Time for change

So you may have noticed that I have not been posting much the last month or so.  Well let me explain.

This has been a year of many changes.  More change than I thought was possible in such a short time period.  But God has a plan and I'm just along for the ride. 

My husband and I bought our first home and moved in late January, early February.  Very exciting to actual have a place to let our puppy run while she is outside.  Plus now we don't have to take her out on her leash (that got old really quick at our apartment).  So I have been busy packing, then unpacking and getting things in place and making this our home. 

Then in mid-February my husband lost his paternal grandfather, then I week later I lost my paternal grandfather.  Reading and reviewing was just not on my mind.  Now all seems to be settling down a bit, but I have just not wanted to read any of the books that I have received through advance means.  Plus I am finding I just can't put my reading on a schedule and expect myself to read those books.  Because it is just like when I was in school if I have to read something, now I don't want to read it.  I loose interest in the book.

After some thought I have decided that I'm going to change the focus of this blog a little, in an effort to better reflect who I really am. 

1. I am no longer going to be reviewing books per say.  I want to have more of a conversation about the books I'm reading.  I started this blog with that in mind, but got lost along the way.  No more rating books, just my reactions and who I think as a librarian would enjoy this book.

2. I am no longer going to accept or request books for review.  I have plenty of books that I can check out from the library that I work at and the library where I live.  Plus the bookcases of books that I have not yet read, because I've been focused on new stuff almost exclusively this year.  It is so easy to keep up on new books to order for work, I'm not worried that I am going to get behind.  I want to better serve my patrons and what better way than to read from my library and really get to know the books there.   

3. I will not be participating in memes on a weekly basis.  I have tried in the past and failed, I just get bored with posting the same type of post over and over again, so I'm just going to stop.  That was so freeing. 

4. Reading is not my only hobby.  I love sewing (which I am getting back into while I've been taking a break from reading), hiking, photography, gardening, spending time with family, helping out at church, and a whole host of other activities.  To help make this blog my like me, I have decided that I am going to write about my other hobbies/activities and make this more personal for me. 

It's time to shift the focus of this blog.  I hope by doing this I will continue to blog and enjoy it more than I have the last 6 months or so.  I don't like it when a hobby starts to feel like a job.  I have a full-time job to keep me busy.  Blogging to me should not be my job and lets face it I'm not that good at keeping up with posts.  These changes should help put a little more me into this blog.