Category: Musing Musers

Happy Holidays from Cuddlebuggery

Happy Holidays from Cuddlebuggery

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Merry Kwanzaa! A bountiful Saturnalia to you! Cuddlebuggery wishes you joy and good spirit (mostly good spirits actually) in this holiday season!

Five Examples to Tell if Your Cobloggership Is Really Wrong

Five Examples to Tell if Your Cobloggership Is Really Wrong

Ever wondered if you and your coblogger have crossed the line from great friends into spiritual soulmates with no chance of return? As one half of a cobloggership which has done so, let us give you a glimps into your future.

10 Easy Ways to Piss Off Book Bloggers

10 Easy Ways to Piss Off Book Bloggers

I assure you I have thoroughly tested each and every […]

Book Blogger Trick or Treat!

Book Blogger Trick or Treat!

It’s time for Kara and Lyn’s Halloween Trick or Treat!

To Manga, or Not to Manga

To Manga, or Not to Manga

Kat Kennedy expounds on the manga experience, and gives advice for those interested in reading manga or watching anime.

Book Blogging Rules You Must Follow

Book Blogging Rules You Must Follow

Kat Kennedy expounds on an intractable and legally-binding list of rules that all book bloggers must obey, or face the consequences.

When Does a YA Blogger Cross the Line?

When Does a YA Blogger Cross the Line?

Kat Kennedy discussed what is, and isn’t appropriate for bloggers in the Young Adult community to discuss and feature on their blogs. Come join in the discussion!

What To Do Now That You’re Goodreads’ 1%

What To Do Now That You’re Goodreads’ 1%

Kat Kennedy, self-appointed ruler of the 1% lays out valuable advice and ruminations on the future of the 1% Goodreads machine and where we go from here.

10 Things I Learned at BEA

10 Things I Learned at BEA

Stephanie Sinclair reminisces on her amazing time at BEA. Kat is not at all jealous. Those are not tears of desire. Come check out the highlights and the lowlights of BEA 2013.

5 Things I Learned While Not Attending BEA

5 Things I Learned While Not Attending BEA

5 Things I Learned While Not Attending BEA is a list of five things Kat Kennedy discovered while living in the lonely world of non BEA attendanceness.

Cuddlebuggery Has Been Taken Over

Cuddlebuggery Has Been Taken Over

While momma’s away, Kat will play! Kat Kennedy says a big farewell to Steph as she cheerfully conquers the blog and takes charge!

A Review of Every YA Book I’ve Ever Read: Contemporary Edition

A Review of Every YA Book I’ve Ever Read: Contemporary Edition

Kat Kennedy reviews Every YA Book I’ve Ever Read (contemporary version). In which she expounds about the great book she’s read about twenty-five times.

5 YA Books I Need Written Now

5 YA Books I Need Written Now

Kat Kennedy reveals five stories she desperately wants to read. Come check it out and share what books you want to read, and hope exist, too.

Things To Do While Everyone Else is at BEA

Things To Do While Everyone Else is at BEA

Kat muses on things she will be doing while Steph and everyone else is off having a blast at BEA. Basically, she wallows in a bowl of ice cream.

In 10 Lines: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

In 10 Lines: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reworking Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, one of Steph’s favourite and an amazing series. Fun, sexy, flirty and dangerous – this series generally causes people to rave generously in the direction of either Mal or Darling with incessant passion. So without further adieu, we present to you: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo in 10 Lines!

Bitter Book Bloggers Are Just Jealous Aspiring Authors

Kat Kennedy rants about accusation that bloggers who are aspiring authors give negative reviews out of jealousy. Rampant cussing ensues.

In 10 Lines: Fallen by Lauren Kate

In 10 Lines: Fallen by Lauren Kate

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reworking Fallen by Lauren Kate, a book so horribly, painfully bad that Kat thought she’d destroyed all memory of it, forever, from her mind. Apparently she failed though because she retained enough to do this post. So without further adieu, we present to you: Fallen by Lauren Kate in 10 Lines!

Turning Bloggers into Spammers

Turning Bloggers into Spammers

Kat Kennedy relates the latest efforts in book promotion and how it could compromise the integrity of some bloggers. Also, she talks about unicorns and how much she loves people again. So, you know, brace yourself or something.

In 10 Lines: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

In 10 Lines: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reworking Brodi Ashton’s Everneath, one of my favourites from 2012. So, without further ado, we present to you: Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling in 10 Lines!

In 10 Lines: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

In 10 Lines: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Today we’ll be reforming Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, a recommendation by one of our readers that I simply couldn’t pass up if I expected to take myself seriously as a random blogger who fooled around on the internet once too often. So, without further ado, we present to you: Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling in 10 Lines!

In 10 Lines: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

In 10 Lines: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reforming The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a book that I really am quite fond of. The eternal question of who to ship, Gale or Peeta still haunts the fandoms and the debate comparing it to Battle Royale is intensely interesting to all hipster. So, without further ado, we present to you: The Hunger Games In 10 Lines.

In 10 Lines: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

In 10 Lines: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Welcome to In 10 Lines.  Ever wanted to know what […]

In 10 Lines: Under The Never Sky

In 10 Lines: Under The Never Sky

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reforming Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi for your enjoyment. One of my favourite books, this one was difficult to compress in 10 Lines, but Steph and I are nothing but dedicated to our craft for the sake of our readers.

Five Reasons Why Stats Don’t Matter and You Shouldn’t Care

Five Reasons Why Stats Don’t Matter and You Shouldn’t Care

Kat Kennedy expounds on the wisdom in ignoring pageviews and bloggerly success in favour of choosing to be uniquely fabulous. Come see why!

In 10 Lines: Marked by P.C. Cast

In 10 Lines: Marked by P.C. Cast

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what happens in a book, but couldn’t be assed reading it for yourself? Cuddlebuggery comes to the rescue with In 10 Lines. In 10 Lines we will tell you everything you need to know about the featured book so that you can cheerfully move on with your life, or choose to read it should your attention be piqued. So sit back, relax, and try not to clench as we proceed.

Today we’ll be reforming Market By P.C. and Kirsten Cast for your enjoyment. It was hard to take such a complicated and well-written book and compress it into ten lines, but Steph and I are nothing but dedicated to our craft for the sake of our readers.