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Need Advice for my 2024 Goal to Write Reviews
Lauren
Jan 17, 2024 10:13AM
Hello Book Friends!
I crushed my reading challenge last year, reading 132/80 books, and wanted to give myself a realistic challenge (planning on reading more than 132 doesn't seem realistic). So I set my goal at 80 again, and want to give myself the challenge of writing at least 50 reviews this year...
SOOOOO I come to you for all of your review tips and tricks.
I have a friend who told me she takes notes on her phone as she reads and looks at them while she writes her reviews to help her remember stuff (Shout out @Rachael- wagonwheelreads ). GREAT ADVICE.
What other advice do ya'll have?
Thanks!
Happy Reading!
I crushed my reading challenge last year, reading 132/80 books, and wanted to give myself a realistic challenge (planning on reading more than 132 doesn't seem realistic). So I set my goal at 80 again, and want to give myself the challenge of writing at least 50 reviews this year...
SOOOOO I come to you for all of your review tips and tricks.
I have a friend who told me she takes notes on her phone as she reads and looks at them while she writes her reviews to help her remember stuff (Shout out @Rachael- wagonwheelreads ). GREAT ADVICE.
What other advice do ya'll have?
Thanks!
Happy Reading!
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I take notes on my notes app. I listen to multiple books at once so on the Notes App under the same note I'll have a heading for each book as I go. It makes it easy as I can just dictate into my phone and then copy paste into GR before formatting to my hearts desire.
It's also nice if you find a format that works for you and kind of stick to that. If you follow enough people you'll see that some people almost always have a set format of how they will review a book. I review for my own personal use so my format changes depending on the mood but it often follows a set of tropes/themes at the beginning of the review, then I flow into my thoughts. I tend to review 95% of the books I read.
Don't feel like you need to make them super long. Sometimes the funniest reviews I've read were just a few lines lol. I review just for me to help me remember so sometimes it's just a few lines, or it's a whole damn phone book, and every thing imaginable between those lengths.
Are you following anyone? It definitely helped me improve how I reviewed things when I found a good core group of friends on GR who read the same genre as me. I learn a lot from just watching how they review :)
Happy reading to you! And good luck!
It's also nice if you find a format that works for you and kind of stick to that. If you follow enough people you'll see that some people almost always have a set format of how they will review a book. I review for my own personal use so my format changes depending on the mood but it often follows a set of tropes/themes at the beginning of the review, then I flow into my thoughts. I tend to review 95% of the books I read.
Don't feel like you need to make them super long. Sometimes the funniest reviews I've read were just a few lines lol. I review just for me to help me remember so sometimes it's just a few lines, or it's a whole damn phone book, and every thing imaginable between those lengths.
Are you following anyone? It definitely helped me improve how I reviewed things when I found a good core group of friends on GR who read the same genre as me. I learn a lot from just watching how they review :)
Happy reading to you! And good luck!
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