THE BEST BOOKSTAGRAM QUESTION IDEAS

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Bookstagram Question of the Day (QOTD) Ideas

Some days are harder than others to find a great Bookstagram question. Some days I feel like my brain is mush, and it takes me hours to come up with something interesting to say. But the reason why I take the time to find a great caption is twofold.

a) it brings engagement

b) it allows other Bookstagrammers to get to know me

A great Bookstagram question/caption can make or break an Instagram post. The first sentence can often be a reason for an uptick in engagement. It’s what my audience sees first, besides the photo, and it can pull in people and get them commenting.

Bookstagram Question Ideas

What is a great Bookstagram question?

Great Bookstagram questions usually speak to all readers, not just to the readers that read the same books as you. Being able to draw in readers from all genres is key.

The more commenting a post gets the more it will be seen. With an uptick in engagement, visibility will follow. And visibility on Instagram is one of the major key points that most everyone is struggling with now and then.

Here are the ingredients for a great Bookstagram question.

a) Gear your question towards your audience

b) Ask multiple questions if the first question is too book/author/character specific

c) Make your Bookstagram a safe environment, allow people to have a different opinion

d) Reply to the comments and return the favor (very important)

e) Use popular questions intermittently

f) Ask relatable questions (most important)

So, let’s get to the nitty gritty of it…..

How to find questions to ask?

I’ve googled questions before, and most often I only found one or two out of hundreds that made sense to me. 99% of my questions I find by either thinking about my day, the upcoming week, my daily life, struggles, or things that happened to me.

Good Bookstagram questions are easily relatable.

My most successful questions have always been universally relatable. I don’t need a list of 200 questions. I just need to think about what made me happy or annoyed me. What I’m looking forward to. What my plans are for the weekend, or what I have been struggling with lately. And I’ll always find people that can relate with me.

Any bookish topic is game:

Tropes
Genres
Favorite summer books/beach reads/seasonal books/holiday books
Pet peeves
Most read author
Bookshelf organization

Some questions and posts can easily be reused every month/week:

Bookish Haul
Bookish Wrap Up
Best of (whatever month)
Highly Anticipated
Bookish Goals for the month
A Monthly Check in
#lastnownextreads (it’s the Bookstagram version of the popular WWW Wednesday, which is a weekly meme book bloggers use.)

?? What if you see a great question being used by another Bookstagrammer?

Just DM the person, or credit the person in your caption for giving you the idea. This community is a great one, always helpful and reusing a question can open up a dialogue between you and the other Bookstagrammer. It’s also a way to start a conversation that could turn into a possible friendship.

Bookstagram questions that brought me tons of engagement

So I thought I’ll feature some real life examples. Below are the posts that received great engagement. As can be seen, I usually ask multiple questions in each post. It gives more people a chance to connect with me, even if they don’t read the same books as I.

Sometimes one question alone is too restricted for some readers, so I like to give them the option to choose which questions they like to reply to. So far this strategy has worked.

The most often asked question….

What are you currently reading?

