Today is a day to be thankful and I am so thankful for my family, friends and all the blessings I have in my life. I'm also thankful to be a part of this amazing blogging community so I thought I would share the bookish things I'm thankful for today.
E-Readers & E-Books
I love
books but I absolutely adore my Kindle Fire. I love being able to have all of
my books with me anywhere I go and I love that the covers are on the Kindle
Fire too. E-books also allow indie authors to publish their books and I have
read some really awesome books that I wouldn’t have been able to read without
an e-reader.
Kindle Highlighter
I love
book quotes and I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t highlight them. I
never want to mark up a paperback or hard copy with a highlighter or pen. Being
able to highlight quotes and passages while reading is amazing. Participating
in meme’s like Swoon Thursday would be a lot more challenging with out it.
Amazon One-Click
This is
probably NOT really a good thing to be thankful for because it makes it so much
easier for me to binge spend on books but I love it. Buying e-books on Amazon
has never been faster and more convenient!
Whispersync
Amazon
and Audible have this amazing thing where if you buy an e-book, you can get the
audio book at a super discounted price. It will also sync between your kindle
and the audio so you can listen and read the book at the same time.
NetGalley/Edelweiss
I love
NetGalley and Edelwiess and not because of the free books. Sure, it’s great to
get books free to read but I would gladly buy them. I absolutely LOVE getting
to read books before they are released because I have no patience to wait until
they are released.
Book Blogs/Blogging Buddies
I have
discovered SO many great new books and authors from visiting other book blogs
and chatting with other bloggers. I have also met some AWESOME people who love
the same books as I do and who have so much more in common. I have made some super
good friends through blogging and I am truly THANKFUL for that.
Book Boyfriends
Who
doesn’t love their book boyfriends? I know I do and I am so thankful to have
them around. Book boyfriends have definitely upped my expectations and I may
never find love again but hey, at least I have my books.
Authors
Last,
but certainly not least, I am thankful for AUTHORS. Seriously, without them we
wouldn’t have any of these bookish things. Authors take us into new worlds and
get us hooked on their stories. They bring characters to life that we connect
with and grow to love and hate. I want to thank all the authors out there that
treat their fans like friends and sign our books and connect with us on a
personal level. You make being a reader and a blogger even better than it
already is.
