Five years

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Happy Birthday, Coffeespoons. (img src)

It's been five years to the day since I started this blog. Though I've progressively gotten worse at maintaining it (only 10 posts last year!), I'm keeping the blog.


Coffeespoons was born at a time I rediscovered my love for reading. I was starting to become bored with my job, which counterintuitively didn't leave me with a lot of time for reading (I was a high school English teacher), I was taking up my masters in Anglo-Am lit, and I joined online book groups and an online/offline book club. In other words, I filled whatever emptiness there was with books. So it only seemed logical to start a book blog.

There is less emptiness in my life now, mainly because my work never bores me. Exhausts me, yes. Challenges me, leaves me reeling, but at least I'm not bored. Hence, the infrequent posts. 

But through Coffeespoons and the many other things that came before and after it in my reading life and advocacy, I realized that I can handle all the changes happening to me professionally, as long as I keep who I am as a reader. And that includes my book blog. 

So if you're still reading this, reading me, thank you. You're likely one of my handful of book friends.

Just because I haven't been posting much doesn't mean I've stopped talking about books and reading, of course. Instead of these longer blog posts, I think I've opted for the shorter (and more ephemeral) platforms of Facebook and Twitter. Feel free to check me out there. Naturally, though, they're interspersed with more personal stuff. You can also find me on Goodreads, like many good book nerds.

I'd also like to point you to the initiatives I'm proud to have been part of:

The Filipino ReaderCon


Filipino Book Bloggers


These are initiatives that I and many other readers put together because want to do our part in promoting reading in our country. And I don't think I would've been part of any of them had it not been for Coffeespoons.

Will this blog still be around in another five years? Who knows? Maybe I'll finally lay it to rest. Maybe the internet will have imploded by then. Whatever it is, though, I know this blog will be here for as long as it's necessary. To me, most of all. But whoever you are reading this, for however long you've been reading, thanks for coming along for the ride.

I'll see you around. :)

Comments

Monique said…
Congratulations on 5 years of book blogging, Honey! :)
January 21, 2014 at 9:24 AM
Unknown said…
Happy five years of book blogging! :)
January 21, 2014 at 11:18 AM
Rise said…
Belated greetings, fanta! Blink, and there's the five years. Here's to more blinks.
January 30, 2014 at 10:21 PM
A Room of One's Own said…
Congratulations! Wish you the best! :)
February 10, 2014 at 6:25 PM
Suzanne Yester said…
Congratulations on your Blogoversary! You were one of the first bloggers I met when I started my blog and have always enjoyed your posts! My 4th year is coming up this coming week, stop by if you get a chance and say hello! Suzanne @ Chick with Books
February 17, 2014 at 1:46 AM
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