I’ve recently discovered Bookstagram and have realised it’s a fantastic community with some genuinely kind and helpful people. It’s a community full of people wanting to engage and have conversations about books. Something I’ve noticed with Instagram though is that you must keep posting daily or it’ll throw you out of the algorithm and you’ll be lost in the void, not receiving any engagement.
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If you’re looking for something to post and don’t have any articles or book reviews to upload then something great to do is come up with a “question of the day”. This “question of the day” is not only easy to create visually with something like Canva but also offers a very easy way to engage people with your post without having to formulate too much content. Asking people simple questions is a great way to fill your comments with people looking to give their opinions.
I thought I’d do the only small amount of work there is to do here and come up with the questions for you. Therefore, below are over 110 questions you can use as your “question of the day”.
For a Bookish question of the day
1. What are you currently reading?
2. Who is your favourite book character?
3. What’s your favourite genre?
4. Who is your favourite author?
5. Why do you love reading?
6. Where’s your favourite place to read?
7. What’s your favourite audiobook?
8. Who is your favourite audiobook narrator?
9. What is your favourite book series?
10. What’s your favourite book romance?
11. What is your favourite book cover?
12. What is your favourite book fandom?
13. Which author engages with their audience the most?
14. If you had to save one of these characters from a burning building, which would you pick?
15. If you could carry on one series which would it be?
16. If you could have a sequel to any stand-alone which would it be?
17. What age did you get into books?
18. Do you prefer paperback or eBook?
19. Do you prefer paperback or hardback?
20. Do you prefer audiobooks or the written word?
21. What are your tips for reading as many books as possible?
22. What are your tips for someone trying to get out of a reading slump?
23. What’s your favourite book you’ve read this year?
24. What’s your favourite {enter genre here} book?
25. Do you take books out of a library or always buy your own?
26. Do you prefer modern books or classics?
27. Bookmark or dog-ear?
28. What’s your favourite trilogy?
29. Do you reread books?
30. How much time do you spend reading?
31. Reading with background noise or silence?
32. Reading in the morning or the evening?
33. What’s on your TBR (to be read)?
34. What book has been on your TBR the longest?
35. What book are you most excited about this year?
36. What book surprised you most?
37. What book surprised you the most this year?
38. What book underwhelmed you the most?]
39. What book underwhelmed you the most this year?
40. Do you DNF (do not finish) books or always try to finish them?
41. What was the last audiobook you listened to?
42. What’s the first book you’d recommend to anybody?
43. What’s the last series you had to binge?
44. Long books or short books?
45. How many books do you read a month?
46. How many books have you read this year?
47. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction?
48. Cliffhanger or nice rounded ending?
49. Do you buy book merchandise?
50. What was the last book that made you laugh-out-loud.
51. If you could visit any world from a book, which would it be?
52. If you could meet any character from a book who would it be and why?
53. What YA book/series would you recommend to anyone?
54. Have you ever attended an author signing?
55. Which book plots have annoyed you the most?
56. What’s that one book you just refuse to read despite its high praise?
57. What book would most people be shocked to realise you haven’t read yet?
58. What was the first book you read this year?
59. What’s your reading goal for the year?
60. What’s your favourite book villain?
61. Do you prefer books written in 1st or 3rd person?
62. If you were transported inside your book right now, how would your life look?
63. Ordering books online or buying them in a shop?
64. What book have you recently removed from your TBR?
65. What was the last book that shot up to the top of your TBR?
66. How do you decide which book you’re going to read next?
67. When did you join Bookstagram?
68. What’s the longest book you’ve ever read?
69. Are you part of a book club?
70. Who’s your favourite author to follow on social media?
71. What’s your go-to reading snack?
72. Do you have a specific place you like to read? If so, where?
73. Describe your current read in emojis.
74. What rating did you give your last book?
75. How do you decide on your book ratings?
76. Do you listen to music whilst reading?
77. What made you fall in love with reading?
78. If you could choose only one author to read for the rest of your life, who would it be?
79. What’s the longest you’ve ever spent reading a book?
80. What’s the quickest you’ve ever read a book and what book was it?
For a more generic question of the day
1. Cup of tea or coffee?
2. Reading indoors or outdoors?
3. Early mornings or late nights?
4. What would your superpower be?
5. Gym or work out at home?
6. Modern TV Shows or classic TV shows?
7. Brand new or second hand?
8. Where are you from?
9. Do you play video games?
10. What country would you most like to visit?
11. Thunderstorms of a heatwave?
12. TV series or film?
13. Pizza or Pasta?
14. Cats or dogs?
15. Beer or wine?
16. Summer or winter?
17. What did you want to be when you grew up?
18. What’s your favourite animal?
19. What’s your favourite board game and why?
20. Monochrome or colourful?
21. Bath or shower?
22. If you could be any animal, what animal would you be?
23. Scary movies or no?
24. What’s your proudest achievement?
25. Who’s your favourite celebrity to follow on social media?
26. Would you rather stay in a luxurious apartment or a quirky property?
27. What’s your favourite genre of music?
28. Who’s your favourite music artist?
29. If you could choose only one food to eat for the rest of your life what would it be?
30. What’s your all-time favourite movie?
Aand… I’m done!
There are lots more questions you could think of based loosely on those that I’ve chosen above. However, if I did this, I’d be here all day and I’ve got places to be and people to see!!
I hope this list is of some help to you and if it is, please do share it on your preferred social media channel!
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