So I've stopped doing Mailbox Monday-ish memes, Teaser Tuesday-like memes and This Week at The Life and Lies, and… and every other meme that I thought was important in a book blog for three reasons:
1. After reading 200+ IMM posts, you honestly can't remember who got what, and you honestly don't care anymore.
2. They actually do take a lot of time to put together. I don't just remember which books I got in, so I have to go back and look at the review forms that I stick on the inside to see if the date I got them fell into this week. Why?… Because I don't remember anything anymore, that's why! (Haley stop yelling at your readers. You love their comments, remember?)
3. Do you really need to know what I reviewed last week, what I will review next week, and what I got in the mail? no, because you read my blog and you'll read the reviews I post. so we're going in circles. Stop ranting, Haley.
However, I'm going to do a new meme this summer only (June-August) called Summer Reads. 
They'll be like mini-reviews and I'll post about more than one book in each post. I don't know how many I'll do per week, since this is totally out of the blue. But it'll be a fun way to promote summer books without you having to read a full wordy 1000+ word review on each one.
So let me know if you want to join me in posting Summer Reads.
I actually think this is great. I only do the mailbox meme but it's short and to the point so it doesn't take long.
ReplyDeleteI feel ya though....I think do whatever makes blogging easier IMO.
Like the nice little rant on the memes. I totally agree with you. In beginning they were fun. But after a few months of seeing what seems like millions of them, I have gotten to the point were I just tune them out. Love your idea of summer reads. I already do something similar with my Book Views.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's because I haven't been doing them forever, but I love the IMM and a few other memes. I only (usually) do 2 or 3 a week, but I am still having fun with them. This is the threshold for me: When they're not fun, I'll stop.
ReplyDeleteI like your summer reads meme. Maybe I'll join in the fun once I see what you're talking about! Enjoy.