Book blogging is like one of my FAVOURITE things in the existence of ever. Besides, of course, books themselves…and also dragons and cake. I have a slight thing for dragons and cake. (It’s probably hard to tell.) But moving forward…Book blogging is a rather perilous venture and is fraught with shrieking little bloggers telling themselves frequent lies.
“What lies are these you speak of, Cait?” you demand. “How dare you accuse us thusly!”
NEVER FEAR. I HAVE A LIST AND YOU CAN’T DENY THE BLATANT TRUTHS.
Since I wrote a post on Lies Bookworms Tell Themselves, I am following it up with the book blogger edition. I’m 99% sure you’re guilty of one or all of these. DON’T DENY IT. I know it how it is. (I am the all-knowing pineapple fiend.)
1. “I’VE NEVER REFERRED TO MY BLOG AS ‘MY BABY’…HAHA, WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT, PRAY TELL?”
Oh don’t even look at me with those guiltless eyes. I KNOW HOW IT IS. Your blog is your darling little creation and you occasionally pet and coddle it and you can’t tell me otherwise.
By the way, referring to inanimate objects as your “baby child” is probably a sign of insanity. But the good news is — if you’re on the internet, YOU’RE SURROUNDED BY THE INSANE. Welcome. We have straitjackets and cookies.
2. “I DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT STATS.”
I care about stats. You (probably) care about stats. At some point in your bloggy existence, WE CARE ABOUT STATS, OKAY!??! And it’s not even a thing to be ashamed about. Even when we talk out loud to actual humans in real life, you pay attention to how many people are listening. (In real life, I get about 1 pageview for my ingenious bookish soliloquies. Sheesh.)
3. “I DON’T EVEN CONSIDER HAVING MULTIPLE EDITIONS OF THE SAME BOOKS.”
I actually told myself this lie quite adamantly, quite a lot. I mean, what even is the point??? You can’t read two books at once (and please no don’t suggest I might lend one) so whyyyyy? WELL THE REASON IS: COLLECTING AND ACCIDENTS. I accidentally have three copies of The Winner’s Curse. I don’t even know. I assume the dragons secretaries are to blame because they are just hopeless at paperwork. But I keep them around for their good looks.
And plus, I mean, look me in the eye and tell me you don’t want every single gorgeous edition of The Hunger Games they’ve ever printed. I MEAN REALLY.
4. “I HAVE NEVER OVER-BOOKED MY BLOG…GAWSH NO, I’M WAY TOO ORGANISED AND CALM FOR THAT.”
I smell lies. Even if you are calm and organised…you do realise how easy it is to over-commit, right? Some idiot (aka, me) requested a marvellous amount of delicious Netgalley ARCs she really wanted — ONLY TO REALISE THEY ALL PUBLISH IN MARCH AND NOW SHE IS DROWNING, DANGIT.
5. “I DON’T SECRETLY DREAM OF BEING A MEGA-FAMOUS BLOGGER WHO GETS PAID TO SIT IN THEIR PYJAMAS CONSUMING SNACKS AND STUNNING THE INTERNET WITH MY WITTY MARVELLOUS WRITING.”
Who doesn’t dream of this? Why are we even denying it? When questioned about my future intentions, I usually mumble something confusing about writing and hiding and ermagerdleavemealoneIcanttalktohumans …but on the inside I am saying “PYJAMA QUEEN BLOGGER”. I’m sure you are too. Even if you’re a boy. We all want to be pyjama queen bloggers deep down inside.
6. “MY BLOG DOESN’T EVER OVERWHELM ME. I 100% GOT THIS ALL THE TIME, PEASANTS.”
If you have said this and it’s not a lie then…ARE YOU HUMAN??? ARE YOU A ROBOT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK FOR ME? (I pay in cake and horribly corny puns like “I’m reading a book about anti-gravity and it’s impossible to put down hahhahha get it?”) Ahem.
But getting back to this horrendously ridiculous lie: you and I both know that getting overwhelmed by the blog AT SOME POINT will happen to everyone. Most of us deal with chocolate and goodhearted avoidance, but no one is denying that, right?
(The part about calling people “hey you peasant” is not a lie, however. I do it all the time. Peasant.)
7. “NATURALLY I’M VERY CALM AND LOGICAL AND HAVE NEVER REQUESTED TOO MANY ARCS AT ONCE AND THEN DROWNED IN THEM.”
Never? Not even once? You’ve never locked the doors of your house and escaped across three states because you’re sure the due-dates on all these ARCs are coming out to eat your liver?
HA.
HAHAHHAHA. No.
8. “EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE DOING SOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN ME. I AM JUST A CONFUSED MUSHROOM OF GOOD INTENTIONS.”
This is one of those small, unintentional lies that we all probably have believed at some point. I look at up to my blogging heroes and think “They so have this all together,” when at that moment, they’re probably hiding under their bed with an axe to avoid scary commitments whilst consuming an entire box of chocolates.
We are all confused mushrooms of good intentions. You need to believe this.
You also need to put this on a tee-shirt because DAAAANG CAIT YOU CLEVER CREATURE that is a catchy saying.
9. “I LOVE MY ARCHIVES AND MY OLD REVIEWS!”
Only the other day I tweeted how terrifying archives are. And old reviews. I secretly dream of salting mine and BURNING THEM WITH FIRE because I’m 99% they are an evil embarrassment to humankind. But the good news is, I suppose, that I have improved?? And that’s why my archives are so terrifying.
As sure and certain as Michaelangelo loved pizza*, I know you have some old reviews and posts that you would not direct anyone to. Ever. Nobody say this lie in my presence because I know the truth.
* He was Italian! OF COURSE HE LOVED PIZZA. And please stop lecturing me on stereotypes. Shhh, now, settle down in the back row and be quiet.
10. “I DON’T HAVE A PHOBIA OF MY BLOG BEING DELETED OR THE INTERNET SHUTTING DOWN FOREVER AND EVER.”
This may or may not keep me awake at night, occasionally, so I’m 99% sure you fear this too. Don’t even deny it! I CAN SEE THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES. I’ve been blogging for nearly 5 years…if I lost my blog or the internet shut down THAT WOULD BE LIKE MY LIFE GONE. I large portion of my soul would wither and die. The sun would never shine again. The trees would shed tears of pained ink on my behalf. Cakes all over the world would fail being baked. Dragons would cease to fly.*
Don’t pretend you’ve never fretted about this. I know you. BE HONEST AND OPEN WITH ME NOW, LITTLE PINEAPPLE. A true horror book would be the world without internet.
* I’m not 100% sure…but I might be a little dramatic because I am, in fact, a writer. And that’s basically a career of drama if ever I saw one.
Interesting Ideas Cait.. 🙂
But this time, I only feel related to number 5,6, & 10.. 😀
Or maybe for the rest, I am in denial phase (?)
HEHE, I’m glad you mostly liked it, Hana!!😂😂 #5 is definitely my favourite. DEFINITELY.
*dies laughing because this is so true* Except for the ARC things I identify with most of these (I don’t request ARC’s because HOW DARE ANYONE PUT PRESSURE ON ME TO READ. Though I might in the future) Well, I guess one thing that the internet is kinda bad at acknowledging is that all bloggers have aspects of their identity that don’t rely on their blog. Like me. I mean, I want to blog forever.. but I also want to be a museum curator cum anthropologist cum perpetual learner cum journalist cum author cum blogger. I want to do all of the things (because sometimes the world outside of books is interesting… sometimes?) Please don’t go into my archives *hides* That said, I’ve read quite a lot of your archives (upto, like, late 2013) and even then you were a good and entertaining written, but you have changed, I guess? (in a good way though) Also, the knowing what you’re doing thing (make it a t-shirt, because I would wear it= my life is a mess (a nice mess?)) Also: Nothing bad will happen when I’m away from wifi; everyone will judge me for that typo; People ewon’t notice if I stop blogging; life has meaning without goodreads) thanks for the post!
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The pressure of ARCs iiiiis kind of a downside? BUT ALSO READING BOOKS ANY BOOKS ALL THE BOOKS OMG. Without ARCs I wouldn’t get to read half as many books because – poor bookworm here. I need to give my library a talking to about buying newer books tho..ahem.
OMG YOU LOOKED AT MY ARCHIVES?!?! SHANTI. I AM DYING OF EMBARRASSMENT NOW.😂 I feel awfully embarrassed when I even read posts that are a year old. Ahem. But the posts about our travels to China were kind of adorable, I must say. 😂😂 *continues to die of embarrassment*
Haha I love this! Blogging is such a fun hobby but I’d love to be paid to do it – and imagine, being paid to simply read books?! Heaven.
I care about my stats (they’re abysmal, like I get 9-25 page views a day, it’s embarrassing, really) but I make a point of not checking them every day or even every week because they make me sad. So I just pretend loads of people read my posts and I cherish the comments I get.
And yeah, I never read my old reviews. 😀 I think it’s much better for my happiness and overall sanity to just leave things as they are and hope nobody ever clicks through to an old post.
Wouldn’t it though?! *sighs dreamily* I put so many hours/work into the blog unpaid so it kind of would be AWESOME to be paid for it and then put even more time in….DREEEAMS.
I try not to get hung up on my stats either. Like I check maybe once a week? If I start getting obsessive about it, I ban myself from the stats tab. 😂
ARCHIVES ARE THE SCARIEST THINGS OF EVER.
I am laughing out loud with this.
