post number one
Hello! I’m Dorothea. You might have seen me commenting under that name (actually, under “dorothean” since “dorothea” tends to be taken already) at Shakesville and some other blogs. I am also dorothean on LibraryThing, which is my favorite non-bloggy place on the internet.
This is my location for bloviating about whatever strikes my fancy, mostly having to do with whatever I’m reading. In addition to going on and on and on about my own thoughts, I’m hoping to connect better with other like-minded people who share my interests in history, the romance genre, social justice, Mr. Spock, etc.
Here’s what’s coming up:
I’ve written drafts of a few posts already–I’m terrified that after starting this blog (which I’ve been planning for months) I’ll suddenly lose steam and never write anything for it–about the YA sf/f novel Anna to the Infinite Power, the life of Queen Victoria, and some of my thoughts on the romance genre. Those will be going up in the next few days, if they survive the draft stage. I’ll also be writing and posting about my current reading: A House Divided: The Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865, edited by Mason I. Lowance, Jr. And today I received an ARC of Loretta Chase’s Last Night’s Scandal in the mail (thanks, Smart Bitch Sarah!), so I should be writing about that before the publication date, July 27.
Once I get used to having a blog I will probably establish some kind of regular posting frequency, but I don’t want to commit to anything just yet. I’m also not sure how quickly I will be able to let comments out of the moderation queue (where all first-time comments will go) or respond to them, since I work 9-5 EST and really shouldn’t be messing about on the internet then.
Welcome to the Blog World. Looking forward to your posts about the romance genre.
(Also, totally jealous you won the ARC; I arrived too late for the contest.)
Thanks! The book will be out in a week anyway, so there’s not long to wait–but I have to admit it’s fun to get an ARC. I can pretend to be a real literary critic!
I loved Anna to the Infinite Power as a kid and I would LOVE to read a blog post about it!
I hope you won’t mind mine, then–I also loved this book when I first read it (I think in high school) but in my review, well, I conclude it didn’t hold up to re-reading. :( I’ll probably be posting it within the next week or so–depends how much I end up writing in the next few days.
I think it would be fascinating to see how it reads as an adult – no worries about ruining childhood memories.. :-)