Confess your blogger sins! Is there anything as a newbie blogger that you've done, that as you gained more experience you were like -- oops?I probably have plenty of blogger sins since I kinda started blogging by accident. However, I don't really remember what most of them are. What I do remember (and really isn't that bad) is being gentler on books than I am now. I think as a blogger it takes awhile to find your voice and the bravery to be like "This book sucks so much" when your instinct is to not piss anyone off. At first I didn't want to hurt any feelings or ostracize any publishers. When I wrote bad reviews I was apologetic because I legitimately felt guilty. Now I just don't care. I'm like "I have a library card! Give me your worst!"
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I'm like "I have a library card! Give me your worst!"
I have this attitude now too. I don't get that many review copies in the first place so it doesn't matter to me if a bad review pisses off a publisher.
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I think I'm the opposite. I'm often too hard on books.
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That can me a struggle. I still always try to find and comment on the good parts of the book, I hate giving one star reviews...but sometimes it just can't be helped!
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Yeah, trying to write a review for a book I didn't enjoy was one of the hardest things I had to do. What I did and do is try to stress why I didn't like this or that. What little bits drove me over the top or whatever. I still try to find some good points, and I always hate having to score a book so low because I know that this is that author's baby. So yeah, I always just stress that the book wasn't for me.
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hahaha I love your "I have a library card! Give me your worst!" Excellent statement. I am probably too nice as well for right now. I'm still new, I'm finding my voice and a format!
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That was a great closing line, haha. I agree, I definitely felt guilty giving a negative review at first, but at the end of the day, it's inevitable, you can't love every book! I think as long as the review is still respectful, there's really no way around a negative review here and there.
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