This week’s topic was chosen by Emily of Doodle’s Book Blog and she wants us to talk about why we started blogging. So here goes…
Late last year I came to the realization that because my kids were older and much more independent I had some extra time on my hands. When I thought about what I wanted to do to fill up that time I immediately decided that I wanted to take up baking. I love eating baked goods and thought having more of them lying around the house to eat up would be awesome! It wasn’t. You know why? Because I can’t bake for the life of me. I burned cookies, I made the flattest cakes you could imagine and it’s so damn messy! I hated cleaning up all the flour and sugar and sprinkles! GAH! It was terrible. Maybe baking isn’t supposed to be that messy and that was just me sucking so bad at it but whatever.
So my dreams of becoming a baker died right quick. I then decided that I would start reading more and once I picked that habit back up I realized I was damn good at sitting there and getting lost in stories! I had forgotten how great it could be to get lost in a new book and explore different genres. There was only one problem; I realized that I hadn’t kept track of all the books I had read before (and while) I was pregnant so I found myself getting halfway through a book only to find out I had already read it! At that point my dad introduced me to Goodreads and I was so excited to finally have a way to keep track. So from there I think my journey to becoming a book blogger is pretty standard. I started reading other peoples reviews on the site and then I started writing my own little mini reviews and then the mini reviews just weren’t enough and I wanted my own outlet to voice all the opinions that I had.
I actually remember that I started following Giselle of Xpresso Reads really early on. I saw that all the books I wanted to read, she had read and I started taking her word on anything that I decided to read. As I started getting more of a TBR list I had seen that she had already read a lot of the ones that I was yearning for and they weren’t even out yet! I wrote her a Goodreads message and asked how this was possible and she told me that she had a blog and explained the ins and outs of it to me and VOILA Alluring Reads was born!
I have come to absolutely love the online book blogging community and while the blog does often feel like a full time job, I wouldn’t trade it for the world! There are so many great people that I have come to talk with on a daily basis and I love how being a part of the community has opened me up to books that I probably wouldn’t have picked up on my own.
So that’s my story. What’s yours?!
*I apologize for any typo's/nonsensical parts of this post as it was written in a cough medicine induced haze*
