Sukhaja
Q.1 Please introduce yourself - Where
are you from? How long have you been blogging? What’s the name of your blog?
What made you decide to start a book blog?
A. I’m Sukhaja (yes, it’s a unique name)
that’s pronounced Suk-Aja. I’m from Bangalore. Been living here most of my life
except one year when I went abroad for my masters. I studied English
Literature. It’s my first love.
My
blog is called The Bookish Bulletin, and the reason I got on bookstagram was
that I wanted to keep track of what’s happening in the book world. Once my
master's program ended, I experienced a bookish hangover of sorts. So, I
decided that becoming a bookstagrammer would help me dedicate more time and
effort to reading and meeting readers like myself so we can discuss, and critique
the books we love together.
Q.2 What is your favorite genre and
book?
A. Historical fiction, literary fiction, and memoir are my favorite genres (hard to pick one, sorry). My current
favourite book (keeps changing every other year) is The Secret History by Donna
Tartt.
Q.3 What one piece of advice do you
wish you’d had when you first started book blogging?
A. The aim is to interact with people
and form solid connections by having meaningful conversations. If you’re not
adding value and bringing in insights from your reading, are you even being
true to yourself as a reader?
Q.4 What piece of advice you would
like to give to other bloggers?
A. Don’t focus on followers and free
books. Book blog to establish connections (even virtual ones). The following
will follow from there.
Q.5 How many books are on your
bookshelf/shelves right now?
A. Maybe 450-500? It’s increased in
numbers since I first started my blog. Had to buy a new bookshelf halfway
through my year of blogging…haha.
Q.6 If you could be a character from
a book for just one day who would you be and why?
A. I would love to live a day as Juliet
Ashton. The main character from The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society.
She’s an aspiring writer and goes in search of a story because she receives a
letter from one of her readers one day.
Q.7 Is blogging your profession or
just a hobby? Does your family support you? What’s their take on this?
A. It’s a hobby, and I’ve managed to
incorporate it into my lifestyle now that I’ve been doing it for the last three
years.
Q.8 What do you think is the best strategy
for getting more visitors to a blog?
A. Using the right hangtags and rotating
hashtag groups for each post.
Q.9 What are the top 3
characteristics you look for in a good book?
A. Memorable characters, a fast-paced plot, and beautiful writing that makes you stop to appreciate, and re-read a
sentence.
Q.10 What are your favorite Instagram/Bookstagram/Booktuber
accounts?
A. @between.bookends, @thebooksatchel, and @sumaiyya.books.
A few words for our
readers and Books Charming -
Thanks for reaching out to people
like myself. Doing this interview helped me look back on my reasons for
starting bookstagram. It’s been nice to introspect on things.
Share your social account
links -
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bookish.bulletin/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/bookishbulletin
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrnHYvTBlU4sLHo4EAGlItA
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