BBAW 2010 - Day 3 : Unexpected Treasure

Happy Third Day, Book Blogger Appreciation Week!

Every day there is a blogging topic we can write about on our blog.

Today's topic is Unexpected Treasure

We invite you to share with us a book or genre you tried due to the influence of another blogger. What made you cave in to try something new and what was the experience like? (BBAW)

Today's topic makes me nervous, for the simple reason that I have not yet read a book or started to read a new genre because of a blog or a blogger's recommendation. Which sounds terrible. The thing is, I have so many books to read for my job (explanation here) that I hardly have time to read books for myself. And I'm not even exaggerating here. I could count on one hand the books that I've read for myself in the last two years. I try to join challenges to force myself to find the time to read outside of my job, but I actually can't manage.

Since I've started blogging, I've been wanting to read many many books from which I've read enthusiastic reviews on other blogs. Every time a blogger friend recommended me a book to read, I've kept it in my head. I've even bought a lot of books because of these reviews or recommendations. But I've never found the time to read them! Which is a shame, and I often wish that I could dive into a book that I want to read, and not that I have to read. :)

What I can say, though, is that as much as becoming a YA professional reader broadened my horizon as a reader (I actually wasn't used to read a lot of YA books before getting the job, at least definitely not as much!), reading book reviews on book blogs broadened my horizon when it comes to YA. It made me want to learn more about the genres I'm not used to reading, and dig into the ones that I'm not fond of. Book bloggers are so passionate! And it sure made my wishlist grow bigger and bigger each month!

A lot of books are waiting for me to take them out of their shelves and read them. I'll get there someday!