Back in January, 2012, I came to a very important decision, one that I did not take lightly. I was going to start a nonfiction blog. I had already been blogging for some time, at another blog titled A Night's Dream of Books.
I had started out reviewing mostly YA Fiction, with a heavy emphasis on paranormal romance and urban fantasy. However, those are not the only genres I enjoy reading and reviewing. I also love literary fiction, Christian fiction, science fiction, and yes, nonfiction, as well. In fact, I sometimes crave one or the other of these, while at other times, I crave Young Adult Fiction.
I originally decided to focus on nonfiction in this blog, and made a brave start, only to give up when the other blog claimed most of my time and attention. I then stopped blogging here, and returned to 'my first love', so to speak, with the intention of making it an eclectic blog.
Alas, I have since discovered that eclectic blogs don't really get that much attention, or many comments, precisely because of their eclecticism..... Besides, it's a fact of 'blogging life': the blogosphere is dominated by YA Fiction blogs. There are however, several excellent literary fiction blogs, such as that of my blogger friend, Brian, who writes very interesting, in-depth literary fiction and nonfiction reviews, over at Babbling Books. There are others, such as Jacqui, whose blog, JacquiWine's Journal, also features great literary fiction reviews.
Alas, I have since discovered that eclectic blogs don't really get that much attention, or many comments, precisely because of their eclecticism..... Besides, it's a fact of 'blogging life': the blogosphere is dominated by YA Fiction blogs. There are however, several excellent literary fiction blogs, such as that of my blogger friend, Brian, who writes very interesting, in-depth literary fiction and nonfiction reviews, over at Babbling Books. There are others, such as Jacqui, whose blog, JacquiWine's Journal, also features great literary fiction reviews.
I really want to read and review these other genres as much as I want to read and review YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy. I also want to communicate and have blogging relationships with the literary fiction/nonfiction folks as much as I do with the YA PNR/UF folks!
I now realize that I can't have all of these genres on one blog, and expect to receive visits and/or comments from all of these different folks. Readers of YA fiction will not be interested in books such as Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, or The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Nor will readers of literary fiction and nonfiction, not to mention science fiction, be interested in books such as City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare, or Angelfire, by Courtney Allison Moulton.
So I have activated this blog again, in hopes of reaching those readers of the other genres I enjoy reading and reviewing. This time, I will definitely keep them separate. Experience is a hard, unforgiving teacher, and I have certainly learned my lesson!
I look forward to enjoying my other beloved genres here, at MindSpirit Book Journeys, where I hope to bring all of you non-YA readers great, thought-provoking reviews of those genres that I, too, love, right along with you!
I'm so happy to be back, so I can share all this intellectual and spiritual fare with you!
