Happy Anniversary The Windy Pages Giveaway!

by | Oct 10, 2018 | Contests, Miscellaneous | 17 comments

My blog has been up since 2011 (wow!). In some ways I can’t believe it’s been that long, but in other ways I can.

I’m not lying when I saw that blogging is sometimes really hard, really time consuming and a bunch of times I thought I would quit. I felt too confined by being only a book blog, hesitant to put anything out there on social media about my personal life. But then I realized the only person placing those boundaries on me was me, and I could move the line closer or farther away as I chose.

Hence, the monthly recaps where I could talk about my personal goals and feelings.

For a while, I felt suffocated by review books. (a post on that soon) Until I took a deep breath and reminded myself about being grateful and being present and again, the only person putting this pressure on me was me! Nowadays, I rarely request books to review. Instead, I opt for older review books I haven’t gotten to yet. When I’m done with that list, then we’ll see. 🙂

And while there have been challenges like I’ve mentioned above, the blogging community has been amazing and wonderful in so many ways. I made new friends and got closer to others who also love to read. I joined or created book clubs. I discovered new authors. I met wonderful people, went to ALA and spoke to people equally passionate about the book world.

And I have my little blog to thanks.

And with a little help from my friends such as

My partner in yarn, crime and books  T at Nite Lite Book Reviews

Wonderwoman Alethea at Read Now Sleep Later

Nicole at The Reader’s Antidote

You guys have helped me so much through these years of blogging. Thank you thank you thank you.

 

And thank you readers. Thank you for visiting my tiny corner of the internet.

 

And now for a giveaway!

 

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