I remember I made a promise and I intend to keep it.
And that’s to review some of the blogs that answered the
photo quiz titled ‘Who are they?’
which I posted some time back. It was a collection of old photos of celebrities
in their baby or younger days before they made it.
Those who got most of the questions were Debby Baro and Okwuchi. Unfortunately, Okwuchi didn’t have a blog registered on her name and I accidentally reviewed a blog
she was following instead which happened to be Aisle Perfect. Guess it’s their luck then.
I gave both Debby
& Aisle Perfect full reviews
while the others – Okeoghene, Toinlicious, Ay and Daughter of Her King
- get joint reviews.
So here we are!
Lets start with Okeoghene.
Okeoghene’s blog greets your eyes with its flowery background
motif and transparent thread for the posts. It’s simplicity and arrangement
makes it a pleasant and easy blog to read; you have too many items conflicting
with your vision. Her blog looks like
some mild and pleasant eye candy.
Okeoghene’s tagline reflects the issues discussed on her
blog – ‘God, Parenting, Family Life and
everything in between’. The blog focuses on topical issues that are
enlightening as stated on the tagline. She also does one thing which I’ve
always stated is important for any blog – she makes use of pictures to
illustrate her points and she does select apt ones and equally credit it to
source.
My only grouse with Okeoghene is consistency. The blog is
not consistent; sometimes an entry can ride for just a month only. Besides that,
it’s a nice blog.
Like Toinlicious’
tagline says, her blog is all about ‘everything
from a wondering and wandering mind’. She does a lot of wondering and
wandering on her blog posts as she relives her personal experiences as well as
share external features.
While her blog adorns a artistic rock star template, it
retains a readable simplicity in some of its interesting and precise
entries. Toinlicious does happen to have a list of entries which are quite an
interesting read and even though she lacks in keeping some consistency on the
blog, she has managed to garner online blog awards via friends and tag games. I
hope the blog doesn’t die off like a number of other good blogs because it’s
becoming characteristic of most blogger’s interest in blogging to wane; hope
she doesn’t wander off.
The tagline on Ay’s blog tells us she’s on a journey of
self-discovery. A smart one which makes the existence of a blog very
important. She gives us points of view
on life from the perspective of a upcoming pharmacist.
With a pleasant orange template and eye-friendly font, you
get to read Ay’s blog with ease. I guess the colors add to the warmth.
Ay’s love of books (which is obvious from her posts and even her site's url) equally helps enrich her content. From my
experience both as a writer and a reader,
I’ve come to understand how reading can influence the way you write; and
the more avid you are as a reader, the more you are bound to be expressive and
sometimes creative when you blog.
You’ll see this evident in the fact that Ay also does poetry
at times. The way I see it, this is one blogger who make an interesting
follow…if only she were more consistent with her blogging,
From the title of her blog you can tell she’s all about the
Lord. Her tagline emphasizes on stages and timing as per living life. DOHK’s
blog stands out like an counselor online; one that shares the bits of words of
wisdom she has learnt in her own life time. The blog is a personal blog just
like the others discussed. Her updates at times come with her own personal
pictures which tells us that she’s got nothing to hide and is as open as
possible on the blog.
DOHK is practically a teacher because there’s a lot of stuff
you can learn from her blog posts; she kind of counsels you and gives answers
to a myriad of questions you may have never thought of asking. The richness of
her material would account for why the blog posts are not a daily feature on
the site.
I only wish she had a nicer looking template. For a blog
that’s got rich content, it deserves a better template that would make reading
the material more enjoyable. While the present template isn’t exciting enough
to make me want to stay glued to the blog, the content keeps me staying there
to read.
Keep doing your thing ladies...blogging is cool.
Now I can breathe...I kept my promise!
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I'll try not to wander off. Thanks for the review :)
ReplyDeleteNice write up!
ReplyDeleteAwww... Thanks for the review, Afronuts.
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I appreciate the passion with which you are doing these reviews of the blogs. It's great too that you keep to your promise.Cheers!
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwwww dude that was totally totally cool... I love the review and I totally appreciate the honesty, exposure and advice...
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I didn't even know taking part in the competition would involve a blog review... lol.
Thank you again.
Re. I would take it on board. Also if possible I would love to hear your ideas on how to improve the template.. xxx