Back, with Updates!

Hi, guys! I'm back now. Turned out I needed a little more time off than I thought I did, but it paid off because I'm feeling much better now. Still sneezing more than I like, but getting better, which is good. I hope nobody else comes down with what I had(/maybe still have, a little), because it is no fun at all.

Anyway, enough about that. I also wanted to tell you about a couple of changes I'll be making on the blog. Nothing big or dramatic, just some little things, but I think they're important.

1. No more numbers. I hate trying to assign numerical values to books. From now on, my reviews will not have "4/5" or "5/5" or "3/5" or any of those things. I'll still fill in stars on Goodreads, I'm sure, but I'm not going to be putting numbers in my reviews. I feel like they're really superficial anyway - two books might both fall in the 4/5 category for me but I could feel completely different about the books. After nearly seven months of trying to conform to what seems to be the predominant system among book bloggers and slowly realizing how much I dislike it, I've decided to stop. No more numbers!

2. What I post is what I want to post. I started out with this goal in mind anyway. I love reading and I love talking about what I read, so I was going to use my blog as an outlet to share the books I like with other people. As I explored the YA-book-blogosphere, I sort of let the trends affect what I posted. I thought it was my job to review everything I read, good or bad, assign ratings, talk about the books professionally. I still want to be honest and professional about what I read, but blogging isn't my job. It's supposed to be something I do for fun -- my way to talk about the books I love. So if I don't like a book, I probably won't post about it. And if I really like a book, I may gush a bit. I want you, my awesome readers, to find out about good books from this -- but it has to be something that I do for me, first.

I'll still be adding the books I talk about to my list of reviews. The way I do these reviews will just change a little. Hope you guys will still enjoy! And as always, thanks for reading. ♥