**Celebrating 14 Years of The Phantom Paragrapher: A Journey Through the Pages** On July 17, 2024, The Phantom Paragrapher celebrates an incredible milestone—14 years of blogging and writing book reviews! It's been a remarkable journey filled with countless stories, unforgettable characters, and a community of readers and authors who have become like family. When I started The Phantom Paragrapher back in 2010, I had no idea that it would grow into the beloved book blog it is today. As a New Zealander, I was eager to share my passion for books with the world, and the blog quickly became a platform for connecting with fellow book lovers across the globe. At that time, the literary landscape was vastly different—self-publishing and ebooks were still in their infancy, and traditional publishing dominated the market. Over the past 14 years, I've had the privilege of reading and reviewing nearly 10,000 books. From contemporary romance to historical fiction, young adult to thrillers, ...

Silver Dagger Book Tours is now 2 years old this month! Believe it or not, Silver Dagger Book Tours was created and is mainly operated by just one person! I used to be just an internet crawler looking for new books and giveaways and stumbled upon book tours. After indulging in many dozens of tours, I decided I'd like to try my hand at blogging in my spare time (with absolutely no blogging experience at all!) I was a book blogger for several companies (and still am) and stuck with it for over 3 years. In that time, I learned all the ropes and became a pretty efficient blogger, but there was still something missing- I wanted to make my posts stand out a bit! So, I started creating small graphics like “about the book” and the other standard graphics that you see in all my tours nowadays and started jazzing my posts up. I became pregnant with my second child in the fall of 2015 and me and my hubby decided to try to purchase our first home finally, so I quit my wai...