I’ve been blogging for four years now as TheBookAddictedGirl and I know a lot of bloggers. I almost think I shouldn’t say my blogging name: after all, I love all the blogs out there but I can’t list everyone. Who do I choose?
So, in no particular order, here I go…
The Best Blog For Boys
1. Darren: The Book Zone For Boys
Darren is probably the biggest male blogger that I know – he’s also different, specifically targeting an audience that the majority of bloggers don’t concentrate much energy on. He reads books that most would label as “boy books” (don’t get me into the politics of gender labels: it annoys me). But Darrenl is brilliant – and probably responsible for getting loads of boys into reading by showing that there are some really, really fantastic books out there that are way cooler than all those action movies or video games. He also has a whole section dedicated to comic books, which is awesome!
Amazing UK Bloggers
2. Project UKYA and UKYA
These two are the place to go if you’re interested in anything to do with British books for teens. They tell everyone about UK-based events, hosting and reviewing British authors to get them more publicity and basically just doing loads to celebrate the wonderful home-grown talent we have in the UK.
3. The Bookette, Wondrous Reads and Serendipity Reviews
These are three major players in the UK kids’ books and YA blog worlds. They’re all so amazing and review everything, so they are blogging must-reads!
4. The Overflowing Library and I Want To Read That
If you love contemporary teen books, these are great suggestions… Kirsty from The Overflowing Library loves all things contemporary and historical – she’s also part of a YouTube Channel called Bookish Brits, so check that out too! And Sammee from I Want To Read That is literally the nicest blogger ever and is also the person to visit if you love teen romance books – those are her faves!
Great Blogs From Around The World
This one’s a little bit different. It’s aimed at teens and adults who just heart YA books. But it not only deals with books, but with TV and movies too, often ones based on books.
6. Demons Read Too and Recovering Potter Addict
These are two awesome international paranormal blogs. Aylee’s Recovering Potter Addict especially is a long-time favourite of mine and is great for all magic-y needs!
The Best Of Teen Bloggers – Real Teen Opinions!
7. Nina’s Death, Books And Tea
Nina’s blog is awesome. For example, not that long ago, she hosted an LGBTQIA event on her blog called Rainbow Reads – she had some awesome authors and bloggers (myself included) taking part, and dealt with all aspects of LGBTQIA teen fiction. It was amazing!
8. Lucy’s Queen of Contemporary
This is the one to go to for all your contemporary needs. It’s an amazing blog – and Lucy is actually the brains behind Project UKYA. And she’s a teenager! I don’t know how she has the time!
9. A cheating bulletpoint of yet more awesome teen bloggers…
I’m really running out of space here (this was meant to be a top 10!) so I’m going to run through some of the remaining teenage bloggers really quickly: Georgia from The Bibliomaniac is brilliant and I just love her blog to pieces – she’s great for all genres. Amber’s The Mile Long Bookshelf is amazing and has some great blogging tips. I love Jack’s The Book Stop – his reviews are great and he’s the only teenage boy blogger I know! Finally, Hawwa from It Was Lovely Reading You is funny and does great book-art related stuff on her blog too.
Blogs That Deal With All Age-groups
10. Big Book Little Book and We Sat Down
If you’re looking for family blogs, check out Big Book Little Book and We Sat Down. BBLB reviews all books from picture books up to adult ones. We Sat Down is a brilliant mother-daughter team who review apart and together.
Phew, that was tricky. The problem is there are too many amazing blogs, I could go on forever… I hope you find a favourite blog from this list – they really are all so amazing – so enjoy!
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