Good morning everyone! I hope you've all been well and are enjoying the warmer weather! While summer is probably my least favorite season - I am appreciating the warmer weather after all of the rain that we were getting there for awhile. It's another busy weekend over here but I've been mulling some thoughts over for awhile now and wanted to get everyone's opinion.
Okay so here's the deal. Last week (or the week before) I started reading No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen which is the second book in a mystery series. According to Goodreads, I finished reading the first book back in December of 2017. So it had been awhile and honestly when I started this book and the author referred to events that had happened in book one....well, I was a bit lost. I couldn't remember the ending of that first book and how everything went down. I ended up searching Goodread's reviews for spoilers so I could refresh myself on that first book. Honestly, this isn't the first time that's happened especially as I read so many different series. I also try to keep my reviews as spoiler free as possible which means I don't end up giving a lot of details on the plot. Here's where I need your opinion. I'm thinking that I'm going to change the way that I write my reviews of books. I'm going to write up my thoughts like I normally do - and then in a marked paragraph I'm going to discuss my thoughts with spoilers and as many details as I like. I'm thinking that I will post this paragraph at the very end so that those who don't want to see spoilers can just read my thoughts and skip that section. The only times that I won't do this is if I'm reading/reviewing a book as part of a blog tour. Blog tour books are for people to actually visit my blog and read my thoughts on the book so I don't feel like I should include spoilers in that kind of post. But I want to really be able to remember what I read so for other books, why shouldn't I discuss everything or anything I want to? What are your feelings on all of this? How do you remember the details from all of the books that you read? Or don't you....I sure don't!
Reading wise, I'm chugging right along at about the same reading pace as I have been all year. I have a bunch of books that I need to write up my thoughts on so I'm really looking forward to your thoughts on the above. My review copies have really been stacking up lately so I'm trying to focus almost entirely on them in June. I did this in April and felt like it helped make the stack a bit more manageable. That hasn't stopped me from putting WAY too many books on hold at the library or checking too many out. Because some things never change and I AM a mood reader through and through. In the past week (or so), I've finished the following two books:
Deadly Obsession by April Hunt - This is the beginning to a new romantic suspense series and I really enjoyed it. I love romantic suspenses but there is a fine line between what works for me in this genre and what doesn't. I'm hoping to write up my thoughts on this one soon but I will definitely say that I'm planning on reading more in this series!
Summer on Mirror Lake by JoAnn Ross - This is a small town contemporary romance that I read for an upcoming TLC book tour. My thoughts on this one will be up later this week. I will admit that I'm confused on if this is a part of a series or not - I need to research that further. There are a lot of characters to keep track of but I found it an enjoyable read perfect for summertime.
I'm now currently reading the following:
I'm also reading this for an upcoming TLC book tour later this month. It has been awhile since I read one of this author's books but I'm really enjoying it so far! I'm sensing a need for a thriller or mystery next after these three books. I'm also considering starting Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land to read alongside my current book. We are into June already and I have yet to pick up any nonfiction - I REALLY wanted to read more nonfiction this year so this is something I need to focus on more. Especially as I'm constantly adding nonfiction books to my TBR list but then never reading them. I don't usually read two print books at once but I'm thinking I might change things up a bit with a nonfiction book instead of my usual e-book.
I'm writing this early because plans for today include baseball games. If we aren't at the fields all day then I'm going to work on laundry and getting the house ready for the week. I've been watching the Harry Potter movies this weekend as my husband and daughter are away at a softball tournament. I'm not a huge television nut but I always love marathoning the Harry Potter movies (and not feeling bad when I make my husband watch them for the umpteenth time)! I'm off to enjoy my Sunday and this beautiful weather!
Happy Sunday and Happy Reading!
Today was our first day in the 90's and, wouldn't you know it, it shot right up to 99. Triple digit summers aren't unusual here, but we've been so spoiled by a pleasant spring. Rain here and there and such comfortable temperatures. Unfortunately, not every part of the country can say the same. All that flooding in areas . . . So scary.
ReplyDeleteI have been in the same situation on occasion. Starting a book later in the series and not remembering what had come before because it was so long ago when I read the previous book. I think your idea is a great one, especially if it helps you. I'm all for doing what you want on your own blog. And as long as you mark the section containing the spoiler as a spoiler, you should be okay. And honestly, sometimes the ending is just what I want to talk about! It's hard to do when you are trying to avoid spoilers.
I am so behind in review writing. I just haven't had time to sit down and write anything down. My reading has suffered too. I am hoping to do better this month, but I've been saying that every month now to no avail.
I hope you have a great week, Sam!
I agree with Wendy. You should do what you want to here. Marking the paragraph with 'spoilers' can help people that don't want to know about them easily skip the paragraph. And, yes, I do forget what happens in previous books unless I read them back to back. I'm still going back and forth regarding my blog and what to share, if anything. I may get back to writing about books, but we'll see. Life has been busy for a number of reasons. And summer is definitely here - almost 100 for us yesterday capped off by some intense thunderstorms. Welcome to June in Central Texas! Ha!
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