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How many books are you currently reading? And what are you reading? I’m currently reading two books. The Switch by Beth O’Leary and ? Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore. The Switch is as adorable as expected, different to The Flatshare, but equally charming thanks to the author’s writing. I’ve been chuckling and smiling, it’s very much a feel-good novel. Valentine is, I’m not sure yet what it is and how I feel about it, will have to wait and see. I’m still very much at the beginning, only in the first third of the story. It’s Saturday, how are you all doing? _________________ Have you read this beauty ?? yet? I had the BEST time reading The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez. And it’s the best example that sometimes, even if you don’t love a first book by an author, another one can be a total hit!!. THEAP is a wonderful romance, well written, engaging – a solid performance by the author. The couple was fabulous together, there was connection and chemistry. And they had one of the best meet cutes in the history of meet cutes :D. The story hit me where it counts, the feels, the laughs the smiles – I was SMITTEN with the book and the hero. If you need something lighthearted to read – this one ?? checks all the boxes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Full review on the blog, link in bio. Thanks to my gal @escape_in_a_book for organizing a traveling book club – I’ll never forget your generosity my friend!!!. ________________________________________________________ #thehappyeverafterplaylist #prettybooks #contemporaryromance #lovereading #amreadingromance #romancenovels #romancebooks #romancebookstagram #romancereadersofinstagram #romancereads #romancereaders #lovebooks #pinkbooks #bookishflatlay #flatlaylove #bibliophile #booknerd #whattorreadnext #nextbooktoread #feelgoodbook #romcombook #rockstarromance #mynextbook #minibookreview #mustread
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Happy Monday! How was your weekend? What are you reading? I’m between books, waiting for a highly anticipated book to be released tonight at 9pm, and I’m actually thinking about pulling an all nighter. We’ll see how it goes. And to all my fellow MZ fans, have you heard the news? I can’t wait for July to come. We are finally getting a new book. ________________ But now about today’s feature book, Dance Away with Me by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I was exhilarated when I received a free copy from @tlcbooktours, @williammorrowbooks. The author has been on my tbr for 15 years now. I read ALL of her books. And It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars, #1) was actually one of the first sports romances I ever read. If you haven’t read her books yet, my most favorite is still Breathing Room (set in Italy) and i’ll never forget the beaver costume in Natural Born Charmer, I laughed so much reading this book. So yeah, I’m excited to start Dance Away with Me, her latest release, out NOW. ________________ At long last, the legendary New York Times bestselling author returns with a heartfelt novel of womanhood, a wild heart, and the healing power of love. Run, run, as fast as you can! When life throws her one setback too many, midwife and young widow Tess Hartsong takes off for Runaway Mountain. In this small town high in the Tennessee mountains, surrounded by nature, she hopes to outrun her heartbreak and find the solace she needs to heal. But instead of peace and quiet, she encounters an enigmatic artist with a craving for solitude, a fairy-tale sprite with too many secrets, a helpless infant, a passel of curious teens, and a town suspicious of outsiders, especially one as headstrong as Tess. Just as headstrong, is Ian North, a difficult, gifted man with a tortured soul—a man who makes Tess question everything. In running away to this new life, Tess wonders— Has she lost herself . . . or has she found her future? ________________________________________________________ #danceawaywithme #contemporaryromance #susanelizabethphillips #amreadingromance #romancenovels #romancebooks #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookphotography #romancereadersofinstagram
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Let’s do a #lastnownextreads or as we say in the blogger community a WWW Wednesday:⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ☞ What are you currently reading?⁣ ⁣ I started Something to Talk about by Meryl Wilsner and LOVING it. It’s my first queer FF romance novel and I couldn’t be more into it. Fantastic writing, and it gives me all the FEELS of a romance novel. (May 26th)⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ☞ What did you recently finish reading?⁣ ⁣ Golden in Death by JD Robb, for the 50th book I expected a little more, but what I got was exactly what I would have expected of any other In Death novel – so I can’t complain, I love this series.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ☞ What do you think you’ll read next?⁣ ⁣ I need to finish my three audiobooks that I interrupted for Something to Talk About. I’m almost done with ✯ Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano, I also started ✯ The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James yesterday, I’m a third into that, AND I also started listening to ✯ My Lovely Wife, by Samantha Downing since it’s expiring in three days.⁣ ⁣ _________⁣ ⁣ Please apologize my not corresponding feature photo. I wanted to feature some of my pink covers this month, since it’s February, but not all of these covers are romances – sigh. I’m really running out of books, its not a joke anymore.⁣ ⁣ Either way, the above photo is showcasing two of my 5 star books (can you guess which one?) and one book that I still need to read, and the rest are books that I enjoyed very much except for one where I was clearly in the minority about my feelings.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ________________________________________________________ #bookstagram #bookworm #booklover #booknerd #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #booksofinstagram #bookish #booksbooksbooks
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Favorite book tropes, genres, authors…

