This week’s question is about reviews and making decisions regarding review deadlines.
About the Book Blogger Hop
The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, I relaunched the meme on February 15, 2013.
Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
This week’s question submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews:
Do you overextend yourself with too many reviews because you can’t pass up a book in hopes you will get them all done or do you carefully plan and be sure you can fulfill the deadlines for all the promised reviews?
My Answer:
I don’t review as much anymore, I mostly read as much as I can per day and review when I have all of my notes and thoughts together. So, you could say, yes that I plan my reviews out, but I don’t have deadlines for them. I go by how I’m feeling about the review.
So for example, the way I’d set up my previous review for The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, I waited weeks to borrow the ebook from Overdrive, took maybe 3-4 weeks to read it, in between home and work, then took notes and highlighted passages while I’d read. Then, when I was done, I went over my notes again and wrote the review, and posted it when I felt it was done. I don’t have personal deadlines for my reviews because it sets up too much pressure for myself, and I don’t want to do that. If anything, I’ll try to read at a steady pacing, given that it’s an Overdrive “library” book.
I ask this question back to you. How do you sort out your reviews and their deadlines? Comment below!
