The Seventeenth Line

When I first started The Seventeenth Line for my bookclub back in 2008 blogging still felt pretty new and I had no idea how to organize things. Categories, tags, posts, pages – who cared what all that meant!  I just wanted a space for my bookclub to keep track of what we read and what we thought about what we read. 

Needless to say, when I came back to this blog in 2020 it was a mess!   

In relaunching The Seventeenth Line I’ve been more deliberate in the way I set it up. Actually, I love organizing so taking time to think this through has been a rewarding activity during a difficult year. 

Which leads me to one of the reasons why I decided to relaunch The Seventeenth Line.  

In 2020, when we were all spending so much time at home, I wanted something to focus on. I was having a hard time concentrating on reading, which was almost painful for me, and I liked the idea of having a reading related project. 

The Seventeenth Line had been dormant since my bookclub came to an end and it seemed the perfect time to revisit this site. I asked myself what’s the purpose of The Seventeenth Line and I spent a good amount of time thinking about my reasons for starting this blog.

There were 3 things that came up for me.

Reading is important to me and I wanted to reignite my passion for reading. 

Writing has always been a part of my work, but my writing is very technical and regulatory, I wanted to build my writing skills. 

Most importantly, I wanted to connect with others! I wanted to talk about books. I wanted to hear what others were reading. I wanted to learn about other people and places. After months of being at home I just wanted to connect with other people. 

Great, so I had my why figured out.

Now, on to the what, how and who. 

Look for another post where I explore how I came to create and organize the categories on The Seventeenth Line and learn details on what you can expect read in each category on this blog.