I think you're my blogging friend! Even though we don't read all the same books I think we have similar tastes and I enjoy reading your posts and reviews and also YOU LIKE CINDER so basically YASS and also you're like the only blogger I know who's read The Spinster Club series, which I really like. I guess I sometimes feel like I have to read/watch things other people are read/watching to be a good blogger but that's not really true. And with blogging, you can still be friends even if you're not 100% the same.
I like bloggers who write interesting, engaging posts, who seem quirky and inters tin, and who I think will give book recommendations, and who is quirky or interesting. And as for making friends and how... just spam them with comments and then you kind of get to know each other.

I think making blogging friends is a bit like making friends in real life. Like you're not going to walk up to a randomer and ask if they would like to be friends. It's about getting to know someone over time and turning out to like that person for who they are. Whether we have the same interests or are total opposites of the spectrum there's always the opportunity to become friends. I like to think I have many friends through blogging, but all on different levels of a friendship. I think chatting on twitter and following each other on pinterest/instagram is great way to get to know the person outside of their blog. A blog is a very controlled space and may not show all sides to a person. Other social medias are much more relaxed and a great environment to chat!
- Marian ^_^

Honestly, if you want to make blogging friends specifically, comment on other peoples' blogs. I'm twice as likely to read someone's blog if I consider them a blogging friend which means we comment on each others' blogs and have actual conversation. There's a few blogs I check out sometimes if I see an interesting sounding post, but then I have my special list of blogs I make sure to check every week that I consider blogging friends. To be entirely frank, if I follow a blog for a few months and they haven't replied to my comments on their posts once or commented on my blog as well, I'll most likely unfollow them. I don't like one sided friendships even in the blogging world.

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Hahaha Grace, you're wonderful, don't ever forget it :) I dunno, blogging friends are weird. It's kinda like hey! I like books, you like books, we all like books, let's be friends! Heather calls her blogging friends neighbours, which is also kinda true but I like to go around sprinkling glitter through the woods and calling everyone my bestie. So. There's that. I think it's just kinda a slow relationship thing that has to build over time.

Heh, how to make blogging friends... I don't know. I guess I consider blogging friends to be the people who I interact with a lot, they comment on my blog and I comment on theirs (which would make you a great blogger friend and me a bad one. :p Sorry about that!).

As far as having things in common, I think there is definitely an element of that that's important in a friendship. But at the same time, especially online, sometimes being friends with people who don't have the same interests as you expands your horizons a little. For instance, I hadn't heard of several of the books you've reviewed, but after reading your reviews, I added them to my never-ending TBR. ;)

Keep being a little different, Grace. You're exactly the way all your blogger friends like you. <3


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