29/05/18 17:03 (Happy Tuesday!)
Okay, a small apology to myself and any prospective readers for neglecting this blog for *ahem* a little while (I know almost 3 months is more than a little while but lets breeze over that).
My reasons for the abandonment period are simply as follows:
I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING TO A WALL.
I realised after my first two or three posts that BlogSpot isn't a website which generates traffic on it's own and therefore, nobody will stumble across my blog looking for someone to follow. There just aren't enough people on here, things have moved forward in the past few years and people in abundance now do video reviews on YouTube.
There isn't an easy way to "subscribe" or "follow" the way you can on YouTube, and there's no 'dashboard' or 'timeline' in which to view all of the blogs you follow, such as on Instagram.
The intellectuals betwixt us might now ask me, "Why not just move to YouTube then? If you want traffic, why don't you just do video reviews? They're far easier for the audience, that way they can put their headphones on while they're walking to work, or even connect their phone to a speaker and listen while they're in the shower, or while they're making their tea."
I know, I know - it makes total sense, and I'll admit for a while I was tempted but, my god, I don't have the self confidence for that! I don't have any clap backs for critics, and I will cry if someone says something mean about me (I already know and think it all myself, bog off).
I think I'm happy just writing my silly little book reviews on this. Besides, people are mean on YouTube*, and I know there'll probably be more people reading what I put out just to laugh at me talking to myself than there will be people actually curious as to what I think about a book. (Jokes on you though cause you're the one giving me hits on my blog, ayooooooooooo!)
Moving on!
I've been reading and reading and reading* so I've got some book reviews mid-draft, and I've also got a recipe that I'd like to share SO, onwards and upwards and lets all pray together that this won't be another of my many "hobbies" which I give up after a few weeks. Anyone remember when I tried to learn German? No? That's cause I gave up after 2 weeks.
Tschüss! xx
*For the internet is mean and full of trolls. (Here can you believe we have to wait until 2019 for Game of Thrones?)
*I've also been watching season 2 of Love Island on Netflix (I am weak, it's so good).