Especially the arcs… I have a book blog in Dutch and English, so I get arcs in two languages. Ow and I have a son who wants my attention. I admit at this moment I am seriously drowning!
Oooh, ARCs in two languages?! YOU ARE CLEARLY THE QUEEN OF READING. 😂 And omg, yes…having people want one’s attention too…I don’t have kids but my dog sometimes sits on my head to get between me and the computer. 😂
Well, I can think of a Michaelangelo who loved pizza…
I OVER-COMMIT ALL THE TIME. That, or I completely forget to post in weeks. Like, I managed about sixteen posts in Janurary (rough guess). It’s the 19th of Feb, and I have FIVE. Oops.
The biggest lie I tell myself is that formatting is NOT the bane of my life. Because it is. Blogger has this thing where it sometimes will NOT change something unless you re-type it. Size. Font. Colour. It drives me insane.
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WAIT. WHAT MICHAELANGEL WHO LOVES PIZZA??! I feel like you’re probably referencing something I should know. *facepalm*
Ahem. Omg, over-committing is such a problem right?! 😂 I’ve been quite slow about blogging in February too for some reason!? Maybe the novelty of the new year has worn off and we’re all trying to get into the rhythm. OR I DON’T EVEN KNOW. FEBRUARY IS JUST WEIRD BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH DAYS.
*whispers* That is like one of the 67 reasons I left blogger…wordpress actually let’s me format my posts without having to have a massive argument. xD
I think she was referencing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *rolls eyes, trying to be mature and unamused*
Haha, my blog is only six months old, and I already cringe at some of my old reviews.
Another lie I tell myself is, “I’m gonna get all my posts for next week finished today!” And then next week arrives and every night I’m freaking out at like 2 in the morning because not only have I not started the post, I don’t even know what book or topic I’m going to post about lol.
Oh my goodness, I love your comparison between stats and real life! THAT IS SO TRUE. It *makes sense* to pay attention to whether people are listening or not so that you know that you either need to get their attention or try something different or give up and find someone else to listen to you lol.
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BAH HAHA YES ME TOO FOR THAT LIE!! And I always tell myself I’m going to get on top of my comments in the morning before breakfast. I have…never done that. Not ever. I don’t even know why I bother telling myself it. -_-
YAYY I’m glad you agreed with that. 😂 I mean, IRL we don’t talk if no one cares either, right?! So it makes sense that we care about it online too! I don’t think being interested in our stats is a bad thing at all…(although letting them rule one’s blogging career would quickly make it unfun. So all things in balance. 😛 )
YES THIS. #2, #8, #9, and #10 are soooo true. #10 especially because I’m on Blogger and everyone has scare stories about how their blog was deleted so now I just backup ALLLLLL the time. Some of them aren’t so true for me as a blogger because I tell myself the lie in respect to writing — like #1 #4 #5 #6. But the ARC-related ones aren’t relevant to me … although I have told myself occasionally “I don’t careeeee if all my Edelweiss requests are pending. NO I DON’T.” And also I reassure myself that my discussion posts will never go off track and I shall forever be banished to an island with NO INTERNET OR BOOKS OMG.
PS: I think I shall link to this in my post tomorrow … it is oddly fitting. I shall refer to you as Pyjama Queen Blogger.
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OMG YES BLOGGER SCARE STORIES. Seriously, they are the worst. *hugs WordPress blog that owns and well not be randomly removed* But yus, I mean, I did focus it more book-bloggerishly. 😂 BUT HA! YES TO THE EDELWEISS PENDINGS. I tell myself it doesn’t matter because I have so many other books to read….but it totally matters. -_-
OHOH. YOU ARE MENTIONING ME IN YOUR POST?! *blushes*
#7 so much!! Haha, I think most book bloggers have done this! I sure have omigosh, speaking of… I got a ton of ARCs to wade through…
Saaaaame. I’m drowning in them.😂 I’m only half sorry though, because most of them I really really reeeeeally want to read!!
Well, I own multiple editions of Harry Potters books but that is the only series I collected. I have adult and children editions, audio book version and now starting to buy illustrated version. The other 9 don’t apply to me as I don’t care about stats or how many follow me, I don’t want a big famous book blog, I don’t apply for ARCs, I blog what I want when I feel like it so I’m not overbooked or stressed about it, I’m not bothered how advanced other blogs are compared to mine as mine is fine for my own needs and I don’t care much for old reviews! So the list doesn’t really apply to me!
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I have accidentaly multiple editions of Blue Lily Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater.😂 I bought one when it came out and then a few months later was given a different edition! NOT COMPLAINING. But yus. It happens. hehe. Ooh, I just borrowed out the illustrated Harry Potter from the library! I CANNOT WAIT TO POUR OVER IT.
Well good for you for never being stressed about blogging. 😉
“I DON’T HAVE A PHOBIA OF MY BLOG BEING DELETED OR THE INTERNET SHUTTING DOWN FOREVER AND EVER.” I laughed out loud at this one, I think i have mostly gotten over that one, but then you just reminded me of it soooo….
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SO I’M SORRY. 😂😂 I mostly don’t worry about it now that I’m on wordpress? But. I mean. WHAT IF WE LOSE THE INTERNET FOREVER, CLARE???? HMM??? HOW WILL WE EVEN.
Okay be honest now, Cait. You can read my mind, right? I knew it! The internet shutting down forever is the thing nightmares are made off. Seriously.
Also, being pyjama blogger queen would solve all of my problems.
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YES I DID. I HAVE MASSIVELY WONDERFUL MIND READING SKILLS. And being a pyjama blogging queen would solve all my problems too. SOMEONE MAKE THIS POSITION HAPPE.N
Ha this is fabulous. I am guilty of drowning in ARCs and telling myself I don’t care about stats. I mean I don’t care a ton but I care. Also yeah I am freaked out the interwebs gods will swallow up my blog one day.
*swims through oceans of ARCs* AS LONG AS WE HAVE FUN, RIGHT?!? hehe And omg, the internet-disappearing is the scariest of them all. *screams*
I am guilty of number 4. Similarly to you, I requested 5 ARCs on Netgalley and Edelweiss in past weeks. And recently, I was approved for ALL of them (somehting like that never happens). And than I realized that ALL of them are being released in the same month. Fortunatelly, the month is June so I still have time to read and review 🙂
Also, I admit I am super worried that someday for unexpected reasons my blog will be shot down and deleted by internet boss (whoever that may be). I hope we are not foreshadowing right now!
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AGHHHH I KNOW RIGHT?!? It’s like usually I’m not approved for anything so I tend to over-request? And then when I get the approvals…*buries self*😂 But I figure if I review ARCs a little late, eh, no worries…people can then go BUY the book so it’s still okay!
“I’m reading a book about anti-gravity and it’s impossible to put down.” GENUINELY MY FAVOURITE PART. I’M CRYING.
I love this. It’s so true. SO many of these still apply now, and it’s scary, because holy shit. Also the ARCs. Damn ARCs..
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MY ANTI-GRAVITY PUNS ARE BASICALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD. *pauses for applause* *crickets* AHHHHEM. So anyway. HEHEHE. I’m pretty sure a lot of these can remove the “book” part anyway. We bloggers are strange, strange creatures. 😉
This is amazing. I usually don’t smile before 5am (I have to have priorities on school mornings) but this post totally made me. 8 is so true and I love 5. If someone magically showed up to give me a check for blogging, I would probably die of shock. It would be AMAZING though, if it ever happened.
As always, a great post. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, Cait!
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OMG YOU ARE UP BEFORE 5AM?!? That right there needs cake awards. (I’m a 6am riser, but still. 5am is early.😂) But squeeeee!! I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT. *happy dance*
The early mornings are part of being a teacher. 🙂 I actually enjoy them because the rest of the world is so quiet that early.
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I TOTALLY concur. I love being up at 6am because it’s so quiet. :’)
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Have you been secretly watching me?! Cause I say ALL of these things…..except the ones about ARCs, because I have never received an ARC. Are you allowed to request ARCs?
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I JUST READ MINDS. It’s one of my many epic pyjama queen talents. *flips hair* Anyone can request ARCs! I’ve been meaning to write a post on that for a while…I should get onto that.😂
Well, as you know, I’ve only just started my little baby, uh, I meant blog, so I’m not guilty of ALL of them yet. Number five, though. Number five. That is my dream in life, Cait, how did you know? Can you read my mind?
Oh, and number ten. Yep, I literally worry about that on a regular basis, as well as my computer getting smashed to bits. Seriously, someone should write a book about during the apocalypse, where there’s a group of bloggers and youtubers and just really introverted people who are struggling most not with the zombies or aliens or hunger, but that fact that the internet is destroyed. : ) I would read that, not even joking.
Excellent as always, Cait!
I was trying to do a smiley face in there but it got messed up, so: : ) : ) : )
Oh wait. The smiley face turned out fine in the first comment. I feel stupid.
Oh, well. I guess you just got EXTRA HAPPINESS then. 😛
OMG YOU’RE SO WONDERFUL. I LOVE THE EXTRA SMILEYS. <3 ;D 🙂
BECAUSE IR EAD MINDS, OKAY?!? It is part of my overlord-ness. (That is totally a word.) But omg the apocalypse is a real fear. And yes. YES. That book needs to happen. All the introverts just dying because they won't leave their houses to go find food. And when someone says something they keep going "I HAVE A GIF RESPONSE FOR THAT BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY TALK TBH."😂 WRITE THIS, SOMEONE, PLEASE.
