Armchair BEA Day 2: Author Interaction

Welcome to Day 2 of Armchair BEA 2014. 

Today's topic I'm participating in is 

Author Interactions.

Who doesn't love getting a retweet, tweet, Twitter follow; FB comment, like or follow; Goodreads comment or like; blog post comment or follow from a favorite author?! Seeing any of those from an author whose books I read and review always make my day! Sometimes the more meaningful comments are the ones non-book related. Richelle Mead and I talked about how to make southern grits on Twitter once. Have you ever had an author that you've communicated with say - "I'm so glad to see your name on the list! I hope you enjoy xx book!" - Those are special moments. 

So to conclude I'm going to give a "shout-out" to a few of the authors that have been really great at communicating with me through various social media sites. Some have gone above and beyond and make it personal when chatting. I KNOW they are busy. We all are - but we are anxiously waiting for them to write that next book and to take time away from writing to interact via social media and get to know their readers and followers is a great thing! It's even more admirable when they thank you personally for your review.

Richelle Mead

Shannon Dermott

Liesel Hill

Claire Wallis

Rebecca Ethington

Ruth Silver

Notice I said I would list "a few" because there's no way I can remember over the last nearly 2 years I've been blogging and reviewing books all the authors I have spoken with online. Certain ones stand out to me for various reasons. My thankful sentiment is the same to all of the authors who've taken time to interact with me or to thank me for a review. It's special. It's appreciated. XOXO