So, I’ve been promising to update this blog in every one of the very few posts I’ve made in the last 6 months. And it’s time I faced facts, it’s simply not going to happen. Please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not abandoning this blog forever! I entirely intend to come back to it at some point and start regularly updating again. Just… not for maybe another 6 months to a year.
I’ve not been reading so much since my ex- and I broke up, to be honest, and what I have read hasn’t captured my imagination enough to compel me to my keyboard and write up a review of it. Even Monsters of Men, which I was so excited about getting from the library, took me over 2 months to read – a page or two a day, if that. There are a multitude of reasons for this:
- I started a new job 7 or 8 months ago that, unlike my last one, leaves very little time in the day for sneakily writing blogposts
- I’ve been writing short stories and taking NaNoWriMo seriously this year, so have spent a lot more time with a pen and notepad than a book in my hand
- I’ve been vastly more social – making new friends in my job, through the book group I joined and at the NaNo meets means I have even less free time in the evenings for things like reading and forming opinions
- When I have been reading things, it’s been mostly fanfic rather than “proper books” – I hate to admit it, but I kinda prefer the slightly more interactive experience, watching a story form, engaging with the authors
- And finally, I’ve been less-than-healthy for about 6 months now, with a series of colds leading on from one another and a bizarre, mildly-debilitating muscle condition that means I’m exhausted all the time
So, I’m sorry if you’ve been waiting for updates. It will happen, eventually. I’ll get back into reading paper-based stories and telling you why they’re awesome, but it’s unlikely to be soon.
But really do go read Ella Minnow Pea, it’s all kinds of awesome.
xx
