Thursday, October 9, 2008

About My Blog!

So, I decided to give a little background info on my blog. I’m sure not many of you care, but this is to just clear any questions up. So here we go! ^^

Background story: Boredom and Wanting to try something new. That’s why I started this blog, I read a lot [compared to most normal teenagers anyways, I have friends who read more than I do] and I love to write and ramble. Not going to lie there, I’m good at rambling I talk a lot. Whenever I get the chance to, I’m broadcasting my opinion and I figure this had to get annoying to my friends, I can be obnoxious I think. So I thought, ‘Hey why not start a book blog?’ I could rant about my books without annoying people and could practice my writing skills! Double whammy! Turns out it’s also a nice stress reliever [here’s an interesting fact for you: I am a very stressed person. Like literally, whenever I went to physical therapy my physical therapist would complain ‘Will you loosen up!? Your muscles are way tight for a 16 year old!’]. Anywho! [I told you I like to ramble!] I had read a few books blogs before I read Word For Teens religiously, and Nicole is my major inspiration, even though she doesn’t know I exist. So my book blog is mainly a way for me to share opinions and get some ranting in.

Format: My format of the blog is rather simple actually.

Image: Obviously an image of the book. I find that the cover is what attracts me an awful lot to a book, so if you’re one of those people who just glances at a cover and is like ‘hey that looks cool!’ This part is for you.

Summary: Obviously. My summary of the book, it will most likely contain plot secrets. I am terrible at keeping them, I’ll try to keep them out…but you have been warned.

Review: Uh…duh. My Review/opinion/ranting of the book.

Rating: I rate out of five, which makes it difficult for me to rate a book because I do enjoy a great many books and out of five does not give me much leeway. Many times I will also give an explanation for the rating and why it didn’t get 5/5.
Reviews from the Pros: Okay, this category is a little lame. It’s just when I read a book I often flip to the praise of the book before hand. So basically I’m not doing anything intricate with this section, its just the little snippets you’ll read in the front or back of the book. I do often spend time looking at reviews on the internet before this section but mostly I’m cheap and just take from the front of back of the book.

And that is it! I know this is nothing exciting, but I figured maybe some people would want to know. Well I am off to finish Sloppy Firsts! That review should be up fairly soon FYI. Enjoy my random blog till then!
-She Who Reads A Lot

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