Seriously, I’m at least outlining it. ; )
OMGGGGG GOOD. 😂 You are writing the book of dreams now.
This was an awesome post!!! I relate to the everyone else has it all together, and being overwhelmed by my blog!
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! I’m pretty extra sure we ALL get overwhelmed at times…or all the time.😂
THIS IS ME! Although I haven’t ever requested to many ARC’s at once but bear in mind I’ve only been blogging for a few months, there’s still time , haha!
THERE IS STILL TIME. I’m sure you’ll fall prey to all the disasters soon. *pats shoulder* :’)
“I’ll post my review tomorrow.”
But then tomorrow comes and I say the exact same day the day after. Haha.
SAME. Or just “I’ll write that review tomorrow”. 😂😂
I LOVE this!! I’ve not only told myself ALL of these things as a book blogger, but with small alterations in wording everything applies to lies I’ve told myself as a writer!!! 😂 I’m crying as I’m laughing here because it’s all true and I love coming here to your blog Cait to feel so idk welcomed and like congratulated for being a total weirdo! Like you make me feel like it’s totally 100% okay!! Love it!
DO NOT FEAR. I HAVE A WRITER EDITION COMING UP.😂 And omg I am so glad you feel welcomed and congratulated for being a deranged grape like the rest of us. *gives you deranged cake* WE’RE ALL MAD HERE.
Oh my gawd the March ARCpocalypse! I am living in fear and shivering in its shadow! And ugh archival posts? Especially hideous on Blogger after numerous width and margine changes. One time I posted in one of my Sunday Post posts about a blog views goal I had attained, and several commenters were being “sour grapey” and saying stats were below them and that isn’t what blogging is about, but if the purpose of your blog is to have as many people see the books you are featuring as possible, like my little under-the-radar indies, it is what it is about. Plus, I have found it is more difficult a lot times to get ARCs of the indies I want than it is to get some of the higher profile books, and with my dismal followers stats I need to showcase my strengths!
WHAT IS IT WITH MARCH ANYWAY?!?!?? Publishers are trying to drooooown us. *hyperventilates quietly*
I think people who say they don’t care about stats are either a) lying to themselves 😂 or b) really actually jealous and frustrated over stats so they’ve decided not to care. WHICH IS FINE I GUESS. One should blog how they want. Buuut, I feel like if we blog publicly then we DO care about stats, right?!? And YES. I think stats help us get where we need to go and there is absolutely NO SHAME in that! 😀
So… #3. I always thought having multiple editions was ridiculous, because why would anyone want to waste shelf-space on several copies of the same book? And then, magically, I somehow acquire three sets of LotR (the second two were gifts — I promise I didn’t go out and buy them). When I culled through my books recently, pulling out a good half of them to get rid of (moving sucks. don’t do it.), I looked at the three LotR sets and came up with perfectly rational reasons for keeping each of them. Just because you asked; the single-volume copy is perfect for travel, the paperback set is best for reading in general, and the faux-leather boxed set is pretty and includes a copy of The Hobbit.
Also, I’m going to have nightmares about #10. Thanks for that.
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HA. That was exactly me too!! I just thought it was a giant waste of money…but like I accidentally have a couple of double editions. (I mostly haven’t spent money on them, so I’m okay with that.😂) And I love them so much. Collecting could become addictive very very fast…ahem.
Those ARE rational reasons. *nods* Never let anyone tell you otherwise.
(You’re welcome for the nightmares. :’)
So true!! I mean, who doesn’t care about stats? Don’t we all? Oh yeah, running a blog can be so overwhelming and stressful at times. Not to mention time consuming as well! Where can I find more time? Loving this post!
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I’M PRETTY SURE WE ALL DO. And if we say we don’t….#lies 😂 Ahem. I mean, it’s not good to obsess over them, of course!! But we care what people think about our writing, that’s why we blog, right?!
Most of these are relatable (even though I’m a writing blogger) but especially yes to number eight. I’m always berating myself in my head. I fell like I’m insane because one side says, “Look at all this crap. You suck.” and the other side is “Oh my gosh shut up. Some people like my crap and think it’s good crap.” and the another side says, “Oh, yes this is very, very good stuff.” and then another side just wants cookies.
And oh my ghosh archives are so scary. My first blog. It is the stuff of nightmares but it remains on the internet with its archives.
Pajama Queen Blogger/ writer is def my dream job. Can I be a famous author without everyone actually knowing who I am? Can I just interact on the internet? That would be the best option.
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SAME OMG I DO THAT TOO. Especially if it’s a post I’m not entirely sure about…😂 And then I just sit there biting my nails and waiting for the internet to announce it was a horrible post and I’m deluded. AHHHEM. But omg, all we bloggers should make a pact to never look at each other’s archives. SO EMBARRASSING AGHHHHHH. 😂😂
I am totally going to be that way. *nods* I’m going to be fabulously famous and STILL no one has ever seen my face. :’)
I would buy that t-shirt. SERIOUSLY, PLEASE BRANCH OUT YOUR SOCIETY6 STORE TO T-SHIRTS. I am 100% sure that my dresser would overflow.
You know us book bloggers so well. If only I could shake off those lies, but alas, I do dream of being a Pajama Blogger Queen. If only…
I WOULD ILSE I REALLY WOULD…but I can only make stuff on picmonkey at the moment and it won’t let me make the resolutions high enough. *cries* I gotta figure out how to fix that. heh. AHEHHHHHEM. But omg, we are ALL book blogging pajama queens, don’t even deny yourself this truth.
Oh god, if the internet shut down forever and ever I think we’d all be at odds as to what to do with our lives any more.
I’ve had a few catastrophes with the internet and in hindsight, I don’t even know how I survived without internet for a whole week. o.O
I KNOW. Like I would have HOURS free…I could catch upon my TBR and then…who would I tell I had done it to?! THE WORLD WOULD BE A MESS. *cries*
Great post, as usual 🙂 This time around I’m much more laid back about my blog and I’m intentionally not tracking stats for anything. However, I do pay attention to how many comments I get and I do a small happy dance every time I get a new one 🙂 And then other times, like with my post yesterday which only has a couple comments, I’m like ‘epic blogging fail right there’ :p Blogging is such a mind game lol.
Comments are kind of like stats though, right?!? They prove people are paying attention to our (glorious) art and writing. :’) Omg but don’t worry, I fret about comments too.😂 I probably shouldn’t be allowed to because I get many? BUT YET I STILL DO. #bookbloggerproblems
OH MY GOD YES TO MOST OF THESE. Possibly the most relatable post I’ve read in a very long time.
– Ellie
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YOU ARE MOST WELCOME. We book bloggers must unite in our insanity. *shares crazy cake with you*
If we are in straight jackets, how do we eat the cookies?!? I need to know!! Do the dragons feed them to us? Because that would be lovely… Especially if they warned them up just a touch so the chocolate and butterscotch chips were nice and melty…. Mmmmm! (I assume I get to have whatever kind I want. I mean, I AM in a straight jacket after all!)
That part about the Internet shutting down horrified me. Cait, you have given me a brand new fear. Whhhhyyyy?!? How will I read your words with no interweb? How will I converse with bookstagram peoples? How will I ever become a Pyjama Queen Blogger? HOW WILL I LIVE?!?
Sooo…. I may need a paperback (yes, a new book not a bag) to stop the hyperventilating. I’m going to be committed and I’ll just keep screaming “it’s Cait’s fault” and the world will think I’m truly insane because I don’t actually “know” anyone with that name.
*whispers* what am I going to do?
THAT IS THE POINT. THAT IS WHY EVERYTHING IS SO CRAZY AND NONSENSICAL AROUND HERE. *cries* WE ARE DOOOOOOMED. Ahem. But I’m sure we could have the dragons fed them to us. Or we could just faceplant in them? Swim in them? Options are endless when one is straitjacketed.
YOU ARE MOST WELCOME FOR THAT NEW NIGHTMARE FEAR. I like to share the horrors.
Omg, don’t worry, soon EVERYONE WILL KNOW MY NAME and they’ll understand why you’re freaking out. *pats shoulder*
Wellll. I am a total newb to the book-blogging world….BUT number 3…I mean…totally. I didn’t PLAN on having multiple copied. I just sort of happened.
AND NUMBER 5!!!!! Like I said I AM new…but I like to think big and aim high.
SAAAAAME. I don’t honestly plan to collect multiple editions?! BUT THEN IT STARTS AND WHAT CAN ONE DO.
I’m GUILTY of AAAAALL these!! Fear no. 10 is always there, don’t even say anything about no. 9, no. 8 accurately defines you, I mean you’re pretty darn perfect and dragonish pineapple queen of book blogging. No I’m not joking. You already probably knew that. Now either you’re screeching or turning everyone into a pineapple. Fact. ARCS…haha.. I still say, okay this one is the last every time as I continue piling up. 6 is sooo true, I sometimes drown in my blog (or it’s probably because of the crappy internet!), 5 is everybody’s dream here . Again, don’t say anything about no. 4!! I’m going to own multiple editions once I become a millionaire. That’s a fact. *nods firmly* Stats!! I soooo wish I couldn’t care but sadly I do. Only a little bit. No. 1- all the time Cait, all the time!
#10 IS LIKE THE HORROR STORY OF OUR LIVES. *hyperventilates quietly in the back row*
Awww, *squishes you with a cake hug* But just know we are ALL insecure pineapples at times. NO DENYING IT!!
