Feature and Follow Friday




Time once again for Feature and Follow Friday, an awesome weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read designed to help like minded book bloggers connect. This week's all-important question is:

Q: What New Years Blogging or Writing resolution have you placed on yourself?


Hmm, you know, I had lots of different ideas. For a while there, I was considering changing my blog wallpaper to a series of pictures of the boys from One Direction, you know, because all the kids seem to be doing it, but then I realised that I have absolutely no idea who One Direction actually is or what their music sounds like, owing to the fact that I don't listen to much commercial radio, or watch much commercial television. (Though I have been informed that just mentioning their name on my blog will guarantee me thousands of hits.)

Seriously, my New Years Blogging resolution is just to keep trying different things and to keep having a lot of fun with it. I like the eclectic, slightly artsy feel that my blog has at the moment and have no plans to change.

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Anonymous said…
Goodluck with ur resolutions!!

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5 January 2013 at 05:29
Unknown said…
hahaha making your back ground One Direction would have been hilarious.

Here's my FF: www.best-of-ya.blogspot.com
5 January 2013 at 08:42
Anonymous said…
I love you resolution to just keeping having fun blogging. That's the most important thing, isn't. Why both if it isn't fun.

Here's to 2013!
5 January 2013 at 12:08
Kathryn White said…
Hi Barbara! I've been following your blog for a little while now, though I've been quiet on the comment front. Enjoyed your latest review on the Atonement series.
5 January 2013 at 14:54
Kathryn White said…
Haha, yeah. Probably would have got me some unwanted attention though, lol!
5 January 2013 at 14:55
Kathryn White said…
I agree wholeheartedly. The most important thing about blogging should be to have fun with it :)

Happy 2013.
5 January 2013 at 14:56
Unknown said…
Kathryn that's a good resolution, many of us start loosing the fun aspect of blogging when we're bogged down with TBR's and behind on reviews, so keep having fun xoxo

Here's my Feature & Follow Friday post.
6 January 2013 at 10:57
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