Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!
This week’s prompt is a bit different and reflective: what has changed in your bookish life since the time you first started blogging?
It’s been fun to look back and reflect on over 4.5 years of blogging and a lifetime of reading. Enjoy!
- I have simplified my review titles. When I first started blogging, I would come up with this clever post titles. And now I just call them reviews. Ha!
- I read a lot more Christian fiction now and I love it!
- Still a fantasy fan girl by all accounts. I’ve reread all my favorite fantasy series and blogged about them: Harry Potter, LOTR, Narnia, Fablehaven. It’s been fun to revisit old favorites. I am definitely a rereader.
- I have to plan time to blog nowadays. When I first started blogging, my oldest was a baby and I had a lot more time to fill. As our kids get older, I find I need to schedule times to blog so I don’t feel like I’m constantly behind.
- Writing reviews has gotten easier for me over the years. I used to really stress about writing the “perfect” review but now I just write what I think/feel. And that helps me write reviews faster and more naturally.
- When I started blogging, I knew no one in the book blogging world. And now I am blessed to be connected to so many of you!
- I read less hyped books now than I did when I first started. When I was a new blogger, I wanted to write about books people knew about, and now I prefer to write about books that are not as well known. It’s fun to introduce people to new reads.
- Now, I let myself not finish series if I’m not that into them. I used to be really serious about finishing all series I start.
- Signing up for the Classics Club felt like I had all the time in the world to read my 50 classics. And now I have under a year and 12 classics to go. Gotta pick it up to finish on time!
- Now I try to read books before I buy them. Also I have a book budget now because I want to buy all the books all the time.
What has changed for you as a blogger and reader over the years?
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I so miss rereading books. Reviewing ARCs has definitely cut into my rereading. I’m hoping to request less ARCs next year and spend more time rereading. I love your idea of blogging your rereads! I may steal that! 😉 Great post!
Here’s my TTT for the week.
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Thank you! I hope you find time for rereads in 2020! I think they are so fun 🙂 I request fewer and fewer ARCs because I always feel bogged down by them. Haha. Good luck finding your balance! 🙂
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Like you, I’ve simplified my titles a lot, and I found I need to be more organized about my blogging. I think I read fewer hyped books, and I challenge myself to read different genres and more diverse authors. Other big changes for me have been library e-books and adding audiobooks to my mix.
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That’s awesome! Good for you expanding your reading genres. I aspire to do more of that. And neat you’re enjoying different types of books. I have actually listened to more audiobooks lately too and really enjoy them!
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numbers 5 and 9 ring very true!
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Where has the time gone on the Classics Club? 5 years still sounds long but suddenly it feels short!
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I just discovered a Christian fiction writer I really like – Kristy Cambron. I read the third book in her castle series (not realizing it was part of a trilogy) and really like it. I just got back from the library with a half a dozen more of her books! Who are your favorite Christian authors?
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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YES!! I love Kristy’s books! Her Hidden Masterpiece duo is my favorite thus far 🙂
I haven’t yet read her Lost Castle series–not really sure why it’s taken me this long. Ha!
Favorite Christian Authors: Elizabeth Camden, Kristi Ann Hunter, Katherine Reay, Carla Laureano, Dawn Crandall (obviously its hard to narrow it down…haha)
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I’ve heard of Camden, but not the others. I’m going to check them out now. Thanks so much for the recommendations!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy!
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Now I also read less hyped books than when I started, I feel that once you start blogging you feel the pressure of having to read popular books, but now I’m more relaxed and I only read what really interests me 😊❤️
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Exactly! I feel the same way! 🙂
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How much time a week do you schedule for blogging?
My TTT.
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Lately, I try to have 2 afternoons (for 1-2 hours) to blog. That includes reviews, other posts, updating Goodreads, emails, etc. It’s worked pretty well!
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