Welcome to the Let’s Talk weekly discussion meme!
Originally hosted by Melissa from i swim for oceans, Smash & Kt took her original inspiration, and made it their own, expanding it to more than just books. Let’s get personal (but respectfully so) and learn more about one another! Each week, a different question will be posted along with a place to link up your posts and visit other people’s responses. This meme is definitely meant to bring out conversation and meet new people. So, Let’s Talk!
Today’s Question:
Be honest, do you ever get embarrassed by some of the posts from when you first started blogging due to the lessor quality? Yes, growth and experience is natural, but do you ever get the urge to go back and “fix” things?
With GEMS like this how could I ever be embarrassed:
- Book 3: How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo (Yes these were my old titles)
February 5, 2009
This book was a decent read. It was hard to get into but the idea of the book was a good one. Basically a woman in her late-30′s decides to figure out how single women all over the world handled being single. She visited France, Australia, India, and a few other places. It was a good idea. Along the way, you also get updates on her friends back in New York (this is where the book was a little thin and harder to read) and their problems with their singledom. If this sounds familiar it is because Liz Tuccillo is one of the writers of the book He’s Just Not that into You and also a writer for the show Sex in the City. Her writing is good, there are just parts of the book I did not find entertaining.
- Book 18: Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) by Charlaine Harris
June 2, 2009
I love the latest book in this series. Mostly because it involves the Weres quite a bit (some of my favorite characters) and because it evolves Sookie’s relationship with what I feel is the right Vampire for her.
and just so you know I didn’t get any better towards the end of 2009
- Book 90: Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur (last book read that year)
December 14, 2009
I really wish I could pick 2.5 for the review. I really like Riley but I found the book a hard read in quite a few parts. It might be because it was a first of the series, I will try the second book eventually. I think it is an interesting world that the author has developed but she needed to spend a bit more on character development.
Needless to say you can totally tell that I was only writing reviews for myself. I didn’t know there was a book blogging community and I was simply tracking what I had read. Yes, I would love to go back and review these books better but I won’t. I feel it is important to know where you come from and embrace the embarrassment of reviews past!
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Oh heck yes, and even some of my comments on a daily basis. Sometimes my thought process is two steps ahead of my typing. I loathe going back and seeing spelling errors, writing structure problems etc. My first post to today’s post are night and day from the formating to the content. My own writing style is emerging, and I’ve also noticed I am adding my own personality into them. The OCD side of me has seriously thought about going back and reformatting them all..I like seeing the change.
Your answer made me giggle. I had a few early gems myself. Also, my formatting was terrible! The font was so small it was unreadable. Ugh. I did go back and tweak a few posts.
The formatting I have updated! That I had to do when I moved from blogger to wordpress–it just was unreadable.
Your reviews reminded me that when I first started reviewing I ignored the ‘popular’ books and concentrated on reviewing the books from Indie authors who weren’t getting a lot of exposure. Then it dawned on me that I should probably start reviewing everything I read. That’s when things really began to snowball. LOL! FYI – I’ve read all the Sookie Stackhouse books except for the very last one that she wrote, yet I haven’t reviewed any of them. Looks like it’s time for another re-read followed by a few Deja Vu reviews. ;)
I actually with the exception of 10 books have reviewed everything I read. Sometimes (or in the beginning all the time) it is only 3 sentences of “yep didn’t like it” or “holy heck this was fun”. I would love to reread some of my older ones to see if I have different feelings now that I read so much. I might have to pick a year to do that –it would work perfectly with my Dave Ramsey thing! :)
I feel it is important to know where you come from and embrace the embarrassment of reviews past! <~~ I love that! I can't wait until I have a year or two (or three) under my belt so that I can look back and see how my blog has changed.
It is fun to go back and look! Really it is a huge feeling of accomplishment just to know you stuck with it for so long :)
You should still write reviews for yourself! I honestly have a huge issue of thinking from the perspective of my audience when I’m writing. Unless it’s a formal paper or something, I try not to care about it too much. :)
I do still write the reviews for myself but I am aware other people read them so I try not to use “felicia shorthand”. Back then when I say wrote for myself, I meant like I would write in a journal. Some were chock full of spelling errors, incomplete sentences, and words that I am pretty sure that only I use aka not real words :)
I’m not embarrassed because I was feeling out how I wanted to write the reviews. I still only write them for myself and those that visit. I’m sure others who might happen on the blog think they are totally weird. Makes sense since I’m weird. :D
This is a pretty fun meme. Might have to try it at least once. :)
Back in the day I didn’t even call them reviews. Heck, I put the book on the page so I could remember the cover. They were journal entries to myself about what I thought of the books :) It is fun to revisit them and determine what I was trying to say LOL
You are awesome! I love that you put yourself out there by showing your old reviews. I completely agree that is important to know where you came from and resist the temptation to fix things. Thanks so much for participating in this week’s Let’s Talk!
I have to admit the temptation to fix things is easier knowing there are 90 of those :) Funny how that much work can make you embrace your past LOL
Hmm yeah, the more work there it takes to redo something, the less incentive there is to fix them. I’m all about letting things stand :)