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What’s your preferred genre to read? Mine is romance. I saw this #whyromancestack hosted by @whimandwitty and had to participated. It really feels like I’ve been reading romance for FOREVER. And I think I started as a teenager, around 12years with YA contemporaries and then moved over to historical romance novels when I found bags over bags filled with them at a vacation home. Honestly, there was no going back afterwards. I was hooked! There is no denying it, reading romance makes me happy. I read romance because it gives me the happy outcome that life often does not. I read romance to escape work, daily life, adulting etc… when life sucks, I grab a romance and feel 100% better. Although over the years the amount of romance novels I read each year has fluctuated. Nowadays I still read romance but it’s become one of many genres I read. But I know, with absolute certainty, that there will never be a time when I’ll NOT be reading romance. I don’t shy away from talking about romance books when I’m around other readers. But I learned my lesson when it comes to people that don’t read at all, or feel superior to my taste of reading material. My dad teased me merciless when I was younger, and I realized early on that reading romance novels is personal to me, and I have no interest in explaining or justifying myself. Cheers ?? to being a passionate romance reader. ________________________________________________________ #romancebooks #amreadingromance #contemporaryromance #bookstagram #bookstack #bookpile #bibliophile #bookstoread #booksonbooks #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #bookstagrammer #romancenovels #romancereadersofinstagram #romancebookstagram #bookaesthetic #booktography #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #indieromance #indieromanceauthors #bookblog #bookblogger #mybooks #whatimreading
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The “what’s your favorite trope” is one of the most asked questions on Bookstagram. And by now most of you know that enemies to lovers, or hate to love is my favorite. And I know that many of you feel the same. I read You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle this month. And I must say, if you love this trope you must give it a try, the author takes it to the extreme which also makes it a very unique and different take on the enemies to lovers romance. Not only is the couple already together (we rarely get romances about already established couples) but throughout the first 2/3 of the book they push each other buttons constantly, and there were times when I was actually wondering why they got engaged in the first place – lol. But besides all that, I couldn’t stop reading the book. And I must say that the last 30% were fantastic!! In one word – swoony! My overall thought when it comes to this novel is – that’s its DIFFERENT!!! And that’s what I love about books the most! When authors color outside the lines. You Deserve Each Other stands out from the crowd. I‘m somewhere in the middle when it comes to this book (I had too many issues with these two to love it) but in the end it was a really unique romance and definitely worthy to be checked out. Full review can be found on the blog, link in bio ??. What’s the most unique romance you’ve read lately? ________________________________________________________ #contemporaryromance #amreadingromance #romancebooks #romancenovels #romancereadersofinstagram #romancebookstagram #bookreview #bookblogger #bookstagram #bibliophile #loverofbooks #booklover #lovereadingromance #booknerd #enemiestoloversbooks #romancetropes #bookishpost #bookish #booksharks #bookchat #booksuggestions #bookishflatlay #bookaesthetic #bookstagramflatlay #bookstagraminspo #bookphotography #booktography
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Book covers, formats and more…

