Since it's Wednesday, I just wanted to update you guys quickly and say that I won't be doing Waiting on Wednesday posts anymore.
The thing is, sometimes I don't look into new releases for awhile. Sometimes I am not excited enough about any releases I know about, to feature them on the blog. And this leads to me feeling like I have to post about an upcoming release every single week, so I search Goodreads until I find something. At that point, I'm not even excited about the "something" that I find. I'm just glad my search is over and I have a post.
I don't have any plans for Wednesdays yet. Lately it's been difficult finding topics to discuss on Thursdays and Fridays, which are my other "free" blogging days. (AKA days when I'm not posting reviews or weekly memes.)
This kind of brings me to my next discussion: I'm going to attempt to be a more relaxed blogger from now on. The concept still freaks me out a little, like ... what do you mean I don't have to post every week day??
But I don't. I don't have to keep weekly posts like this around just to fill up space. Nothing on this blog should be here for that purpose. It should be here because it's something I am honestly excited about and want to share with you guys.
I might take the blogging down to say, three or four posts a week -- which is still great. It's still consistent and it still takes effort on my part, just hopefully not stress.
So, yeah, I'm still going to blog about upcoming releases I'm excited about. It'll just be in more of a discussion post format, and it will be less often. I'll also still blog consistently. I just won't pressure myself so much to get a post up every single day.
I'm going to cut this off here, because it doesn't look so much like the "quick update" I promised anymore. But let me know what you guys think -- will you miss Waiting on Wednesday posts? Do you even read them? Are they a part of your own blog?
You do you! I think four posts a week is fantastic! (I can only manage three). I also totally agree with you. Why blog about something you aren't actually excited for?
ReplyDeleteExactly! I just feel like making myself post takes the excitement out of it, and then how are people supposed to know when I'm really excited about something?
DeleteThis is reasonable :) I personally use waiting on wednesday to keep myself updated about which books are coming out. Without it I probably wouldn't know what I have to look forward to. Haha.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award! :D check it out here!
I used to use Waiting on Wednesday for new releases too, but now I'm more likely to look at posts that talk about books being released that month, or see ARC reviews around, or I'll notice them on Netgalley. I have so many other ways to find out that most of the time I've already seen the books before!
DeleteThanks for the nomination! I don't really do tag/award posts, but I appreciate it anyway :D
Four posts a week is great! We do the same thing - one review for Karolina and one review for me, and then two other posts. This could be a discussion, a tag, something personal, whatever comes to mind. I personally don't read WoW posts because I don't really pay attention to new releases. I can barely keep up with my existing tbr pile as it is!
ReplyDeleteThe point is, do what you want. We'll read it anyway. :)
I usually skim through them to see if there's any I haven't heard of, but very rarely find one I haven't already seen everywhere, or featured myself. I wish I could ignore new releases like that, though, because you're right -- my TBR is long enough without them!
DeleteI pick and choose when I want to do memes. Sometimes it's when I'm really excited, but other times, I'll schedule them when I know I'll be low on content for the week. I've found that it works for me, but it still stresses me out.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you've found something that works for you! I tried to pick and choose, but ended up feeling like I had to do them weekly after awhile. I like having the set schedule, I guess.
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