potter travels, and what house you should be sorted into. Seriously, god help me. I’m so over this but the public is NOT. Don’t forget: your blog isn’t about you. It’s not. It’s about your readers.
Oh, and J.K. Rowling is such a horrible person and hot mess: talk about that…
To Be Read (TBR) Piles
This pile f’ing taunts me. 200 books in?! Tell us what your TBR pile looks like. We will all feel your glorious pain because book bloggers are sadistic little nerds.
Book Blog Ideas All About Reading
Writing about books is fun and all, but you can also write book blog post topics about reading:
Reading Challenges
When January hits, so do the reading challenges. Readers and book bloggers alike love monthly and yearly reading challenges. Read a book that makes you cry. Discover a new mystery. Read a book with 1,000 pages. Bring it on!
This is TUL’s Reading Challenge opt-in, too:
An Online Book Club Book
In need of not only book blog ideas but also ways to increase reader engagement? Start an online book club chat. It doesn’t even have to be monthly.
Pick one book, tell all of your followers (maybe even do a readathon), and start a book discussion online.
You can visit The Uncorked Librarian’s chill little bookish community on Facebook, Uncorked Readers, here. We use our Facebook Group for our reading challenge and group reads.
How To Read More
Great book blog post ideas are ways to help your readers accomplish their bookish goals. Readers never have enough time to read.
Share your tricks and tips for reading more. Do you cut back on TV? Read for 30 minutes in the morning? Help everyone out here.
Reading Tips For Families & Children
How do you read as a family? Is your child a struggling reader or doesn’t love reading? Share helpful ideas that work for you.
Talk About The Power Of Local Libraries & Purpose Your Library Serves In Your Community
Spread the library love. What benefits does your library bring to you?
Book Blog Ideas To Stir The Pot
I love to stir the pot. Ranting about IG is my personal favorite. Honestly, people love a good, semi-professional rant (remember brands and businesses are watching sooo be careful). Book nerds love to engage in hearty debate.
What are appropriate blog post ideas for ranting book bloggers?
Trending Controversial & Stimulating Book Blog Post Ideas
See what is trending. Marie Kondo caused quite the angst and controversy in the book blogging world with her book chucking recommendations. Blog about that craziness.
Then, we have J.K. Rowling…
Or what about those authors that sign a name to the book that they didn’t even really write?
A Discussion About Required Reading
Required reading in school has its perks and downfalls. Discuss.
How about that horrid summer reading in schools? I loved reading as a child but not when the schools told me what crappy selections I had to read on my vacation.
Are Audiobooks Considered Reading?
I see this one all of the time, and I never get bored watching the world go wild. Yes, yes they are….but some people will argue that to the death.
Are YA books Just Junk Food For Adults or Do They Have Just As Much Merit?
I love YA as an adult. Sometimes people need to be converted over to the dark side. The same goes for Manga, comics, and graphic novels. Talk about their merit.
Reading Troupes
Chat about stereotypes, misrepresentation, and what is overused these days. Reading troupes breed endless book blog ideas.
Character Analysis
Team Werewolf or Team Vampire anyone? Which classic literary hottie would you bang?
Favorite Reading Spots And Environments
Can you read in a noisy cafe? Where is the BEST spot to read?
Book Blog Ideas About Literature
These book blogging ideas explain themselves. Blog about the merits of reading and literature.
Is The Movie Better Or Worse Than The Book?
Short Versus Long Books? Classics vs Genre Fiction?
Share A Poetry Analysis & Tell Us Why Poetry Matters To You.
Who Are Your Favorite Authors, Writers, And Poets?
Book Blog Ideas About Book Blogging & Writing
Some book bloggers who want to make money blogging or have a side hustle start writing about the art of writing and book blogging.
Remember that you should only write these types of posts if you have experience and have results to back you up.
A lot of newbie bloggers blog about blogging and unintentionally give bad advice. Don’t. Also, don’t copy anyone else…
Bookstagram
Many bloggers use Instagram to share their bookish reviews and posts. Bookstagram tips or ideas are perfect to get people started. Share how to take pictures, caption ideas, and props you love.
Strong Bookish Hashtags
What hashtags do you love and why? Which hashtags bring you engagement, and what ones are overused?
Why Blog?
