Hey everyone! I haven’t done a tag in a while, so I thought I might as well do this one–in which I was tagged in by Summer @ XingSings. Thanks so much, Summer! This tag is one I had meant to do for a while now actually, but I never got around to it. It was created back when it was the release of Huntley Fitzpatrick’s novel The Boy Most Likely To (which I have yet to read, admittedly–I will, one day, promise!) and was really popular for a while! Now it’s just drifting around, I think. XD Basically we just share our own blogger superlative, and some other stuff (I think?), and invite others to do the same (as per usual in a book tag).
Alright, so are you ready for this? It was actually kind of hard to come up with only one, but finally I have reached one! And naturally, I cheated a bit and meshed two into one. Okay, here it is:
The Blog Most Likely To… Be Behind On Literally All The Reviews (And spend time squealing about books and chocolate instead)
Allow me to explain. (Yes, I realize you guys are all smart little minions but I am smarter* so hushhh)
If you’ve been around for a while, or even a bit, you know this is (unfortunately?) 110% true. As much as I would love for all of you lovely people to deny it, you just can’t. XD It’s totally not intentional, I swear it! But I just can’t keep up with writing reviews. Once I started slipping, it just kind of snowballed and now I can’t get out of it, aghhhhh. I literally have books I read over a year ago, like in May 2015, that I still haven’t reviewed, despite making a draft, telling myself I’d write up a review, etc. etc. I don’t know. LE SIGH. Around 98% of the time, I’m eating chocolate and read a new book rather than writing a review for the book I recently read.. which is really a bad habit of mine. I really enjoy writing reviews, I do! It’s so much fun expressing my thoughts on a book, especially if it’s one I loved.. or hated. 😉 But despite that, I seem to always never get them written?
*Hey, I like to dream, alright? No raining on my parade here.
Why do I procrastinate so much?
(I mean, eating chocolate instead is time very well spent, in my book, but others may not see it that way. :P)
- I love reviewing, but reading often becomes first for me. There are so many books to be read, I just want to keep picking up another book once I finish one! And once that happens, I get caught up in another book, and then another, and then another, and then.. I find that instead of one review to write, I have, like 5. And then 10. And then.. yeah, you know what I mean. 😀
- I don’t always like to write reviews right after finishing a book, because I feel like at that time, I’m most likely still reeling from the ending and everything, so it wouldn’t be a very helpful or 100% accurate review because I’d most likely either hype it up way more than I actually mean to, or, the opposite. So. I like to wait a bit more, to clear my head.. except then I kind of don’t get around to writing the review at all, because of what happens in the above. *SIGH* I am terrible, guys.
- Squealing about books and chocolate is so much more appealing sometimes? I like my books, and I like my chocolate too much, guys. #sorrynotsorry
I think I’m supposed to offer examples as well? But I can’t exactly do that, so… I’ll skip to the tagging!
This post is turning out to be very short! But this tag was a lot of fun to do–it was interesting to come up with the superlative, at least.
- Ali @ I Wuv Books
- Alicia @ #LoveBooks
- Amy @ Book Enthral
- Amy & Nikki @ Every Book You Need to Read and More
- Ashley @ Socially Awkward Bookworm
- Beth @ Reading Every Night
- Catia @ The Girl Who Read Too Much
- Claire @ Art and Soul
- Cristina @ My Tiny Obsessions
- Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse
- Emma @ Emma the Book lover
- Giovanna @ Book Coma
- Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books
- Poulami @ Daydreaming Books
- Kat @ Life and Other Disasters
- Sara @ Freadom Library
- Trang & Lashaan @ Bookidote
- Zezee @ Zezee with Books
As usual, no pressure if you don’t want to do this tag! And if you want to do it, but your name isn’t on here, don’t feel shy to go right ahead and do it! Let me know in the comments if you’d like to do it–and if you do it, please link back to this post so I can come check it out! ❤
HAHA I LOVE ITT! I’m the queen of procrastination myself LOL thank you so much for the tag!! 🙂 – Trang
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YES we shall be procrastination buddies together!! XD No problem! ❤
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Cute tag and thanks for tagging me! I have no idea what my superlative would be haha
If I can give you a tip, maybe if you write your immoderate thoughts after you finish in a notebook it would help you keep up with reviews. I write my reviews in a notebook as soon as I finish but I don’t share them on my blog until the month after so I can marinate in my feelings and make sure I give it what I really think it deserves. But that way I don’t get super behind like I used to (though I still have to share all the reviews for 2015)
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It’s my pleasure! Can’t wait to see what superlative you come up with. 😀
Oh my gosh, thanks so much for the tip!! ❤ Honestly, I need all the help I can get, so it's much appreciated. I will definitely try to do that! A lot of the times what ends up happening is that so much time has passed since I read the book, that I don't even remember all too clearly what exactly happened or what I thought about it. And so, I end up just leaving the review incomplete. This might help with that, for sure. ❤ Thanks, once again, Sara!
