Farewell to Bookstagram?

Yes ... Kinda?

About a month ago I decided to take a bit of a hiatus from bookstagram and reviewing commitments overall. Once summer rolled around and my kiddos were done with school until the fall, I needed to shift my focus. But I felt like mentally, things were shifting for me, I had to set one foot in front of the other and deliberately that decision.

For a while now, I wanted to take a huge step back from the book community and regroup a bit. With having three littles and being a stay-at-home mom, as my youngest is broaching toddlerhood, I’ve just had very little time for myself. Reading commitments were lapsing and overall wasn’t fair.

Since it has been over a month, I’ve picked up other hobbies I wanted to dive into more like sewing. I wanted to work on my health, I guess we can say I’m a runner now/again? And I needed to stay on top of my mental health; I have a therapist that I check-in with every week and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made. It has been an extremely tough year for my family, and I’ve just been working through it all one day at a time. Some days it feels like there’s this cloud constantly hovering over. I am ok, truly. The summer has been great to just unwind.

Overall, the book community has changed immensely, and I find myself not wanting to circle the bookstagram and threads verse. It has quickly shown me that it is not a place for me, so I’m trying to find the space that is and where I can feel the most comfortable … whatever that looks like.

I’ll keep my bookstagram, but will probably just use to offload/cross-post between there and my bookish blog. I still have a few more commitments before the fall, so I’m aiming to get those out.

And here we are giving substack a try, so you’ll definitely see lots of changes over the next few months. I’m excited to give this platform a try and have a few friends on here that love it.

Until next time, happy reading!