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As I see more and more bloggers gets published, especially those that are book bloggers, I see more of them start to question their stance on book reviewing. Sometimes they are told by people in the publishing industry that they should not review books. Other times they are told that reviewing books is a great way to get their name out in front of people. Lenore's first young adult novel, Level Two, will be released Fall 2012. She's taking a look at her blog and wondering what changes will come. Should she still review books?
My publisher didn’t suggest I should stop reviewing. Most of my fellow bloggers saw no reason for me to quit. For a time, I thought maybe I could do both.
However, over the past few months, I have gotten a lot of conflicting advice from fellow authors about my reviewing:
“Stop reviewing immediately. You have to choose whether you want to be an author or a book reviewer.”
“You write constructive, thoughtful reviews, and if you want to continue, you should.”
“Authors will hold a grudge against you – some already do.”
“It would be a loss for the whole YA community if you gave up book reviewing, but I can totally understand why you would.”
I’ve kind of been agonizing over this. Is there a way to keep reviewing without alienating authors/peers/people I might sit on panels with in the future?
