Let’s talk bookish is a weekly meme, created and hosted by Rukky @Eternity Books , here different topics will be discussed.
This week’s topic is ‘How to write your favourite post’, which is a very interesting topic, but I also have no idea how to start this discussion haha.
Well I guess the most logical place to start is figuring out what actually is my favourite post to write! I think my favourite posts to write are reviews, just because I love sharing my thoughts on books! Which are also the posts that get the least views haha, I know views is not the most important thing, but it can be a bit demotivating at times, since some reviews take a long time to write! Sometimes it is just hard to gather all my thoughts and write them out in a logical way!
Other posts I really like to write are lists, so posts like Top Ten Tuesday, Top Five Tuesday and Top Five Saturday! As you might have noticed I try to participate in all of these! But sometimes I don’t like to topic haha, or I just don’t know what to do with a certain topic! But some topics really make you think and look back at books you’ve read in the past. And that sometimes really reminds my about how much I loved certain books, and makes me want to reread/continue the series/ pick up more from an author!
But for the rest of the post I will continue talking about book reviews! When I just started blogging I really tried making notes for each book that I read, so that writing reviews would be easier. But this made reading feel more like a job instead of doing it for pleasure. I do sometimes still make notes for ARCs, or if I really don’t want to forget something I will make a quick note on my phone. But no notebook with thoughts anymore..
So now I try to write my reviews as soon as possible after finishing the book, since I don’t want to forget what my thoughts were haha! Sometimes when I don’t do this I do have the problem of remembering what I thought haha! Especially for books that were just mediocre, and I don’t have that many thoughts.
But recently I’ve been implicating the CAWPILE rating system (see explanation here!). This really helps me gathering my thoughts. Sometimes I do not write my review immediately, but I do fill in CAWPILE. So when I look back at that when I write the actual review I can go and explain each rating that I give. If, for example, I gave 5/10 for characters, I can just go and explain why in my opinion these characters were mediocre. Or if I gave 9/10 I can probably go and explain why they were almost perfect. This really helps me! And if you struggle with gathering your thoughts for writing reviews, I really recommend trying out this system!
Of course when I have strong feelings about a book, will it be love or hate, it makes it easier to write reviews. For those reviews sometimes I just sit down and write a full review in 10 minutes haha! Although sometimes it is hard to write a review for a book I absolutely love, most of the time the review is basically ‘I love this book, read it!’
I have no idea what to say more?! I hope this was a good enough discussion! (Just a small mention, I really like writing these discussion as well, but I really cannot come up with topics myself, so this meme really helps! Shout out to Rukky haha!)
Oh this is an interesting topic! I don’t know what my favorite posts are to write, I think it depends on my mood. Reviews are always interesting–sometimes I love writing them and sometimes I struggle lol.
True, it is really mood dependent haha!
I also adore writing reviews, I wish people read them and commented more often! I also don’t really take notes anymore but CAWPILE looks like it could be really useful. I adore writing reviews but I know they don’t get enough attention. I try to make a point of commenting on other people’s reviews if I can!
Also I love your photographs.
I really like seeing that everyone’s reviews get less comments.. Makes me realize it is not just my reviews haha! I’m really going to do my best to comment on even more reviews!
CAWPILE is really useful!
Thanks 🙂
I think reviews are a really important part of book blogging so I don’t really get why they don’t get more views. I do avoid some for books that I’m super excited for as I want to go into them knowing as little as possible. But then I generally save them to read once I’ve had a chance to pick up the book for myself because whether I’ve loved or hated the book I kind of like comparing what others thought of it too.
I also relate with you about not making notes when reading, it’s too distracting. I sometimes do the odd one like you if I really want to remember a very specific point but it does take away from the reading process to write too much down. I jot the odd page number down to find quotes again after too but again not too many – just one or two that really stand out to me so I have one for my review.
Yeah I think more people do that (me included haha). I really like comparing thoughts! Especilly when they are really different haha!
When I’m reading, I just want to be in the story! Not thinking about the things I will have to write :p
Anything with a list is an easy go-to for me. Even in discussion posts I utilise headings to help structure and make sure I don’t veer too far off topic haha. When it comes to reviews, I typically wait a couple days before writing them, but not down initial reactions after finishing as a starting point.
I love making lists ahha!
Oh maybe I should do that to! maybe makes it easier to write the discussion!
If I can’t write the review right away, I also try to note down some first thoughts!
Ohh, reviews are pretty fun to write even if a lot of people don’t read them! I try to read them as much as possible because I know they don’t get a whole lot of love. I enjoy writing them too but I feel like mine never make sense because I’m just rambling all my thoughts and feelings. XD i need to start calling them my book thoughts, LOL.
-Amber
They are!
I can understand that you don’t always read all reviews, especially if you know it is for a book you’re not interested in anyway (I do that sometimes as well..)
I also sometimes feel lik I’m just rambling, and am not writing anything useful at all haha! But sometimes those are also quite fun to read!
Book thoughts.. Good one!
I definitely agree it is much easier to write a review for a book I love or hate.
At least then you have strong feelings haha!