We Interrupt This Blog To Announce The Revival

Somewhere between 2007, when I started this blog, and the latter half of 2011, which is about now, I became victim to what normally happens when time and life collide - great shifts in my location, career, family, and most significantly, my view on books.  What started as my expression of a lifelong hobby/indulgence - reading fiction books - morphed into a very satisfying job (I now own a bookstore) and a new vocation, which involves taking a serious stab at writing books of my own.

So with that in mind, and in revisiting this blog for the first time in several months, I not only wish to revive the blog, but also to change the format a bit, since I now see books in a slightly different light.  

• I’ll still keep a small blurb of Intro and Acqusition, since I think it’s kind of cool how a book falls into the hands of a reader, but change the heading to "How We Met" (meaning, the book and me).  
• I’ll change the “What Sucks” section to a more benign “But What Happened Here?”.  I had a writing teacher suggest we not dish out negative book reviews, but only praise and share what books we do like.  So while I’ll refrain from only being happy happy about it, I will try to be more constructive about my critical opinions.  
• I will also add a Summary section, since plot summaries or “What’s This About?” is always helpful.
• Also, since I’ve increased my attendance to many literary events, like author readings, writing workshops and conferences, I’ll maybe throw in a few posts about my experiences there.

Thanks for sticking with me, or stopping by!  And as always, let me know what you think!