Ok so here is a review for a personal blog – zentzislife. The heading of the blog – Dog House: life of a middle-aged misfit mom, is unique but it says a lot about the content of the blog. Beth Zentzis is the author of the blog. She is a middle-aged mom (46 years old) from Oregon, USA, who loves her kids and pets. The blog is about herself and her pets – her dogs, chickens, cats e.t.c, so the name of the blog is well suited to the content.(She also talks about other things though).
I must say that Beth is really a good writer. She is pretty descriptive in her posts even if the topic is very simple. For example, in this post she talks about her messy house, have a picture showing her table and couch and then describes the things in the picture in details! I also like her flow, the way she connects one topic to another in the same post. Her posts are really indulging. When you start reading a post you develop an interest and go on till the end even if the post is lengthy.
Now about the content. Mostly she talks about her dogs, her chickens, her sons and gardening. She also talks about her cooking interest. One thing which I found rather amusing is that she address her sons as son “A” and son “B”. Beth is quite obsessed with her chickens as you can make out by seeing the picture of chicken’s foot on her blog! Yes, she has posted a picture of one of her chicken’s foot. I don’t know about you but I found it weird. She has quite a number of posts related to her dogs and sometimes even if the topic of the post is not related to her dogs, she somehow manages to connect it to her dogs. Other posts are about miscellaneous things like her “WhoKnowsWear” clothing business, her garden pictures, her son’s creation, etc.
Regarding the layout of the blog, it’s a little different from the regular “blogger” blogs, as the profile and the links are on the left side instead of right and that too is a little downwards, and not at the top. So, it is a refreshing change. There are not too many links in the link section, just five of them which makes it look simple and neat.
I have decided to give it a four because I like her smooth writing style, layout of the blog, and her dedication towards the blog.