The Book Blogger Hop hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer.
Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following
Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related
question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other
blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new
followers to your own blog.This Week's Book Blogger Hop Question:
At the end of a hard day, how do you get yourself psyched about writing a book review? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
My Answer:
I cannot motivate myself to write reviews. It is always a struggle. Those books which do not leave any impression are easy to review: I just write down my thoughts and things I do not like. But reviews about books that I loved or hated are more difficult to gather; I am usually full of emotions, and it is difficult to put in any reasonable form to convey my thoughts. So those are the longest to write. I still have one book from last year that I hated and want to rant about, but still have not even started.
Book Beginnings of Fridays hosted by Gillion Dumas of Rose City Reader. A weekly meme where readers share the first sentence of the book they are reading and say what they think. My Book Beginnings:
My 56:There was a boy called Odd. and there was nothing strange or unusual about that, not in that time or place. Odd meant the tip of a blade, and it was a lucky name.
Goodreads
The fox tosses its head and walked away. Odd put his knife down and took out his hatchet once more. 'I've seen rainbows on the snow sometimes,' said Odd, laud enough for the fox to hear, 'and on the side of buildings, when sun shone through the icicles. And I thought, ice is only water, so it must have rainbows in it too. When the water freezes, I think the rainbows are trapped into it, like fish in a shallow pool. And the sunlight sets them free.'
Outline: I love Chris Riddell illustrations and I am ready to read whatever book he illustrates. His collaboration with Neil Gaiman was not bad so far, so I am hoping to enjoy this short book. Besides, the extract about rainbows is so poetic and beautiful.
Such playful writing. I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI tend to skip writing reviews of books I really dislike because I figure someone spent a lot of time and effort creating it. It is a fine line though.
Sounds like a delightful story!! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI like Neil Gaiman but haven't read this one yet. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteBooks that evoke extreme emotions are hard to review simply because I don't want to give too much away. Quite sadly, the books that leave a lasting impression are often my skimpier reviews. But, like you, the books that I read and were great entertainment (and nothing more) are the easiest to write.
ReplyDeleteEither way, I don't write after a long (stressful, annoying, down-right awful) day at work.
I also have a hard time motivating myself to write reviews, especially of books I loved. I want everybody to love the book as much as I did, and I don’t always have the ability to put my feelings into words.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Ooh, I need to read this!
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite usually... The books I love/hate I can write easily. The books that I where somewhere in the middle, I struggle.
ReplyDeleteI actually know a writer whose work was read by Neil Gaiman, so I pretty much think it must be like gold to have an interaction with this man, and to be able to collaborate with him must be mind blowing.
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