Why You Should Start A Book Blog *from a hobby blogger*

[@marletetriestoread9112]

THATS so true actually I feel like on videos for example KZbin we can’t really express everything we feel towards a book and we may feel nervous to speak about what we truly like/dislike about a book! AND OMG WRITING TOO! That would help so much! Girl omg I’m getting hyped for this! OLAY BUT YOUR OPINIONS ARE ALWAYS VALID! AND YOU MATTER SO MUCH I LOVE YOU

[@bellecanread]

books&violets yeah! it can be scary honestly expressing how we feel on youtube with our faces are out on display while we struggle to make coherent sentences 😅 i personally haven’t experienced it, but youtube comment sections also seem like they can be brutal sometimes haha 😬. blogs are nice bc they can shield you with a degree of anonymity! AND YES WRITING! they’re truly so helpful for that 😅. thank you so much, marlete - you’re always so nice 😭💛!

[@dearrivarie]

definitely agree with all your points! I find that no matter how busy I get and how many breaks I take, I always end up coming back to the book blogging community - I used to think my blog had to be solely about books but it's definitely more of a digital journal for me now. I do want to get better at interacting though, it's been a recent development for me but I'm working on making it more natural/comfortable 😂

[@bellecanread]

dearrivarie wooo, i’m glad you agree, riv! oof, i feel you - my impromptu hiatuses are more regular than my blog posts 😂. but, it is always so nice to come back! it’s a really nice constant to have in life 🙂 (not to be dramatic hahaha). 100% interacting can be scary and uncomfortable lol. although, i’ve really loved chatting with you recently, and you seem really natural to me 😂💛

[@cutecatthy97]

#2 and #3 is so accurate for me i need to work on writing and i also am not so comfortable with showing my face on camera but all that ends 2021 for me ❤️. Thanks so much

[@bellecanread]

i hope you can feel better about those things this year 🙂! thank you for watching this 💛!

[@estherprentice9585]

I really enjoyed your video. You are very articulate. You come to the point of your message and not spend time gabbing and/or adding distracting, useless phrases. For this reason I have subscribed to your channel.

[@bellecanread]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@hannahsturgess3289]

I've been on the fence for ages about starting a book blog and so much of what you've said in this video resinates with me!! I just need to think of a name...

[@bellecanread]

Yayy!! Did you ever think of name? 🙂

[@FableFanatic96]

I had a blog first. But I can't do both of them. So just decided to do booktube. Can't wait to see your blog.☺️💕

[@bellecanread]

celebrityreadshush ooo that’s cool! i completely get you though - it’s hard balancing both. thank you so much 😄!

[@marletetriestoread9112]

OH MY YOUVE BROUGHT UP SO MANY GOOD TIPS SOMETIMES I don’t want to film because of my appearance but with blog it makes it so much easier!!! 💕💕

[@bellecanread]

books&violets the struggleee 😂💕!!!

[@susanisreading5009]

aaa thank you for this video ive been wanting to make a blog and this was so helpful

[@bellecanread]

susanisreading i’m glad you could find it helpful!! that’d be really cool if you end up making a blog 😄💕!

[@sophie8479]

I loved this video and I think you covered it all !! That is a really good point about it acting as a digital journal as you get to see things in your life from what you say!! And yes the book community is the best !! Also it is has definitely made me more confident in written communication too like at the start I probably sweating about sending a comment but now I'm used it as just feel much more comfortable !! I do love the book discussions too as they do really make you think about things differently!! Great video!!

[@bellecanread]

Sophie thank you so much, sophie - i’m really glad you could agree! the book community 😩🙌🏽. and i feel you, commenting used to be the scariest thing ever! i still don’t comment on some people’s blogs because i get intimidated 😅, but it has definitely gotten waaay better in time. thank you for watching this and for sharing your thoughts 😄💛!

[@kirawasadiver]

such a CUTE INTROOOO AAAAARGGHHHHHH, that's so amazing that you have a huge archive of all your thoughts for years on books and reading. youtube sorta is like a blog in itself, but you're right - a written blog is another great way of sharing/archiving bookish thoughts.

[@bellecanread]

kirawasadiver thank you, kira 😄!! haha it is pretty cool, even if the older posts are pretty 💩 lol. one of the reasons i wanted to start a booktube actually was because i thought it would be cool to have another sort of archive but in videos!

[@kirawasadiver]

@@bellecanread we LOVE some good cataloguing of our lives

[@bellecanread]

kirawasadiver truly 😂

[@bespectacled]

Yesss girlie! Blogs are so much fun! Also, the little illustrated transitions and your sweater are so, so cute! xx

[@bellecanread]

bespectacled hahaha they really are! thank you 😄💖!!

[@YellowLotte]

Love your intro graphic :)! The community was definitely a big reason for me to start my book blog, because I wanted to talk about books with people who wanted to talk about books and not just benevolently nod at me as I rant :'D Lovely video :)

[@bellecanread]

Lotte thank you 😄!! hahaha right?! i really appreciate that my friends/family will listen to me ramble, but sometimes you just need to talk to people who have read the same books and can understand 😂. thank you, lotte 😄!

[@hilarybatista340]

Starting a book blog seems like such a fun idea:) I’m definitely going to check yours out!

[@bellecanread]

Hilary Batista it really is so nice that have! thank you, hilary 😄!!

[@marletetriestoread9112]

YOURE SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVED THIS VIDEO SO MUCH YOURE SO ORIGINAL I LOVE UUU

[@stayathomedaughter13]

Ok, you convinced me! :)

[@bellecanread]

Savannah Munoz yesss!! you should drop your link here whenever you start it - i’d love to check it out 😄!

[@ArminReads]

love this! making me want to start a book blog :,)

[@bellecanread]

Armin Panjvani thank you!! yesss, it’s worth it!

