Update on Favorite Books series

Hello!

This is a bit of a different post.

If you've been on my blog long enough, you might remember a few months ago I started a series called "Favorite Books of All Time", where I just listed off books that I read and love. I did it every month. There are 6 total parts which you can view here (takes you to the navigation page).

Some of you might have noticed that I didn't post one last month. I am not posting one this month, either. In fact, I think I might pause on doing a Favorite Books post for a really long time. 

This is because the posts took a long time to make. I would have to sift through my spreadsheets of all the books I have read and rated highly. It was a lot of them. I also tried to share 12 books every time, which also felt like a lot of work to me. I got a lot of other stuff on my plate going on right now.

Also, a lot of my favorite books are underrated books that I have already mentioned on my page through my Underrated Books series. So making the Favorite Books posts felt very repetitive to me. 

I don't know if I will ever go back to making these kinds of posts, but maybe I will. For now it's an indefinite hiatus.

I will continue with my Underrated Books series every month though! 

 

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