Hey all!
With my life how it’s been going lately, I’ve been WAY behind on my reviews. I have a wonderful full time job and am getting my second bachelor’s (my first is in History, this one is accounting, which has been my actual career for awhile), along with running my own mini business making and selling bookmarks on the side (a huge stress reliever for me, but if you’re interested feel free to pop over to Always Lost in Words Etsy shop). I’ve also had a lot of loss recently and lost most of my drive due to grief, which I am now starting to get back. It hasn’t stopped me from my escapist reading, but it’s been a real dagger in the side of my reviews, which were to keep my research/report skills sharp.
However, there’s nothing like grief to show you what is important, and I want this to be fun for you and I. This is obviously a hobby/passion for me so I don’t want it to turn into job and it’s been feeling that way. I am going to be changing how I review. I will be providing the publisher-provided snapshot of the book and will be doing a review of the things I love about it rather than my own synopsis. I’ve been experimenting with this the last few posts, and I really enjoy telling readers the best parts/parts that could be better. I’d rather be positive and come with a good ole compliment sandwich than try to rehash the entire book and worry about letting loose some major spoilers. I am going to work on honing my entertainment skills and cut down on the perfunctory reporting. I want you to read the book, not my homework.
I’m super excited to make this happen. I will also provide some similar book titles after the review in case you want to explore more like it. I’ll be pulling some suggestions from other sites. I will also do some categorical lists of books I’ve read in a certain genre that I really enjoyed and some books I have my eye on that are similar. Right now, I’m reading some lovely, light-hearted witchy contemporary romances in honor of spooky season! I think that will be a fun way to spread the reading love. I also would ADORE suggestions. I’m always up for recommendations. Some future lists will also include survival thrillers (I love the ones where a teenager is lost in the woods with zero knowledge and has to survive), books that shaped my reading, favorite high fantasy, contemporary romances featuring luscious ladies, historical spy romance, favorite YA horror, favorite 90s/00s horror, dystopia, etc. Lots of exciting things coming that I can’t wait to share!
I’ve really appreciated the support I’ve received so far. There are only a few of you, but every person person who follows and like button pressed has been a “keep going” sign to me, and I seriously love all of you for it! I hope I can continue to provide useful reader-based content and can be a blog you want to share.
Always,
Lady Nightwolf
Always Lost in Words 