[@yousefyounan2618]

One day you will be big remember me cus i am gonna be big to! Dont give up!

[@thecraftyveronicareads]

I'm so glad I came across this video! I've been kind of thinking about starting one, but I'm not sure. I'm already on Bookstagram and have a hard enough time as it is to come up with things to say....I don't have the words, lol. But when I do post, I feel like it's super long and I hate that. I'll have to think this through. Thank you for creating this video! :)

[@bellecanread]

no problem, i’m so glad this could be helpful 😄! i can relate to that haha. one time i was trying to write a mini review for an ig caption, but i ended up making a blog post from it instead because it got too long 😅. best of luck of with your blog if you decide to make one!

[@raeleecarpenter4528]

💖 this! Very well-considered.

[@bellecanread]

thank you for watching this 😄!

[@Brenda_Edwards]

I know you made this a year ago but is it free to blog or does Wordpress charge?

[@mishelly]

I have a BookTube channel but I’m considering a blog to work on my written reviews. I write my reviews for my videos. But i want to go back and share my reviews to Goodreads and make it easier to share my reviews for ARCs or whatever. What platforms do you think are good for blogs? I have used blogger but it’s been over 10 years I don’t care for it that much I like Wordpress it’s hard to learn but I like the options to have pages for different topics. But limited for sharing media for free! Kinda need to share book covers.

[@bellecanread]

that sounds like a really great reason to make a blog! i’m not well-versed on different blogging platforms 😅, however i personally use Wordpress and really enjoy it! i think it’s awesome because it has a super expansive, yet tight-knit book community which makes it relatively easy for your blog posts to be found. it can take some time to learn, but there are a ton of blog posts made by book bloggers about how to get started on Wordpress - i linked some in the description box 🙂. i hope this helpful! let me know if you have any more questions!

[@mishelly]

@@bellecanread thank you! I’ll definitely check out the links!

[@CelineAdobea]

this is such a nice video! thorough and simple, thank you for sharing :) And congrats on creating a video and showing yorúr beautiful face 😄 it really does take courage

[@bellecanread]

thank you so much, celine 😄!

[@marletetriestoread9112]

Did you do the illustrations yourself!!! 💕💕💕

[@bellecanread]

books&violets i used canva to make the transitions and the illustrations were available for free 😂💕

[@yingchen3826]

I had so many of the same reasons as you for starting a book blog! I'm still pretty new in the book blogging community though, so I don't know how to advertise and stuff :")

[@bellecanread]

Ying Chen glad you can agree! it’s a bit hard to navigate at the start, but visiting different book blogs, or “blog-hopping”, and commenting was how i met more people while “spreading my name” lol! also, linking back to people’s posts helps in being more part of the community! recently, i made a twitter and that made it infinitely easier to find new book blogs and for people to find me too 😅. feel free to drop your link here if you want haha. thank you for watching this 🙂!

[@yingchen3826]

@@bellecanread I see, Thank you for the advice! you don't mind if i drop the blog here? Thank you so much, i really appreciate it!! It's thispotatoblogs.wordpress.com. Thanks for helping out the new bloggers out there :))

[@bellecanread]

no problem!! good luck with your blog 😄!

[@sakarilacross9853]

Would you blog a selfpublished author's book?

[@bellecanread]

Like review a self published book? I've never before, but it would depend on if the synopsis intrigued me 🙂.

[@sakarilacross9853]

@@bellecanread ok, awesome:)

[@isabela9830]

i’ve been thinking of making a book blog and this just made me want to make it even moreee! i’m just waiting for my lil paycheck to pay for the domain 🥺😭

[@bellecanread]

Isabela wooo, thank you isabela 😄! i’d love to see your blog once you have it up!! did you want to start off with your own domain instead of using a free one 🙂?

[@ishieescorner]

i decided to keep a book blog long ago so that I won't forget my thoughts on the books I've read. I was so greatful for that blog bc I do some rereads sometimes and it's so fun to see how much my perspective change as time goes by. I restarted and created a new blog again but still kept my old book blog. In this new blog, I put everything in there books, personal and all other things that I love. There's not much there yet but if you wanna check it out: ishieemouie.blogspot.com

[@bellecanread]

bookish mouie that’s a really great reason to start! i find that writing out reviews and stuff definitely keeps the details of stories longer in my mind - and if i forget about them, i can just check past posts like you mentioned 🙂. that’s awesome that you started another blog and still kept the old one! i’ll definitely check it out 😄!

[@bellecanread]

oh wait - i couldn’t leave a comment because i forgot my email password LOL but i really loved your review for memory police!! i want to read more japanese novels, and it sounds like it was a really impactful story 🙂. also your blog design is so cute!!

[@AnjurDee]

Nice tip ....tap done

[@bellecanread]

Anjur Dee thank you!!

[@martacosta3410]

I love this!! I absolutely love book blogs, especially because it has allowed me to practise my writing skills, work with time management, get to know people with similar tastes to mine, and obviously, talk about books. I'm just sad it seems that people who read blogs are bloggers themselves, while booktube reaches a wider audience (I'd like to try booktube as well, but filming and editing a video can get so restrictive sometimes - especially with a schedule). :// @thebookmermaid

[@bellecanread]

Marta Costa Marta!! Thank you so much for watching this and sharing your thoughts 😄💛! I’m glad you agreed with my points! Also, yes! Reading book blogs is such an underrated thing 😕. A lot of time, I actually prefer to read blogs over watching booktube videos because I feel like I can read them faster than watching videos 😅. But then, blog content and booktube content is quite different, so I get how people have their preferences 😕. That would be so cool if you start a booktube one day! You’re right though - filming can definitely take a lot of you, and the whole process can be difficult to fit into a busy schedule.