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That used to happen to me all the time! I ended up having like 20 unfinished reviews at the end of last year and it was such a struggle to finish them, that’s how I started this new process. It’s worked for me this year so far
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Glad to hear it! I’m definitely going to be giving this method a shot. ❤️
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I love that superlative! I’m going to have to try and come up with a good one. I’m not very imaginative. Thanks for the tag!
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Thanks! Haha no worries, I’m sure you’ll come up with one that fits for you. 😀 Take your time if you need it! No problem. ❤
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AWE THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAGGING US!!! That describes you SO WELL. (Sorry) I can’t sit to do this! 🙂
-Amy
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No problem! It was my pleasure. Aha tell me about it. XD It’s kind of too perfect! I can’t wait to see what you come up with for your own superlative!
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Awe! XD It is though. Thanks, me too haha!
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hah! Thanks for being honest about getting behind on your reviews. It looks like we have very different ways of looking at reviews. I write my reviews within two days of finishing a book because otherwise I will forget! And I feel I can most accurately describe how I felt about a book upon finishing. For me, the reading experience is all about how I felt as I was reading or upon finishing, not how I reflect on it after.
I also love to write reviews, but I read so slowly that if I don’t review every book I read, then I would not have enough content up on my blog! lol I can’t afford to skip a review, unfortunately.
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🙂 Of course!
Aha yes, it does seem we have different ways of looking at it! I think, for me, a lot of the times what happens is that once I finish a book, often I’m so caught up in the story even when it ends that I tend to over-judge or under-judge my feelings on the book as a whole–when it might not be fully what the book deserves. I totally understand your way of reviewing though!
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I can totally relate! Thanks for tagging me! 🙂
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Woo, I’m not totally alone in this! 😉 No problem, I can’t wait to see what superlative you come up with!
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I’m the same, but with tags instead of reviews. It’s just so easy to find other stuff I’d rather be doing! Not that I’m completely up to date with my reviews either… Good luck catching up, if you ever decide to try and tackle that daunting task 😛
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Haha I can totally understand that; with so many tags lined up, it’s so easy to fall behind on them and procrastinate! And after missing out on writing so many reviews, it’s a huge pile there too. 😂 LOL I’ll most definitely need all the luck I can get if I end up attempting to catch up on my pending reviews, so thanks! 😉
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I’m we can all understand this! I’ve had to stop myself starting a new book until I’ve at least made notes for the review of the last one, or it might never happen 🙂
Thanks for tagging me!
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Phew, I’m relieved to hear I’m not alone in this! Haha yep, it’s so easy to get caught up in a new book and miss out on writing a review for the previous book we read.. 😂
No problem, I can’t wait to see the superlative you come up with!
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Hahaha I relate to this! My home is practically procrasti-nation 😛
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YESS procrastinators unite!! We can be part of the procrasti-nation together. 😉
(Oh, also, you should definitely do this tag if you’re interested! I’d love to see your superlative. :P)
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I love this tag, and I really like what you said, I kind of feel the same way about reviews. I always get behind because I just want to get to another book, and at the same time I don’t feel like writing the review right away because well, my feelings might change 🙂
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It’s a super fun tag! Haha YESSS exactly. We’re so alike, omg. 😄 After I finish a book, although I’m tempted to gush my feelings about it to someone, I also want to let my feelings distinguish themselves and make sure they won’t change before I go and write a review. And then I get caught up in another book.. And another.. And, well you know how it goes. 😂
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Eating chocolate is a hard job, totally get it XD It’s so easy to get behind on reviews. It’s like you finish a book and say you’ll write it tomorrow… and then tomorrow you say tomorrow… got to love procrastination!
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*showers you with chocolate* YES EXACTLY. 👌 You get me! Loll procrastination.. So familiar with it by now! Like an old friend, really, except quite lethal when it comes to actually trying to get things done. 😂
Oh, by the way, have you done this tag? If you haven’t, you most definitely should! ❤ I officially tag you.
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I haven’t actually! It looks like fun, I’ll definitely give it a try soon 😀
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Yay! Please do. 🙂
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I’m the same! Sometimes I’ll read book that I plan to review, but then I never actually get around to it! #relatable Great post!
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Eee so glad I’m not alone in this!! 😂 LOL omg I can totally agree with that. I’m like, okay, I’ll actually sit down and review this book, but… I never end up actually doing it. Oops? Thank you!! ❤️
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Lol, eating chocolates is unavoidable and more pleasurable too. Thanks for tagging me!
I also procrastinate on book reviews too. I’ll do a bunch of other posts and ignore them.
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Oh my gosh, I KNOW RIGHT. Like, why would you ever NOT want to eat chocolate? 😂 No problem!