Tell the world why you love blogging. How can they blog too, and what are some incentives. The book blog post ideas here are endless.
How To Write Blog Posts
Discuss what goes into a solid post: SEO, backlinks, and how to use headings.
How To Write A Unique Book Review
What information should book bloggers include in their reviews? Disclosures, book information, summary, and opinions.
Writing Tips
Some people are born writers and others need advice. Share your favorite writing tips.
How To Make Money Book Blogging
These days, everyone has a side hustle. Talk about sponsorships, affiliate marketing, and ads.
Feature Other Book Bloggers
Although we are the coolest book bloggers we know, share your favorites and show them some love. Let your readers know who you like following.
How To Increase Blog Traffic
Bloggers work long and hard on posts and generating book blogging post ideas. Share tips for how to get readers and bloggers coming back to your site: newsletters, Pinterest marketing, and IG stories.
How To Create Engaging Book Blog Posts
Every year, new platforms and ideas arise. Share your book blog post ideas and writing prompts.
Book Blogging Terms
Book bloggers tend to forget that not everyone is familiar with their lingo. Define terms in a fun way for your readers.
How To Use Professional Reviewing Services
Free books? Free advanced reading copies? Book bloggers and readers want to know how to gobble them up. Dish and gossip away.
Share Freelancing Tips
Are you a freelancer or do you have other reading and writing skills/services? Provide value to your readers and share your advice. Maybe others need book blogging ideas and could use your content.
Talent & Hobby Book Blog Ideas
I always believe in staying close to your niche. I see bloggers create these stranded island posts that are not even remotely related to their niche. Yup, I used to be one of them too.
STAY ON NICHE. With that said, you can still blog about books and bookish things.
Showcase Your FanFiction
Are you a writer? Fanfiction is geeky fun. Create a section on your blog dedicated to your fanfiction.
Display Your Short Stories
Just like fanfiction, share your writing. Any writing. Although this may be harder to market on Pinterest, your genuine following will love it.
Do You Love Bookstores, Libraries, And Bookish Cafes?
Showcase places for book lovers. Tell us about them. Take us with you.
Favorite Nerdy Games
There are a ton of fun games out there. You can make great affiliate link sales this way too.
Geeky Stuff And Collections
Do you still have that giant Pooh from when you were 5? Did you find a Little Prince thermos in Brussels? Do you collect Pop! Funko? Take all the pictures and post away.
Favorite Movies, Podcasts, And TV Series Related To Books
Gosh, I love Riverdale, Orange is the New Black, and The Handmaid’s Tale.
Books Related To Other Subjects
Tie books into your passions. Pair books with recipes or wine… Some of the best book blog ideas are those that involve food and books.
Crafts & Design-Related Book Blog Post Ideas
What is in your house? That sounds totally creepy, but people want to see your workspace and your library. Clean up the cobwebs and get sharing. Are your bookshelves in a rainbow pattern? Do you make book art? This unicorn magic is book blogging post gold.
Home Library Design
Home decor and home library design are my second and third heaviest trafficked Pinterest boards. And yup, I got nothing. GAHHHH. People love home decor ideas and seeing how you organize your books.
Book Art
At the library, we made tons of crafts out of books. DIY is fun and people love recycling their stuff. Show your audience how to make an owl out of an old discarded book. Make me a flower. How can I recycle my maps?
Favorite Book Covers
Get creative and pull together your favorite book covers. Discuss how you judge a book by its cover.
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Are you ready to get back to book blogging with these book blog post ideas?
I hope that you found these book blogging ideas helpful. I’d love to hear some of your favorite book blog ideas in the comments. Also, what book blog post ideas did I miss, and which ones are you tired of seeing?
This post originally published in February 2019 and is updated for the 2021.
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Christine Frascarelli
Christine (she/her) is the owner, lead editor, and tipsy book sommelier of The Uncorked Librarian LLC, an online literary publication showcasing books and movies to inspire travel and home to the famed Uncorked Reading Challenge. With a BA in English & History from Smith College, an MLIS from USF-Tampa, and a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship in Christine's back pocket, there isn't a bookstore, library, or winery that can hide from her. Christine loves brewery yoga, adopting all of the kitties, and a glass of oaked Chardonnay. Charcuterie is her favorite food group.
