Hello, out there! I know I'm very much under the radar since I decided to quit blogging, so I don't even know if this will get read.
Quitting was a really smart thing for me to do, because after my time off, I think I now believe that I can keep up my blog in a super laid back way and be okay with it. I tend to be a little compulsive about "completeness" and feel the need to review every single book I read or life as I know it will end. But not anymore! I am reinventing myself!
In honor of the "new me, " I thought it would be a good idea to abandon the connotation of addiction that the name "ChainReading" suggests. Book clutter is what I happily see when I look around my house (and car). I usually have 4-6 books I'm reading at once, all not-so strategically placed so I can at least find one of them at any given time. (I did a Google search and did not see any other blogs with this name. If anyone knows differently, let me know.) Posting will be very clutterish as well--randomly posting when I have something to say and/or time to say it!
I also have a new layout, which only came about as a result of my daughter taking her first driving lesson. I don't know if I was more scared of her getting into an accident, or concerned that she was going to be in a car with a strange man for two hours. Needless to say, I needed a distraction, and playing around with my completely inactive blog seemed to do the trick.
I should mention reading challenges. I have still been reading many blogs, and I see the oh-so-tantalizing challenges that are introduced out there. I will not be joining most of them. I do think I will have more luck with this than with giving up junk food. I hope . . .
A lot of course will be the same as before. A low level of technology. General ignorance of stats. Appreciation for comments.
And a passion for reading.
Wow, it feels good to write this! Hopefully I'll do it again soon.
