Happy Birthday BooksPlease!

Published on by Margaret

Three years ago today I began to write regularly on this blog and this is my 846th post.

I started out very tentatively but now feel at home here. My intention at the beginning was to keep a more detailed record of what I was reading, but I soon realised it’s also a good place to record places we’ve visited; actually my first posts were mainly about places rather than books!

I also discovered memes. I had no idea what these were, ‘memes’ up till then were something I’d read about in Richard Dawkins’s books. Booking through Thursday soon became addictive and most weeks I still take part. Actually you could do a meme each day of the week if you want to and I then realised that this was taking me away from reading, so I’ve cut down on them.

Then there are the Challenges. I thought them too difficult at first and didn’t take part. But soon, when I realised that you don’t actually have to complete them I found that they’re a very good way of learning about new books and also of getting down to reading some books off my tbr piles.

So, after three years of blogging what has changed? I written about most of the books I’ve read – see the tabs above for my book reviews and indexes and I’ve learnt a lot, found many other book bloggers who share my love and enthusiasm for books and added loads of books both to my tbr piles and my wishlists, but most of all I’ve enjoyed it all immensely. I love the contact from all over the world and the comments I’ve had -I hope you all keep on visiting!

16 thoughts on “Happy Birthday BooksPlease!”

  4. Margaret, your blog is one of my favorites! I love coming by and seeing what you have been up to and what you are reading. I can’t believe that 3 years have passed, but my blogversary is in 2 weeks and it will be 3 years for me too. Of course, I’ve been in and out of things. In any case, Happy Blogversary!! I’ll be around to read it as long as you want to post it!!

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  6. Yes, it’s interesting to think about how one’s blog changes over time. I think all of us have had many changes. Three years is quite an accomplishment, what with moving and so on! Happy birthday to your blog, and, enjoying it as I do, here’s hoping for many more!

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  8. Happy Birthday BooksPlease. Three years is quite an accomplishment so I feel I should also say, Congratulations. I love reading about what you are reading and seeing the places you visit and just hearing about what you are doing. Since I love your blog, I hope you’ll be going for a long time to come.

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  10. Happy Anniversary–yours was one of the first book blogs that I discovered back when I started blogging, and I’ve really enjoyed your posts, pics, thoughts, recommendations, and insights. I especially enjoy hearing about the wonderful places you visit and the history behind them.

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