
Good Habits Reading Tag
Good morning bookworms!
Can I just start with a massive HI, and THANKS FOR COMING, especially after I accidentally haven’t posted since last Wednesday (which is my biggest disappearance this year). Unfortunately I was struck down with a horrible case of tonsillitis, and then because I was traveling for work I went home early, by plane, and managed to get a chest infection (yay suppressed immune system!), all this at the same time as having my period and horrible cramps, and then, to top it all off, my body gifted me with a migraine on Friday night, which lasted until Sunday morning. #blessed
As you can imagine, I have been a barrel of laughs this past week, and have done LITERALLY NOTHING except wallow in bed, nap, and play Stardew Valley when I could bring light near my eyes without wanting to hurl. I couldn’t watch TV as it was too loud and bright, and I couldn’t concentrate on reading books at all.
Anyway, that’s all done with now, and I am back, (hopefully) better than ever! I also realised on the plane on Wednesday afternoon, that DARKDAWN is out in bookstores in Australia TODAY, Monday 19 August. So what little I did read during my unintended absenteeism, was 150 pages of Nevernight (so much for my reread of the series prior to release)!! Despite not wanting to hear massive spoilers, I think I will continue this reread (ARC August is officially on hold for another couple of days) so that I can completely enjoy and appreciate the amazingness of this series before its epic (and likely blood-filled) conclusion.
However, none of this is why we are here today! So, without further ado, let’s start this tag!
Back in July, the lovely Ruqs @ Many Bookish Things tagged me in the Good Habits Reading Tag, and so I am here today to tell you about some of my good habits (this is likely to be short, so don’t worry about that excessively long intro)!
Rules
- Pingback to this post or Ally @ Ally Writes Things (creator of this post)!
- Tag and thank the person who nominated you (thanks Ruqs!)
- List some of your good reading habits, the things you think you do well
- Nominate some of your blogging friends
I SUPPORT AUTHORS
For the most part, I try and support authors as much as possible. I am at a very fortunate place in my life where I can afford to purchase books and attend bookish events. If I really enjoyed an ARC I received, I will often purchase a finished copy of the book. If I loved a library book that I borrowed, I will purchase a copy for myself. If I am attending an event, I will often purchase a copy of a book the author has written (especially if I don’t already own one).
For other books I loved, I will buy copies for friends and family (my cousin texted me last night how much she loved Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi), and if I can’t then I will scream from the rooftops about how much I love these books and force people to add these books to their TBRs.
On Instagram (my biggest platform) I try and feature self-published authors, indie authors, under-hyped authors, debut authors, and authors whose books don’t always get the screaming marketing release that they deserve. I have beta read so many amazing books and encourage the authors to keep going, cheering them on from the sidelines and helping in any way that I can. (I mean, I read the other books and scream about them as well, but I hope that I scream just as loudly about these ones.)
I’m also quite protective of wonderful authors who seem to get yelled at a lot because of decisions their publishers make. Authors don’t get to choose what countries they are published in, what languages their books are translated to, what pre-release merch is associated with their books, or what time special editions go on sale. When Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff got blasted by people (including some fellow Aussie’s) because the Goldsboro edition of Aurora Rising was kind of a shemozzle, or that the Memento pre-order was only available in the US (unless you pre-ordered a copy of AR through GC and their shipping was ABHORRENT), I was disgusted by the bookish community. Amie was about 8 months pregnant and is honestly just the sweetest person you have ever met, and the things people were writing to her were making me cry. And neither of them had any control over the Memento release or the Goldsboro website. This was not their fault and I got into a lot of arguments on their behalf with people.
I especially have a lot of pride for Aussie authors. I’m not really a patriotic person, but I can list you a whole lot of local authors* that I love and think deserve some more love in the world:
- C. G. Drews (contemporary YA)
- Garth Nix (fantasy YA)
- Isobelle Carmody (dystopian YA / fantasy MG)
- Kate Forsyth (fantasy YA / historical fiction adult)
- Jessica Townsend (fantasy MG)
- Daniel O’Malley (urban fantasy adult)
- Sara Douglass (fantasy adult)
- Jen Wilde (contemporary YA)
- Violet Grace (urban fantasy YA)
- Astrid Scholte (fantasy YA)
- Sally Thorne (romance adult)
- Maggie Alderson (romance and contemporary adult)
- Kerry Greenwood (mystery and historical mystery adult)
I mean, these are all without mentioning Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (who I am SURE that you’ve heard of). * Links are to Goodreads books that I have enjoyed by them. (That’s right – you don’t even have to listen to me screaming about them!)
So… this was a lot more of a rant than I was expecting to write! But, basically what I’m trying to say is that
What’s one of your bookish good habits?


17 Comments
Kristina
Although only one was featured, it’s a really important one!
I love to help indie authors as much as I can, with review requests as of right now, there’s still so many books I loved and mend to buy myself a copy but *erm*, I end up buying new ones instead xD
Meeghan reads
?? the struggle is REAL!!!
Elysa
I love Garth Nix, Astrid Scholte, Amie Kaufman, and Jay Kristoff! I haven’t seen anyone else talk about Garth Nix, and I’m overly excited now.
Meeghan reads
??? I think I scream about Sabriel and the Old Kingdom at least once per month!! ?
Elysa
? I picked Sabriel for our staff picks display this month. I will get someone to read it!
Meeghan reads
I finally got one of my friends to read it earlier this month. She made another of our friends read it as a buddy read, and now they’re both screaming about it too. ??
Elysa
Yes! It’s spreading! ?
J.W. Martin
Glad you’re back and feeling better!
Meeghan reads
Thanks Joe! ?
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Veronika @ Wordy and Whimsical
Oh wow, that sounds awful about being sick – and can I just say being sick whilst on your period is the actual worst? ? I’m glad you’re feeling better now. ? I get really angry when people criticize authors over things they had no control over – ranting is fine, but no rant should be aimed at the author. I’m very confused by people who tag, or contact authors over things like this, especially in an impolite way. Like, you love this book/series so much you’re devastated… but apparently have no respect for its creator? Wtf. ? I really love C.G. Drews, Sally Thorne, and Jen Wilde – though I’ve only read one book by them. Really great post, Meeghan! 🙂
Meeghan reads
Thanks Veronika!! And totally agree about all of the above!! ?
theorangutanlibrarian
Love to support authors too!! Garth Nix is one of my favourite authors 😀 And Cait’s wonderful! And of course I like Kristoff and Kauffman!
Meeghan reads
If you love Nix, then I would recommend Carmody and Kate Forsyth for you. All three really shaped my teen years in terms of their fantasy series. I have so much love for them!!
Ruqs
first of all – nothing will ever stop me coming back to this blog – even if you won’t post for a year! you’re a beautiful, lovely and amazing person and this blog is also just so amazing. I love hearing your thoughts on books and reading your posts. I’m so sorry that you’ve had such a horrid past week! I hope you’re feeling much better now!!!
Meeghan reads
Oh my gosh, THANK YOU RUQS!!!! You’re such a beautiful person too. I love reading your posts as well. I am feeling much better now!! ?
Ruqs
you’re welcome! thank you! aw im so glad to hear that! 🙂