Inspiring you to read out of your bubble, one book at a time

Hey there! It’s time for a little soul update regarding my blog 💛 When I started Readers’ High Tea, almost 7 years ago, little did I know that book blogging will stick around for so much time. At that point I just wanted a place to share my own thoughts about books I read, without … Continue reading Inspiring you to read out of your bubble, one book at a time

Supercharge Your Blogging with ChatGPT: 5 Ideas to Get You Started

ChatGPT is all around and it seems that Artificial Intelligence will be a huge shift in how we do things. My standpoint? AI can hugely help us improve the way we find answers, get creative ideas, and create content - thus this blog post where I provide several ways in which ChatGPT can be of … Continue reading Supercharge Your Blogging with ChatGPT: 5 Ideas to Get You Started

Let’s talk about blogging: Do we have a moral responsibility to raise awareness about authors from our country?

I want to start a discussion about something that's been on my mind for a long time - do we, as book bloggers, have a moral responsibility to raise awareness about authors from our country? The situation Sometimes I feel that me, as a book blogger from Romania, have a responsibility to discuss about authors … Continue reading Let’s talk about blogging: Do we have a moral responsibility to raise awareness about authors from our country?

How to increase your NetGalley feedback ratio

I want to share with you 2 tricks I discovered to increase my NetGalley feedback ratio. And no, it's not the obvious "do not request more books than you can handle", and it does not involve anything dodgy. Disclaimer: I do not promote in any way cheating on NetGalley, such as giving feedback on books … Continue reading How to increase your NetGalley feedback ratio

5 years of blogging and reading plans for Autumn

So ... I've been blogging for 5 years. That's a lot. Half a decade - that sounds even longer! I am super grateful that I managed to maintain this hobby for such a long time, writing book reviews and other book-related discussions. I would also like to thank all of you who read my posts, … Continue reading 5 years of blogging and reading plans for Autumn

My experience with requesting books (eARCs) on NetGalley compared to Edelweiss

Back in December 2020 I shared about my short and quite unsuccessful experience with Edelweiss. Based on the comments I received to that post from fellow bloggers, I decided to try Netgalley as well ... My conclusion after less than 2 months: Netgalley is THE place for bloggers to receive advanced reading copies!

My experience with requesting books (eARCs) on Edelweiss

In September 2020, after 4 years of blogging, I decided to give it a try with reading eARCs (electronic Advanced Reading Copies) - the books that are sent to bloggers / librarians / other interested parties before they are officially published.

Books I (want to) read because bloggers recommended them (Top Ten Tuesday)

Fellow bloggers inspire me so much to read and explore books that I wouldn't have thought of myself! I join this week's Top Ten Tuesday with a 5+5 formula: 5 books I already read and 5 books I want to read soon, all recommended by bloggers.