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Gods In Alabama

The Red Pony

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Clarissa

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A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C  = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it

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Blog Improvement #3

blogimprOur assignment for this portion of the Blog Improvement Project was to write as many different kinds of posts as possible. We were given the following list of ten varieties and challenged to come up with these ten different posts in the next two weeks. I MADE IT! Here is the list and my posts that fit the criteria. Click on the dates to go to the post.

  1. A Link Post – A RECYCLING CHALLENGE on February 11.
  2. A Short Post – TUESDAY MEMES on February 10
  3. A List Post – WHAT MAKES A GREAT BOOKSTORE? on February 6
  4. An Opinion Post – BANNED BOOKS on February 10
  5. A Poll or Question Post – THE GOOD OLD DAYS: PLAYGROUND GAMES on February 8
  6. A How-To Post – HOW TO BAKE BREAD IN THE CROCKPOT on February 3
  7. A Long Post – I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS on February 3
  8. A Review Post – ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE on February 12
  9. A Definition Post – WHAT IS A FULL-TIMER? on February 13
  10. FREE SPACE – I started a weekly meme – FAVORITE PLACES on February 2 and February 9

I hope you have enjoyed my little experiment this past two weeks. I’ve had fun doing it. Hopefully my blog will have a little bit of variety to it now. For more information on the Blog Improvement Project visit Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness.

8 comments to Blog Improvement #3

  • Good job!! Congrats on finishing. I’m not sure I’m going to have all 10 posts, but I had fun with the ones I did do.

  • Congratulations! I’ve just finished too!

    I think this is the first time I’ve been to your site, so I don’t know what it was like before, but I love it now! The variety of your posts is great! There are so many intersting posts I think I’ll be reading your blog for a while! I’ve added you to my RSS feed and I’ll be back again!

  • Congratulations – I think this bingo was really fun :)

  • Kim

    Wow! That’s awesome! I’m not going to make all 10 of them, but I suppose I wasn’t eligible for the grand prize anyway :)

  • Wow! You did great – I only completed 6 of them.

  • Great job on the bingo. I liked the variety of your topics, and I love your blog. I don’t have much time to read “adult” books, so it’s nice reading comments about them. What you look for in a bookstore was great. There’s alot of what you look for in a bookstore can be applied to a library – thanks!

  • Kim

    That’s awesome, congrats! I didn’t get to all 10, but I’m impressed with everyone so far that has :)

  • I’m very impressed that you got all 10! I did 6 and was happy with that :) In fact, I cited your “how to bake bread in a Crock-Pot” post in my “I didn’t write a how-to, but here are some folks who did” section on the bingo board.

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