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Let’s talk illustrated covers. I think the trend has been going strong for two years now, and I don’t see it end anytime soon. Even though I learned quickly that not every illustrated cover meant a good book, my eyes still gravitate to them. And I have a hard time not wanting to read and buy them all. I do wonder if illustrated covers have better sales numbers – lol. How do you feel about them? They seem to be everywhere nowadays. From YA, NA to contemporary and historical romance. I’m surrounded by them. And I’m having the worst time on NetGalley, my fingers want to click, click, click. How many do you have standing on your selves? And are you like me, automatically gravitating to anything that’s illustrated? Or are you rather fed up with it all? ________________________________________________________ #meetcute #fixherup #amreadingromance #redwhiteandroyalblue #thefriendzone #thebookishlifeofninahill #illustratedbookcover #booksharks #bookblog #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookaccount #bookishlove
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What format, hardcover, paperback, ebook or audiobook is your favorite and why?⁣ ⁣ I honestly love them all for different reasons.⁣ ⁣ || hardcover ||⁣ ⁣ I love how hardcovers look on my shelves. I love that they come in limited edition. I love that some have hidden designs under their jackets. I don’t love that they are so EXPENSIVE!!!! And there is no holding up the book while reading, I get cramps in my hands, so instead it gets it’s own pillow to rest on.⁣ ⁣ || paperback ||⁣ ⁣ I love having paperbacks on my shelves, not just because I can fit more on my shelf. They are easier to transport, lighter to carry around, and I don’t have to worry about the dust jacket, should I keep it on, or take it off. And I can read a paperback with one hand, when necessary.⁣ ⁣ || ebook ||⁣ ⁣ The idea of carrying around an entire library on one device is genius. Ebooks are PERFECT for on the go. Besides always having a book with me, I can download new ones in a flash. Wherever I am, if I want a new book, it takes half a minute to download. And ebooks are perfect for someone on a budget.⁣ ⁣ || audiobook ||⁣ ⁣ I couldn’t imagine my life without them. Sometimes an audiobook can be even better than the regular book, best example is Harry Potter – it’s the gold standard of narration. For me personally, it all started with a daily commute from hell. I needed something to take my mind of the never ending stop and go. Audiobooks kept me sane. And now, I listen to them constantly, and get grumpy if I don’t have the next audiobook cued up.⁣ ⁣ So, in the end, I’ll probably always have more paperbacks than hardcovers on my shelves, I’ll always read and buy ebooks, and my love for audiobook’s will never diminish.⁣ ⁣ How about you?⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ________________________________________________________ #bookchat #alwaysreading #readeveryday #ilovetoread #fortheloveofbooks #booktography #betterwithbooks #whatshereads #booksbooksbooks #booksarelife #readmore #bookish #bookishpost #bookishfeatures #coolgirlsread #bookblogger #bookishgirl #booksofig #bibliogram #bookaesthetic #totalbooknerd #bookstoread #whattoread #gottareadromance #constantreader #instareads #popsugarreadingchallenge
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Let’s talk 5 star books today, because these beauties have earned all the stars. What makes a 5 star book a 5 star book for you? And what are some of the criteria for you to give a book 5 stars? For me a 5 star book has to be as close to perfection as possible. And with perfection I mean, the way it makes me feels. It has to wow me, and knock my socks off. I would want to read it again and again. I would want to OWN it, pet it, and have it sit on my keeper shelf. I’m not going to shut up about it. It would be a “stranded on an island” kind of book. I’ll probably want to own multiple copies of it. In one word, it has to be – AMAZING Now, it’s your turn :D. Also, the reviews of all five books can be found on the blog ??link in bio. ________________________________________________________ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #bookblog #bibliophile #bookphotography #booklover #fortheloveofbooks #thebigfinish #theswitch #wherethelostwander #regrettingyou #wildatheart #mustread #5starbooks #bookrecommendations #bookobsessed #bookish #bookworm #booksofinstagram #bookster #bookaddict #booksbooksbooks #bookstack #bookpile #constantreader #allthebooks
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What are your thoughts on audiobooks? I love them, but must admit that it helped that I grew up listening to audio plays for children. And as an adult I realized early on that I’m more inclined to pick audiobooks from genres I might not read otherwise. Apparently I’m not the only one that uses audiobooks exactly for that reason. I read yesterday and article from BBC News about audiobooks, and that they have become the new thing. They are booming right now. And I love that more and more publishers ask famous voices, like Tom Hanks to narrate their books. And of course more and more full cast audiobooks are being produced. Interestingly enough they didn’t mention Daisy Jones at all – which boggled my mind, lol. _________ The Simple Wild I decided to re-read The Simple Wild in preparation for the release of Wild at Heart. And I actually started it in December as part of a group read, but never really got into it. Listening to the audiobook never came to my mind until someone else on Bookstagram was doing it. Luckily it was available at the library and I’m already half way through. Again, I’m just in love with how the author described Alaska. And Jonah is definitely my kind of grumpy hero. A jerk at times, but also kind, blunt, and straight forward. And Calla’s relationship with her father is breaking my heart, especially since I know what’s coming. I love mixing it up, and it’s fun to read a book and later listen to the audiobook, or vice versa. Because reading and listening are indeed two very different experiences. ________________________________________________________ #thesimplewild #katucker #bookshark #contemporaryromance #romancenovels #bookstagram #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #booklover #bookworm #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookobsessed #bookblogger
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Book lists are a great way to get a post saved

