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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
This week…confessions!
Oh! Bookish confessions. Here they are:
- I… own a Kindle. It was a gift! I know from the many articles about Amazon vs. Hatchette that this is a sign of my moral decay or something, but sometimes I like getting an e-book on my TBR for $2.99. I also get books, new and used, from a variety of sources including my library and independent bookstores, so I don’t feel all that bad.
- I have a very hard time writing reviews for books I liked but didn’t absolutely love. The hardest reviews are for those 3-4 star books that are entertaining and don’t have specific flaws, but I just didn’t feel that spark. Finding something interesting to say feels like pulling out my own teeth.
- I’m really bad at remembering character names, especially in YA novels. I’ll remember plot details, my general impression, even specific lines. It’s names that escape me. I don’t know why this is.
- I love reading other people’s blogs and need to be better at commenting consistently.
- The blogging community seems very focused on new releases, due to ARCS, promotion, etc, and it does influence my own reading. I don’t read many backlist titles anymore, there’s so many exciting things coming out!
- Related, I own too many unread books. I should set up a system and read the older books on my shelves before obtaining any new ones.
- I’m very much a mood reader, which is why I don’t request many e-galleys or sign up for tours. I do have a spreadsheet of TBR titles/read books to review that I draw from, but I’m afraid too much pressure will take the fun out of it all.
- I’ve been reading this book, My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs, almost every night for a month at the rate of a couple of pages per night. I love it but it’s acting like a sleep aid.
- I wish I was better at listening to audiobooks as I’d consume more stories that way. However I’ve found I’m extremely particular. Narrative non-fiction works the best, or non-stylized first person fiction. For example I loved The Martian but found the We Were Liars audiobook unbearable.
- I need to get better at balancing blog/reading time. Working on the blog takes time I would spend reading, and vice versa. Basically I need to schedule more posts ahead of time to achieve this balance.
That's it for me! What are some of your confessions?
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Showing posts with label always time for 30 rock gifs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label always time for 30 rock gifs. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Top 10 Tuesday: Book and Blogging Confessions
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
This week…confessions!
Oh! Bookish confessions. Here they are:
- I… own a Kindle. It was a gift! I know from the many articles about Amazon vs. Hatchette that this is a sign of my moral decay or something, but sometimes I like getting an e-book on my TBR for $2.99. I also get books, new and used, from a variety of sources including my library and independent bookstores, so I don’t feel all that bad.
- I have a very hard time writing reviews for books I liked but didn’t absolutely love. The hardest reviews are for those 3-4 star books that are entertaining and don’t have specific flaws, but I just didn’t feel that spark. Finding something interesting to say feels like pulling out my own teeth.
- I’m really bad at remembering character names, especially in YA novels. I’ll remember plot details, my general impression, even specific lines. It’s names that escape me. I don’t know why this is.
- I love reading other people’s blogs and need to be better at commenting consistently.
- The blogging community seems very focused on new releases, due to ARCS, promotion, etc, and it does influence my own reading. I don’t read many backlist titles anymore, there’s so many exciting things coming out!
- Related, I own too many unread books. I should set up a system and read the older books on my shelves before obtaining any new ones.
- I’m very much a mood reader, which is why I don’t request many e-galleys or sign up for tours. I do have a spreadsheet of TBR titles/read books to review that I draw from, but I’m afraid too much pressure will take the fun out of it all.
- I’ve been reading this book, My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs, almost every night for a month at the rate of a couple of pages per night. I love it but it’s acting like a sleep aid.
- I wish I was better at listening to audiobooks as I’d consume more stories that way. However I’ve found I’m extremely particular. Narrative non-fiction works the best, or non-stylized first person fiction. For example I loved The Martian but found the We Were Liars audiobook unbearable.
- I need to get better at balancing blog/reading time. Working on the blog takes time I would spend reading, and vice versa. Basically I need to schedule more posts ahead of time to achieve this balance.
That's it for me! What are some of your confessions?
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