When I set out to start this blog I was doing this for my friends in real life *hey I have a couple of those*. What are you reading now? What have you read lately that has been really great? I thought I need a place to put all this so they can come see. So I started SupaGurl Books, I use SupaGurl as my online presence and have for years... Why might you ask well... I am a MOM you have to be super to do that everyday! My love for Supernatural also came into play. I have mad, mad love for that show the hubbs and I started watching it from the pilot and yeah I was lost to it. Yeah ok so now that I have bored you with that little tid bit of info LOL.. Here are some things I wanted to mention on my 1 year.
First to all my blogger buddies:
Thank you to all of you who have answered questions, helped me out and basically been really awesome people! A few in particular are Andrea from The Bookish Babes , April from Sim~Sational~Books , and Rachel from Fikshun and all her other blogs lol. Dee from GoodChoice Reading These girls are amazing and I am so glad I have gotten to know each of them.
The book blogging community is made up of amazing people. Each of them go into blogging for different reasons but we all have major love for books and the people that write them. I for one have learned to spread the word far and wide on the web and exactly how to do that. We all want people to read and enjoy the great books that we read.
For all and I mean All amazing Authors:
Before I started blogging I would read and be like oh WOW that was great! My husband would let me talk to him about it *sometimes rolling his eyes... alot* Now though I get to jump on the net, hit up facebook or twitter and chat up the authors about this great story I just read. These people are freaking Great!! Before this year I have never met an author before, this year I have got to meet Charline Harris, Myra McEntire, Victoria Schwab, Jessica Workman, and just recently The Cassandra Clare!! Who have all been absolutely yes, you guessed it amazing in person! These people all spend their time writing the stories we all love then they also, take tons of time to talk to everyone on twitter and or facebook. Myra McEntire is the funniest person ever *I have told her this but she doesn't believe me* Victoria Schwab is super sweet and very funny also *She was also super sweet to my 9 yr old son when we met her*. Jeri Smith-Ready is always on her game and willing to answer questions and interact. Cassie Clare is forever answering questions too. Maureen Johnson is well .. there are no words to describe her LOL!
I am just really glad I got into this so that I can interact with all these authors and more!
Super Special Shout out to Self-Published Authors!!
These are some of the coolest people on the planet! No really I'm not lying!
I would like to start out with ... If for whatever reason you are not reading Self-Pub'd Books well you SHOULD BE! I have heard it all... they are not edited well, the stories are not any good that's why they are Self-Pub'd and on and on. Totally NOT TRUE for all of them! I have only come across 2 books that I could not finish and if you look at my blog posts well a ton of them are for Self-Pub'd books. Now I have met a ton of amazing Self-Pub'd authors who are really special and of few of them are... Taryn Browning *she is so full of awesome I don't know how she doesn't esplode!* I have been really blessed with a great new friend! Everyone needs to be reading her book!!, Matthew Merrick he is such a nice guy and full of the funny *did I mention he's a hottie* and an intensely great writer *also still waiting on my signed poster if he ever makes them*. Megan Duncan really great, sweet girl and her books are just WOW. Megan Curd is just amazing and great to chat with. If you haven't read her books yet well Why NOT? SupaGreat writer! Angeline Kace and KC Neal *I group them together cause they are BFFs* are two wicked awesome peeps!
Seriously, you really should be reading Self-Pub'd books, they have some of the most interesting, emotional, and jaw-dropping stories and yeah well the Hottest guys ever!!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!
BOOKS!!
I have been exposed to so many new books since I have started this that I would otherwise Never have read. I have tons of people that I look to for their opinions on books and a few choice people *cough Andrea and April cough* that I trust explicitly because our tastes are so similar. I still find new blogs everyday... yes everyday and I also find new books to put in my huge, overflowing, needs a room of its own to be read pile!
Followers:
You guys are all super special to me! No really you are I have shrines and everything. I was just super excited when I had 10 and as of writing this I have 290 something... I'm beyond words and am blown away. I adore all of you and especially all the comments. I live for those as I'm sure all bloggers do. Also, everyone should have an April of there very own to comment on their posts cause I don't think I laugh *almost snort my drinks out* like I do when I read her comments.
You are now a huge reason why I blog! Thank you so much and I hope you all continue to stick around with me :) Keep the comments coming cause I eat those for breakfast and you don't want me to starve do ya?
WOW that was alot... jeeze I feel like if you made it through all that well You deserve a chance at my
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