In the time since I started blogging about books, I've obtained and left a job as a bookseller (well, sort of, January 1 is my last day), had twins, and seen my book taste evolve dramatically. I no longer feel like the only authors worth reading died before 1960. Of my favorite books read in 2012, several of them were written by people who are still around.
What I'm saying is that I'm in a different readerly place and this blog is going to evolve to reflect that because IT'S MY BLOG, DAMMIT. You'll notice changes to the banner and the subtitle, but the name will stay the same because I still read All The Classics and I'm Too Lazy To Change It.
What you can expect from me from now on: the same stuff, but with a lot more contemporary literature. I analyzed my reading from this year, and about a 25% of it consisted of classics. That means that most of what I read, I don't talk to you guys about because of the constraints of the blog's title, and that is ZE DUMBEST.
I think a change in the direction of the blog will be fucking awesome and will lead to more talky-talk without sacrificing the tone or spirit of what I'm doing here, which is humanizing reading and books (especially the hard stuff) so that more people will do it (the reading) and talk about it.
So, what sort books are we going to be talking about now? Well, based on my reading from last year, it'll be a mixture of literary fiction, awesome genre fiction (Gone Girl, what), lots and lots of backlist, memoirs, history, science writing (I'm reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson right now)...
...and classics.
I hope you'll stick around because if you don't I'LL FIND YOU. Just kidding about that last part.
Ooh, I'm excited. I've read some really good books due to your positive ratings on Goodreads, so it'll be great to see more in-depth reviews!!
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome move, madam.
ReplyDeleteVery, very happy about this.
ReplyDeleteYay for more book reviews from you. But hey, you're with Book Riot now? And you've been a bookseller? I somehow missed that over the year.
ReplyDeleteLove it. I think your blog should represent what you're reading, so ch-ch-ch-changes are a good thing.
ReplyDeleteGo girl! I'm still so thrilled that your twins were messing with your business cards in public! Best new blog/person I've met in years!
ReplyDeleteExcellent - I'm excited to hear your thoughts on ALL the books (esp. Gone Girl because woah).
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited! And really really really excited to read what you think about A Short History of Nearly Everything, because OMG that book blew my mind.
ReplyDeleteIn conclusion: this is awesome.
This is exciting! And I concur with Laura -- I can't wait to read about A Short History. It's one of the Bryson books I haven't read yet.
ReplyDeleteLove you. I don't care what you write about, just keep writing.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty exciting--can't wait!
ReplyDeleteGood for you...I'll definitely be sticking around. I'm looking forward to your changes!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, wonderful! I'm so looking forward to your comments on ALL of those things.
ReplyDeletegreat! keep at it. as long as you review books, I'll definitely stick around
ReplyDeleteI love the new direction - because the same thing has happened to me recently. Only a few years back, I was all OLD BOOKS ONLY YES PLEASE and EW NEW BOOKS ARE GROSS AND DUMB. And now here I am, reading Julian Barnes and Steve Erickson and other I AM ALIVE NOW type people. So, this is GREAT! But I still love the URL... so am very glad you're keeping that. Upwards and onwards!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteThis is kind of awesome! Looking forward to more reviews and such from you.
ReplyDeleteGreat, I'll look forward to your perspective on even more books!
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