{"id":390,"date":"2008-09-22T05:11:50","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T09:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2008-09-21T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T14:33:13","slug":"book-blogging-survey-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"Book Blogging Survey Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amy from My Friend Amy sent all of the official blog participants these survey questions.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought I&#8217;d answer them and share them with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>1) What is the craziest place you&#8217;ve ever read?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>I suppose the craziest place would be wherever I can take my PDA with me.\u00c2\u00a0 The last year or so I&#8217;ve read ebooks on my Palm.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s especially nice when I&#8217;m working on a book review for a publication.\u00c2\u00a0 Though nothing can replace the feel and weight of a book in my hands, they don&#8217;t always fit well into my purse.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2) How many books are in your TBR pile?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At last count <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/catalog\/astults&amp;tag=To%2BBe%2BRead\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LibrayThing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span> had me at 137 books.\u00c2\u00a0 They are scattered throughout the house.\u00c2\u00a0 I have two bookshelves by our fireplace with TBR books and three boxes in the basement.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a box of books unaccounted for that I haven&#8217;t been able to locate so there may be more than 136.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3) How many hours a week do you spend on reading? <!--more--><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>I try to read for 30 &#8211; 60 minutes a day.\u00c2\u00a0 On the weekends I can usually find more time to read.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>4) How many hours a week do you spend blogging?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>When I first began it was only a handful of hours.\u00c2\u00a0 The giveaway posts announcing giveaways on other sites and blogs used to take the most time.\u00c2\u00a0 You wouldn&#8217;t believe how hard it can be to find recent book giveaways listed on Google.\u00c2\u00a0 Now I confess I cheat a little on\u00c2\u00a0giveaway posts&#8230; I usually go to LibraryThing first to see if there is anything my regular site visitors might want to read.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>5) What&#8217;s been the best experience you&#8217;d had since you started blogging about books?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The best experience would be the comments.\u00c2\u00a0 They are nearly always surprising in some fashion.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes authors stop by because they&#8217;ve seen my name on some of their book tour stops.\u00c2\u00a0 Or someone on the other side of the world found me through a Google search.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy from My Friend Amy sent all of the official blog participants these survey questions.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought I&#8217;d answer them and share them with you. 1) What is the craziest place you&#8217;ve ever read? 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