It’s Official!

As I mentioned, I have been thinking about changing the name of my blog & buying the domain. Well, deep down, I knew that this really was something I wanted to do & I knew that the name for the blog I wanted was the name that was on one of my other blogs – Dreams on Papyrus. After all, isn’t that what books are? Dreams? And, Papyrus is an ancient form of paper, so to me Dreams on Papyrus is the perfect name for a blog about books.

So, really my decision was made a while ago, I just didn’t know how to go about making it happen. I searched the wordpress support & found a section about changing the url for your blog & it said essentially was that all I had to do was change the name on my existing Dreams on Papyrus to something else, then I would be able to use that here, instead of ceinwenn. So, I jumped in with both feet & landed firmly on my backside! I followed the instructions & instead of changing the URL on the existing Dreams on Papyrus, as the promised it would, it just created a new blog – yeah, cause I need a 4th blog! Thought maybe I had done something wrong, so tried it again & you guessed it – I was now the proud owner of a 5th blog! Oy vey! And, when I tried to change the URL for this blog to Dreams on Papyrus it told me (rightfully) that it already existed, so I couldn’t use it. Then I thought about just deleting Dream on Papyrus, cause then I wouldn’t be getting a message about it already existing, only if you delete a blog you apparently lose the URL & it can never be used again – ever – by anyone, apparently. Boy, by that point I was about ready to just give up!

I posted a ticket on the forums (cause unless you own the domain you can’t contact wordpress support) & only got one answer – unfortunately he wasn’t able to help & seemed like he was more confused than I was about the entire situation! GRRR!

Then, about 10 minutes ago, I cracked it! I was able to import all of the posts from here onto Dreams on Papyrus! I didn’t know that was possible & I certainly didn’t want to manually copy & paste all of the posts from here over to the other blog, cause that would just be soooooo damn laborious! Not to mention the fact that it would look like all of the posts on the blog were published on the same day.

So, what I am trying to say is that: Ceinwenn.wordpress.com, as of today will not be used & everything is now over at Dreams on Papyrus. Please excuse the set up, the format is as it was for the old blog, but that will be changing over the next few days & it will soon look exactly the same as here. Eventually ceinwenn.wordpress.com will cease to exist, so if you enjoy my blog (which I hope you do), please come over to the new site – I’d love to see you there!

 

Book lenders & book bloggers ~ is this a recipe for disaster?

As I’ve mentioned in a few of my posts, I sometimes read books which have been loaned to me by friends/work colleagues & on occasion I have loaned or suggested books I have really loved to other people. So, what I was wondering was: Is it really possible to be someone who borrows & blogs about these borrowed books, to be objective about these books in their blogs? I always worry about whether I will enjoy the books I borrow & what I will say to the person I borrowed them from if I don’t. How do you successfully borrow, read, not really enjoy (or maybe enjoy but think the book could have been so much better), & blog about it without ending up in the ?

 

 

I recently loaned a book which I dearly love – a book which I have read more times than I care to remember – to someone & they hated it. I could tell that they were really worried about telling me, because they knew how much I had loved that book. I have to admit that I was saddened that they didn’t enjoy it like I had, but that’s life, right? What a horrible world it would be if we all read & enjoyed the same books!

So, how to deal with it when the shoe is on the other foot? Do I tell a little white lie & say I enjoyed it? If I did, it would mean not writing about that book here on my blog, because I want this to be an honest account of the books I have read. Or, do I be honest & say what I think both in person & on my blog, while risking really hurting someone’s feelings? OR do I go for the 2-pronged approach? Tell them it was ok, say a few things I did or didn’t like & do the same on the blog, thereby becoming a coward & taking the easy way out?

What’s a book blogger & a book borrower to do?

Blogging buddies

So, one full week has come & gone & I have done 2 new posts on my postaweek2011 challenge & so far so good. I think my Sunday posting is going to work out really well, but I really need my reading mojo to stick with me!!! WordPress are really pulling out all the stops to help bloggers keep up their postaweek/postaday momentum – they are offering daily suggestions on things to blog about & yesterday they suggested hooking up with a “blogging buddy” – someone who can give the needed encouragement, give feedback, etc. I have subscribed to the blog suggestions & there have been some great ones, which I am sure will come in handy when the mojo decides to go on vacation, lol!

I also decided to look for a blogging buddy & have been lucky enough to find 2! Ironically, by chance, they are both Canadians, like myself & one of them is living here in the UK, too. So, I shall be checking out their blogs (maybe even “pinch” a few ideas if I am lucky!), as they are both doing the postaday challenge. So, to Living with Joy & to Just a lil lost…, I say here’s to us & our blogging!

Post a week 2011

So, today is January 1, 2011 & with it brings new determination to get posting! I am currently sitting with 6 books read & waiting for me to blog about, so I really need to get in gear. It is with this in mind that I have decided to join WordPress.com’s Post a week 2011 campaign.

Essentially it is working to set posting habits by actually posting – novel idea! They are running 2 formats – post a week, which is the one I am going to do & post a day, which while I would love to do that, I don’t read fast enough these days to blog about books every day…….(not to mention, where would I find the time?) I think that a post a week should be quite manageable & to try & keep up some consistency I will do these on Sundays, which will leave the rest of my week for reading & maybe sneaking in a few other posts!

Can’t wait!