Back from the Internet Dead!

I'M BACK

(Warning: This post is long and basically says I'm sorry for being gone and how the blog will be changing in the next few weeks)

Yes I know, it's been so long that you all don't even remember me. First off I'm sorry I've been gone so unbelievably long there is really one reason and that is school/ACt's/Colleges. I have not read a book of my own choosing in at least two months! Crazy I know. I also only got on the computer for school related stuff and or to check my email, not for anything I actually wanted to be on the computer for. However, I feel like my absence has been good because I have a few new ideas for the blog that will be some major improvements.

Well I was away I did have some time to think about blogging, reading, writing, and everything book related. I noticed a few things, first off being my lack of posting on my blog. I practically slapped myself in the head. I committed to blogging and then I can't even blog once a week? How ridiculous! I love blogging and discussing books and that's why I started in this crazy but amazing book world. I also noticed that I kind of lost my love for reading. I was buying books like crazy because there were so many amazing ones coming out and people who said they were amazing and I got overwhelmed. Where the heck do I even start? I look like a hoarder! Where is my door?! All these thoughts went through my mind. I started just reading because I had to for this blog and my other blog at least once a week and it just wasn't that magic that it used to be. So now I have at least 50 or more books to read and there are so many more that I want to read that are out and some amazing books coming out this year. Has this ever happened to any of you? Maybe I'm just having my mid-teen crisis. :) But, after thinking about it over my break this week, I've decided that I can't stop blogging, or reading, or writing. I just love it all to much! So I made a promise to myself to get back on track with one of my favorite hobbies!

First thing starting now there's going to be a few changes at this blog, starting with the promise of more posting. I cannot promise everyday or that I'll be posting consistently right off the bat. It will probably start really slow but I hope that in the next few weeks I will be posting at least 3 or 4 times a week.

The next plan of mine will probably take a bit longer but I really want to finally make this blog my own with my own personal touch. Basically this means that there will be some construction going on around here. Unfortunately I have no experience or any sort of knowledge in this area but I plan to educate myself/ get some help from some blogging friends. So this construction may not start for a while and when it does it will probably be for a while while I learn the ropes and tricks of blogging.

I've decided that I will no longer be rating books but recommending them. The reason for this is three things. First I have so many books to read that I don't want to spend all my time in a book that I don't like, just to say that I don't like it when I could be reading a book that I love. I also want to get into more of a discussion rather than here's how I liked the book the end. I really want to here what you all think too! That's one of the main reasons I got involved with the "online book world"; to meet some great people and discuss our love of books! Lastly as I was updating myself with what's been going on in the blogging world this week I noticed that someone else switched from rating to recommending because they want to be a writer and apparently publishers don't really like it when potential authors are reviewing and rating books on their blogs. I had never heard this before, and I'll probably look more into this, but I really want to be an author someday so..... in discussions and out ratings.

Basically I will be doing a lot of work to make this blog amazing! It will not be an overnight project but it will probably take a few months. But I promise it will be worth it! Thank you all for being such great followers and following a basically non-existent blog for these few months. Oh and I will be having a giveaway soon! The book will be Paranormalcy by Kiersten White. It will be for followers only as you all have been so loyal. Oh, one more thing, I will try to make my posts shorter and to the point or I will have a short synopsis and then a longer discussion. (Starting after this post) Okay, thank you all so much and I promise more improvements on the way!