Saying Goodbye… For Now

Tuesday 6 September, 2011 By 81 Comments

It is with a sad heart that I must say goodbye to book reviewing and blogging for the foreseeable future.

I have deeply enjoyed reviewing and being able to meet so many wonderful people along the way.  Unfortunately, due to medical reasons, I will not be able to review or blog for the time being. I do not know when I will be able to resume blogging and shall miss all of you.  With luck, I will not be absent from the reviewing/blogging world long. My blog will remain up and I shall return to blogging as soon as I am physical able.

It has been my pleasure to learn so very much from each and everyone I have had the pleasure to meet throughout my time here.  On the upside, it looks as though I shall finally be giving audio books a try and who knows, I may just become a convert, anything is possible.

Until I return, happy reading. :)

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Moving Forward

Tuesday 5 July, 2011 By 20 Comments

I cannot explain how wonderful it feels to be back blogging.  I did not realize how much I would miss it until I was unable to blog.    This dreadful experience has taught me to be hyper-vigilant and maybe someday I will go back to just being vigilant, but currently I still feel quite violated.  I have been exposed in the past week to the good and the bad of the blogging world.

If it was not for a certain person (she knows who she is) and her generosity, I would not be blogging today and thank you seems insufficient.  She sent a crack team to help me when I wanted to toss it all.  I would like to thank Simply Amusing Designs and Daisy Olsen for getting my blog worked into their respective schedules (and vacations).  You both went above and beyond and for that I am so very grateful.  You both held my hand, calmed me, reassured me and completely rebuilt my blog and moved it to a new and very secure host.

I also saw the downside of blogging and while it saddens me to have seen it and still see it, I will not let that get me down, the good outweighs the bad and there are just too many wonderful, kind-hearted, understanding, and patient bloggers to let those who are not get me down.

I am grateful, yes grateful this all happened, as it opened my eyes to a lot of things.  I know one day I will not feel victimized.  I hope this does not happen to anyone else, sadly the odds are it is quite possible.   There are many wonderful resource articles on what to do if you think you may have been hacked and ways to try and prevent it from happening.  I had not previously read these sites, but now I find I cannot help but drink up the information the sites offer.   Other advise I can offer is to keep your plug-ins up to date, same for any anti-virus software and to be vigilant.

While this whole experience has been a nightmare, it is over and I will resume what I enjoy, reading and reviewing books!

 

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Rumour Control

Monday 4 July, 2011 By 18 Comments

Okay, let me clarify a few items of concern.  Yes, my old blog was indeed hacked.  It can happen to anyone and if you are a blogger who has not been hacked count your blessings, if you have at one time been hacked you know the nightmare it creates.

So am I safe to visit?  Yes, but do not trust me.  Those who worked on my blog have been very thorough and worked at very short notice, long hours, over the holiday weekend and the coder worked over her vacation.  We all took this quite seriously.

So what has been done?

  • The team moved my entire site to another HOST.
  • The team completely scrapped the template and files I was using.
  • My new host has a lockdown on my site to keep this from ever happening again.

To reiterate, I took being hacked very seriously.  If my being hacked inconvenienced anyone else, I am most sincerely sorry.  I did not asked to be hacked.  It is a rather unpleasant experience and unfortunately it can happen to anyone.

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Test Post

Monday 4 July, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Never mind me, I am just testing to make certain my blog is working properly.

My temporary template is in place and as soon as I get the all clear the old account will be completely removed.

I am getting quite excited, but still proceeding with extreme caution.

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Coding Problems

Tuesday 28 June, 2011 By Leave a Comment

That is correct, the coding of my blog is apparently a mess (do not look at me, I have no idea how to code anything), so it will take a few days to sort the coding out.   In the end my blog will either still look the same but be coded correctly or there will be an entirely new look, either way it will be properly coded and the issues some are experiencing will be gone.  Until that time I apologize for the inconvenience and my reviews will be back up as soon as possible.  I appreciate everyone’s patience.  Soon the new and improved (properly coded) Rundpinne will be up and running.

