I guess ever since I started reading books profusely the last seven years I've been going through somewhat of an identity crisis when it comes to what I actually want to do with my writing. I want to be involved in the bookish world, because books are my joy. But writing a book review blog is a difficult ask for me—I'm looking at my Goodreads right now, and the stats are damning: I read on average twenty books a year. That's just a measly twenty posts a year, and my last two written book reviews were in December. I've read three books this year, and we're heading into May. Talk about your slow starts!
I want to turn this blog into an old school "I'm a real person trying to read books" blogs. You know, like from the early naughties. People would blog their thoughts, almost like a diary entry, and just post them. I personally prefer that style.
Believe me, book reviews will be here. Of course they will. This is still a book blog. But I'll be posting some updates on what I'm reading and how I'm finding it, what I didn't finish, in between book reviews. Also I'd like to inject a bit of my personality within these posts and not contrive blogs around specific keywords that are popping right now. I see blog as a potential playground for my writing, a fun way to practice, but also a place to be share my love and passion for the books I read.
Is this a horror book blog? Primarily it is, but I'm always going to dabble. I'm currently reading my way through Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and reading John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath in between. So am I primarily horror? No. In fact I'm not reading anything horror related at the moment. But I will. Just give me time. Every book is kind of a horror in some places.
I'll leave it here, I just wanted to write and give an update to that one fan I have who also happens to be my dog... He can't read, but writing to your dog is nice.
Stay classy.
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