I was absolutely thrilled when I was nominated for this award by both Natalie at The Owl on the Bookshelf and Susan at Books From Dusk Till Dawn. I love both of these blogs, and I really appreciate the support they’ve shown to me, both generally and in nominating me for the Blogger Recognition Award.
Here are the rules for this award:
- Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog
- Write a post to show your award
- Give a brief story of how your blog started
- Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers
- Select other bloggers you want to give this award to
- Comment on each blog and let them know you have nominated them and provide a link to the post you have created
I started my blog in May 2015 as a way of sharing my love of reading and all things book related with a wider audience. It’s something I’d been thinking about doing for quite a while, although I’m not sure I’d ever have taken the final step of actually setting up a blog without the encouragement of my other half.
I’ll be honest, it was quite a daunting experience, particularly for the initial few posts, but I’ve found that I grown more confident with it over time.
My advice to new bloggers would be:
- Do things your own way. There are lots of bloggers out there, and we all do things differently – it would be really boring if we were all the same. So, experiment, and find a style that works for you
- Don’t put yourself under pressure – for most of us, this is a hobby, and it’s something we do whilst balancing our day jobs and general lifestyle. It doesn’t matter if you can’t blog every day, or if you need to take a break. Life can be stressful enough, so be kind to yourself, and treat blogging as a hobby and something to be enjoyed, rather than letting it become a chore
I’m nominating the following blogs for the award:
Cathy at Between The Lines
Cleo at Cleopatra Loves Books
Emma at Emma’s Bookish Corner
Dave at Espresso Coco
Renee at It’s Book Talk
Janel at Keeper of Pages
Wendy at Little Bookness Lane
Annie at The Misstery
Jo's Book Blog 
Your nomination is well deserved, Jo! Huge thanks for the mention, it’s much appreciated. xx
Thank you, Wendy, and you are most welcome 😘
Congrats on your nomination Jo! I’ve enjoyed reading your blog so much since I’ve become involved in the community, thanks so much for my mention!!
Thanks, Renee! And you’re welcome! 😃
Congratulations! And thank you for the nomination!
Thank you, and you’re welcome x
Many congratulations, Jo and thanks so much for the nomination. Your link will be on my awards page.
Thank you, Cathy, and you are very welcome x
Love your write up Jo and sound advice. happy blogging xxx
Thanks, Susan – and again, I really appreciate the nomination x
Okay I’m not getting any notifications today 😦 Congrats and thanks ❤
"Don’t put yourself under pressure" this is so hard for me 😦
No problem!
I know what you mean – I have to remind myself of this constantly! 😂