It was after my pledge to read twenty-four books (in 2016)
that I realize I needed to restructure my reading and writing routine and that
included book reviews.
Writers can only wish and hope that when a reader likes a
particular book of ours that he/she will take the time to write a review. The issue
with writing reviews is that it takes time. In fact, writing a well-written
review can take an hour or two, hence, the reason for this blog post.
Years back when I began a career in writing a fellow author
gave me a piece of worldly advice, you need to read and a lot. To date,
I’ve read sixty books accompanied by sixty reviews (authormariacox on Goodreads).
In addition to reading more, I became much more involved in writing clubs,
serving as social media coordinator, committee member, newsletter editor and ultimately
President. Ambitions goals are good, but in my case my enthusiasm led me down a
path where there was little time to read and write; a big no-no for any writer.
When I decided to draft an article on the subject of book
reviews I did a bit of research. I wanted to know the stance of the writing
community on book reviews versus book ratings. I was surprised to learn
there was little on the subject. Really, what I wanted to do was to understand
how writers ‘felt’ about reviews in general.
Moving on to the main reason for this post…I want to inform
my followers and writer friends that I won’t write reviews in 2016, only book
ratings. Why? Reviews are lengthy and take time. book ratings take about five
seconds.
Note this isn’t an easy choice, but perhaps the
best option given my new goals.
