tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post1086513503234807060..comments2024-02-18T10:58:33.157-05:00Comments on so long and thanks for all the fish: Coming Out of the (Book Blogging) ClosetElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17058009271288566400noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-29227793110771927122014-11-22T21:11:08.186-05:002014-11-22T21:11:08.186-05:00I hope you do because as far as I know everyone wh...I hope you do because as far as I know everyone who knows that I have book blogs think it is great! As far as the reading YA thing, it is funny because none of my friends and family would think anything of that, but if I was reading and blogging about romance novels, now that I might want to keep a secret. :)La La in the LiBrArYhttp://lalatoadstone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-81929305765640094022014-11-22T13:30:51.469-05:002014-11-22T13:30:51.469-05:00You shouldn't be concerned - it's awesome ...You shouldn't be concerned - it's <i>awesome</i> you're so open with it! I don't think any of us who are reserved on that front even know why we feel so uncomfortable with it. Here's hoping eventually I feel as comfortable as you do!Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-70932518184381992992014-11-22T08:05:25.688-05:002014-11-22T08:05:25.688-05:00Wow, this should you tell or not concept is really...Wow, this should you tell or not concept is really foreign to me. Huh, I didn't even know there were bloggers questioning things like this. Maybe it is because all of my first blogging friends didn't consider things like this? Hmmm... should I be concerned? All of my friends and family know I book blog. Not all of them know I have a personal blog though, only because there are some more La La in the LiBrArYhttp://lalatoadstone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-60752279085828584322014-11-16T13:45:43.679-05:002014-11-16T13:45:43.679-05:00It sounds like a lot of us feel that way! It's...It sounds like a lot of us feel that way! It's funny how open we can all be, but when it comes to people we know it's like...NO. GO AWAY. DON'T READ THIS.Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-81707831140558891102014-11-16T13:07:38.228-05:002014-11-16T13:07:38.228-05:00I'm exactly the same way! I haven't let my...I'm exactly the same way! I haven't let my roommates see my blog, even though they know about it because I'm weirdly shy too! Good to know you feel the same!Barbaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-64486132887530781832014-11-15T20:45:25.470-05:002014-11-15T20:45:25.470-05:00I would definitely feel the most uncomfortable rev...I would definitely feel the most uncomfortable revealing the level of my dorkiness to my work colleagues for sure. I would be afraid it would undermine a little of the professional respect I need to do my job properly. You never know though. We all have our quirks:0).Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-35613535460785655972014-11-15T13:29:11.313-05:002014-11-15T13:29:11.313-05:00Clearly we are so very unbiased on the book bloggi...Clearly we are so very unbiased on the book blogging front haha! I'm finally getting comfortable with my family reading, which is kind of nice honestly. It's opened up some interesting conversations we might not have had otherwise.<br /><br /><br />Oops - I just got my blog hop post up a couple hours ago *guilty look*. Thanks for stopping by though! (And while my gif usage has declined Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-81786292140079697382014-11-15T13:26:48.393-05:002014-11-15T13:26:48.393-05:00I'm the same way if I have to make recordings ...I'm the same way if I have to make recordings of myself. It just makes me cringe! I don't write compositions, but I imagine that it would be a similar effect. There's just something really..intimate about it?Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-41912199425120820162014-11-15T13:24:03.621-05:002014-11-15T13:24:03.621-05:00Yesss! I'm lucky enough that I somehow ended u...Yesss! I'm lucky enough that I somehow ended up with a large geeky crew of friends as far as games and tv shows go, so luckily I can at least get excited about with them. Sadly, manga (or at least the genres I read), K-dramas, and books don't get the same outlet. And it's been so great talking to people here because it feels like everyone gets excited about lots of different things,Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-66575296132064088162014-11-15T00:34:24.680-05:002014-11-15T00:34:24.680-05:00What a great post! I'm so glad you did eventua...What a great post! I'm so glad you did eventually come out since book blogging is the coolest thing ever (IMO). I was very open with my family from the beginning but I rarely tell people about my blog. <br /><br />I'm also so glad you participated in the blog hop so that I could discover this great blog! Off to read more posts!<br />Ps.<br />Your giffage is perfect. Keep it up!Kat Kennedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-9378350207718700242014-11-14T04:44:33.550-05:002014-11-14T04:44:33.550-05:00I am so so soooo embarrassed of my writing. o.O I ...I am so so soooo embarrassed of my writing. o.O I don't even know why!!! I <i>should</i> be proud of it. It's art and it's something I'm passionate about, but I absolutely cringe any time someone mentions I'm a writer...and then I go hide. ;-) My family all knows about my blog and my parents read it! Which is awesome and supportive of them! But outside of my immediate family, Caithttp://www.notebooksisters.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-1265423924723698582014-11-12T20:46:33.007-05:002014-11-12T20:46:33.007-05:00Oh my gosh, thank you for this Elizabeth. No one ...Oh my gosh, thank you for this Elizabeth. No one I know in real life knows that I blog. The why of it is actually right in my blog name and I think in my blog intro. Obviously I get obsessed and dork out pretty hard about some pretty geeky things and quite frankly there is no one irl who is quite that geeky and I am embarrassed to share it with them. I am much more comfortable putting it out Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-30621015393133242592014-11-12T08:15:26.283-05:002014-11-12T08:15:26.283-05:00Nope, you (and I) are definitely not alone in this...Nope, you (and I) are definitely not alone in this judging by almost everyone else's comments!