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Who are the authors that you are most excited about? I know each of us has hundreds of authors we love to read, but there are some that stand out from the crowd. Who are they? Who are you most excited about each year? FREDRIK BACKMAN is one of mine, and soon I can put my hands on a new book of his. ILONA ANDREWS is on the VERY top of my list. I would literally drop anything to read her/their books. TAYLOR JENKINS REID, after two 5 star books in a row, I’m not against stalking the poor woman. MARIANA ZAPATA, again, someone that writes books that make on my keeper list again and again. KA TUCKER – thanks to the Wild duet, she is one of my to faves. BETH O’LEARY, absolutely adored all of her books so far, both were 5 stars and I can’t tell you how much I loved her writing style. I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting a few, but that’s for today. Now who are yours? I need new authors to try out :D. ________________________________________________________ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookish #bibliophile #bookalicious #bookphotography #booktography #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookaddict #bookishpost #bookdiscussion #favoriteauthors #mustreadbooks #whattoreadnext #booksofinstagram #igreads #loverofbooks #bookishflatlay #bookaesthetic #bookstagramcommunity #bookishcommunity #bookishlife #bookblogger
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Non-bookish Bookstagram question ideas….

I like to ask non-bookish Bookstagram questions as well. I ask about favorite seasons, what can be found in their purses, favorite meal, TV show, hobby. Anything that allows them to get to know me as a person. Honestly any topic that welcomes a conversation is a great one.

Sometimes even a vent/rant post gets great interaction, since we all have been in the same boat and can relate, as can be seen on the post below…