Omg, I was so good with ARCs last year? So reserved and sensible…bah. I don’t know what happened this year. I give up. *dives into pile of books and lives there forever*
I relate to most of them, especially to that about reviews. I cringe reading my first reviews, they are that horrible!
By the way, I’ve never thought about loosing my blog or the internet shutting down forever… but now I do and it’s a terrifying image. So much of my mind would be gone! Thanks very much, now I won’t be able to sleep at night. 😀
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Oh oh me too!! And my archives are just….agggh. I try never to look back there. Ever. *screeches*
BAHAHA you’re welcome for that nightmare image. 😂😂
These are fantastic haha. I can’t say I’ve told myself very many of these but there’s a couple. I would love to do this for a living and never have to go into work haha who wouldn’t?! As for your very last one, you can always back your blog up and have a copy on your computer somewhere in case the Internet does disappear (which it won’t). Just to make yourself feel better ! 😉
I know right?! WHO WOULDN’T?!? It would be a dream career of marvellousness. :’) And yes! I do have my blog backed up. Althoooough that won’t help if THE INTERNET GOES DOWN FOREVER AND THE ZOMBIES COME. *screams*
Hahaha, ooooo there are so many!
As much as I try not too I always check my stats, like on a daily basis. I guess it human to want people to like you, and the way they do that with your blog is to visit/comment on it. But it can be a totally bad thing, especially when I’ve spent ages writing a post and then I check my stats the next day and no one has looked at it!
I am also a confused mushrooms of good intentions. I would definitely buy this on a tee, or a mug!
I HATE my old review, and so I had this great idea of updating them and it was the WORST IDEA EVER and now I’m stuck with doing it because I’m a stupid perfectionist and can’t leave half of them un-updated! It makes me want to cry 🙁
And finally, I;ve never thought about the internet disappearing and never being able to blog again and now that I have, I don’t like it, so I’m never going to think about it again!
Great post, it made me laugh after a totally awful day at work! 🙂
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Just so long as we don’t, like, obsess over our stats, I say HUZZAH AND YES TO CARING ABOUT THEM! *nods* I mean, we’re blogging publicly for a reason right?! And it’s nice to know our art is being appreciated by other eyeballs!
(The mushroom of good intentions mug/shirt NEEDS to happen basically.😂)
I think we bloggers should basically just make a pact never to look at each other’s archives. 😂 I never update though. Omg, I have over a thousand posts. I WOULD JUST DIE.
OMG SORRY FOR INTRODUCING YOU TO THAT INTERNET-DISAPPEARING HORROR STORY. XD
Urg the stats and the comparison, those are my two biggest issues. Especially because Google Analytics get highjacked by spammers and I think “omg 106 pageviews??” and then I look at the referrals and realize it’s like 99% scammers and it’s more like 10 pageviews >______< though I think I've gotten better now. But I won't pretend there aren't times when I look at other blogs and think "what am I doing wrrronggg??" and collapse into a puddle of self-pity.
But I'm surprisingly good about the ARCs! I requested 3 to start, read 2, didn't feel like reading the third and then decided to not bother again. I just watch the release date fly by like 'oh, was I supposed to review that by now?'
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Omg, that would be really annoying about the stats!! I don’t have google analytics? I keep meaning to sit down and figure it out…but…I have not.😂 I like to live in the delusion that when my pages stats spike it’s because I’m fabulous not spammers. 😂 #lies
I COLLAPSE IN PUDDLES OF SELF PITY TOO, LISELLE. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. *brings cake to our pity party*
You ARE good about the ARCs!! I was super good last year, but omg, this year? *waves goodbye to calmness*
I would avoid Google Analytics honestly, too much spammer non-sense to deal with. I use the Jetpack plugin site stats because they never get affected by spammers, so you get accurate results.
I’M HAPPY I’M NOT ALONE! AND THAT THERE’S CAKE!
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#2, #5 and #8 All. The. Time. I think my biggest critic right now is myself, yet I still have dreams. And 2 views from today… 😉
As for the Italians loving pizza, I can in fact, confirm that Italians love their food, and Italian food is heavenly! (I’m not just talking about Americanized Italian food, btw.) In fact, at one Italian restaurant I went to, we ordered a meter-long pizza. But now I’m getting sidetracked…
Oh, and I don’t claim #3. I embrace multiple editions, especially if they’re in languages other than English. I still need to find a Sherlock Holmes collection in Italian…
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My biggest critic is myself too. We artists are tough on ourselves!! 😉
Oh oh I believe you about Italians. My mum is half Italian.😂 And we don’t really eat a lot of Italian food? BUT WHEN WE DO OMG DIVINE AND GLORIOUS. But excuuuuuuuse me. A meter-long pizza?!?! *summons dragons to go find this restaurant immediately*
ALL OF THEM. YES.
I’M GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT. 😀
“Welcome. We have straitjackets and cookies.” I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE STAAHHPP. xD OMG. that is the best. and so TRUE. OKi and I love what you said about stats. Because sometimes I feel like a gluttonous businessperson or something for being like STATS STATS COME ONNN PEOPLE LOOK AT MY BLOG. But that’s really not the case. xD It is just like people listening to you talk! perfect analogy. *nods*
“Even if you’re a boy. We all want to be pyjama queen bloggers deep down inside.” EXCUSE ME WHILE I QUOTE YOU EVERYWHERE. xD oh my word this is too perfect and too true. THAT PUN ABOUT THE GRAVITY BOOK IS AMAZING, FYI. And I’ll come work for you even though I’m 100% overwhelmed by my blog all the time (and music and writing and nonprofit and misc work and OMG OMG OMG I CANNOT DO ANYTHING EVER. My life is usually reduced to flailing and consuming large amounts of chocolate. But I somehow get things done.) HAHA YOU SAID CHOCOLATE TOO. perfect. “(The part about calling people “hey you peasant” is not a lie, however. I do it all the time. Peasant.)” UIFHSAKNCKNCK WHY ARE YOU SO AWESOME?? I think we’ve been over this before. no believable explanation. moving on. 😉
I AM SUCH A CONFUSED MUSHROOM OF GOOD INTENTIONS. And I’m really glad to hear that you are too because idk if any blogger looks up to me (pssh I mean I’m kind of a peasant) but I LOOK UP TO YOU LIKE A LOT SO THAT MAKES THIS MUSHROOM HAPPY. It would be very sad and horrific if the internet shut down and believe it or not this was actually a family dinner discussion a few nights ago (because my family is awesome) and we all collectively agreed that if the internet shut down, there would probably be a lot of other SCARY THINGS happening (like the apocalypse or something) that would demand our attention and therefore we wouldn’t have much capacity to weep over the losses of our blogs and such. #LOGIC
“I might be a little dramatic because I am, in fact, a writer. And that’s basically a career of drama if ever I saw one.” < THIS IS WHAT MY MOM SAYS ABOUT MY WRITING ALL THE TIME. Like she'll be reading a chapter of my book and turn to me and be like, "This is a little too dramatic, don't you think?" And I'm just like, "NOTHING IS TOO DRAMATIC MOMMA." xD it's kind of the best.
I lie to myself all the time. THANK YOU FOR THIS FISH SLAP.
love,
abbie
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WHY THANK YOU. I do try to have fabulous analogies. *flips hair majestically* 😂 hehe, but honestly, I mean we do blog publicly for a reason right?!? SO IT’S OKAY TO WANT TO DO WELL AT THIS.
I’m seriously going to have to put the pajama blogging queen on a mug in my Society6 store. JUST BECAUSE I NEED IT BASICALLY, OMG.
Omg, my life is usually reduced to flailing and chocolate. And wishing I could live in chocolate because, let’s be honest, that would be divine and relaxing. WE NEED SECRETARIES. WHY IS LIFE SO OVERWHELMING, OMG. *throws mushrooms at people and runs around screaming* < -- Me. Usually. I LOOK UP TO YOU, ABBIE. I AIN'T EVEN GONNA LIE ABOUT THIS. YOUR BLOG IS ALL SORTS OF BEAUTIFUL. #GOALS LEGIT TRUTH THERE. Omg, your family discusses HORROR stories over meals, then. I awe my family with terrible facts about Genghis Khan (like he killed his bro, spread the black death, etc etc...ahem) and I'm sure they love it. SURE. Ahem. And I suppose we'd be worried about OTHER things if we lost internet. But. Internet. We couldn't tweet our life statuses amongst all the zombies and that would be sad. BAHHAHA I'M LAUGHING TOO HARD. Nothing is too dramatic. People think actors are dramatic? But omg, authors get to act like a TON of people all at once, so I think we win.
9: Oh, goodness… *winces* I have some good stuff in my archives, but I made one grave error. I put up parts of my first ever book that was really… not.. good. Gah. I’m usually able to laugh it off, looking back though.
10: YESSS AUGH. I wish I could just get my blog in a big book or something that could be safe from out teetery internet. :s
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I’m glad you can laugh it off! I CANNOT. There are parts of my first writings back there too and omgggg I DON’T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT. *burns archives*
#10! I was so paranoid while I was migrating my blog to my friend’s server.
Also ahahahaha ARCs. And I don’t even read them then, I get distracted by — oooh, shiny book!
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SAME. When I switched to WP I think I had like 9 brain meltdowns. IT IS SCARINESS. hehe…of course you wouldn’t get distracted by a shiny book, Nikki. 😉
Well, I am pretty much guilty of all of them… *looks over shoulder with shifty eyes* … except you need, to, uh, ACCOMPLISH actual bookish goals in life to get ARCs! Also another lie I tell myself is that I’m a real book blogger when really all it means for me is “reviewing” books and fangirling a whole lot. Oh well. I’ll get around to accomplishing stuff someday…. 🙂 In the meantime, I cruise other accomplished blogs and revel in their accomplishments! Oh, my pathetic existence! (I’ve made my peace with it, it’s ok.)
