Sunday Post and I blog for myself

Sunday Post hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer

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What did I do in the last few weeks and -
Why my blog has gotten a lot quieter...

Sure, I did not want to fall into that big 'blogger' hole full of enthusiastically started and abandoned blogs. And yes, I did make the classic mistake: posting as often as I can, accepting almost all review requests, taking part in as many meme's as I could.

There is nothing wrong with that, nothing at all. If you have the time for it and if you still enjoy it 6 months down the line. I didn't (have the time) and I didn't (enjoy it any more) as it was becoming a chore rather that a joy for me.

So, this post from Ashley at Nose Graze was just what I needed.

We blog for ourselves. Not to please anyone.

I blog for myself to share my love of reading and to keep a log of the books I read
If people do read my blog and like it - that's great, but I just don't have to time to keep it up to encourage loads of traffic

Here are the changes:

I don't write up old reviews for books I read a while ago (not to the extend I did anyway)just to fill the blog
Maybe only 1 or 2 posts a week of books I read during that week or if I bought a book
no memes - again, no time :(
I don't accept any review books at the moment at all, as I can't possibly read that much, unfortunately. And there are many books in my TBR pile (purchased, not review books) which I really really reallynlike to read. It may change after a while, but for the time being....

The downside of it is that I do miss all the lovely bloggers I 'met' and have been in regular contact with - so I try to remedy this by hopefully visiting their blogs and commenting a bit more regularly. So apologies for not being a very good friend.

(That's me, enjoying a drink in a local Spanish restaurant and my fav tipple Sangria)

I have also finally fully utilised Goodreads and made a list of my 'Books to Read' 122 at present - and I fully intend to read through this list. Oh, and I bought my own Christmas present - a Kindle Fire. I LOVE it!! I had Kindle Paperwhite, but this is something all together different ahhhh

The other important change in my blogging life is that I finally made a serious start at writing. I am currently compiling a kind of 'my life story' for my children with special emphasis on growing up in East Germany and experiencing the fall of the Berlin Wall. Way to early to think about possible publication, and I know it is much easier these days with self publishing etc. But I'll see where it takes me and if that's what I want to do, or whether it will only be for my family. I certainly did have quite a bit of interest from colleagues and friends. So watch this space. Oh, and I do have a separate blog for my writing http://thepegster-writes.blogspot.co.uk

I will still be around and post :)

Here is a little re-cap of my recent reviews and posts (most of them are books received in return for a review)

Cats, Scarves and Liars by Kathryn White