This is an amazing list! I will be implementing couple of these this month! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you so much–and thanks for letting me know. I am going to try to add a few more book blogging post ideas for 2020, too.
So glad to have found your blog – and this post, too. You validated some ideas I have for my own blog I started last year. Thanks to this post, I don’t feel I’m totally out in left field by posting both book reviews AND short stories/essays. Your site is very inspiring! I’ve followed you on Pinterest and can’t wait to keep reading more here!
Hey! Aw, thanks so much, Caryn. I am so glad that this post helped. I will look for you on Pinterest. I love pinning there. I hope you had a great weekend.
When doing a book blog do you have to write a book review on newer books that just came out within the pass year or so? Or can you write and review on older books like ones that came out in 2001 or 2010; something that’s not new and has been out for a while?
That’s such a good question! The answer really depends on what your book blogging niche is about. I write about books that are travel-related. Because of that, I try to do both new releases and older titles that readers love or may not have heard about. Some book bloggers solely discuss new releases. Others will only go back as far as 6 months. When I book review older titles, I review them more for comprehensive book lists (like books set in Iceland).
Lots and lots of inspiration here!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for the positive feedback!
Such a helpful post Christine! You seriously are awesome at teaching especially the way your very cool personality comes out in your writing. I love it!
I remember that we talked about our mutual indifference to HP.??? These who grew up reading & watching the movies are now in their twenties talking about what house their in. I will always be out of the loop with that. Oh well. I was starting college when it all started. I had no interest. At least people aren’t still talking about Lord of the Rings. At least I hope they aren’t.?
Awesome post as usual! Thanks so much! Maybe one day I will incorporate some of these ideas when I get faster at posting.??♀️
Aw, thank you so much! I really appreciate that.
I still have NO idea what house I am supposed to be in. I am not sure if I care, but I feel like I should care. Plus, we are literary bloggers so does that make us awful or awesome?!
Gahaha, Lord of the Rings died down quite a bit, IMO. Maybe…
You are doing a great job balancing work, your literary dates, and all of that ice cream! Plus, stalking the cute pups.
So, I was looking up “book tags” and would love for you to give me a simple run down of what they are? Are they just like IG and twitter hashtags? Thnx!
Hey Bri: I just saw the craziest one today; it was something like “The Apple Pie” book tag. Book tags are different than hashtags. They are blog posts that are themed where you tag a group of people to participate in fun questions. Book tags are usually loads of silliness/fun to do and are good for backlinks.
This is an example of “The Entertainer” book tag that I was tagged in via Twitter (it’s basically like a fun nomination that happens on SM or a blog): https://www.theuncorkedlibrarian.com/bookchoices/.
Damn girl, your post has me all fired up and inspired, and I’m not even a book blogger. You really outdid yourself with the overhaul on this blog post. Wow. There are so many great ideas here not just for book bloggers but for other niches, all they have to really do is swap book for travel or whatever else.
And yes, you need your own tag! I tried having one then I realize I just have no time to keep up with it. My IG account is still getting tagged with food pics.
You should start an online book club. Perhaps, I’d actually find time to read. HA. Although I did preorder Sarah’s book “Faker”. Sounds like such a great for the cruise. As you know my list is LONG all thanks to you and your amazing recommendations.
Looking forward to seeing where you take your blog as you niche down and follow your passions.
LOL! You have been so fired up and inspired lately. You are a posting machine. I think you’ve out posted me across channels this month lol, which is awesome.
I am glad that you find these topics helpful for other niches too. Ya just never know.
I rarely run into writer’s block, but I do get overwhelmed with how much I can write about and what I want to link together for SEO. Plus fixing up older posts is endless.
Your foodie hashtag was AWESOME and people were totally using it. You had such a fabulous idea! I love when people on Twitter tag me in bookish and boozy posts. Makes me feel memorable and relatable.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
So helpful! I recently just got into book bloggimg myself and I was wondering what else could I do besides reviews and this list Definitely helped me expand my horizons! I will definitely be trying out some of these!
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Hey! Thank you so much! I am glad that you found these blog post ideas helpful.
