Blairy Blogger and the Half Read Book

Want to know the hardest thing about creating a blog?  Some may guess it’s choosing a design, picking a font, or creating an on-line profile.  On the contrary, websites like Blogger and Word Press make those steps remarkably easy for a novice user like me.   What those sites don’t make so easy is choosing the perfect title for a blog.  They don’t tell you which name will represent who you are as blogger and what the blog is going to be about in an eye-catching nutshell.  No, they leave the tough stuff to the blogger, so I got to work creating a title that would say to the world “Here is Blair – lover of books and future librarian”

“I Heart Books” or “Blair’s Blog” were my first feeble attempts at titling my blog, but they didn’t seem to encompass all that my blog hoped to be.  After a few days of thinking and even more unsuccessful attempts at creating a title, I turned to a fellow teacher who was both creative and funny.  Together we tried to think up names that explained me as a reader and a blogger by putting a twist on the titles of some of my favorite books like Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, and Divergent.  We came up with “Blairy Blogger and the Half Read Book” and “Love and Libraries.”  Another teacher joined in the fun with “Fifty Shades of Blair” and “The Adventures of Blair the Blogger.”  While those made us chuckle, they just didn’t seem to be the best fit for my blog.   

As the days wore on, the ideas continued to come and quickly go.  Finally, the perfect one struck me “Girl Meets Book.”  I could blog about the new books I’m reading, the old books I love, and the different ways I’m discovering books through my librarian classes at ISU and the student’s in my classroom.  With the title chosen, I was able to complete my first blog ever without the aid of a magic wand or members of the Erudite faction.