tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post1307748889229100111..comments2023-12-18T09:24:53.152+10:30Comments on Looking for the Panacea: Discussion: I can't wait to see your review!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09311824573850180870noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-33759569737146058792014-01-20T14:15:39.041+10:302014-01-20T14:15:39.041+10:30That's definitely true! I think I like that be...That's definitely true! I think I like that better as well :)Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-49676879574504078682014-01-19T13:34:24.699+10:302014-01-19T13:34:24.699+10:30You know, since reading this post, I've realiz...You know, since reading this post, I've realized that I usually say to others, "I can't wait to hear what you thought" instead of "see your review." I like to think it's a bit lower pressure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-8613999191324435132014-01-15T12:18:57.683+10:302014-01-15T12:18:57.683+10:30I think I've seen those posts before on your b...I think I've seen those posts before on your blog! It's actually a pretty good idea :)<br /><br />haha yeah that's true! But at the same time, it's like, but...I wasn't going to review this book :PNarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-41501573136686789732014-01-15T12:18:01.735+10:302014-01-15T12:18:01.735+10:30woohoo! Looking forward to reading your post when ...woohoo! Looking forward to reading your post when it goes up :D<br /><br />I don't think I really review rereads either. And definitely not classics and biographies and stuff because I feel like that's not really the target audience for the blog haha :PNarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-41187021933613609782014-01-15T11:04:06.060+10:302014-01-15T11:04:06.060+10:30No, I don't write a FULL review for every book...No, I don't write a FULL review for every book I read. I do, however, write a few sentences, more for myself than for anyone else. But once a month I do post a collection of those mini-reviews.<br /><br />I've gotten that "I can't wait to see your review" a couple times, and I'm always a little thrown by it. I guess it's nice to know that other people value my opinion!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-78840043281134859052014-01-15T10:07:45.405+10:302014-01-15T10:07:45.405+10:30Omg, this was going to be one of my discussion top...Omg, this was going to be one of my discussion topics too! Great minds, haha! Though it won't be going up for a while...<br /><br />I don't review every single book I read either because sometimes I just want to kick back and relax and not have to worry about nothing stuff down for a review. I won't review classics, biographies, autobiographies, or books that I reread from ages ago. :)Ana @ Read Me Awayhttp://readmeaway.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-75309379860570795452014-01-14T17:46:35.401+10:302014-01-14T17:46:35.401+10:30Yeah, I definitely have a problem with book amnesi...Yeah, I definitely have a problem with book amnesia haha. So I do feel like writing some sort of review for all the books I read would be good, but also it's just not possible because I read so much D:Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-48870276361579625852014-01-14T13:51:22.521+10:302014-01-14T13:51:22.521+10:30I write reviews for all the books I read. I write ...I write reviews for all the books I read. I write reviews to help, so I can better remember the books I have read and what I liked/didn't like about them.Pamela Dhttp://www.readingisfunagain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-11169934389600150162014-01-14T13:16:36.983+10:302014-01-14T13:16:36.983+10:30Mini reviews! I wonder if I should start doing som...Mini reviews! I wonder if I should start doing some mini reviews, but then again I only review books that I've gotten specifically for that purpose, and I feel bad if I send the publisher only this small review that I've written haha.Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-20998518021675420572014-01-14T11:51:35.926+10:302014-01-14T11:51:35.926+10:30I write reviews for almost every book I read, but ...I write reviews for almost every book I read, but I probably read half the books that you do, which makes that much more feasible! I occasionally have to go back and do mini-reviews of books that got missed, because I can't remember them well enough to do a full review or because I didn't have much to say about them in the first place.DoingDeweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902496432225294188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-29008997511727888342014-01-14T10:40:40.812+10:302014-01-14T10:40:40.812+10:30Yeah, I like reading adult fantasy books, but I ne...Yeah, I like reading adult fantasy books, but I never review them because<br />1) the books are huge<br />2) different target audience<br />So yeah, I totally get that you don't want to review your historical romances haha. I definitely like having some books where you just read without having that sort of "reviewing" mindset :DNarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-60498962196276783082014-01-14T10:32:24.294+10:302014-01-14T10:32:24.294+10:30haha I pretty much never write notes for print boo...haha I pretty much never write notes for print books, because I never seem to have anything on hand to write the notes on. For eARCs I do some highlighting and things though.Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-75142052431926211652014-01-14T10:07:03.487+10:302014-01-14T10:07:03.487+10:30I've read 180+ books last year and no, I didn&...I've read 180+ books last year and no, I didn't review at least 1/4 of that, but I have a legit reason why. My blog is a mostly YA book blog and for the books I didn't review, they were all historical romances or just adult books. :P<br />Honestly, it's refreshing NOT to review every book you've read.Kelly https://www.blogger.com/profile/16309188388542940162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-65009903851353504532014-01-14T08:21:29.251+10:302014-01-14T08:21:29.251+10:30I will always review ARCs and books from publisher...I will always review ARCs and books from publishers/authors etc. Books from other sources - that I own, the library, friends or family - I'll generally start reading and THEN decide if I want to review them. Sometimes I start making notes and give up halfway. Sometimes I'm so into a book that there's no way I could stop and make notes every so often!Rinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104525832784682729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-11016061346604169012014-01-13T11:58:56.251+10:302014-01-13T11:58:56.251+10:30Yeah it's funny how there are some books for w...Yeah it's funny how there are some books for which you seem to have nothing to say. You'd think that most books would at least draw out some sort of opinion, but there are always those books where it's like, well...Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-41808698420284192022014-01-13T00:50:11.494+10:302014-01-13T00:50:11.494+10:30I probably write reviews for two thirds of the boo...I probably write reviews for two thirds of the books that I read. The book has to have made me feel something strongly enough to make me feel like I could write a few hundred words on it; whether I loved it, hated it, or was disappointed by it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-128116163754803252014-01-12T21:04:46.025+10:302014-01-12T21:04:46.025+10:30haha fair enough. I feel it's better not to wr...haha fair enough. I feel it's better not to write reviews when I don't feel like writing them. And with books that I forget the details of, sometimes I have to do a reread to write a proper review lolNarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-89844448602090294282014-01-12T20:28:45.398+10:302014-01-12T20:28:45.398+10:30Yeah, there are some books that I wrote reviews fo...Yeah, there are some books that I wrote reviews for at the start of last year, but still haven't posted because the books I get from publishers get first preference! Oh well. They'll go up eventually...maybe...hahaNarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-43174756917053826692014-01-12T16:42:31.146+10:302014-01-12T16:42:31.146+10:30I don't write reviews for all the books I read...I don't write reviews for all the books I read. Sometimes a book, no matter how much I liked or disliked it, doesn't really create a strong opinion. Sometimes I get distracted. A significant amount of time will pass, and then I don't really remember what I thought of the book. Or sometimes I just don't feel like writing a review at that time. I can be wishy-washy like that.<br /><br />- JackieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-14501611694744743452014-01-12T15:08:05.869+10:302014-01-12T15:08:05.869+10:30Great discussion post Nara! I totally know what yo...Great discussion post Nara! I totally know what you mean, I usually write a review for every book I read but if last year is any indication, most of the books I do read are from publishers so I never get a chance to post that review up. Jeann @ Happy Indulgencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080126376029467613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-68223238958712173012014-01-12T01:29:47.800+10:302014-01-12T01:29:47.800+10:30hahahaha so true. Sometimes I just write a bunch o...hahahaha so true. Sometimes I just write a bunch of dotpoints, but it's really hard to organise them into paragraphs that flow well and it's kinda like...I just want to publish the dotpoints lol<br />I think I'm the same- there are some books that I just like to read for the sake of reading rather than using a sort of "reviewing" mindset to read through them :)Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-38564149315744195182014-01-12T00:57:40.215+10:302014-01-12T00:57:40.215+10:30I love this discussion post! Mostly because I'...I love this discussion post! Mostly because I've been thinking about this. I felt like I hit a reviewing slump and I don't want to review any more books. I just hate how Goodreads ranks you based on reviews you posted and I hated that so I wanted to review all the books I read, but I think that's not plausible anymore. I think it would be best to just have a lot of mini reviews and longer ones for the special books. I haven't really tried requesting for review copies except for Netgalley, so I pretty much set myself to review the books I own. Occasionally I get into blog tours, which can be quite stressful sometimes. There are also a couple of author requests. Sometimes I really love writing, but I think it is important to go at a reasonable pace because it's definitely going to be difficult. I've already lowered the number of reviews I post a month, but most of the time I just want to read and not worry about reviews. I've been putting off a lot of my reviews lately, but hopefully I'll get to them. Sometimes I just want to post my incoherent notes. LolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-26299041006226508502014-01-11T23:30:38.655+10:302014-01-11T23:30:38.655+10:30I completely understand your pain! If I put off wr...I completely understand your pain! If I put off writing a review I can't remember a lot of the details haha. Sometimes I even have to do what I call a skim reread (takes me about 20-30 mins to skim read a book and get a basic idea of what it's about and things) if my memory becomes so bad lol.Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-76170953897851866882014-01-11T23:16:37.920+10:302014-01-11T23:16:37.920+10:30Thanks Nuz :D
I know right! The amount of time nee...Thanks Nuz :D<br />I know right! The amount of time needed to review every book I read would be insane. Especially because it takes me quite a while to write reviews because I do this thing where I type out basic dotpoints, then leave it for a day or two before I convert the dotpoints into paragraphs. I feel like I can often collect my thoughts better that way.Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365200445147197440.post-15820299082650376732014-01-11T23:09:54.164+10:302014-01-11T23:09:54.164+10:30It's good that you feel that way- it's def...It's good that you feel that way- it's definitely a healthy mindset to bring into your reviews :) I think I don't feel quite as immediately enthusiastic about my reviews- I'm more of the "I'm going to think about the book for a while and then write my review" type.Narahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378806643397167349noreply@blogger.com