PFFFFFT. NOW THAT ONE IS NOT A LIE! If you blog about books you’re a book blogger! No matter how random or fangirly your blog is. I mean, have you looked at mine lately?!? I AM BIZARRE. *gives cake to you, fellow book blogging pajama queen*
I’ll just say one thing: “Yeah…”
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HI FIVE ME, BLOGGING PYJAMA QUEEN.
YES TO ALL OF THESE OMG.
#2: As much as we all say we don’t care about stats, I think, deep down, we all do. 😉 With the way publishers require you to enter your stats when you request an ARC, it’s almost impossible not to notice, you know?
#5: So basically a mini Cait? 😉
#7: I know, that at least for me, when I first started blogging I went crazy with entering giveaways and requesting ARCs. I didn’t really understand all the work I was piling onto myself, you know? Now I’m a bit more cautious about it, but I think it’s a rookie mistake we all make.
Thanks for sharing Cait and, as always, fabulous post! ♥
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WE ALL DO!! I mean, we blog publicly, right?! So we all secretly care. 😉 I mean, I don’t think we should obsess over stats or anything, right?! But caring is OKAY. NO SHAME. hehe.
SAME FOR ME AND BEGINNING BLOGGING! It’s like this whole world opens up and you just think you need to DO EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. And then you get overwhelmed and learn to back off. XD Buuut, at least we learn, I guess?!
I have just read the title of this post and oh god Cait. I can already tell this will be one of a lot of truth, no matter how much I deny it to myself [;
1. I never knew this one to be true until verrrry recently but OH MY GOD IT’S SO TRUE. I love my blog. It’s my baby. It’s my personal space to be creative and discuss whatever I want and express what is on my mind.
2. I feel that stats definitely matter to bloggers. It’s like numerical confirmation that people read your work! No wonder people care. I think people also certainly attribute success to it as well, I just believe it just differs from blogger to blogger on the extent at which they do so. Already I see myself checking stats and getting a warm fuzzy feeling #yesiadmitit
3. ………. I don’t relate to this one. Sorry Cait, but I seriously don’t. I never understood why bloggers would want the same book, even if it had a gorgeous new cover? LOL guess I’m just kinda cheap in the way that I wouldn’t want to spend my own money on special editions of books when I already own the original.
4. Oh god, I foresee this happening to me on my blog. I’m so bad with organizing and keeping track with things. I mean just take a look at my netgalley review ratio *hides in shame* I don’t know, I’m just the sort of person who has all of these plans and ideas and commitments but struggles on the whole not feeling overwhelmed thing
5. BLOGGING FOR A JOB!? Talk about a dream job. Anybody who denies this is honestly lying. There is nothing better than getting paid for doing what you love and I know all of us adore blogging. I also feel the money would give you opportunity to make your the blog the best it could be with like crazy epic themes and such.
6. This relates to point 4. Ahhhhhhh. I don’t know how anybody could blog and never feel at any point like it’s too much
7. Again this relates to 4 and 6! Ahhhhh, the temptation of ARCs is sure something I’ve never been good at denying. They just carry a whole lot of hype, possibility and promise that just appeals to me. AND NEW PRETTY COVERS AHHHH
8. True. Part of the reason I was a little wary of starting my own blog is because there’s already so many established bloggers. Does my voice really matter, would it really bring anything worthwhile to the table? I had a lot of insecurities like that. I think I’ve definitely come to realize that at the crux of things we’re more similar than we tend to believe. We all sometimes feel unsure and insecure about things, no matter our experience and size of our blogs
9. Oh god, some of my old reviews are just so cringe worthy. Like I would ramble on and on and on and on…. and on. Or I’d literally just be a fangirling mess over the love interest. Haha, it’s pretty embarrassing but in a way comforting to read old archives? I’d like to think I’ve improved since my earlier days of review writing and looking back on the good old days is a way to do that ;p
10. I think everybody would die if this were to happen. I already know I’ll constantly backing up my blog. Gotta prepare for the worst, even if the chances of it actually happening are like .04993249329 %
<333 Loved this post Cait! I've missed you quite a lot
OMGGG LARISSA?!??!?! WHO IS THIS PERSON FROM THE PAST!?!?? *tackle hugs you with cake and welcome* Yayyyyy you’re back to blogging!! Omg!! I shall go check out your new blog directly after this. :’) I have so missed you too!! SQUEEEEEE *attempts to calm self and answer logically*
YUS. And I also think stats are totally fine to care about (but not obsess over, you know? That quickly gets unhealthy) because we blog publicly for a reason, right? I don’t like the whole “don’t care about your stats” mantra. I think do what we want ;D #LokiAtHeart
OMG OKAY *pats shoulder* You need converting BUT IT’LL HAPPEN EVENTUALLY I’M SURE.😂 Seriously, just peruse all the editions of the Hunger Games that are out there and YOU SHALL UNDERSTAND. (Although, tbh, I only ever accidentally have multiple editions of books. Because money. I would rather have more book than the same ones, even if they are pretty. 😉 )
BLOGGING PYJAMA QUEENS FOR THE WIN, I SAY.
And it’s kind of nice that we all feel insecure about stuff, right?!? Like I always get shocked when someone says that I blog so confidently…because I’m there having a small breakdown over my topic choice in the background.😂 So at least we’re ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
Oh my lord, I am so glad to hear I am not the only one dreadfully embarrassed by my archives! Okay I relate to ALLLL of these, especially #7 *hides face* and #6 for sure!
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All we bloggers should make a pact to NEVER LOOK IN EACH OTHER’S ARCHIVES OMG.😂
I am not necessarily a “book blogger” but I have definitely told myself some of these things before.
Bloggers unite in the lies of our career!!! XD *gives you cake*
I’m very new to blogging, so I actually haven’t experienced all of these…yet. I look forward to it 😉
Number 2 though – bookish soliloquies are my thing too. I have a friend – I have a “friend” – who just cuts me off when I mention a book.
Your blog looks absolutely lovely by the way!
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THEY WILL COME. *gives you cake to prepare you* Omgggg, your friend though! Clearly they need converting to books!! Or else thumping with a book. Both options are definitely viable. *nods sagely*
(Omg thank you so much!! :’)
Finally, someone said it. I’ve pretty much experienced all of this except for the first one. I’m not that insane… yet. I certainly do care about my stats, especially since I’m paying to have my site self-hosted. Plus, I spend a lot time writing for the blog (when I do write) so it’s nice to know that someone is reading and enjoying it. Right now I’m trying to get my stats higher since I kind of fell of the face of the blogging world at the end of 2015. My bad… I’m slowly making a come back. There are a lot of exciting things though so that’s always helpful and inspirational.
Also, how do you come up with so many awesome things to blog about? Tell me your secrets.
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Pffft. IT’LL COME, STEPHANIE, JUST YOU WAIT. *calls blog baby and pets it lovingly* Oh oh and YES it is totally okay to care about stats and I honestly don’t think any of us should be fretting over it! Because why would we blog publicly if we didn’t care?!?
My secret is I have an amazing brain. #humble OMG BUT FOR REAL I DON’T KNOW.😂 I think the more you blog, the more ideas you get actually!!
This list is literally perfect and every single one of them applies to me! Haha! I 100% called my blog my baby earlier today! XD
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OMGGG YOU ARE CLEARLY WONDERFUL THEN.😂 I call my blog my “baby” all the time. xD
I feel exposed.
HOW DID YOU KNOW IM GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK MY APARTMENT FOR BUGS
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I CAN READ MINDS, JEN. THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY.
Gosh I WINCE when I even read my old posts from four months ago. They’re all horrible. Yep. And I used to give books a different rating than I actually wanted to give them because I though that they deserved a higher/lower rating not because actually believed the rating.
And I’ve never actually called my blog my baby? My characters on the other hand…I call them my babies all the time.
SAME. I wince when I read posts from a week ago sometimes. *sighs* I WINCE WHEN I READ MY BLOG BASICALLY. (But we artists are always the most critical of our own work.😂) Omg, but looking at old reviews and realising I rated like a 2-star book 4-stars because I was a small bookworm who knew nothing? SO EMBARRASSING.
That’s so funny (but not) because I think Blogger sometimes deletes blogs that ..uh..have a lot of promotions? I don’t know I am not that informed on this issue, but it’s easy to get your blog back apparently. And my blog still exists so that is okay. (I would switch to WordPress but I am content with Blogger even though they technically own my content, and look at all the money I don’t have!)
I am also currently drowning in ARCs, especially the ones being published in APRIL (how are there so many?). So I think I have to be really choosy in the ones I want to read, or just read them all. Which probably won’t happen, I’m sure.
Awesome post Cait!!
I’ve heard blogger just deletes blogs for the lolz because BLOGGER IS EVIL, DUDES. I DO NOT LIE. I haven’t actually had any blogging scares in the year I’ve been on wordpress!! THANK GOODNESS. I got so many grey hairs and trauma from blogger. Ahem.
I feel like 2016 is just cackling maliciously at us all drowning in excellent sounding books. March is killing me at the moment. And I dread to think what I’ll do when I finish the march tBr…PROBABLY REQUEST MORE. WHYYYY CAIT, WHY.
