Olivia’s London Dispatches
http://artmeliana.blogspot.com
Description of site:
An insight into the everyday life of Olivia, an art history graduate finding her feet in London. Olivia guides the reader through an eclectic mix of art, poetry, literature, partying and shopping.
Appearance:
Pale lavender shades with elegant floral header.
Organisation:
The page elements neatly arranged on a left hand side bar. There is a balanced mix of text and images in the blog entries.
Navigation and Functionality:
Sidebar links and blog archive.
Advertising:
Some discreet affiliate advertising buttons are located at the base of the side bar. These don’t interrupt the continuity or appearance of the page.
Comments:
This is a solid blog – pleasing on the eye, good writing, a few interesting photos and, particularly important from my point of view, some educational value. The ‘enrichment’ on the sidebar is a nice touch. It gives details of a word of the day, article of the day, birthday and quotation of the day. The blog entries are mainly about Olivia’s daily routine but these are complimented by frequent mentions of poetry, art, literature and entertainment. The blog is updated two or three times a week.
A minor observation is that some photographs and enrichment elements overspill from their frames. Even though this doesn’t detract from the appearance of the page it would be nice if this could be corrected, although I’m not sure if this is possible.
Rating:
7/10
Reviewer:
Tom
Description of site:
An insight into the everyday life of Olivia, an art history graduate finding her feet in London. Olivia guides the reader through an eclectic mix of art, poetry, literature, partying and shopping.
Appearance:
Pale lavender shades with elegant floral header.
Organisation:
The page elements neatly arranged on a left hand side bar. There is a balanced mix of text and images in the blog entries.
Navigation and Functionality:
Sidebar links and blog archive.
Advertising:
Some discreet affiliate advertising buttons are located at the base of the side bar. These don’t interrupt the continuity or appearance of the page.
Comments:
This is a solid blog – pleasing on the eye, good writing, a few interesting photos and, particularly important from my point of view, some educational value. The ‘enrichment’ on the sidebar is a nice touch. It gives details of a word of the day, article of the day, birthday and quotation of the day. The blog entries are mainly about Olivia’s daily routine but these are complimented by frequent mentions of poetry, art, literature and entertainment. The blog is updated two or three times a week.
A minor observation is that some photographs and enrichment elements overspill from their frames. Even though this doesn’t detract from the appearance of the page it would be nice if this could be corrected, although I’m not sure if this is possible.
Rating:
7/10
Reviewer:
Tom
7 comments:
I personally would give this blog a 10 out of 10! The "overspillage" of photos does not bother me at all. Olivia's eloquent and engaging words and interesting sidebar facts make this a perfect blog!
There's no doubt it is a good blog - but we see so many good blogs we need to distiguish between them. As good as it is, it isn't up to the same high standard as our 9/10 blogs.
I'm glad you enjoy reading it so much and we might re-review in future.
I like this one also, it's well written and she shows such a broad knowledge and depth of subjects, so there's something for everyone.
I love going through Olivia's blog..her descriptions of people,places and life in general,are so vivid,it's like 'being there'.Full marks to her.
Soapbox - thank you for reviewing my blog. I'm satisfied with my rating, though if you had reviewed it back when I had the time to write long educational posts, it might have been higher.
Coincidentally, just the week before the review I was itching to write another, but again, I have no time for the research and composition of high end posts now.
My readers - Thank you all for your generosity! ;)
She has a beautiful blogg indeed.
Easily one of the best blogs in Christendom!
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