Thursday, October 29, 2015

In the Limelight #1


Just over the course of my little blogging career, I've come to stumble across many different original features around the blogosphere. Which is why I wanted to take the time to showcase some of them so that 1) you get to discover new bloggers that you may never have heard of before, and 2) you get to discover these wonderful, unique features that really represent the blogger's personality. These features come from their creative minds, their experiences, their lives, which is why they all deserve a shoutout.

Amber @ YA Indulgences 


In which Amber @ Young Adult Indulgences spotlights three different covers that all revolve around a theme or attribute. For example, this week, the books all featured stars on their covers.

I love this particular feature because it doesn't just show ALL the covers, but the ones that pertain to Amber's likes. It gives us a glimpse into who Amber is as a blogger, while showcasing all these beautiful covers.

Her latest Wondrous Covers Wednesday is here, and hence the title, she posts this feature on Wednesdays! 

Kayla @ The Thousand Lives


Kayla @ The Thousand Lives has a feature that REALLY pertains to her, and that is Saturated Reads, in which by the powers of synesthesia, Kayla can see colors while reading. With this feature, she gives us a first hand experience of the colors she encountered while reading the book, and presents a modified cover in those associated colors.

I only recently started reading this feature (which I don't know why I didn't discover it earlier), and I am in love with the new color changes that Kayla implements. Plus, this is another example of how unique this one feature is to her, and how it affects her life (reading, more specifically).

Her latest Saturated Reads is here, and it's on The Weight of Feathers!

Lauren @ The Bookmark Lit


Lastly, I wanted to bring attention to Lauren @ Bookmark Lit and her feature that showcases other bloggers and their favorite bookmarks and book covers! In other words, the bookmarks are the "inside" and the book covers are the "out". She has featured a number of my blogger friends, and many others that I have never heard of before (yay blog-hopping!).

I adore this feature because I love bookmarks, but I don't have a huge collection of them myself. So seeing the bookmarks of other bloggers is really fun! (Totally makes me want to HAVE THEM ALL). Plus, this feature really shows Lauren's love for bookmarks, I mean it is no surprise since it IS part of her blog name, but still. You can see her own answers to her lovely feature here.

Her latest Inside & Out post featured Lauren from Scribbles & Wanderlust!


And that is all I have for now! I hope to do more posts like this sometime in the future, where I showcase three new features every now and then! I hope you enjoyed the post!

What are some of YOUR favorite original features?

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This is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing all of these. I'm going to check them out right now. Saturated Reads sounds so intriguing!
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
I know right? Thanks Sunny!
Way to share the blogger love! I haven't thought about making in blogging features in awhile, but this post has made me think it might be time to bring back one of my older ones... hmmmm
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
YOU SHOULD. I love seeing original features. :)
This is great! I really need new blogs to follow. My feed is really lonely recently due to lack of updates. T^T
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
Hahah yes you should definitely follow these three!
Love this! Original features are so hard to come up with so I think it is great to show them some love. I am all for anything to do with covers so I will totally check that one out. Thanks for sharing!
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
Your welcome Grace!
This is such a great idea for a post Val! It's always great to find some original and creative features out there. Thanks for putting this together! <3
1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
Your welcome Zoe!!!
I love this! AND I love all of the features you have highlighted today. I would LOVE to come up with some kind of feature of my own, it's one of my blog goals. But I guess we'll see ;) (Love the name you chose, btw!)
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
THANKS SHANNON. And yeah it is really hard nowadays. But man I'm surprised you haven't come up with a Hunger Games feature hahahha
This is great, I do like all three of these! I love your feature to feature features. :P

We always struggle with sticking to a feature, but the new one we have about books and beer will stay because we send each other mail each month and it is impossible to not post about that!
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
Hahahha I know isn't it the best feature ever, to feature features? (That word is sounding weird now)

I LOVE YOUR BOOKS AND BEERS FEATURE. It gives me inspiration to try all the beers you guys send each other :)
This is such a fun idea! I love features. I used to participate in a cover meme that was like Amber's but it's been a long time since I did it. It was so much fun!!
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
Thanks Nicole!! I love features but I have such a hard time sticking with them!
Awww, that's meee. Thanks. <3 I LOVE Kayla's feature, it's so creative and unique to HER which is amazing. And Lauren's, well I've done a post for her feature and it's fun to read.
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
Yes that is youuuuuu.

I have not done a post for Lauren yet, but that is because at the time, I had NO BOOKMARKS. lolz
AWWWW Val thank you so much for including me!! <3 I've never heard of Lauren's feature before, but it looks really fun! I love all the different bookmarks that are out there, though I'd never be able to participate because I'm horrible and usually end up using a post it note xD
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1 reply · active 489 weeks ago
ME TOO. I used to never own bookmarks until now, and even then I lose them all the time. So whoops.

<3
I love all of these features a lot (though I don't check out Lauren's nearly enough). Amber's definitely fits her, and I LOVE Kayla's unique Saturated Reads. :)
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Oooh it's always a great thing discovering awesome new features! I haven't heard of Lauren's feature before either but I love bookmarks and discovering new bloggers!
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