Wait, you mean you’re not already paid to sit in your pajamas? BUT YOU ARE BLOGGING QUEEN. You need to start charging your minions. Have them feed YOU cake for once. (So you can buy a dragon and go on ruling the world, of course.)
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I SHOULD BE PAID TO SIT IN MY PAJAMAS. THAt’S ALL I CAN SAY. What even is wrong with this universe. *stamps foot*
LOL Cait this is terrific..we’ve all done these from time to time.
EEEEP. I’m so glad you liked it, Kimba!! 😀
I tell myself, that I can read and review all my TBR’s in a month. It’s soo going to happen.
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Oh of COURSE IT IS, Skye. TOTALLY GONNA HAPPEN. Me too and my 948938 meter tall TBR. *glances at it shiftily*
I don’t think I’ve been blogging QUITE long enough to get to all of these lies, but #2, #5, and #6 are VERY ACCURATE. Like scarily accurate, did-you-look-inside-my-brain accurate. I’ve promised myself that I’m not requesting ARCs until school gets a less hectic, because if I had a pile of ARCs right now my grades would plummet, but I’m sure that once I have that pile, I will be VERY familiar with #7. My main lie to myself is “I DEFINITELY have a lot of ideas for posts that aren’t just lists of books. Absolutely. So much discussion of general bookish topics.”
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WELL. I AM LIKE A GREAT MIND-READER, BASICALLY. *nods* I keep promising myself I’m not requesting ARCs either…but this year I just gave up. Dangit, 2016, why are you coming out with so many insufferably good looking stories?! I AM DYING HERE AND CAN’T EVEN HELP MYSELF.
Bahah.😂 Your lie is wonderful though.
Oh gosh…pretty much ALL of these. I’m always worried about too many books to read and too may posts to write and over-scheduling certain days and AGHHH! Why do we love this so much? Oh right…books. And you know, bookish company.
-Lauren
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Books. BOOKS. Of course. But we book bloggers also like to torture ourselves?!?! WE JUST DO.😂
This post is glorious <3 Everything about it is perfection and the truest truth ever spouted across the internet.
On a side note, I also think your blog is one of the most glorious things to grace this earth besides books themselves. Keep doin you please XD
WHY THANK YOU. THIS JUST MAKES MY DAY BASICALLY, SAMANTHA, YOU WONDERFUL BEAN. *gives you cake* I shall never stop, just for you. :’)
OKAY CAIT YOU CAUGHT ME I OWN AT LEAST FOUR COPIES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ BUT IT’S ALL FINE AND DANDY. And hahaha what do you mean about blogging getting overwhelming? I have NO CLUE what you’re talking about hahahahahahaha >,< LET ME WALLOW IN MY LIES
IT’S BECAUSE I READ MINDS SEE. I KNOW EVERYTHING. Ahem. Oh oh blogging is never overwhelming. Neeeeever. WHy woULD WE LIE ABOUT THIS.
Well, this is my actual life. Every single one of these. EVERY. ONE. Hell, I am so overwhelmed that I keep trying to bribe people into being my blogging secretary. They keep refusing because they know how broke I am- and I don’t even bake. I have cried when my blog went down. Nay, I SOBBED.
Um yeah, there is not one of these that doesn’t apply to me. Stats freak outs on the regular? Yep. Overbooked? Always! Over-ARCed? Even more often. And you have seen the obscene collection of Hunger Games books, right? And I always ask myself why this cannot be a job. Especially since I spend ALL the time on it. Let’s fix that one, at the very least. One of my favorite lies? “Oh, I will be all caught up with commenting any minute now”. Seriously, I am now TWELVE days behind. TWELVE. Hold me. I am going to need some of that cake and a slice of Michaelangelo’s pizza. Fine, Mike, just give me the whole pie, and no one will get hurt.
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It’s impossible to find good help these days though, omg, let’s be honest. You need to raise up your miniature humans to answer comments for you. Exploit them while they’re young. There is no downside to this. (Also I cried when my blog went down once. I BAWLED when my goodreads locked me out.)
HAHHAHAH YOUR HUNGER GAMES COLLECTION YES. I only own two versions of The Hunger Games. ;D But omg, that cameo Aussie set is calling to me…ahem. And yes to the commenting one. FOR SURE. That is also what I’m telling myself tonight…right now…while I’m like 5 days behind on replying to comments. *ahem*
YES MIKE. HAND OVER THE PIZZA.
Why are all your blogposts always so damn accurate I can’t? Most of these are so true. I own the throne of glass books in UK Paperback and US Hardcover, because no I don’t have problems. I also own City Of Bones twice, because I bought the old edition but I think those are so ugly so I waited for the new paperbacks to come out and now I own it twice haha…ha….ha
About the ARC thing: HOW?? I’ve always wanted to get ARCs from books, how do I do it please tell me
x Amber
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BECAUSE I’M A GENIUS AND I ALSO GET INTO ALL THE BOOK BLOGGER’S MINDS AND READ THEM. #legit Omg I own the entire Mortal Instruments series twice.😂 (Bar one book that I’m missing of the old covers) And I’m nooooot even sorry.
Ooh, I could do a post on how to ask for ARCs! I’ll put it on the to-do list. Although, if you just google “how to get ARCs from publishers” you’ll get a TON of good posts with grand advice!
What a fantastic post! I’m laughing at these… the kind of hysterical laughter recognising the truth brings. Organisation is one of my strengths, but that certainly doesn’t stop me from overcommitting. And I am a hair away from drowning in my ARCs (what is with launching all the books March?)
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SAME! I feel like I’m a kind of organised blogger?! And then I look at March and my pile of ARCs and I just decide to go away and wither.😂
OH MY GOD I WASN’T WORRIED ABOUT MY BLOG BEING DELETED UNTIL NOW. Damn you, Cait.
Although the rest are 1000% accurate. I do care about stats. I love stats. And Instagram likes. It’s my not-so-secret narcissist coming out (although thank goodness I don’t care AS MUCH as I used to…I’m training myself, you see).
HEY IF I HAVE TO LIVE IN PARANOID FEAR, SO DO YOU NOW. *gives you cake for the trauma though*
Same though *nods* I mean we should obsess over stats…but it’s okay to care about them, or else why are we blogging publicly?!? (Instagram likes though. I may or may not check several times a day…😂)
“I DON’T EVEN CONSIDER HAVING MULTIPLE EDITIONS OF THE SAME BOOKS” – BAHAHAHA, I’ve never even told myself that because Harry Potter – they keep making so many pretty covers and editions and they’re bringing out MORE NEXT YEAR. MORE! Though, I’m thankful for the forewarning so I can prepare my bank account.
I’d like to add “Why, yes, my bed always looks this tidy and made, my desk is always this spotless….I always just sit about like this surrounded by the book I’m currently reading and some little bits and bobs that look nice around it.” Come on, we all stage Instagram / bookish photos, let’s not lie.
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THEY DO THIS WITH HARRY POTTER TO TORMENT US. It’s like they know all the nerds will buy it no matter what so they keep bringing out new editions.😂I want to collect the illustrated ones, omg!
YES. We all stage instagram shots. WHO WOULDN’T?!?!😂
Oh, I’m pretty sure that I’m guilty of most of these lies. Especially the one about being a mushroom of good intentions. And the one about archives and old reviews – I mean, I haven’t even been blogging for a year yet, but I’m still terrified of the day my old posts will threaten to eat me alive…. HELP SAVE ME!!! (Maybe I could bribe them with cake? Convince them to spare me?) 😀
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But at least we’re FABULOUS mushrooms, Rebekah. That’s what matters. *continues to be a fabulous fungi* And omg, we should all make pacts to NEVER visit each other’s archives. 😂 I’m embarrassed about, like, even year old posts, omg, let alone the 4 year old posts.😂
No! I mean …. yes??? Maybe???? Gah! Fine, yes. But the archives…. *whimpers in fear*
We should all make pacts NEVER to visit each other’s archives.😂
Oh I have multiple editions of all my favourite books. I mean. What if one of them disappeared? Or fell apart? Or…something. You NEED backups…and pretty covers!
I’ve sort of got over #10, mainly because I’ve been blogging since the beginning of time (okay, since 2001) and have had a couple of blogs cease to exist (and there was a time when you HAD to delete things, because everything was manually coded and WORDPRESS DID NOT EXIST!)
You’ve just reminded me that I have a NetGalley book I need to read and review for March. Whyyyy 🙁 I’m quite happy re-reading other things right now!
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YES YOU NEED BACKUPS! And like, they’re family, right?! We must make sure bookish families get to stay together. *nods sagely*
Omg, WordPress did not exist?! THE DARK AGES. I haven’t had any blog-deleting-scares since I moved to wordpress….but. I’m still cautious.😂
#1 hits it right in the bullseye. Great list, Cait! You are the revealer of lies, the Truth Whisperer.
THE TRUTH WHISPERER. I accept that title. :’)
YES to all of these!!! YES!
lol, this made me laugh Cait. I think we all told one or another of these… or all of them. I do care about stats, I admit it, but I’m more comfortable admitting it now that I’ve been doing this for 3 years, lol. I also spend way to much time blogging, and I request WAY TOO MANY arcs, even though I tell myself every month that I’ll get a grip, and maybe finally reach the 80% ration I’ve been aiming for on netgalley… still hasn’t happened.
Also, Supernatural gifs are amazing!
