I was writing a serious end of year post about books, but then I was distracted by a rather nice meme.
“Take the first line of each month’s post over the past year and see what it tells you about your blogging year.”
I spotted it at Reading, Fuelled by Tea, and I believe it started with The Indextrious Reader.
Now, here goes …
December
“You may recall that a few weeks ago I was reorganising shelves and boxes of books, and bringing my LibraryThing records up to date.”
from I have been up into the attic …
November
“I keep meaning to write posts, to answer comments and emails, to visit other blogs, but life keeps distracting me.”
from An A to Z, Looking Behind and Ahead
October
“I didn’t mean to disappear for so long, but I’ve been up in the attic.”
from Of Attics and Rediscovering Books
September
“Summer is fading, the temperature is dropping, and the evenings are drawing in.”
from As Summer Ends, RIP VI Begins …
August
“I wondered for a while what to give to Verity and Ken on this, the day of their marriage.”
from A Gift for Verity and Ken on their Wedding Day: The Virago Book of Weddings and Marriage
July
“Last year I was both charmed and moved by Elizabeth Speller’s first novel, The Return of Captain John Emmett.”
from The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller
June
“The self-service mailing machine was out of order – again.”
from A Journey Begins in the Post Office Queue
May
“It appeals greatly to the logical side of my mind that the book I am writing about for P in my Crime Fiction Alphabet was published as a green Penguin.”
from Crime Fiction Alphabet: P is for Potts
April
“I am a little disorientated.”
from True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies
March
It’s Been a Strange Week.
from Still Aiming to Clear the Decks
February
“When Katherine of Gaskell Blog extended an invitation to a group read of The Moorland Cottage I was delighted and, I must confess, a little surprised.”
from Visiting The Moorland Cottage
January
“I was going to be terribly organised today and write a reading resolutions post, but my brain is saying no, it really doesn’t want to think that hard.”
from Clearing The Decks: Round 4
I think I have to conclude that I am maybe a little preoccupied with attics and reorganisation. Revealing my inner accountant maybe!
Fleur in her World 
You’re an accountant? A kindred spirit!
Glad you liked the meme. It wasn’t supposed to go up until tomorrow but never mind, as it provided a pleasant diversion for you.
Fun meme – you seem to spend as much time in attics as I do at the library. It did make me realise what boring first lines I write!
Great meme – all my first posts of the month are round up posts from the previous months reading. It might be worth me reading back though to see how I started each post!
Thanks for joining in…I love your October line…sounds like you spent a lot of time in the attic 🙂
I enjoy seeing the shape of the year through these first lines. I always intend to sound very clever by year’s end but only remember to think about first lines for about three months and then revert to my usual posting without preplanning specific sentences!
This sounds really fun! If it wasn’t for the 5 months that I took off blogging, I would defintely take part.
I love organizing my book room!!