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The Professionals Have Been Called In

Tuesday 28 June, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hello faithful readers and those new to my book review blog.  Some of you, like myself, have not had any issues with Rundpinne, however  I have continued to receive emails by those who cannot access my blog or receive warnings (thank you for all who have personally emailed me) and this does concern me and clearly my efforts were not enough.

I know when I am in over my head (I am fairly computer illiterate) and so I now have a professional team looking into what is going on behind the scenes of Rundpinne.

Rundpinne may get a little wonky during this process or not (again, I am not computer literate), I ask for patience while this matter is handled by those who are computer literate.

Thank you for your patience and hopefully Rundpinne will be as good as new in no time.

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It Is All Safe Now

Sunday 26 June, 2011 By 4 Comments

Truly, all the bad computer virus/bug thingys are gone now.

Apparently my site was having some serious issues and owning all Macs, I never could see the problem.  I would like to thank those of you who emailed me and especially to my friend Speedy, who in the midst of her grief, offered sound advise which offered a very quick fix.

So what has changed?  I deleted two pages, my Affiliations page and my Book Challenges page.  One of those pages had a corrupt link;  however since I paid to have the cars repaired this weekend and a rather large tuition bill due, I did not have the money to mess about and simply deleted them all.  I wish I could warn others of which link was corrupted, but the money just was not there for me to pay for a full scale diagnostics of links that were not mine.

Thank you again for those who warned me of a possible issue, otherwise I would have continued on without not knowing.

Rundpinne is once again free of viruses and safe. :)

 

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My Life; Pain, Abundant Energy, Fog, and Medicine “Hangover”, Repeat

Tuesday 22 March, 2011 By 18 Comments

I have numerous faults, I am the first to admit them, and while it would make an intriguing blog post I shall not list them now. I do not like to share to much of my life, especially on-line since anyone can read it, however I am not as special as I wish, so what I have to share will be rather dull for anyone looking for anything exciting.

Thank you to everyone who wished me well yesterday. A few know I had a dreadful day and I wanted to briefly follow up and give everyone a heads up as to what the next few days will hold for me. After I came home yesterday my orders were to go straight to bed. That never works (it never has, but the neurologists are always so optimistic) first I am a mum and secondly, medicine works strangely on me. The hospital assumes it will knock me out for the night at the bare minimum, but it never does. I end up wide-awake, still in pain, but with an abundant amount of energy. This is not a good thing, but I did get some reviews written, but no rest, which my brain dreadfully needs. The next day (today) I spend in a complete fog, I can barely function; it is like trying to accomplish things through murky water. Tomorrow, if history is any indicator, I will have a medicine “hangover” which will render me quite cross. Then, if I am very lucky, I will have a brief respite of lower levels of pain before I repeat the process all over again.

This is my life. I am quite used to living this way, I have seen every specialist available and I accept my lot. I did want to inform you my faithful readers why at times my posting is less than stellar, spotty or reviews are not as plentiful. Feel free to ask any questions, as today is my non-crabby day. ;)

I really need to get a migraine icon/graphic.

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One knows the week is not going well when one is behind on Monday!

Monday 21 March, 2011 By 14 Comments

I would like to wish all my readers a very happy Monday. I am not feeling overly jovial today; actually the mere act of typing is excruciatingly painful, as is all sound, light, and sadly written words (in fairness, spoken words are painful as well). My proposed reading schedule this week was something I could have accomplished, and filled with books I was looking forward to reading and as I type this I realise it will be impossibility to read them all this week. I have heard it said that all things are possible, and to an extent I agree, however being 2 books behind and it is only Monday does not bode well. My aura (not the new-age sort) rather the “it probably is a migraine of such an intensity it will require IV treatment or another stroke”, both require a trip to the ER. Coupled with the usual mundane complaints of being nauseated, having both photophobia and phonophobia are just three more indicators that I shall slip further behind in my plans for the week. I always thought if I could put how I feel into words it would help others understand, yet I cannot describe the pain, there simply are no words. For those who have this sort know exactly what I am referring to and know there is no actual relief for me, just a lessening of pain with time, time I needed this week for other activities. For those who cannot fathom it, consider yourselves extremely fortunate, my husband falls into this category, in 42 years he has never had a headache, something I cannot fathom and if I am honest, I am quite jealous.

