So today is the first birthday of this blog, WhatANerdGirlSays!
I am so happy and proud and excited and all sorts of happy emotions about this day and this blog in general. What started out as something for me to do, a place where I could come to talk about all the books and movies I love without driving my family and friends and my boyfriend, became something that I am extremely passionate about, something that I work so very hard on. It has become something that I want to be part of my career, as I pursue a career as an author.
And I’ve had some amazing times and awesome opportunities as a blogger. I’ve met several authors. I’ve had the opportunities to interview Cassandra Clare, Eoin Colfer, Jessica Brody and I have plans to interview Cinda Williams Chima and Tammara Webber. I’ve met some amazing, fantastic, inspiration authors. I’ve had the chance to learn my ways around new conventions, expand my cosplay knowledge and get into movie premieres and meet cool celebrities. I’ve been able to meet some of the best fandom friends a girl could ask for: Megan, Sylvia, Paulina and Tatiana.
And the best part: I’ve had the chance to meet all of you!
I had three goals to meet by my one year anniversary of this blog: I wanted 200 followers on my blog, 300 followers on Twitter, 300 likes on Facebook and 10,000 views on this page.
Right now, officially, I have over 500 followers on the blog, 325 followers on Twitter, 3o3 likes on Facebook and 11, 625 views on the blog. So I surpassed my expectations :) And I’m ready to keep going and keep trucking and make this blog bigger and better than ever. I have goals to keep this blog going and to start and finish my third novel and to find an agent and sell it and make my dreams come true. I can do this, and I know I can do this because I have so many of YOU who believe in me.
I do want to say a quick thank you to some people: to my dad, to my siblings, to all the authors that I’ve met in the last year who have been so inspirational and supportive, to all the authors that I’ve read, old and new, that just continue to write books that give me the belief in myself. To the Los Angeles Dumbledore’s Army for showing me that I’m not the only nerds out there. To my iFandoms Collide girls, for just being awesome. And to my boyfriend, Jon, because I don’t know any other boyfriend who would put up with a crazy girl like me.
And I do want to take this opportunity to hear back from you guys! Seriously! I want to hear from you, so please comment on this post or contact me. I want to hear what you love about this blog, and maybe some of the things you dislike. I want to hear suggestions and all that. And I definitely want to hear about books that I should be reading so please let me know!
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On to the fun part of this though, the GIVEAWAY! I’m sure this is what you’ve all been waiting for!
So in celebration of being WhatANerdGirlSays for a year now, and for loving this blog and for having all you wonderful people following me, I’m having a nice big contest for the Box O’Stuff! Check out this picture below!
This epic Box O’Stuff includes:
-Summer Lovin’ Tour postcard signed by Kimberly Derting, Jessi Kirby, Morgan Matson, Shannon Messenger, Sarah Ockler and Suzanne Young
-autographed Shannon Messenger bookmark
-autographed Sarah Ockler bookmark
-a movie tie-in edition of Beautiful Creatures
-sneak peek booklet of Jessica Brody’s 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
-City of Bones movie poster 11×17
-Ender’s Game pin
-Doctor Who pins
-copy of The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum
-copy of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan from World Book Night 2013
-the first two issues of Marvel Now’s Thor comic books
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So would you like a chance to win this AWESOME Box O’Stuff! Its SUPER easy to do!
Click THIS link below to enter! It’ll take you to a Rafflecopter widget, which I’m sure you’ve seen on plenty of other websites :)
The last day to enter is June 1st!
This contest is international so please enter no matter what country you are in!
And you can enter MULTIPLE times so come back and try your chances :)
Happy Birthday, Blog!
I hope I have more lucky :P
Happy birthdayyyyyyy!!!!
Congrats! Thats amazing news! My favourite book to recommend would be….(oh help, it’s too early in the morning for these kind of questions!) Of the top my head I’m thinking Cinder or Scarlet by Marissa Meyer :) Or The Fault in Our Stars by John Green :)
Charlie xx
I’ve heard Cinder is good :) I need to check it out! And I adore The Fault in Our Stars!
Aw yay :) I’m so glad you surpassed your goals! :D I love this blog. But you already know that :)
Thank you :) I am so glad you think so! And don’t forget to enter!
Congrats on passing your goal! I have so many books that I could recommend and it is so hard to choose just one but one book that I have read that is really good is The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting (the whole series is really good!)
I just met Kimberley Derting and bought her book The Pledge! I want to read The Body Finder as well :)
Congrats! And happy one year anniversary to your blog. :) Ah, I’m not sure if I’m the best person to be giving recommendations (I’ve only recently become a bookworm) but I really love The Hunger Games; Don’t Die, My Love (Lurlene McDaniel); and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis).
Those are all great recommendations :)
Happy Birthday
I’m so glad you surpassed your goal, both you and your blog deserve this!
There are so many books that I love (ah so many) but if I had to recommend some they would be Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi and the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan:)
Thank you! I’ve read Heroes of Olympus but I’ve heard Veronica Rossi is good
Congrats! I always love to recommend Harry Potter to people who haven’t read them (yes, I know!) but I read Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn a couple of months ago and I’ve recommended it loads since!
