Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly bookish meme originally created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits, where every Friday, bloggers write discussion posts based on a weekly prompt and Dini @ dinipandareads has cohosted since the beginning of 2025.
This week’s topic is:
April 25: Do Blog Tours Build Community?
Prompts: Do you participate in blog tours? What do you like or dislike about them? Do you trust reviews that are written for blog tours? When you participate in blog tours, do you connect with other bloggers involved? Do you think blog tours build community?
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Do you participate in blog tours? What do you like or dislike about them?
Yes I do blog tours but not as much as before. I might only do 1-3 blog tours now when before I’d try to do a bit more. I like that I get a chance to help promote a book but I hated when I didn’t love a book and didn’t want to leave a bad review. So now I will feature an excerpt of the book for the blog tour and save my own review of it for another post.
Do you trust reviews that are written for blog tours?
I do. I think if someone doesn’t love a book they generally will say so. If I don’t like a blog tour book I just say it isn’t for me but a certain type of reader might love it so give it a chance.
When you participate in blog tours, do you connect with other bloggers involved? Do you think blog tours build community?
I don’t usually connect with other bloggers during a blog tour but I do see when their posts pop up and I check it out just to see how they felt about the book! So in that way I do think it builds community because we see we are on the same blog tour and then read check out each other’s posts.
April Topics:
April 4: Reading Relatability
Prompts: Real life can be a lot. Do you enjoy reading books with high relatability to your past or present situation (i.e. with relatable characters, situations they face, or places they visit) or do you read purely to escape reality? Do you seek out a certain type of read, depending on your head space or mood?
April 11: Do You Buy Books with Intention? (Jillian @ The Bookish Butterfly)
Prompts: Do you buy books randomly or do you think about what to buy? How do you decide which books to buy vs which books to borrow or just save for later? For books at the top of your TBR, is your go-to buying a book or do you check your library first? What book formats do you own most of—physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks?
April 18: Favourite Bookish Accessories (Leyre @ Read You Leyre)
Prompts: Do you collect bookish accessories? What are some bookish accessories that you can’t get enough of? Is there any type of bookish accessory that you feel is “overdone” (i.e. book mugs)? Where do you usually get your bookish accessories and do you have recommended stores to get them from?
April 25: Do Blog Tours Build Community?
Prompts: Do you participate in blog tours? What do you like or dislike about them? Do you trust reviews that are written for blog tours? When you participate in blog tours, do you connect with other bloggers involved? Do you think blog tours build community?
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I don’t do many blog tours but it is awkward when you’re down to join and then you don’t like the book😳
Exactly!
Yeah, I’ve found my reading taste to be a lot more fickle these days, which means it’s more likely I won’t enjoy something even if I have read and enjoyed something similar before. I think that’s probably also why I’ve joined blog tours less because I’m wary when I think a book sounds interesting but it’s a step outside of my comfort zone… 🫣 Sadly, I don’t connect with others as much through tours either, although I always tell myself that I want to check out more posts when I see them come up too. Thanks for participating in LTB this week! I enjoyed reading your answers 🙂
I totally get it! It’s why I don’t do much blog tours now either.
I totally get that! It can be tricky when you don’t connect with a book during a blog tour, but I think your approach of sharing an excerpt while saving your full review for later is a great way to handle it. It’s important to support the book, but also stay true to your feelings! I agree with you on trusting blog tour reviews — most bloggers are honest about their opinions, and I love how you mention giving a book a chance even if it’s not your cup of tea.
As for connecting with other bloggers, I’ve had similar experiences. Even if we don’t directly interact during the tour, it’s always interesting to read others’ thoughts and see how we all relate to the book in different ways. It really does help build a sense of community!
If you’re interested, feel free to check out my post on my blog about this topic! 🙂https://bookfllwerpath.art/2025/04/26/do-blog-tours-build-community-lets-talk-bookish/
Yes, posting excerpts really gives me time to at least try and finish the books. Thanks for reading my post! I’ll go check out yours.