And it should be okay for us to care about stats, right?!? Because why else would we blog publicly if we didn’t want interaction?! Omg but 2016 is CRUEL for the amount of wonderful books coming out!! I WANT TO READ THEM ALL OMG.
exactly! I care about them. I get bummed when a post I worked hard for doesn’t get views… 😉 Yeah, I honestly can’t be on netgalley for more than 2 minutes… I end up requesting everything
Netgalley should have like little pop-ups that go “You’ve been browsing for 10 minutes…do you think you’ve requested enough books? Hmm? DO YA???” and it would help immensely. *nods*
oh yes! it should! Isn’t Netflix that has something like that? 😛 either way, I’m pretty sure I would be awesome at ignoring the warning signs
Okayyy so I’m basically going to be a broken record and basically just repeat how amazing you and this post is??!!! Basically all of these apply to me (except #10 has never entered my mind….until now. XD). LOL I like to think I’m generally a pretty honest person, but then you look at these…. oops. lol I swear though, the old reviews and archives one?? Pff, forget the links to those! I never try to bring those up if I can help it hehe. ALSO ARCS. Gah, They shall be the death of me because I can never stay away!
Amazing post, Cait!
WELL THEN I MIGHT JUST HUG YOU AND SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE OMG THAT MAKES MY DAY. <3 And I'm glad I have no made you fear for #10. We can fret and suffer together. *gives you cake for the trauma*
Haha *raises hand*. I am guilty of ALL OF THESE, but such is life. Thanks for another hilariously brilliant post, Cait!
YOU ARE MOST WELCOME, AUBREY. I’m glad you liked it!! 😀
I tell myself a lot of these lies all the time! Particularly the whole ‘stats don’t matter to me’ thing. As much as I wish they didn’t they totally do! And I would love to be a pyjama queen blogger who just gets to blog for a living (mostly so I no longer have to work in retail which is just introvert hell!).
I am also super worried that the internet will somehow delete my blog. Once I tried to get on my blog and it was just coming up with an error and I panicked madly and was desperately calling the hosting company like ‘where the hell has my blog gone?’, and thankfully they managed to get it back. Seen as my blog is definitely my baby (yes, I’m insane), it felt like I had lost my child in the supermarket. It was horrible!
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STATS DO MATTER!! And we shouldn’t even be ashamed of that. *nods* Because if we cared zero percent about interaction, why blog publically, right??!
PAJAMA BLOGGING QUEENS FTW!!
(And omg I hear ya with blogs going missing!! Mine has shut down a few times, back when I was on blogger. Cue heart-attacks and existential crisis.)
OH MY GOODNESS, THESE ARE ALL SO TRUE. But especially that last one. It’s super terrifying. WHAT WOULD I DO WITH MYSELF IF I COULDN’T BLOG CAIT. DON’T EVEN SPEAK OF SUCH THINGS.
I think another lie would be: no, I don’t get ticked off by spammy comments. And also: Yes, I will be prompt at answering comments and commenting back because omg, my life is so together right now. *cries and eats chocolate*
But yes. Although, admittedly, I haven’t had the ARC problem yet because I haven’t requested many ARCs and I mostly just review normal books that I feel like yammering on about. I’m kind of waiting for my blog to become a larger munchkin before I ask publishers for ARCs. But it is growing very quickly, so maybe soon I will be content to ask publishers for ARCs. But like, what even is their standard for that? I’ve done research, but I’ve always been too intimidating to ask, because what if they laugh at my stats and sip cocktails and call me peasant? My poor blogging soul would shrivel.
I totally dream of being a mega famous blogger, not going to lie. Especially now that my stats have been exploding for the past two (almost three months). But I’m also worried that they’ll stop exploding and I’ll return to relative oblivion, because that would be no fun.
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Spammy comments like REAL spambots or humans-leaving-spammy-comments? Because both annoy me. But sometimes I laugh at the spam bot ones. Especially the ones that tell me I’m an amazing person and then proceed to ask me to shampoo my dog or something. At least they’re trying, poor little bots.
I started asking for ARCs when I had 100 followers? Which, looking back, that seems AWFULLY puny and I have no idea how I even got my first ARC. o.O I’d been blogging for 3 years though, so I guess they thought I was worth the risk? OR ELSE ITW AS AN ACCIDENTAL APPROVAL BUT LET’S NOT THINK OF THAT.
It unbelievable how true these are! My blog is most definitely my baby and anyone who says they don’t care about stats is definitely lying. I get excited by the smallest stats though. I have also definitely overbooked my blog for the end of March/start of April and I’m kinda panicking now… so many books, so little time!
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I’m basically a book blogger MIND READER. Mwahhah. That’s how I know all the things. *ahem* And omg, my blog is so totally my baby and I am not even ashamed to be caught admitting that one. Stats are NICE THINGS. <3 No shame in caring about them!!
This is a post I didn’t know I wanted until I began reading, this hilarious in how crazy accurate you are. I am continually requesting too many ARCs and discovering I simply don’t have time to read them and write a review before all their release dates. And seriously, they tell you to make your hobbies your job, why is blogging not mine? I definitely wouldn’t rub it in people’s faces that I can go to bed whenever and read until stupid hours and claim it’s part of my job. Ugh, I don’t know why we bother lying to ourselves as bloggers, we should just accept these things and move on.
I HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION ON AAAALL THE BOOK BLOGGER’S MINDS. MWHAHAH. *ahem* And whyyy can’t we book bloggers make blogging a job?! Sheesh. I wish there was a way.
We should accept the things. And just call ourselves pajama blogging queens and BE COOL WITH IT.
Love this post! I can relate SO MUCH to #s 2 and 5! Okay, yeah sure, I don’t care about stats at all. That’s why I constantly check my Twitter numbers and Bloglovin numbers. Nope, don’t care at all. And I spend a lot of time on my blog. I WOULD LOVE TO BE PAID FOR IT!! If I could get paid for reading AND for telling everyone I know just how much I love certain books, that would be the dream!!
And how about the lie that you don’t care about ARC rejections? Or that it doesn’t hurt when a fellow blogger gets an ARC that you were denied?? Oh, the agony. Breaks my heart every time, but I try really hard to act happy for my fellow bloggers.
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OMG WOULDN’T HAVING A BOOK BLOGGER JOB BE AMAZING?!?! I guess the closest thing is a publicist…but, dang, you don’t get to sit around in pajamas for that. *sighs*
omg YES. The ARC rejections for sure. Or that you’ve never had ARC envy.😂 Although I don’t even think envy is a bad thing…like it just depends on how you display it (aka: don’t display it😂 but it’s okay to feel it!)
I love this post.
Especially the part about the old archives. Yeeeeah. Nope. I do just want to INCINERATE all of them. I do not even want to talk about my first year of blogging. Ever.
Would I love to be paid to blog, or would I love to be paid to blog?! Why is this even a question? At the same time though, I’m scared that if that it ever, once upon a fantasy life, became a reality that I would never have inspiration for another post again. That it would be work instead of fun. So if blogging became a legit job, I’m not sure I would actually take the job.
#3. O.o Cait, I nearly bought a hardcover of Raging Star (Bloodiest, Reddest Road), after just receiving a paper copy. I talked myself out of it. But really. All of my covers have people on them. Yuck.
SAAAAME. Can we like get blogging dragons to just eat our archives and help us forget they ever exist? BECAUSE OMG. PLEASE NO ONE GO BACK THERE. EVERRRRR.
Bahaha, too true. 😂 But then I thought that might happen if I got an agent? Like suddenly there’s PRESSURE and EXPECTATIONS…buuuut, you get through that. *nods* I would take a blogging job in a HEARTBEAT, omg.
BLOODIEST REDDEST ROAD. <3 I have never seen the hardcover editions, omg, now I must look them up...
“I’m reading a book about anti-gravity and it’s impossible to put down hahhahha get it?”
I knew there was a reason you’re a writer.
I bought a book twice recently, but the best part is that I also read half of it before I realized I’d already read it before. I do not kid when I say my memory is a sieve. AND EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE DOING SOOOO MUCH BETTER DAMMIT. 😀
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Because I’m so SMART AND ORIGINAL AND WONDERFUL, right?!? I mean, gosh, my brain. So hilarious. :’)
Omg, I bought a book that I already had the audiobook for.😂 But to be fair the book was for 25 cents at a library sale soooo, I’m not crying. Ahem.
Since I blog on other people’s blogs and not my own, I have to say that most of these I don’t have to worry about. I don’t normally get myself buried in arcs, because I do mostly audiobook reviews. I do get books from publishers, but I don’t get a huge number. I have gotten myself with a backlog a few times though and felt like it was going take weeks of listening to get caught up. I do wish that I could be a full-time blogger. Nothing would be better than being paid to read and blog about it. Great post!
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Omg audiobook reviews!! YAY!! I love audiobooks. Do you get the audiobooks from publishers?? Because that is insanely cool. *nods* And wouldn’t it be the BEST to be a full-time-paid blogger?! *dreams wistfully*
I do get audiobooks from several different publishers. They’ve been great to work with.
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So much trueness!!!
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I AM GLAD YOU LIKED IT. 😀
Hahahaha YASSSSSSS times a million!
~Sara
BLOGGERS UNITE AND RELATE HUZZAH!
