Bloggiesta Wrap-Up

Phew! I spent most of Friday and Saturday working on my blog with a little time here and there today, which I'd say amounted to roughly 15 hours. Here are the major things I accomplished:

• Added a new profile picture, linked to my profile from it
  
• Updated my profile
• Joined the Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge and linked to my post in the sidebar
• Added a Subscribe button
• Signed up to be a mentee at the Bloggie Cult for this Mini-Challenge
• Moved from Bloglines to Google Reader (this was a big decision!), cleaned up my feeds, and updated my sidebar
• Graded my blog at WebsiteGrader (it's a sad, little number)
• Added meta tags
• Commented on 16 other blogs for the Comment Mini-Challenge
  

So, I didn't do as much as I wanted to in terms of content (writing up posts in advance, choosing a review style, coming up with features), but I think that now that I am more happy with the way my blog looks and feel like I have at least a tiny readership, I'll be more motivated to post regularly and creatively. Before, I felt like I was just talking to myself, so it didn't really matter how often I posted or what I said, really. I have been thinking more about my purpose in the blogging community and what I have to say, and I've decided that I do like the direction in which my blog is heading. Personal reviews with some library love splashed around and bits of news every now and then.

Thanks to Natasha at Maw Books for this challenge, as it did just that, challenge me to make my blog better, which I think I did as much I could in the time and space of one weekend. Definitely glad for the opportunity to connect to other bloggers and much less shy about having my voice heard and responding to others. :)