I try and do the same but then feel bad when my monthly roundup is all negative reviews. All of these were ARCs, but there was no way I could dedicate a full review to any of them!

It’s the requesting that makes it a problem. There is one publisher that writes the best synopses so I request the book, but the last 3 have turned out to be dreadful so I may have to start ignoring them.

I trust your taste so if you had a string of outstanding books I’d believe you- and add them all to my TBR! Plus, how awesome is that? I need to check out your latest reviews!

That is exactly it! It just gets to be hard when they are ARCs and you requested them and then have nothing to say. Especially if there is a string of them because then I worry publishers will stop sending me books. I guess it’s one of the perils of book blogging.

Absolutely! That’s how I feel. I’m also. A little hesitant about Goodreads sometimes. I use it regularly and look at star ratings, but find that there are readers/bloggers who tend to be a bit more like Hallmrk cards- always nice and comforting and rating books much higher than I would.

It’s just hard when there are more meh than wow!

You’re welcome! Air was all right, but it could have been so much better. I felt the same way about Girls in the Picture or whatever that Hollywood book was- made women seem petty and flat.