A Change of Pace

An explanation of where I've been. Sort of.

Hello.

There’s a fair bit of irony in the fact that I signed off my last post on this account with a promise that the next post would come in two weeks, not two months. That was on August 4th, 2021. What can I say other than oops?

I’m a chronic quitter. Growing up, I quit a great many things – art class, basketball, dance, MathCounts (that one was valid), Model UN, pre-med aspirations. I was always envious of the kids defined by their activities, like the swimmers, or the artsy girls. I just couldn’t stick to anything long enough to make it there. All this to say, maybe my book club was doomed from the start. I’m not sure it was reasonable to believe I would continue uploading consistently through the end of COVID, the second half of college, and my post-grad life. Given that, I’m hesitant to make any promises for the future. 

That said, I’m facing an abundance of ennui the likes of which I’ve never dealt with before. You won’t believe this: the stereotype is true. Graduating college does, in fact, leave you devoid of purpose. This is the kind of groundbreaking stuff I’m here to tell you! My life-boredom has left me with more unfocused time and energy than I’ve had before, and I hope to channel it into creative pursuits like publishing stuff on here. Maybe I’ll write on here, maybe not, but I guess this is an official notice of transition of this account. Rhea’s Book Club is dead! And it’s (maybe) (but not definitively) (because I can’t be trusted with this type of commitment) being replaced! By my thoughts! Terrifying.

If you really, really miss my opinions on books, I do still have a pretty active StoryGraph account where you can see my reading activity. I also recently launched a website which I’m building from the ground up as I learn HTML! I must be addicted to sharing parts of myself on the internet. Anyway, this update is probably already a jumpscare to the 20 people in my life I forced to subscribe to this when I first made it 3 years ago. Hi guys! Thanks for sticking with me!

Let’s see where this goes.

Your friend,

Rhea