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Confession time – let’s be honest for a second…. Real life sucks sometimes. I’ve have a hard week behind me, it’s Monday again, a new start, so let’s have some fun today. Let’s share some unpopular opinions. I go first with my hard truths: ↠ I hate love triangles and cliffhangers. ↠ Can’t stand olives, grits and artichoke hearts. ↠ Coffee is disgusting, wine too. ↠ Oreos are overrated. What are your truths? And no judging here 😀 ___________________________________________________________ #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #bookishfeature #booklover #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookish #bookworm #bookobsessed #bookaddict #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookaholics
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Yellow book covers for a sunny day! What’s the weather where you are? I just saw a weather map for the US, we are having a heat wave in the west, and bitter cold in the east. Tomorrow it will be a lovely 92, that’s 33 degree C – that’s INSANE for May if you ask me. If I could, I would love to live somewhere where it has 65 degrees all year round – lol. Perfect sweater weather. If anyone knows of a place like this, please let me know. I’ll pack my suitcases ASAP!. What’s you preferred temperature? ________________________________________________________ #yellowbooks #prettycovers #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerd #bookworm #bookish #booktography #bookphotography #bookishflatlay #readromance #romancebooks #contemporaryromance #constantreader #amreadingromance #bookobsessed #bookstagramcommunity #bookblogger #booksofinstagram #booksofinstagram #igreads #fortheloveofreading #allthebooks #undercoverbromance #beachread #latetotheparty
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Are your libraries open where you live? My two library branches have finally taken the step to open their facilities to curb side pickup. You can’t imagine how happy that makes me. I think I picked up 14 books yesterday, and I have more to pick up next week. woohoo! Honestly, at the moment getting books from the library again is the best thing! Makes me giddy! Also, who is excited about The Player Next Door? KA Tucker’s next release is coming out on Tuesday and I’m counting the days. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Do you have plans? What will you be reading?  I’m halfway through the audiobook of Just Mercy, and will be watching the movie and The Hate U Give movie this weekend. Both are available for FREE on Amazon. Have a great day! ________________________________________________________ #katucker #bibliophile #prettybooks #bookpile #mybooks #favoriteauthor #mustread #alwaysreading #bookcommunity #booksbooksbooks #booksonbooks #bookphotography #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #bookobsessed #bookaholic #bookloversofinstagram #romancebooks #contemporaryromance #amreadingromance #romancereadersofinstagram #bookblogger #bookishaccount #lovetoreadbooks
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Do you have a library card?⁣ ⁣ I actually stocked up on physical library books, two days before the libraries closed for good.⁣ ⁣ Over the last 8 years I really got into the habit of using libraries to supply my reading addiction. And ever since I got a kindle, and realized that I could get ebooks from the library as well, it all changed. No more late fees.⁣ ⁣ And then I found out about audiobooks via OVERDRIVE and HOOPLA.⁣ ⁣ At the moment I have 5 library cards, from all over California. Each allows me to hold and borrow multiple books, from 10 to 25 each depending on libraries.⁣ ⁣ Most libraries allow you to sign up for an e-card online, which is perfect during this time when libraries are closed. That means you have access to audiobooks AND ebooks that are free and don’t come with late fees. That includes comics and books for kids too.⁣ ⁣ Many big libraries, for example Sacramento, Houston, New York make their e-cards eligible for anyone living in that particular state. I would suggest go check your capital library, or the libraries in major cities in your state.⁣ ⁣ Some libraries also give out e-cards for a small fee if you are a non-resident. It’s all worth it, especially in these uncertain times.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ At the moment I have 17 audiobooks waiting to be listened too. Audiobooks are really all I can concentrate on at the moment. And even though I know I won’t get to them all, I’ll just request them again when they expire.⁣ ⁣ ☞ How are you doing? What are you reading/listening/watching at the moment?⁣ ⁣ ________________________________________________________ #bookstagram #bookish #bookishflatlay #mybeigelife #loveforbooks #library #booksaremylife #bibliophile #bookphotography #booksandcoffee #igreads #librariesareawesome #booklover #bookobsessed #bookworm #booknerd #bookaholic
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I believe today is the hardest Monday of the year for me, the first Monday after daylight saving time. And being tired is an understatement for how I feel today.⁣ ⁣ If I remember correctly from last year, my body is going to need an entire week to acclimate to the ONE hour I lost. It’s insane if I start thinking about it.⁣ ⁣ I thought it’s only fitting to feature a blue stack today. || a big thank you to the tagged publishers for sending me a free copy. |⁣ ⁣ I definitely feel the Monday blues today and would rather stay in bed.⁣ ⁣ ☞ How is your Monday going so far? Are you reading anything spectacular?⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ________________________________________________________⁣ #bluebookstack #bookstack #bookstagram #bookpile #bookworm #prettybookspines #readingromance #romancebooks #bibliophile #booklover
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So, I overslept this morning. I was supposed to get up at 6:30 to take an early walk with a friend, instead I slept until 7:45 ?, I’m starting to think that my alarm never went off. Either way, I have to walk an extra loop for punishment ? and ALL because I read until 1am, finishing the new Tijan. That’s life! Reading until 1 am, and now I have to walk an extra loop. But, it was worth it ?, no regrets! When was the last time you read past bedtime? ________________________________________________________ #bookstagram #bookstack #bookpile #bookblogger #booksharks #readinguntildawn #readallday #readingpastmybedtime #readingallday #alwaysreading #booksallday #bookphotography #booktography #bookaesthetic #bookstagraminspo #bookster #booksterlife #bookishlife #bibliophilelife #mybookishlife #bookchat #lovereading #booklover #loverofbooks #bookobsessed #bookishcommunity
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Happy Wednesday, what are you looking forward to today? I’m NOT looking forward to the heat today, that’s for sure, but I got dried mangos from Costco yesterday, and I’m definitely looking forward to those, maybe a bit too much – lol. QUESTION: If you enjoy reading Christina Lauren books as much as I do, do you remember what your first ever CLO book was? Mine was Autoboyography, and I read it in late 2017. It was my FIRST ever CLO book, which actually started my love for all things Christina Lauren. I read Roomies right afterwards, and a few month later Love and Other Words which owns my heart! Also, if you are reading books for PRIDE month, this book should definitely be on your tbr. It was SO GOOD! Full review is on the blog, link in bio, I gave it a 4.5 stars, but honestly it deserves 5 stars, and it’s right after Love and Other Words my most favorite CLO novel to date. I don’t think the authors could have written a more heartfelt love story. A half jewish, half mormon bi-sexual boy falls in love with his writing TA, who is the son of a mormon bishop – just think about all the emotions and FEELS! The book is just excellent, heart-warming, touching and moving. And it has all the things that make a great love-story. It gets two major thumbs up from me! Read it if you haven’t yet, you won’t regret it. ________________________________________________________ #christinalauren #autoboyography #pridebooks #lgbtqbooks #contemporaryromance #bookblogger #bookrecommendations #mustread #bookish #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #booksofinstagram #bookcommunity #bookobsessed #bookphotography #amreadingromance #romancebooks #romancebookstagram #romancenovels #romancereadersofinstagram #igreads #bookreview #bookreader
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So in the end, this is the secret about great engagement and easy commenting…

Ask questions that EVERYONE can connect with and relate to! The bookish community is BIG. Bookstagram is a community that includes readers from all ages, all over the world.

