Summer is coming, and that means that some things are going to change a little around here. First of all, there should be more posts going up, since technically I will have less school to do, and so more time to do other things. Whether or not this will actually translate into more blog posts still remains to be seen.
Our local library has a terrific summer reading program for teens that I enjoy participating in every year. It is an online program where you submit short (3+ sentence) reviews of books and magazines. Each of your reviews is another entry for various prizes, with a grand prize for the person who reads the most books, as well as something for the runner up. Last year, two homeschool friends of mine came in first and second spots, which is totally awesome. Homeschoolers rule! This year, they have both said they are not going for the number one spot again, which should leave some room for me, I hope. I don't have as much time usually as they must have (they both came in at close to 170 books), but with them out of the way, I certainty have a fighting chance. :)
Anyway, that is one thing that might get in the way of me doing a lot of blogging, since I should be busy reading and writing short reviews. I do hope to write a full length review of EVERY book I read this summer for summer reading (which, by the way, goes from June 15 to August 31). What this means is that there will hopefully be a LOT of book reviews up here, but possibly not a whole lot else.
I think that I will be suspending Homeschool Fridays for the summer, and they will be coming back in September, when the new school year begins. I still plan to write about homeschooling, but just not as regularly.
Here is what you can expect this summer: A review of every book I read, published the day I finish the book (or possibly the next day). This means that posting may not be as regular, but there should still be lots of posts. Also, posts might be a little shorter then usual. Each one will also include what number book it is. I will also try to post little "reviews" every few weeks, just to talk about where I am in school, my plans for next year, and what kinds of activates my family has been doing.
There will also be a new page in the top banner going up in a few days, in which I will list every book I read this summer, and link to it's amazon page. This brings me nicely into the next thing I need to talk about, amazon.
I recently became an amazon affiliate, which means that if you click through to amazon from a blog post of mine, and then you buy something within the next 24 hours, I earn 4% of the sale. That number will go up the more sales are made. I don't expect to get rich of this site, and this is more of an experiment then anything. I am curious to see if I have enough readers to actually make any money.
These summer plans are going to go into affect as of today. Even though summer reading does not start for 10 days, and so the books I am currently reading do not count toward my total, I am going to stop all other regular posts and just post book reviews, as soon as I finish the book.
If you have any questions about anything I wrote here, please let me know in the comments!
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