Prologue
I’ve been looking for a blogging website for a while now, and I remembered that I read a lot of Medium. I never thought to be a content creator for it though. For this post, I just want to see what Medium is capable of, and what it looks like. My blog will be a book review.
Pretty intuitive interface I guess.
I have been an avid reader for as long as I can remember. Interestingly enough, my parents discouraged (in certain aspects) me from reading when I was young. They would limit the number of books that I was allowed to take out from the library (although they did drive me there at least once a month), and would carefully audit the books that I would read, ensuring that there were enough non-fiction books (which I have almost stopped reading altogether now), not too many pulpy fiction books (which I have also almost stopped reading altogether now), and no graphic novels of any sort (which I still read occasionally with relish).
Maybe the interface is great, but there certainly aren’t any pictures of relish on Upsplash.
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A little more about me: I’ve recently graduated from university, and an looking to starting full-time employment with anticipation (pronounced: disappointment that I have become a corporate denizen and astonishment at the disappearance of my childhood.
Cool formatting tricks eh?
Wow a new section.
So, in the spirit of the monthly library visits, I’m setting out a goal of at least one book review a month, which would entail reading a book every month. I read everything and anything, so feel free to make suggestions (to the imaginary people reading this).
The book reviews will start off with a rating, followed by a brief review in a way that I feel doesn’t give away the book. The bulk of the review will be my collection of thoughts about the book.
The rating will be on a ten point scale, from 0–9. The scale is relative, but has implied meanings that will be explained as more books are read.
There is just one final note that I wish to make, and it’s about the objective of these reviews. I generally like to introduce goals near the beginning of a piece, similar to composing a thesis statement, or the objectives of a game. However, I wasn’t sure if it’d would have been of interest to you. Firstly, the reviews will force me to write. Communicating abstract ideas efficiently via text is not easy, and one day, one day, I would like to become a writer. Secondly, the reviews will force me read. I can’t become a writer without reading, and I think that I do fall short on the latter when I become ‘busy’ with things. Thirdly, the reviews will give me a chance to catalouge myself; I will put a lot of myself into these reviews (hopefully more than this formatting I’m playing around with). Lastly, I want this blog to become something big. I want to become the Roger Ebert for ‘millennials’ who read books. But I’ll have to start off with a post every month.
