18th
Oct
Oct
As a book
blogger I’ve been receiving books to review for years. And I love it! It’s
something I’m honestly still proud of. Authors and publishers that choose me to
review there book. I mean does it get any better than that? In the early days
of Maureen’s Books I used to accept every review request. I was just so honored
that people picked me to read their book that I wanted to read them all. Even
if it were books that didn’t really spark my interest, or were in a genre I
normally didn’t read. Soon I had way to much books to review and I couldn’t
read fast enough to keep up. So I updated my review policy and nowadays I’m only
accepting review requests if the book interests me and I have the time.
blogger I’ve been receiving books to review for years. And I love it! It’s
something I’m honestly still proud of. Authors and publishers that choose me to
review there book. I mean does it get any better than that? In the early days
of Maureen’s Books I used to accept every review request. I was just so honored
that people picked me to read their book that I wanted to read them all. Even
if it were books that didn’t really spark my interest, or were in a genre I
normally didn’t read. Soon I had way to much books to review and I couldn’t
read fast enough to keep up. So I updated my review policy and nowadays I’m only
accepting review requests if the book interests me and I have the time.
But still
it’s hard to keep track of all the books to review at times. I manage, but I
keep thinking I need to find something to make it easier to keep track of all
those books. I have used a notebook, but I found it didn’t work quite as well since
some books needed to be read earlier than others and I would miss some because
they weren’t in order. Currently I’m using an excel sheet, but I keep changing
it since I’m still not completely convinced this works the way I want it too.
it’s hard to keep track of all the books to review at times. I manage, but I
keep thinking I need to find something to make it easier to keep track of all
those books. I have used a notebook, but I found it didn’t work quite as well since
some books needed to be read earlier than others and I would miss some because
they weren’t in order. Currently I’m using an excel sheet, but I keep changing
it since I’m still not completely convinced this works the way I want it too.
Obviously
I write a review date in my planner if theirs still a publish date coming up.
But flipping through my planner every time just doesn’t sound like a good way
to keep track either.
I write a review date in my planner if theirs still a publish date coming up.
But flipping through my planner every time just doesn’t sound like a good way
to keep track either.
So tell
me, how do you keep track of the books you need to review?
Do you use a
notebook? Words, Excel?
Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
I don't. ^^; I do need to find a system, it would be helpful.
It would right?! I heard Trish @ Between My Lines made an arc's list on Goodreads for her TBR books.. Sounds like a promising idea.
I usually use an agenda. I write down the date and try to plan my readings in order to have the ARC read before it comes out. However, I fail a lot of times – unless, it's blog tour.
Happy readings! 😉
Tânia @MyLovelySecret
I know what you mean. I used to use an agenda too. But since it only seemed to work for Tours etc. I stopped that. Hmm.. I have to think of something. 😀