I've finally found a layout that I like, which doesn't scream default! layout. It's hard finding good layouts that make sense to me these days, but I found a template site which has ones that I like. like a simple layout, with a header (should be customisable so you can put your own banner in it), a simple sidebar for all the links, etc, and a footer and content in the middle. To many layouts these days I find are hard to navigate because they have a load of images in the centre of the page with blog posts all over it instead of a simple one. The images are always MASSIVE so you can't really see where you are on the page, and the menus hidden. I'm not a fan of modern layout designs at all...
Enough of that...
The drawback with changing the layout is that I'm having to do all the gadgets again because it wiped them off so I hope that I don't need to change the layout again as I really don't want to keep re-doing them as it's quite time consuming. So far, I've done the favourite booktubers links, and added a followers button. I will probably add more booktubers over time as I find ones that I like. I am particuarly interested in booktubers and bloggers who read lots of different genres, - well read 20th century classics like Tolkien, science fiction and fantasy, historical fiction and natural history.
I am hoping to make the blog a balanced one, which focuses on old favourites and new releases that I find interesting, rather than just one. I will be adding links to where I buy books from and online libraries that I am subscribed to.
I like to keep a hand written book journal because I like to do crafty things so I may do updates on that, too. It will probably take a while to get the structure of the blog to how I want it be, so there won't be any book talk on here until that is completed to my satisfaction.