Hi Christine, thanks for the multitude of ideas! Very generous of you. I had a chuckle at your intro to blog posts that stir the pot. I only came across your blog a little while ago and I’ve been enjoying your writing voice too 🙂
Hey! Thanks so much for stopping by. I definitely find a lot more engagement on social media by ‘stirring the pot’ too.
P.S. I love your blog homepage! It is beautiful.
Hi! I just came across this post on Pinterest, and it’s amazing! I have two book related blogs right now (one for my author website where I usually post lists of books I’ve recently read, and one about an author’s journey to mental health) and have been looking for creative things to blog about more often. This list is perfect! Thank you!
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Yay! Pinterest is such a great search engine and platform to share ideas.
I am so glad that you found this list helpful. Thank you for your kind words.
I will also definitely check out your website for book suggestions–I love to see what others are reading, especially authors.
P.S. I think that I have pinned some of your content before…I know those sexy book covers ; )
My blog focuses on books and writing, so a lot of your suggestions fall under my own niche. In reality, the possibilities are endless. Even the list you gave opened up inspiration for even more ideas! So, thank you for such an insightful list 🙂
Hey Amelia! Thank you; I am so glad that you found this list helpful. Originally, I was aiming for fewer ideas, but then they just kept pouring out.
I really love a good list and this is a great one! I am glad that you love YA, too! The older I get, the more I believe that Young Adult refers to any adult that feels young enough to read that book. Any fantasy fiction that creates a whole new world is great to me regardless of the targeted demographic!
I got some ideas for my travel blog from this list as well, so thank you!
I’m so glad that this was helpful for your travel blog too! I love your posts and content.
I love YA so much! I was a teen librarian for awhile–which was a great excuse to read all of the YA that I wanted and start a teen book club.
Amazing list! I’ve been so uninspired lately but this is helpful!
Thank you! I am SO behind and exhausted (vs uninspired) lately, lol. We just got back from vacation, and just one week of not ‘businessing and blogging” is like AHHHHH!!!!!! I have to get writing. I’m sure your inspiration will return soon; I love your posts.
Great post with lots of useful tips !! I am sure to use them in future. I am 12 and just a month ago started a blog it will be great if you could visit my blog and give your feedback !
Hey Krisha! Thanks so much! Your blog is off to a good start.
One thing I definitely recommend right away is having a URL without the numbers. It looks a little spammy, even though your site is clearly not spam. Can you just use “thecozycorner”? You also really want to consider moving to self-hosting one day to get rid of the Wordpress .com in your URL. That’s seen more and more as unprofessional these days. You would just want cosycorner [dot] com. That does cost a little more money, though.
My second suggestion is to pick a tag line that tells people what value you bring to them and what your blog is about–more specifically than your current one. Book reviews and book discussions are extremely vague.
Also, if you just started, I would remove “blogging advice” unless you truly feel like you are an expert at blogging (which even after years of blogging full-time, many cannot do this either). A lot of book bloggers always seem to add that, but they aren’t experts/really don’t know what they are doing (and you can tell you are just starting based on your beginner level site); you will quickly lose the trust of your audience, which you don’t want to do. I’d focus first on the book aspect and what types of reviews you are doing/why readers would come to you. Typically, your audience is readers and not bloggers. I hope that makes sense! It’s best to pick one area and do it really really well!
Best of luck, and congrats on starting a book blog. I hope you love it as much as I do. Thanks so much for stopping by.
This is such an incredible and useful post of suggestions, Christine! Thanks so much for taking the time to put it together, book bestie!
Book bestie! Thank you! I hope this post truly helps someone with writers’ block. We’ve all been there.
I completely missed this blog post! I just noticed it on FB. Now I”m no book blogger, but there are a ton of great ideas for bloggers of other niches. Totally worth the read!
This one came out while I was in Iceland. So glad I scheduled it, but I didn’t start really promoting until now. I was just too slammed trying to see as much of Iceland as I could. My inbox was wild while I was gone, and I just let everything pile up…like blog comments. LOL. Thanks for reading as a travel blogger; I appreciate it.
Lots and lots of great tips. Thank you.
I’m happy to have found your blog 😀
Hey Jules! Thank you so much! I am looking forward to following along with yours too. So sorry for the delayed reply. We were traveling in Iceland with little wifi and time. But, I am back and loved seeing a new follower. Means the world. Thank you, again!