Ahh is it bad that I’m kind of glad I’m not alone in procrastinating reviews? It’s kind of a bad habit, but I just get caught up in so many other things I just end up neglecting and ignoring them.. Oops!
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Lol yea. Sometimes I don’t want to do them cause I’m lazy or tired and don’t feel like thinking too much.
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Haha don’t worry you’re not the only one who procrastinates writing reviews. There are quite a few books I haven’t reviewed yet either, and at this point I’m not planning to do so anymore since it’s been so long and I don’t remember the books that well haha. Also eating chocolate is important. Don’t procrastinate on that!
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*breathes out a sigh of relief* Thank god! 😂 I’m quite glad to hear that, actually.
Loll I totally get that!! I mean, I occasionally delude myself into thinking that I’ll write those reviews, but even then I know that it’s definitely not going to be soon (or ever..! Unfortunately.) It’s hard to review a book when you don’t remember it!
Oh, yes, I agree 100%. I must not slack on that–but then, why would I ever want to, am I right?! 😉 Have you done this tag? ‘Cause if you haven’t, you should–I’d love to see what superlative you’d come up with for yourself. XD
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Yeah same here! ‘It’s only been a month, I still remember it sort of…’ and then before I know it it’s been a few more months 😂 I haven’t yet! It does look like fun, so I’ll do it when I have the time 🙂
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What a interesting tag! I am a procrastinator as well 🙂
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You should definitely try it out if you’re interested! ❤️ Haha I’m glad I’m not alone there!
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Maybe I will 🙂 You’re definitely not alone!!
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I love your superlative – very creative! It’s going to take me ages to come up with anything for myself but thank you so much for tagging me.
And you really should read The Boy Most Likely To. It was a great companion to My Life Next Door, even if the focus was a lot less on romance than in the predecessor.
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Thank you! Though it’s unfortunate that it’s so true, loll! 😂 Haha no problem, take your time–it took me a while to come up with mine too.
I can’t wait! It seems like such a cute book. ❤️
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Ohh, thanks so much for the tag! It’s probably gonna take me a while to come up with something for my blog but I have a queue of tags I still need to get through so it may take me a little while anyways.
But I know what you mean I am a terrible procrastinator as well, actually blogging here and posting reviews has helped me to manage my procrastination so I’m not as bad as I probably once was! But it’s still an uphill struggle.
Thanks again for the tag 😀
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No problem!! 😉 Aha no worries it took me a while to do come up with one myself, so I get you. And there are so many tags around now, it’s so hard to keep on top of all of them!
Haha I’m relieved to hear I’m not alone in my procrastinating ways–and glad that blogging is proving to be helpful in improving said procrastinating ways for you. ❤️ Lol, once a procrastinator, it’s hard to stop..
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I’m trying to keep on top of my tags, I know which ones are in my queue, there’s just a lot I still need to work though, may have to start posting two a week or something.
Oh yeah I’m still definitely a procrastinator, but now I seem to be getting to the stage where I’m doing nothing for an hour or so before I think to myself, ‘no, I really need to start blogging now’. Works well to get me moving and actually writing something for my blog 😀
Thanks again ❤️ I can’t wait to start this one!
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Oh my gosh, it’s so hard. There are so many! Aha yeah that wouldn’t be a bad idea. You’d definitely finish them faster if you manage to post two a week!
YESS Beth, good for you!! *cheers* High five on beating procrastination at its game. ;D
No problem!
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I may have to, at least until I can get a better handle on the ones left in my queue.
And it only took me 25 years! Better late than never I guess 😀
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I’m the same way – haha! I have a “to review” shelf on Goodreads, and I honestly think it’s probably my biggest shelf. *hides* No regrets though. xD Thanks for sharing and, as always, fabulous post! ❤
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LOLL I’d probably be in the same situation, except I don’t actually have a shelf for that yet. It probably wouldn’t do anything much anyway. My to-review pile just keeps getting bigger! 😂 Eee thank you!! 😘
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I am behind on two months worth of reviews. I’ve read 12 books and I haven’t stopped reading which means that my reviews just keep piling up. These don’t include book tags, awards or tv show reviews which have also been accumulating. WHY. SO. HARD?!?
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Aha, don’t worry, that’s better than me, at least! I totally know what you mean. You get behind on one, and suddenly it just keeps growing until you have a ton of books yet-to-be-reviewed. XD And yes, there are so many other things that just keep piling up! The struggle is real omg.
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you’re far from terrible! I make no secret that I don’t even bother to review every book I read- so the fact that you take your time over it and get it done is a great thing!
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Ahhh thank you! ❤ I do try to sit down and catch up on a few reviews from time to time, though it generally doesn't do much. XD
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You’re welcome!! That’s a really good thing to do!! 😀
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