I nearly forgot about my blogoversary amidst all the high school excitement this week. Today was orientation - something I've been waiting for the entire summer. And because my mind can't handle more than one thing at a time, news of Random Reads being one year old completely shot out of my head. Thank goodness I had it written down on a post-it note! I found it on my desk today and promptly plopped myself in front of my computer to start typing this up.
Honestly, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I have been blogging for one year. When I made Random Reads, I had just got back from my summer vacation. I spent a LOT of time during those two months staring at books on the screen, waiting to get home so I could read all those books I had been missing. And then after a few days coming back, I stumbled on a book blog. The Book Alley, I believe it was. And from there, I found Frenetic Reader and after a quick Google, tons of other blogs revealed themselves to me. It was a bit like a 'kid in a candy store' moment and before you could say that, I made up my mind to start my OWN blog.
It's so weird to think now that this ENTIRE community has existed without my knowing for so many years. Because it seems like I've been doing this for ages. To be fair, one year is a pretty long time and never did I expect my blog to do so well! I'm not great with updating them at all so it's nothing short of amazing that Random Reads has held my attention this long!
And now onto the thank you's. Thank you to EVERYONE who has ever commented on this blog, ever taken the time to read one of my posts. Thank you to everyone who has ever followed me and talked to me. Thank you to everyone who has ever helped me with something, replied to me in a comment. And thank you to every blog I follow. You all inspire me so much with your brilliance and not a day goes by where I don't look at your blog and think about how I can make Random Reads more like yours.
Every single one of you have helped make blogging such a great experience for me and I'm incredibly lucky to have met such wonderful people.
I wish I could hug you guys. But I can't, so virtual hug instead?
I also wish I could get you guys something that you can win but I don't have money, unfortunately. So you can have a virtual gift too!
Much love, Annie
