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August 13th: What mistakes have you learned to stop repeating when it comes to reading and blogging?
To read on...I do make that mistake now again, but for the most I have learned to actually STOP when a book is not for me. I just do not have time to read books that do not interest me, that are boring or that I want to throw at the wall.
To stop responding to everything. I guess some authors do assume that when I do not respond I have not received their email. But no, I just do not want to waste time sending a thanks no thanks to every review request I get. Time is precious, I'd rather be reading.
Early on I learned to say no to review books. I said yes to everything at first, haha, what a mistake. I also read everything, even though it was crap, and I was to afraid to say so too. I am so glad I learned early on to say no, and to say the truth.
August 13th: What mistakes have you learned to stop repeating when it comes to reading and blogging?
To read on...I do make that mistake now again, but for the most I have learned to actually STOP when a book is not for me. I just do not have time to read books that do not interest me, that are boring or that I want to throw at the wall.
To stop responding to everything. I guess some authors do assume that when I do not respond I have not received their email. But no, I just do not want to waste time sending a thanks no thanks to every review request I get. Time is precious, I'd rather be reading.
Early on I learned to say no to review books. I said yes to everything at first, haha, what a mistake. I also read everything, even though it was crap, and I was to afraid to say so too. I am so glad I learned early on to say no, and to say the truth.
I need to learn to do that. I've learned to quit qorrying about stats.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard!
DeleteI agree about the emails. I got put on some list in a website and now I get review requests all the time. I stopped replying to them and just mark them as spam now.
ReplyDeleteI get those too, ugh
DeleteAh yes I agree with you too
ReplyDeleteYou have gotten good at putting books down that don't hold your interest. I need to get better at that.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard, and honestly lately I have failed a lot, dunno why
DeleteThat's a great list! I have still not mastered the art of the dnf. But I power skim and finish in 15 mintues so I'm still not wasting too much time lol
ReplyDeleteI used to be good at skimming, but I have gotten worse, lol
DeleteYeah it's hard sometimes to stop but you gotta know when to say when lol.
ReplyDeleteSome books are just not worth it
DeleteYep, I now DNF more and I don't request or accept everything anymore. Life is too short to waste it reading a book you don't enjoy.
ReplyDeleteAfter i wrote this I have read lots of mediocre books, lol
DeleteNope, I'm still learning that lesson. I can't seem to DNF even when the book is terrible! My OCD just forces me to finish.
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
No Mogsy, noooo!
DeleteI need to train myself to do that, too.
ReplyDeleteI do still fail
DeleteI've had similar book/review epiphanies, too. It really does clear time for what you want to do instead of senseless obligations.
ReplyDeleteWHo has time for that? And who wants to
DeleteI learned to say no a long time ago and my review policy states I don’t accept books for review so if they email me, they are wasting their time, I don’t respond. I totally agree about reading crap. I did that for a long time, then I got smart!
ReplyDeleteI do have an open policy, but then I get the genres I do not read, I doubt they have ever read my blog
DeleteDNFing is hard
ReplyDeleteI have lost my edge this month
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