#3 — Errr, yeah, that, lol! I fall for it every time with Jane Austen’s Persuasion; I own four editions (one in Italian) and every time they release a new edition with a new cover, I’m like “I have a mighty need!” xD
#5 — I wish!!! Sometimes I mull about it (or about anything related to reading, writing about it, and getting paid for it *happy sigh*)
#9 — Hehe, yeah, I would love to have an easy-to-use archives but as I was adding ratings tags to my older book reviews, I noticed just how far I’ve come when it comes to putting together book reviews. For example, my early reviews from 2007/2008 had no book covers, no details as to what the book was about, just a brief one paragraph about what I thought about it. Which is great and all (I was busier then, I suppose), but what if I don’t remember the plot details of that book?! ;_;
#10 — I had a minor freakout last month as my blog was acting up–and then it was down–leading up to my board exam and I couldn’t take care of it because I was studying and I was like OMG why didn’t I at least do a recent back-up export of my blog content? It was the first thing I did as soon as the blog was back online lol (lesson learned: download an export every two weeks or so)
Great list Cait! I can’t definitly relate to some of these 😀
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It’s COVER LOVE AND WE CANNOT DENY IT’S NEED. *feeds cover love with no regret*
Omg some of my early reviews were, no joke, ONE SENTENCE. I don’t…I don’t even know. *facepalm* It took me like 2 years to even understand what blogging was, tbh. 😂
I had soooo many freakouts when I used to be on blogger. IT GLITCHED SO MUCH ARGH. I haven’t had any scares since moving to wordpress though. :’)
I do care about stats! Actually, one of my pet peeves is people suggesting I shouldn’t care about stats because it makes me feel like caring about the quality of my work shouldn’t matter, when it does. And obviously stats won’t reveal everything about the quality and growth of my writing, but it is an indicator I can use, and is worth using. *nods*
I want to be a pajama queen blogger but I don’t want my blog to have ads and that makes me feel like I am divided. D:
AND THOSE LAST THREE. THEY’RE ALL SO TRUE. Like, goshdangit Cait… I’d almost guess you’re a blogger yourself to come up with these things. 😉
SAME. And like why should it even be a bad thing? If you blog and DON’T care a zlich about stats, why bother blogging? Why not just write a diary to yourself? So I’m all for caring about stats. (But, like, not obsessing over them. That isn’t healthy.)
You don’t have to have ads to be a pajama blogging queen!
IT KIND OF IS LIKE I’M A BIT OF A BLOGGER, OMG, RIGHT????
Yep! I pretty much fear all of that too. Then I eat chocolate to slay my fears. LOTS of chocolate.
I SEE NO FAULT IN THAT METHOD. *joins you in eating chocolate*
This was quite entertaining, Cait, and I only occasionally tell myself any of these things…at the same time. Oh, alright…I admit to telling myself these things. Maybe even often. Especially the one about other bloggers having it so together. Yep. That one is on a daily loop. 😉 I am soo a confused mushroom with good intentions. Now it’s back to my hiding place, under the bed with chocolates as I hide from the many, many books I agreed to read. 😀
😂 I’m glad you liked it!! hehe Omg but NONE of us have it fully together, right?!?? Which is almost a relief in a way. 😛
Lol – YES on so many fronts.
Like stats. I just freaking love the stats.
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STATS ARE AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL THINGS. I like to feed them cake and watch them grow. :’)
Whoa! INSIGHT! SUCH INSIGHT!
The advantages of having a co-blogger, as you probably well know (Hai, Sibling Cait! *waves at sibling Cait*), is that you get to process a lot of your blogging life externally, too. Natalie and I talk SO MUCH about every single aspect of blogging eeeeendlessly every single day. And I SWEAR I’ve said (and meant!) every single one of these like 867 times! Except now, put like this…
… I DIDN’T REALLY MEAN THEM?! OH GOSH, I DIDN’T REALLY MEAN THEM*! I’m a liaaaaaaar! (And the worst kind – the kind that lies to herself!) Nooooooooo! *retreats to my blanket fort of defense mechanisms promptly*
* Except the stats-thing. I genuinely care nothing about stats.**
** Except comments. I’m a liar.
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Me while reading: Yes, yes, and oh woah, yes to that too!
Cait, I think you might be some sort of mind reader? How it is that you know all the things!?!? Just ALL OF THEM! And yesss so much to the bloggers stats thing. I know it’s not important but when I only get like two comments on a post that I worked hard on? It’s kind of a bummer. Not matter. I think the only thing I don’t do is the multiple copies of one books thing. It actually kind of infuriates me…? I have so little room on my shelves, why would I waste it on the same book (unless it was signed) is my logic.
But fabulous post as always, Cait.
So true!! So true Cate. I still harness dreams of being a multi millionaire blogging and drinking tea. You think it will be a reality soon?
I’M SURE IT WILL. I BELIEVE IN YOU.
I’m not even a book blogger per se and I’ve said some of these haha I have thought about number ten, but now I’m sort of worrying about it now, thanks 🙂
When I first started blogging, I was kind of obsessed with stats, but I only look at them once in a while now. *shrug* I’m not doing this for stats and I have no delusions that I’ll ever make money off of this. I guess it’s sort of relieving and makes it more fun for me. Not to say people that worry about those things aren’t having fun with their blog. It’s just worry and me are like the recipe for disaster and i try to avoid it. I do, though, overbook myself like crazy on my blog. Like, I have three posts this month I MEANT to get pretty and posted, but never got around to it because life and overwhelm and being sick and lame excuses 🙂
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I think stats are totally okay to be checked…but not obsessed over, you know? And I was the same. And some weeks, even now, I like look at them all the time, and others it just doesn’t worry me. 😉
Ugh, I feel ya! Sometimes I stare at them and feel like crap even though that’s not really something I care all that much about. I don’t even care about it and sometimes I obsess so yes.. understandable!
That Michelangelo comment could work both ways: pizza bc Italian and pizza bc Ninja Turtle (I’m ashamed to say this was my first thought). I am but a mere co-blogger and I still get overwhelmed by blogging more than I should. And hahahaha arcs! What are you talking about, I always read them on time… esp the ones I request…. *hides* I always want to but then it feels like I have a due date on homework or something and I was the Queen Procrastinator all the way up until I got my college degree. You can do it, read all the March arcs!!
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I honestly didn’t know I made a Ninja Turtle reference.😂 I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. AHEM. hehe.
Oooh, LIES MORGAN. ALL LIES. *cackles* But seriously Queen Procrastinator is a fabulous title and I shall share it with you. Ahem. I was still reading 2015 ARCs this February. -_-
Yeah, definitely a confused mushroom with good intentions and while I don’t refer to my blog as my baby, I most definitely bite off more than I can chew, every time. Especially poor form as I’ll be heading back to University next week (huzzah *sarcasm*) I always think I’ll get more done over the break, but it just doesn’t happen *sigh*.
Good luck when you go back to uni!! And I hope you don’t get swallowed by too much work and can’t blog anymore!! Finding balance is hard, eh?! DOn’T DROWN. Ahem.
#3 is me 100%. Other lies:
1. Buying books for review is an investment for my blog and therefore totally exempt from my budget
2. I will read every book I buy
3. My bookshelf isn’t too full, it’s just too small
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BAHHHAH. THESE YES thESE EXACTLY. Oh the struggles are real for we bookworms.
I know a couple of those lies pretty well! I definitely do the thing where you request all the ARCs and then somehow get accepted and then drown in them! Although I’m actually not a fan of multiple editions. I see the beauty of them and the reason why you might want to collect them all but when I get a double edition I just give the other one away. More shelf space! (Although, admittedly, the more beautiful one does stay with me xD)
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AHHH YOU AND ME BOTH. *hi fives* Plus I always get surprised when I get accepted for the ARCs?! So when it happens to a bunch of them…OMG DROWNING.😂
Haha 2, 6, 9, and 10 especially. XD I’ve actually gone back and fixed some of my old posts so they’re less terrible.
I am VERY tempted to go back and fix old posts. But mostly I try not to think about them.😂
# 4, 6 & 9 – Are SO me!
Another great post, I just love your blog!
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Awww, that is SO NICE TO HEAR, Jessica. *flails* *gives you cake*
Cake! Thank you 🙂 You know me so well
lol stop I cried.
I don’t know where to begin. my old reviews are so terrible. I hate looking at them. it’s like going to look at your elementary school diary, but everyone has seen it. HAHA I fear my blog will be deleted, too! omgggggg. why is that??? someone please qualm that fear. I’ve always imagined getting a husband and he would be all wealthy and shit (lmaooo) and I could continue blogging and he could just run the house, pay the bills, and raise the kids. #thelife
AGH. I never go into my archives. IT IS A TERROR ZONE IN THERE. (At least with self-hosted wordpress I have slightly less fear of my blog disappearing. ONLY SLIGHTLY.😂 #panic)
Loved this post! As a new Indie Chick-lit Book Review blogger, I am starting to recognize the signs. 😉 Keep up the great work!
–Ms. Birdlady
http://www.ms-birdlady.com
Aw, thanks, M.S.! *flails* I’m so glad you liked it!😂
Okay so I had never thought of my blog being deleted or the internet shut down but now I’m thinking it and shiiit. Don’t worry Cait, you won’t be the only one being awake at night XD
I’m guilty of all of these, except the ARC one, as I never request any 🙈
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…noooo i’m not stalking some of your older posts psht of course not
NUMBER FIVE IS SO ME CAIT SO ME. i’ve done none of the others *shifty-eyes* i’m serious! ahem. yes, but number five. dream job right there. here.
you know what i mean.
AHHHH YOU’RE WONDERFUL. 😂 But of course of course you’re innocent. I totally believe that. *nods sagely*
This is the best! I nodded my way through this post so much!
Ahhh I’m glad you liked it!! 😀