It makes sense to ask questions that people can relate to. The more questions the merrier the engagement.

More and more I’ve noticed that Bookstagrammers ask multiple questions in one post. This allows MORE people to connect and start a conversion.

Also, MOST IMPORTANT!!!!! Return the favor by visiting each account that comments on your post and comment on their posts.

This community is build on friendships, and friendships only work if there is a give and take. You’ll notice a real up tick in comments, if you take the time and comment on other’s posts.

Thanks for visiting!!!
If you have any Bookstagram related question, don’t hesitate to DM me on Instagram. I’m here to help and answer questions.

THE BEST BOOKSTAGRAM QUESTION IDEAS

Comments

thecritiquesofafangirl says
August 18, 2020 at 5:53 am
Your bookstagram is gorgeous ??
Thanks for the lovely tips! Asking relatable questions and engaging regularly is what helped me grow and make so many amazing connections on the platform
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 7:27 am
  Thank you ?, and I agree commenting regularly and consistently is what makes the difference.
Tej says
August 18, 2020 at 8:18 am
I love this post Corina! I’m bookmarking it to come back to it when I’m in a rut and don’t know what question to pose!
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 8:24 am
  Tej, glad you can use it 😀
Whimsically Meghan says
August 18, 2020 at 1:55 pm
This was such a wonderful post! I loved reading it, plus your Instagram is beautiful!!! ?
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 2:17 pm
  Thank you ? I’ve never realized how hard it can for newbie Bookstagrammers, so I thought I’ll make a couple posts about it.
  - Whimsically Meghan says
    August 18, 2020 at 2:24 pm
    It’s a really good idea! ?
Heather | This Library of Mine says
August 18, 2020 at 2:49 pm
Wonderful tips! I found the easiest way for me to figure out what questions to ask on Bookstagram are ones that I myself would want to answer, kind of like if I can get myself to engage then others will, too. And your account is absolutely lovely! ?
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 6:31 pm
  Thank you Heather ?, and that’s a great way of thinking of it.
Lyn*Nomadic Worlds says
August 18, 2020 at 3:05 pm
Wow. You must have done a lot of research for this post! ? Love it. One of my constant Qotd from your list is “What are you reading?” It’s definitely something everybody can answer. ?
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 3:08 pm
  It’s the one question I want to ask every week ?
atakefromtwocities says
August 18, 2020 at 4:29 pm
this is such a helpful post, Corina!! great idea. – H
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 6:30 pm
  Thank you ? It thought I’ll make a couple Bookstagram posts, since that’s where I’m the most beside the blog.
Emer @alittlehazebookblog says
August 18, 2020 at 5:21 pm
You have such pretty bookstagram photos ????? Great post. I found it really interesting to learn why people always ask those caption questions.
- Corina says
  August 18, 2020 at 6:29 pm
  Thank you ?
  Engagement is such a big deal on Instagram, and the best way to get the right engagement is by having a caption that allows for a discussion. It’s like a blog title, some are amazing to draw readers in. Almost click bait. 😀
Alex @ WhimsyPages says
August 19, 2020 at 4:55 am
Love your photos! <3 I'm thinking of returning to bookstagram, but I don't know why posting on Instagram seems like such a big and daunting task. 😀
- Corina says
  August 19, 2020 at 8:12 am
  Thank you ? Bookstagram is a lot of work. Hours of being on the app, it’s a real commitment, and I can see how it looks like a daunting task. And the more platforms you are on, the harder it gets. Right now I have the time on my hands, when that changes I’ll have to reevaluate and figure out how to balance it all.
Beatrice @ Confessions of a Pinay Bookaholic says
August 19, 2020 at 5:07 am
Seriously Corina. Your bookstagram is goals. <3 Your feed is so consistent and neat!
- Corina says
  August 19, 2020 at 8:08 am
  haha, thank you ? – I do try for consistency, I think it’s easier and more pleasing on the eyes.
Ruby Rae Reads says
August 21, 2020 at 7:52 am
Ah this is so helpful. Love that you did this post xoxo
- Corina says
  August 21, 2020 at 8:26 am
  I hoped it would be helpful for some ?