Sunday Fun Five #53:
#48: The 5 Paper Books You Treasure Most
#49:The 5 Books That Had You at "Hello"
#50:The 5 Résumé-Worthy Talents of the Average Book Blogger
#49:
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#52: The 5 Mistakes You Made With Your Blog You Wish You'd Never Done in the First Place
#53: The 5 Choices You Made With Your Blog That You're Most Happy About
For the 22nd of May: #54: The 5 Books That Scream Summer (to You)
#53: The 5 Choices You Made With Your Blog That You're Most Happy About
For the 22nd of May: #54: The 5 Books That Scream Summer (to You)
A Countdown of
The 5 Choices You Made With Your Blog That You're Most Happy About
Book blogging, despite being centered on the love of books, is a personal experience. I see why other bloggers have chosen the route they went, but as for me, these are the choices I made with my blog that continue to make me happier to this day.
When you start out blogging, you tend to notice everyone tends to pick up some fun memes. For some reason, I decided to do my own, perhaps because I liked the challenge of coming up with topics and being able to personalize everything. It hasn't always been easy, but I enjoy having a variety of posts that aren't necessarily identical to everyone else's.
4. Writing Reviews for Older Books
It seems almost a dirty word in some of the book blogging world- old books. But after realizing ARCs weren't really everything they were cracked up to be during my first year of blogging, I try to read more old books in order to keep variety and interest in blogging alive- for me! I don't think I would be blogging about books if I could only blog about the latest and "greatest".
3. Keeping My Blog Ad-Free
This is something I noticed early on when I started blogging- ads are so annoying. As a gift to myself, I decided to try and maintain my blog in an ad-free fashion. It's worked well for me so far!
2. Not Signing Up For Blog Tours
I've almost signed up for different blog tour companies, but to be honest, the practice irks me a bit. I know authors don't have time to beg each individual blogger to advertise and/or review their book, but I would hope they'd magically come upon my blog and realize I might like their book... instead of paying someone else for that realization. It's not realistic, but darn it- I don't need any more emails about books for review in my inbox- it's stuffed already!
1. Doing My Own Thing
I like being free to do whatever on my blog. Despite it being named Victorian Soul Critiques, I've also done posts on Cat Acquisition/Adoption (In Other News), Vacation Posts ("The Lazy Vacationer" by Litha Nelle and Gone Camping: Moose, Mesa Falls, Dog Antics, and Lots of Rain), and even a post on another thing I love, antiques (Gone Junkin'). It may not amount to massive amounts of pageviews, but if it keeps me happy, I'll post about it.
What choices have you made with your blog that continue to make you happy? And happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!
