I
had the most awful revelation this week that some books simply cannot be
finished. I have seen the terrible DF (didn’t finish) tag before on Goodreads
and other blogs, but I never thought I would be one of those people. Then I got
to thinking: there are tons of books out there (some I may never even get the
change to read simply because there is not enough time in my life) and more get
published every day. I want to read books I’m passionate about, but I also have
a long list of books to-be-read. So I have, with a heavy heart, created my DF
Stack.
My
first resolution for myself and for Color Me Literary is to embrace the DF
stack. It’s not a place where slow books, bad plots, and badly developed
character go to die, but rather to lie in wait. I don’t pick up books I don’t
want to read, so my DF Stack is going to be for those books that just didn’t
work for me or were too slow and sludgy for me to finish. My hope is that in
the future I may go back to the list and retry some of the books out. They’re
not going there to die, but I do need a stack for books that are just not
working for me so that I don’t feel forced to finish the super slow books. I
want to put out book reviews weekly, and if I’m hung up on slow book that just isn’t
going to happen.
This
brings me to my second resolution, which has actually been in affect since
before the New Year. Every Wednesday I will post a book review. Even if I
haven’t finished a book quite yet, I’ll still do a review. It will just be on a
book I’ve already read, just before I started reviewing. I love getting to read
a big variety of books and review them here, and I want to continue doing that
and really commit. So I am and I have. This post is belated simply because I
wanted to prove that I could really stick to my weekly book review post, and I
have.
My
last resolution is something I hope to be rolling out in the next month or so
for Color Me Literary. I am going to start reviewing films and TV shows that
have been adapted from young adult fiction (I won’t, however, be reviewing
films and shows that became YA books afterwards). I’ve always had a two-episode
rule for TV shows where I watch the pilot and two episodes. Usually by the end
of those episodes, I’ve got a pretty good idea of whether or not the show will
be good in the long run. I’ve watched a lot of TV shows, and I’ve read and
written pilots for classes. The two-episode rule has not let me down yet, and
it is really was sparked my desire to start up this little project.
The
young adult genre has really become a big thing and sparked a lot of
adaptations. I really think it’s important to see how these adaptation are
going and evolving, so that is why I’ve decided to review films as well as TV
shows. I am going to try and be very unbiased when reviewing these, because I
understand that doing so is one of the hardest tasks ever. Some films will
never live up to their book predecessors, but part of the reason is because
they’re going to be different, plain and simple. This being said, I’m not going
to give away much more. These reviews will be unbiased and truthful, and that
all I hope to ever do.
These
three resolutions/projects are really going to change things up for Color Me
Literary, and I’m excited to get started. I know my resolution should probably
be to get people to actually read my reviews, but I’ve always said that this
blog is mainly for me. I always want to get the ball rolling before I invite others
into my journey, but maybe 2016 is the year I finally get this blog out there.
I know I don’t have as many reviews as a lot of blogs, but I’m just doing what
I love to do right now.
XOXO Tia
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