hi blog. I've been thinking about whether or not I should open an alternate blog for my book reviews becuase I'm really clogging you up. I'm literally spamming you!! With books, do you even like books?
I think it could be quite fun, but i have a few qualms about it.
1. book blogs alllways have like hundreds of followers. i dont want my blog to be the outlier with 1 follower, being myself!!! that would be sooo sad. but at the same time, i dont want all these randoms reading my reviews becuase its not like i write for a specific audience. and i dont want to have to write for an audience, because then ill get really paranoid and attempt to write a good review which would be only in vain. and then ill end up spending ages trying to write up a nice structured review. i cbf that. like if i were to write a blog that serves a purpose, i want it to be perfect, not halfassed.
2. my reading taste changes depending on my mood. im not always YA, im not always adult fiction, im not always romance, im not always dystopia, im not always fantasy so there's not gonna be a person who will appreciate my reviews lol. i took a browse around and they're always saying to have a target audience, and have a genre. MATEEE MY GENRE'S EVERYTHING. (but non-fiction. im here for a journey, not life lessons)
3. my main concern is that if i read a really crappy book, i can't say 'this is the most fucking shithouse book ever.' I'd have to justify it properly and be sensible and all "The characters were far too undeveloped [evidence] and the world building was just [not a swear word]."
4. these bloggers are like machines!! They churn out like 100 reviews a day. i have shit to do, i dont always have the time and money to read everything before it even touches the bookstore. i think it doesnt help that im looking to the most successful of blogs for inspiration cause it just makesme feel like ill be the massive laughing stock of all book bloggers if i were to start. like 'omg look at this girl, she calls that a book review?!'
5. i ceebs following other book bloggers LOL. they're all so nice and they promote each other and expand the community and shit. i lack the technological skills to do anything on my blog other than 'write new post' and 'publish'. i dont think id be able to swear either. what if a book is so crappy that it infuriates me? that happens. and i wontbe able to call it shit!! all the other bloggers are always so sensible when they diss a book. and they justify it too.
But on the pro side
1. you would be nice and light. i can keep you personal
2. i can tag my reviews i guess so that it can come up if people search it. id be so happy if people read my reviews and liked it!! I remember ages ago last year, a random replied to one of my half assed reviews and said that it was really good and she agreed with me. i was freaking ecstatic! like LET ME HUG YOU im not alone!!
3. if people read my reviews and liked it and followed me (omg im dreaming) they can recommend me books :D But omg how awkward if the book turns out really shitty.
4. and its not like im going to get absolutely NO ONE reading my blogs. i can always force friends. but that aside, my reviews here get around 10-20 views without my advertising or tagging or #ing. that's gotta mean something riiight? admittedly though, i think its becuase when people google image the book name, the picture i have uploaded comes up so thats probably where it comes from. or some spammer site. but stilllll, that's more than my personal posts at least so maybe i should move them out.
5. i can get creative!!! book blogs always have to have a nice name and like some nice picture on the top. i can draw stuff and get crafty! i have no idea how to use artsy stuff on the computer though. and no way in hell am i going to be doing shit on paint. i can name it really corny stuff like 'BlanketofBooks.blogspot.com' and have a picture of an owl (cause theyre nocturnal) under a blanket at night with a flashlight reading a book! or maybe booknight LOOOL instead of goodnight. and have a massive book with the words LAME all over it. and i can have a really 'inspirational' (i use that word v/ lightly) motto like 'tackling the world, one book at a time' or something LOLOL. omg blogspot would sue me.
it all sounds horrid, but i copyright all that shit there. OH, what about bookstop? your one stop shop for ..book reviews. maybe ill keep it all really minimalistic. Just bookblog.blogspot.com.au.
maybe i should change my new years resolution to this. i already have like 40 book reviews anyway as a kick start. ill have to edit and structure them all though. is it possible to just have really disorderly book reviews? maybe i can pass it all off as my casual style. Like 'stop looking at me weird. im normal you're all just too tight arsed' maybe i can incorporate that into the name. like casualbookblog.blogspot.com
cause i admit, its so draining reading reviews. id much rather write them then read them thats for sure. so maybe if i can just keep it all to the point and hvae none of that polished, highlight-right-click-synonyms, structured essay, i can keep my blog casual as if its supposed to be. if that makes sense. im sorry for rambling blog. my excuse is that im brainstorming. if i had a book blog, id want my reviews to be as if im talking to the reader, not presenting some weird powerpoint presentation. my reviews aren't even horrible or anything, its just really utterly shit if you compare it to those who review with consideration of an audience. maybe ill have a little side note 'if you're a grammar nazi or cringe at swear words, get outta here you pussy'.
About Me
- UYENN
- melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 30/03/1993 i like music, reading, minecraft and i like youtube :) nice to meet you, twitter.com/uyenhua
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