My point? It is Monday and I am woefully behind. If history is any indicator, it could be a good 72 hours before I can read. Fortunately I had today’sIt’s Monday What Are you Reading? queued as well as tomorrow’s Teaser Tuesday, but alas no reviews, I am learning optimism does not get me far. I am not writing for pity or sympathy, for this is my life and at the moment I do not like the pain, I accept it is they way my brain works. I am merely writing to let readers know why I may not comment straightaway or make my usual rounds on It’s Monday What Are You Reading? and Teaser Tuesday (the two meme’s I adore). I am here, but not here. I may be in hospital I may not (yes computers are allowed in-yet not in neurology for my complaint). I have a call in to my husband and time will tell. As my head allows, I will approve comments, visit blogs, and comment myself. I do not think my aphasia has slipped in yet, although I could read this post days from now only to become horrified. My goal for this week is to getting well enough to read. I have a couple of tours at the end of the week and I do not plan to miss my deadlines.

It is days like this I realise it would be excellent to have some sort of migraine graphic, then words would not be needed. Obviously, I do not have a clever graphic.

I hope everyone reading this is doing well, enjoying the fine weather (I have the air-conditioning on) and having a lovely Monday. I will be around commenting as soon as I am able.

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Beleaguered, Overwhelmed, and Careworn

Monday 28 February, 2011 By 6 Comments

Has anyone ever felt as though what needs to be done in a day could easy extend to a week and one’s week really needs an entire month to complete and worse, one does not know where to begin? If so, that is where I find myself this afternoon.

The last time I felt this way I had a just turned 2-year-old toddler wanting me home after my rather lengthy five month hospital stay, a twin in the NICU fighting for his life and his identical brother losing what little weight he had at a dangerous rate. The NICU of course was sectioned off due to severity do the twins were not in the same area and of course my precious two year old was at home still wondering where mummy was. I was so torn: which child do I spend time with, how much time, which child should come first.  Impossible choices.

While I am not facing any literal life and death scenarios currently, thank heaven, I am indeed facing a week that promising to be nothing short of Herculean task. I beg all my faithful readers and those new to Rundpinne to please be patient. Old and new readers to my blog alike know I typically review one to two books per day and while my schedule for this week was in fact doable when I scheduled it months ago, a lot can happen in just a weekend to turn one’s world upside down. My goal is to try and get at least the two tour books read and reviewed. I will be ecstatic if I can achieve this goal, and I imagine the tour hosts will be as well.

My point, of course I must have one (sorry the left hemisphere and right hemisphere of my brain are not cooperating) I will get back into my reviewing groove, I am not in a reading slump nor is it a lack of desire, I want to read the books (oh the line-up looks so very good!) however I must choose this week between a hobby, albeit one I adore and I am quite passionate about, or my family’s needs. It is no contest; my family is my heart and will always come first.

I will make it through this week and Rundpinne will return to normal, no doubt I shall be back to inundating everyone with my opinions of numerous books.  However,  for now, I ask for a little understandning and a lot of patience.   If it were not for my readers, I would not bother with a book review blog.   I thank each and every one of you in advance.  May each of you have delightfully wonderful weeks filled with bookish goodness.  If book ideas are needed, please check my lists.

*I will be checking out the memes; It’s Monday What Are You Reading and Teaser Tuesdays, as I do so adore those two.  One can really grow one’s TBR list.  If I do not visit your blog as usual, although I shall try, I will the following week.

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