Enough of me! Given the nature of this question, I'm particularly curious about what the established book bloggers have to say. Do you read and review genres that you didn't particularly like before? Do you read and review genres that you still don't particularly like? If so, how do you manage to keep your rating honest? Is there a genre that turned you off and why? (I'm aware that I stretched the original questions a little...).
February 18, 2013
Book Blogger Confessions: Reading Habits Edition
Enough of me! Given the nature of this question, I'm particularly curious about what the established book bloggers have to say. Do you read and review genres that you didn't particularly like before? Do you read and review genres that you still don't particularly like? If so, how do you manage to keep your rating honest? Is there a genre that turned you off and why? (I'm aware that I stretched the original questions a little...).
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That's so great that you know exactly what you like for books and aren't "wasting" your time forcing yourself to read something your not interested in. There is absolutely too may books and too little time, lol.
ReplyDeleteI previously have tried to read genres I don't necassarily like(historical fiction and high/epic fantasy) and it just doesn't work out for me. I dread picking up the book and more often than not the rating/review would be not so great because It's not even something that I would like in the first place. It doesn't really seem fair honestly.
Welcome to the book blogging community :)
Besides the ratings problem, reading should be a pleasure and not a job...so we are entitled to choose what to read, aren't we? :) It's not a shame if a genre doesn't work for us.
DeleteThanks for the welcome and the follow - I'm following you as well!
I love this post. I'm picky too and I don't take review requests. I only read books that I want to read. I don't see anything wrong with reviewing a trilogy or two WVMP books, etc. I don't only read people's blogs to find out about new books, I read them to find out their opinions. The discussion is my favorite part and you may bring up something that I hadn't thought of.
ReplyDeleteI don't read books that I have no interest in. I'm not a romance reader or contemporary fiction...so you probably won't see those genres on my blog.
(New Follower -- good luck with your blog. I love the concept!)
Thank you - I thought I could sound too opinionated or harsh at first...
DeleteThanks for the follow and the compliments too! I'm following you as well. Your blog is well organized...just how I like them :D.
Love this post! I'm trying to read books with variety as well for my blog and it's tough. I try to think about what I should read next instead of just picking up a book. I agree with a lot of things and you made me think about this confessions question even more.
ReplyDeleteNew follower :)
My Book Blogger Confessions
(First off - I love the camelopard icon!).
DeleteBook blogging can be a source of pressure for many reasons. But I do think our priority should be to read for pleasure. Of course, a blog is also a public place, where one tries to keep the reader interested and entertained...but we shouldn't sacrifice too much for that :).
Thank you for commenting and following - I reciprocated :).
In my early days of blogging I only read paranormal. Then I started dabbling in YA, chip-lit. Historical romance was a big fat NO for me until a blogger friend started recommended a few that I did enjoy. UF was never something I considered until I started getting bored with PNR.
ReplyDeleteI evolve constantly now with what I like or dislike. I think it's hard once you start reviewing It changes your perspective and makes you more critical of things you would have loved before. (In my case anyway)
I'm making sure I leave time for more fun reading these days. I mean all reading is fun :-) but books that I don't review.
I'm glad you joined in this week!
It was a pleasure to join in - I love the concept of this meme because it makes for some interesting discussions, not mentioning the fact that it does connect bloggers far better than a mere display of next reads or latest purchases. Not that there's anything wrong with those, of course :). I might even consider partecipating in something like that, in the future.
DeleteBlogging has definitely expanded my book choices a lot. I've branched out into several areas I never thought I would (hello, sci-fi!). I don't take review requests but if I decide to read a book that is not something I normally like when I review it I usually just say that it isn't a normal read for me. I wouldn't review it at all though if I hated it, because to me that's not fair as I knew going into that it wasn't my thing.
ReplyDeleteAs far as review stuff by the same author in a row, I've done that once or twice. I read what I want to read and if I don't have any reviews stored up to space between them, then so be it!
Cute blog :)
Thank you for the articulated response - I'm beginning to feel less guilty about the multiple reviews of the same stuff, thanks to you and Midnyte :).
DeleteThank you for the following and the compliment as well!