Haha, no, if anything I may just be reading even more, just more Dutch books instead of English (see third question). I always been a reader since I was a tiny kid (before that my parents read me tons), always read mountains of books, even before I had a blog or a Goodreads. That won’t stop. Even when this blog disappears I will just be reading, reading, and reading.

…Would be less critical towards the books I read.

Nah, I am a critical bitch anyway. Without my blog I was still ranting on Goodreads, talk about it with my friends (and hubby who loves it when I go on a rage about a book). If a book deserves it I will be critical, with or without my blog. So nah, that hasn’t changed or will change if I ever quit my blog.

…Would miss out on many books I happen to enjoy.

Oh heck yes. Dutch books I can find out through other means (newspapers, articles, bookstores, Hebban, library), but for English I definitely need more than just Goodreads. I need my bloggers, I need Twitter (which without a blog I probably wouldn’t have gotten as I had zero interest in social media before I made my blog), I need publishers, I need articles. I find a fair chunk of my reading through Bloggers and Twitter, so no blog, and I would have missed out on TONS of fun books. So a big thank you to all my dear bloggers who write those awesome posts (reviews, recommendations, and more). Oh, and I am not even talking about Netgalley. Which I didn’t start until I had a blog and also contains many fab books! So yeah, I definitely am happy I got this blog!

…Would never have written reviews on other platforms.

That would be incorrect. I started out reviewing on Goodreads, really enjoyed doing that. If I didn’t have the motivation of friends and family to go for a blog I would have been reviewing there still.

…Would never have improved my writing.

Eh, since I would still be writing reviews, I guess I could still improve my writing that way, and as I mention in the last question, who knows if I have picked up fanfiction again. Haha.

…Would have had so much more time on my hands.

Oh, heck yes. So much time! I write way a lot for my blog as it is (some say too much, haha), and in 2024 I want to do that a bit less and have more time for other hobbies (and this girl got plenty of other hobbies that are crying and want some attention). 2-4 posts a day is a lot of fun to do (along with the occasional post on my Dutch book blog) don’t get me wrong, but with everything else I do on a day it is just much at times.

…Would never have been blogging at all.

That is one I am not sure about. I am also a big fan of gaming and anime, so who knows, maybe I would have written reviews and other sorts of posts for that. Plus, back in my Neopets days I wrote endless fanfiction featuring my pets, who knows maybe I will find another media (or go back to Neopets) and get writing again! Oh man, wouldn’t it be fun if there were other dimensions and in one of those I am doing that? That would be so cool!