I don’t think I ever talked much about bookstagram on my blog. I have always had a love for it, but never the means to be dedicated to it. Honestly, for a while even thinking about it was exhausting, but something author Gae Polisner said to me when I got a chance to speak with her stuck with me (well a lot of somethings, but those are for other posts).
When Gae first found my review of In Sight of Stars and thanked me for it on Twitter I was incredibly happy. When she went so far as to let me interview her and offer to let me Giveaway a signed copy of In Sight of Stars on here I was blown away, but it was in the conversation I had with her about returning her generosity by one day sending out her books to others when I could afford to, but her reply that what I am doing now and what she appreciated most made my heart feel full.
She told me that by blogging and sharing my love for books was already enough. That just by speaking about the books I love brought more people to discover authors works and that was invaluable. This re-sparked my love for Instagram, because it was the place where I would most repeatedly share the books of my heart. It made me realize that repeatedly sharing my favorite titles wasn’t a bad thing.
Every single time a new person sees your favorite titles it generates some form of interest. It invites a reader to learn more and as everyone knows for the most popular of books that form of ‘advertisement’ really works! It’s why we see books like the ACOTAR series and Illuminae everywhere on bookstagram. Individual interest sparked mass interest that fed upon itself. If I could help be a part of that for some of the lesser known books I have fallen in love with or even the popular ones I feel like I would be a success in what I want my instagram to achieve.
I may never be a huge bookstagramer. I may never have thousands of likes like some bookstagramers seem to generate, but I would be sharing the books I own and love and giving them a little boost from the love in my heart and I think that makes the whole thing worthwhile.
It goes for any book you love. Share it! At the end of the day it shows excitement for that book and it collectively influences the success of that book. So take pictures! Scream out your bookworm love on twitter. Blog your top 10’s again and again. For the sake of supporting the people who have inspired me I know I won’t be giving up on instagram any time soon.
Our voices matter! Even in places you would never expect.
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You sum up perfectly why we book bloggers do what we do. Its about sharing what we love with the entire world.
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Exactly! Gae just reminded me of it. I took so many pictures today and it’s all thanks to her belief in me rekindling that love for another part of the community once more.
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Gae believes in you. I believe in you. And 2.5K followers believe in you. NEVER forget that.
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Thanks! It’s a super awesome feeling! I really don’t want to let anyone down. I love this community and I never expected any of this. It fills my heart with so much joy and all I have ever wanted was to have a space where I could help someone in some way. To share what has kept me going. The people I’ve gotten to talk to you, other bloggers, Gae. It’s such a dream come true. It makes me so hopeful for the future.
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Definitely need to start taking pictures of books more often.
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Yasss!!! This is all I wanted from talking about this!!
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welcome
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I’m so happy to be back!
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I did nothing but read your beautiful review, for which I was grateful. The rest is all you. But I’m so very happy to be connected. ❤
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It’s been such a whirlwind month and few weeks.. I haven’t felt this positive and hopeful in a long time. The genuine kindness from you and others when so much is going on behind the scenes in my life makes me feels so full and happy. I’m in tears right now. I can’t believe that a simple and true love for books could have sparked all of this. I don’t know where I would be or how lost I would feel if I never opened a book or if my sister hadn’t pushed me to create this blog. I didn’t realize how much I needed to feel validated as a person. That even though my world had been seemingly gone dim that I had people coming into my life making it that much brighter. I’m so forever grateful. I can’t say that enough.
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Yayyy I wondered where you went on insta! I actually started a bookstagram myself recently as I’m trying to restart my blog and everything so I would love if you could check it out when you have some time? (It’s connected to my blog). I think I talked to you once on insta as fandxmqueenx (which is my fan account) in case you’re wondering who I am xxx
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Ohh, that’s so good to hear! I will go take a look at your insta! Thanks for letting me know. Instagram was getting hard for me because I felt like there were so many gorgeous instagrams and that I would never have enough items or books to show on my own, but I’ve learned that that doesn’t matter so much.. what matters is sharing the love fore books and creating a place for hype and conversation about the books we love most!
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Also can you link me your blog? The link next to your name doesn’t seem to exist anymore.
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I totally understand how you felt. I kinda felt that way too but I’m just really glad I discovered bookstagram and all the people there! (My blog is starrynightsreader.wordpress.com ) xx
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Idk how to link it directly
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Ok I got it! I will find you!
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This is so beautiful! I totally agree, blogging and bookstagram os about sharing our love of books, and it’s definitely what makes it so special
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Right!? I love how special it is! Books do so much for us as readers and it means so much to me that I can do something to give back to the community I love!
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This was such a beautifully written post!
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Thanks so much!! I really missed that part of the community and I just needed that extra push to finally return!
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Followed! I can’t dedicate time to the whole theme thing of bookstagram, maybe one day, but I do like to just post about books and stuff on there, followed you
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Thanks so much! I appreciate that! I will check out your insta as well!
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This is such a heartwarming post ❤ I'm really happy you're doing what you love and focusing on sharing the love for books, that's what matters the most and why we're all here, blogging or bookstagramming or doing these kind of things, for the love of it all before anything else 🙂 ❤
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That’s the truth of it! I felt like I had started to forget, but some amazing people in this community gave me the reminder I needed and I couldn’t be happier for it! ❤️
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Wow, such an encouraging post! However, I don’t really buy books, so I quit bookstagram a while ago. Instead, I stick to writing about them!
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That’s great too! I’ve seen some bookstagram that use e-books and stuff, but mostly that’s done with a little photoshop. But at the end of the day, doing what you can where you can is what’s important!
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Yayyyy! I just looked at your feed and it is amazing!
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Thanks so much!!! I do my best! ❤️
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❤️👌 keep up the good work
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