fare thee well

after months of being moribund I've finally accepted the realization that trying to maintain the 4 blogs (and be a contributor on another) is just too much for this little mouse. as of today the bookmouse is officially closed.

I began this blog with the intention for it to be a site for my bookgroup - but since I'm the only blogger of the bunch, my hopes for where it would go never went. a while back I repackaged the original blog (which I think was called the cleveland bookwomen), renaming the blog the cleveland bookmouse. but with only 37 posts in over two years I realize this is a blog that should probably be shut down.

for months I've resisted shutting down the bookmouse, liking its disappearance to the disappearance of those beloved independent bookstores or the little mom & pop shops being gobbled up by bigger shops. but these are false analogies. the fact is 4 blogs are probably two blogs too many.

I won't zap the contents of the blog (at least not for now) - there probably are two or three interesting bits here, but I won't continue to feel guilty that I'm not tending to this site.

I don't expect I will ever stop blogging (periodically) about books, but since I rarely did it here but rather did it here, I might as well be honest and not clutter up the blogosphere with another blog that sees no action. hope to see you around mouse medicine, perhaps I will resurrect a book mouse feature on the mm's sidebar!