<br /><br /><br />Maybe that's what it is - we care more about what friends and family think of our writing than strangers. Which considering the somewhat personal level of my blog is a little backwards haha! But I also think that I don't have a lot of people in my life (physically) who areElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-17533113358291701302014-11-12T07:43:23.609-05:002014-11-12T07:43:23.609-05:00Right?? My brain is immediately like "uhhh......Right?? My brain is immediately like "uhhh....quick think of an excuse! I'm...writing an e-mail?" (My brain is not so good with the quick thinking or excuses lol). I'm actually pretty ok with mailing books because I do it for bookmooch (if you don't know what that is go check it out because it's AWESOME if you want to get your hands on an older book/have too many books)Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-63987370596834029552014-11-12T01:31:50.823-05:002014-11-12T01:31:50.823-05:00gosh and i thought i was the only one who felt thi...gosh and i thought i was the only one who felt this way all this time!! *hugs*<br /><br />even as i was happily blog hopping on the virtual world, i had qualms about telling my real family and friends about my blog at first. can't pinpoint what exactly i feared, maybe i wasn't confident enough about my blog then? i'm not sure if my real friends appreciated what i wrote on the internetaliciahttp://noverlythings.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-31950662809376555842014-11-11T19:31:05.547-05:002014-11-11T19:31:05.547-05:00Yeah, I know my mom and grandmother are regular re...Yeah, I know my mom and grandmother are regular readers, so I've finally gotten comfortable with the knowledge that they read EVERY SINGLE POST because they love me that much haha! (I get frequent phone calls discussing it. Ah the joys of living across the country from all of your family). Bahaha - I totally get why you want to do all of the posting. I'd be exactly like that too!<br /><Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-33128473086712425002014-11-11T19:27:27.857-05:002014-11-11T19:27:27.857-05:00I remember you posting about no one knowing about ...I remember you posting about no one knowing about your blog! It's true, it doesn't come up in conversation all that often. It feels weird though, because bloglovin is attached to my facebook, so I'm like...should I just pretend I don't know that you know about it? Or should I acknowledge it? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REACT ABOUT THIS?! I seriously have mental freak outs hahaElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-72210730846774852252014-11-11T19:26:27.197-05:002014-11-11T19:26:27.197-05:00I've ended up getting fairly personal on the b...I've ended up getting fairly personal on the blog, so I feel like I should be more ok about sharing it than I am! It just feels weird somehow. I think I assumed no one reads mine, but then every now and then one of my friends will say something about something I've posted here and I'm like...O.O (And immediately start double thinking everything I write haha)Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-19928119166863060732014-11-11T19:24:52.283-05:002014-11-11T19:24:52.283-05:00Right?! Like...why do we feel so weird about it? I...Right?! Like...why do we feel so weird about it? I just get paranoid - and I should be way more paranoid about strangers reading what I write than family/friends hahaElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-36367679758652454622014-11-11T17:58:42.337-05:002014-11-11T17:58:42.337-05:00Yes. yes this is exactly how I feel when it comes ...Yes. yes this is exactly how I feel when it comes to blogging. I'm kind of embarrassed when writing posts or commenting around the blogosphere and someone sees and asks what I'm doing. AND, especially when I get giveaways in the mail, I feel like my roommates are silently judging me, because neither of them blog. So yeah, I definitely keep it private, I don't know when I'll open Valeriehttp://innocentsmileyx3.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-61886163023611570152014-11-11T09:54:18.970-05:002014-11-11T09:54:18.970-05:00My mum knows about mine, and Amber since she was d...My mum knows about mine, and Amber since she was doing some posts (which is funny, because she was like <i>Why won't you let me post them myself?</i> and I'm like <i>It's my baby, go away.</i> My mum read one of my reviews the other day and was like <i>I liked how you wrote that one</i> and I'm like <i>You're actually reading stuff on there? Why?</i> I hate knowing somebody Ikirstymariejonesstudioreadsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-81587466218607561512014-11-11T09:33:29.423-05:002014-11-11T09:33:29.423-05:00No one aside from my sister knows I blog. Actually...No one aside from my sister knows I blog. Actually, nobody knows that I also do web graphics/design or any of my online hobbies. I don't know, like you said there's something uncomfortable about it. And it never came up in conversations so I think there was no need to tell them. :/Mitchii G.http://bookish.skycircus.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-18226126845230285452014-11-10T21:47:26.347-05:002014-11-10T21:47:26.347-05:00People know I blog. Whether they read it or not I...People know I blog. Whether they read it or not I don't know. I've gotten more personal over the years on the blog then I was before.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-52573491767860160902014-11-10T13:07:11.582-05:002014-11-10T13:07:11.582-05:00I'm the same way!! I rarely tell people I blo...I'm the same way!! I rarely tell people I blog...mostly because I don't want people I know in RL to read my reviews. I have no idea why. It just feels weird.Shannonnoreply@blogger.com