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    1. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to Cuddlebuggery 6 Oct 12

      Do you give away books that may have been personalized to you? Would you mind owning a book that had another person's name in it? [16]

      I don't have any personalize books so I can't say. I don't mind owning things that are personalized to someone else. I have a CD signed by one of my favorite bands that's made out to a Jennifer, ha.

    2. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to Sarahbotbonkers 26 Sep 12

      For those who had used Feedburner, have you decided on an alternative already? What did you choose?

      I just went back to the native feed for Wordpress. It's a bummer that I can't keep track of the number of RSS followers I have but at least it's reliable.

    3. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to Sarahbotbonkers 16 Sep 12

      How many books do you read in a week? Do you immediately review a book after you read them or do you have a system? [3]

      Lately I've been able to read 2 books a week. I typically try to jot down my quick thoughts after I've read a book and then work on the actual review when I have the time.

    4. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to Formspring 11 Sep 12

      Who is your favorite Harry Potter character?

      The Weasley family. (I can't choose just one so I pick them all.)

    5. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to ohhannababyy 11 Sep 12

      Do you ever write out your reviews by hand before typing them up for your blog?

      Nope!

    6. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to ohhannababyy 11 Sep 12

      How often do you read other's reviews? Out of those reviews you read, how often do you comment?

      When going through my reader, I'll try to read reviews of books I've already read or that I'm intending to read. That might be 2 or 3 a day. I only comment if I have something to add to conversations (which sadly isn't too often).

    7. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to MyEclecticBooks 30 Aug 12

      What is your opinion on book haul vlogs? Fun, boring, too time comsuming? [13]

      I think they're kind of boring and take up too much time. I'd much rather read a list of books. I skim over that pretty quickly!

    8. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to MyEclecticBooks 30 Aug 12

      Do you like watching video bookshelf tours? Why or why not? [6]

      Not really. They don't really interest me.

    9. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to ReadingInWinter 7 Aug 12

      I had an author send me a book for review, but I really didn't enjoy it -- it was choppy & very poorly edited. I wished her the best of luck, but said I wouldn't be able to review on my blog & never heard anything back. Is this normal?

      Yeah. If you don't like their book, many authors don't want to deal with you anymore. :-/

    10. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to MyEclecticBooks 7 Aug 12

      If you go to a book blog and don't see any reviews in the 3-4 posts showing does it turn you off? {I post 7-10 times a week but only 1-3 of those are reviews, 2-3 are memes and the rest are interviews, guest posts, cover reveals, giveaways etc} [10]

      Yes. I want to see a review pretty quickly. I don't want to have to hunt to find one.

    11. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to NinaReads 7 Aug 12

      With less than five months left of the year, are you on schedule with your reading challenge(s)? If not, are you ahead or behind? [25]

      For my Goodreads challenge, I'm 28 books ahead! I'll probably be able to finish the challenge within the next month or so since I only have 11 books to go.

      For my Roald Dahl challenge, I'm on schedule. I only have 4 more books to read!

    12. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to ohhannababyy 23 Jul 12

      Have you found that taking notes while reading helps when it comes time to write your review? If you don't take notes, then what methods do you use to remember all the important parts for your review? [2]

      I don't take notes too often but it does help when writing my review. I just draft up my review and then add any important thoughts/notes to that so everything is all in one place!

    13. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to Cuddlebuggery 12 Jul 12

      How often do you tweet new blog posts throughout the day? Only once? Multiple times? Do you use HootSuite? [17]

      Normally I just do it once. There's a new glitch with my Feedburner that tweets my post in the morning and the evening. It's actually working out nicely. I don't use HootSuite.

    14. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to MyEclecticBooks 2 Jul 12

      What stats/numbers should I show on my blog? [5]

      Probably just number of readers (not GFC because those numbers are usually skewed) and pageviews.

    15. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to LiteratureLion 29 Jun 12

      What do you use to keep track of blogging things? A planner? Google Calendar? Your head? How do you organize it? [2]

      Google calendar! It's fantastic. I work on my posts when I can then refer to my Google calendar about when to post it. I mark it on the calendar for the time I scheduled it to post so I don't double post.
      I REALLY should have been doing this from day 1 of blogging.

    16. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to LisaLovesLit 15 Jun 12

      When I get egalleys from Netgalley, most publishers want me to wait until 30 days before publication to actually post a review. But I'm wondering when I get an actual ARC, like I did from BEA, do I need to wait that long to post? [4]

      Yep. Pretty much all publishers ask you to wait until about a month before publication.

    17. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to MyEclecticBooks 12 Jun 12

      Do any on you listen to audiobooks on iPhones? Does it work well? [7]

      I have an iPod touch that I listen to my audiobooks on. It works well with headphones and without headphones.

    18. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to artsymusings 12 Jun 12

      Should I install CommentLuv on my blog or it's not necessary? [2]

      I think it's pretty cool.

    19. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to FairytaleNerd 12 Jun 12

      Shop or Read? [3]

      Read. Unless I'm shopping for books.

    20. Alison
      thecheapreader responded to FairytaleNerd 12 Jun 12

      What would you do if alcohol became illegal? [2]

      I'd continue on like I do right now. I don't drink.

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