What Red Read: Reviewing Delays

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Reviewing Delays

Question for fellow book bloggers: is there a point where it's been too long to review something?

Basically, I want to review everything that I read. Not just like I feel like I should or stuff like that, but that I actually want to. But as is probably obvious, I have not kept up a rapid pace when it comes to reviewing.

Me for the last couple months

I've kept on top of ARC reviews but stuff that I just read for funsies is...yeah.

I have a running list of all of the books I have read (as you may know from all of my reading stat posts) and I keep track of which books I still have to review. The oldest one is Grotesque which I read back in July. JULY. That is like 8 months ago.

Is there a point where you move on? Or no, should I press on and get around to reviewing all those older books (even though I'm clearly not reviewing it right now and am instead writing this).

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to be very productive. And by that I mean watch Criminal Minds reruns and play sudoku

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Emily C · 365 weeks ago

oh, god. it’s awful, isn’t it? I’ve got stacks of books that I’ve read since I moved in October, sitting near by bed, patiently awaiting a review. But since I’m just easing back into book reviews this year from a pretty long hiatus, I’m trying to be generous with myself and not beat myself up too much about it. I’ve gotten better about moving on, but not as good as I’d like to be.

Also, since I moved last fall, I’ve been watching SOOOO much tv. I still read as much as I used to, but tv watching has taken the place of a lot of the time I used to spent writing.

Which is all to say, I’m right there with you.

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What Red Read 121p · 365 weeks ago

I'm trying to find the balance between wanting to review everything, and realizing that I'm not actually doing that and seeing that list of "stuff I need to get to" grow is just causing me to put it off more (which causes the list to get even longer, and ugh, cycles). And YES to TV and other nonsense things taking the place of writing. Cos TV doesn't require brainpower (not for the shows I watch, which is a big appeal of them) and writing certainly does.

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readingrambo 112p · 365 weeks ago

NOPE DO IT, DO IT NOW

Well. The main point is actually just review what you want whenever.

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What Red Read 121p · 364 weeks ago

I am torn between wanting to review and also being very lazy.

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buriedinprint 64p · 365 weeks ago

I don't think there is a time limit unless you simply find it too difficult to write the review because the experience of reading has faded too much for you. Maybe you can find a compromise, though, between your instinct to cover them all and your enthusiasm for specific titles that you really want to have a conversation about. Otherwise you run the risk of just falling into endless reruns (which is fun) while you continue to feel like more and more of a slacker (which is not fun - feeling like a slacker, that is, actually being a slacker might be fun). Nobody wants to feel terrible about what they're not doing...

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What Red Read 121p · 364 weeks ago

I am worried about the books fading and thus not getting a review. Though I guess the book not sticking with me could in some ways constitute a review.

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jennysbooks 89p · 364 weeks ago

There is totally not a time limit, unless the limit is just you losing interest in talking about the book. I understand this is perhaps slightly self-serving of me to say, as a book blogger who has been super lax about writing reviews this year, but still I think I am basically correct.

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What Red Read 121p · 364 weeks ago

I am 100% on board with this. It's not like I NEED to write the reviews. I want to, most def. Maybe if I review one of those old ones the flood gates will open. Right? That's a thing that could happen

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Laura · 364 weeks ago

My entire philosophy on blogging is basically do whatever you want whenever. So, if you want to review all the books, you go ahead and do that in your own sweet time! I know I got to a point of having read books way way way too long ago to review them and didn’t cause I couldn’t remember them, basically at all, but, again, you do you!

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What Red Read 121p · 364 weeks ago

I feel like I'm going to get to the point of not remembering the books at all. I may write about them anywa and it'll just be "here's a book I don't remember. I think I liked it? Maybe?" Quality stuff, I'm saying.

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