I’m afraid I’m about to rant here.  And I’m not going to apologize for it either.

I just came from a blog that had an excellent, thought provoking post on it.  I read it with interest and learned a lot in the process.

As I began reading over the comments, I realized something rather strange – to me at least.  Not one of the over 40 comments posted had a reply from the author of the post.  Not. One.

I don’t get it.  I would be over the moon, jumping up and down in excitement if I had 10 responses to a non meme post… but 40?  And not one answered.  Really?

Yes, I’m certain I’ve missed comments.  I might have clicked on the notification and didn’t get to the post right away so it slipped through the open weave net that is often my mind.  And if I’ve done that to you, I sincerely, honestly apologize for it.  It wasn’t personal, I just messed up.

Yet, I cannot imagine missing 40 comments on a post.  That’s a popular post in my mind and I’d be jumping into the discussion in order to encourage even more talk.  So I don’t understand why.

I can certainly cut this blog owner a break and assume that something happened that prevented them from commenting – power outage – emergency – work or school schedules – any number of possibilities.  And I will check back to see if those comments were ever replied to…just to satisfy my own curiosity.   I’m honestly not trying to be a bitch here.  I really don’t understand how those comments could be ignored unless something major prevented the author from replying.

Maybe it’s me.  Perhaps this isn’t as, well, rude as I see it to be.  I would be kissing the keyboards of so many commenters – so I just don’t get it.

Okay, this is the point where you can tell me to shut up and stop obsessing about this.  And any opinion you’d like to share is fine with me.  Maybe I am crazy that this bothered me.  I have made the decision to simply not comment there – ‘cos why bother if no one is going to talk back to my one-sided conversation.

End Rant.

Thoughts?  Opinions?  Feel free to tell me what you think.

There was a discussion post over at Herding Cats & Burning Soup by Anna that really got me thinking – plotting – and finally taking action.  This is Anna’s post that started all of this for me.

Today I set up a brand new book review blog.  One that is slightly different.  Romance Is Ageless is a blog about novels with heroines over the age of 29.  I know,  I know – none of us would willing go beyond that age if at all possible.  But life happens as they say – and the years pass by.

The longer I thought about the discussion in Anna’s post, the more this idea for another blog took shape.  Oh, it’s in it’s very, very beginning stages.  And I’ll spend the next couple of days getting everything set up.  But I feel so very strongly about this subject that I just couldn’t let it sit and stew any longer.

This is the very first introduction post.

I sincerely hope that any of the folks that wander and visit here at Keeper Bookshelf will take a look at the additional blog and give me your thoughts, suggestions or… whatever you chose to say about it.  Am I crazy?  Perhaps, but I’m willing to bet that I’m not the only person reading romance novels in all the genres that is over the age of 30.

Come visit, don’t be shy.  You don’t “have” to be 30 or over to visit, honest.  🙂