Ooooh what is Gone Girl about
Hmm well basically it’s about this guy and his wife goes missing and then all of a sudden there’s a massive twist xD You start finding out things that weren’t known at the beginning. I can’t really say much more in case I ruin the plot! It made the New York Times Best Seller list last year!
Well it sounds awesome and I’m going to have to add it to my “to-read” list
Happy 1st birthday! And the books I would recommend are The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski and The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Both of those sound awesome
My favorite book to recommend is Divergent (after the Harry Potter series of course).
Happy Blogday!
Favorite book series to recommend is The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott.
Congratulations!!!! I am so glad to have found your blog. I am a nerd to and it is amazing to meet people who are just like me. I wish you all the success in thw world. I hope you meet the rest of your goals. This blog just proves it. Keep up the amazing job!!!! If I had to recommend any book/series it would be The Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel Caine. It is an awesome series and I have had the pleasure of meeting her and she is a wonderful person.
Thank you so much for all the compliments Angelica :D I really appreciate it when someone enjoys reading my blog :)
Happy First Year Anniversary!!! Proud of you girl!!!! Enjoy reading your BLOG….well most of it, hahahaha!!!!
CONGRATS on your 1 year anniversary!!!!! xo
Congratulations!!! This is only just the beginning of a beautiful journey for you!
My favorite books to recommend are ‘Gone with the Wind’ and The Chicagoland Vampire series.
Thanks Eleanor. Gone with the Wind is one of my favorite books too
My favorite books to recommend are The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
& The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel because I absolutely adore Cassandra Clare’s writing style & stories! Happy Blog Birthday! :D
My favorite book to recommend is City of Bones c:
One of my absolute favorite books :)
My favorite to recommend is spellfire. its a lesser known book that has me rereading it several times.
Happy Birthday! This blog is just so great because I get so many great recommendations of books to read!! Here are mine for you : Nightshade by Andrea Cremer, Nightworld series by L.J. Smith, Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski, and The Hollow by Jessica Verday. There are many more books but these are just a few!
Hi Sara! Happy Blog Birthday! So cool that you surpassed your expectations!
Hmmmm…lately, my favorite book to recommend is Divergent. :)
Thanks Erin :) that is so incredibly sweet of you and thanks for coming by the blog! And thanks for the help on twitter! Oh an Divergent is a wonderful book. Have you read Legend by Marie Lu?
I’m happy to stop by! Great blog, BTW!
I have read both Legend and Prodigy. Have you? If so, did you enjoy? I must admit, I have serious love for dystopians!
I realized after I posted that I’ve been recommending The Immortal Rules lately too. ;)
See you on Twitter!! ;)
I love Legend and Prodigy! Even more than I super love Divergent. Marie Lu is so talented :)
What’s that book about?
Marie Lu is quite talented. And again, I <3 dystopians! ;)
The Immortal Rules is a vampire book, but it's not like most of the others I've read. It's raw, and the main character is fierce. It's part of a trilogy. Books 1 & 2 (Immortal Rules and Eternity Cure) are out, and Book 3 is due either the end of this year or earlier next year. :)
I couldn’t possibly choose between Looking for Alaska and The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, so I’ll go ahead and recommend both. They’re both realistic fiction books and John Green is an amazing author, so he manages to portray all the characters wonderfully! I really would recommend it to anyone looking for a good read, they’ll both make you bawl like babies but it’s certainly worth it!
First of all, I have to say congratulations on your achievements! You’re doing a fantastic job and I really love your blog, with all it’s book recommendations, blog recommendations, debates and informative and entertaining posts!
I couldn’t possibly choose between Looking for Alaska and The Fault In Our Stars (both by John Green), so I’ll have to recommend both! They’re both realistic fiction and John Green is an amazing author in many ways! He portrays the characters so well and the plots couldn’t be better! So, if you’re looking for a good read these are the books for you but, mind that, they’ll make you bawl like a baby so don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Thank you so much! I really super appreciate it :) it’s really always nice to hear stuff like that, it makes me feel pride in my blog :)
Thanks for the book recommendations :) I’ve read both of those and loved them
My pleasure and there’s certainly no need to be modest! You’ve done a great job with this blog and I’m sure everyone else agrees :D
Thank you :) I work hard but I love it. I keep a job with low hours that doesn’t pay much simply because I love all the free time that I can get to do my blog and do stuff for my blog
Happy Birthday!!
Hmm… so many books, but you have probably read most of them. So, how about the Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross! They are great books, and the new one just came out recently!
I hope we get another year of good reviews so I can meet new books!
Happy 1st birthday! I love this blog, and your Facebook, and Twitter, I feel like a stalker! Anyways…soooooooooo many books, but I would have thought you have read them all. Maybe not. How about…oh! The Faerie Path Series by Frewin Jones!!! An amazing series!!
Thank you so much Rahne! That means a lot to me, and I could always use the encouragement to continue :) I am grateful for the recommendations a well! I have never heard of that series :)
My favorite book to recommend is City of Bones. :)
Also I did follow your blog