Madmad here, charged with piecing together the reviews for my pal Suburban Correspondent’s blog,
The More, the Messier.The good news is, the dry-witted home-schooling mother of six fared well with her target audience.
| Category | Score | Points |
| Content | 5.79 | 41/70 |
| Writing | 6.5 | 3/5 |
| Web Design | 4.86 | 2/5 |
| Intangibles | 5.36 | 3/5 |
| Read Regularly | 5.71 | 6/10 |
| Frequency | 8 | 4/5 |
| Total |
| 59 |
Percentile Rank: 66
Fans of the almost daily posts said:
Funny, sincere, and the posts are a nice length. A winner!
She was pretty funny! I like her writing style and the way she just kind of launches
into whatever she wants to tell. No messy ramp-up here!
I visit her blog often; she has a good strong writing voice. There are lots of mom blogs out there, but few that manage to walk the line of conveying the humor and chaos of family life without sounding fatiguing and grumbly.
Several readers even managed to overcome their lack of passion for the mommy blogs genre to endure reading a post or two, and even gave grudging kudos:
Basically, I thought her posts were short and cute -- in the vein of many "mommy
blogs" I've read in the past. I'm not laughing, but I DID smile. (Mostly because
I'm ever so grateful NOT to be saddled with 6 kids. Aieeeee.)
I didn't hate this blog, which is saying something since I've loathed some of the blogs
I've read here. I found it mildly funny.
I give this blog points for being somewhat cute and endearing, and I would recommend it if you're looking for that kind of thing.
Of course there were a few reviewers who were apparently too busy watching The Three Stooges movies to take the time to read it closely, and they didn’t always “get it.” Because you know, subtlety has no place whatsoever in humor writing.
Kids saying kid things isn't all that funny to me. Hearing about normal everyday
married life isn't all that funny to me.
There isn't really much to say about this blog. I come here expecting to review humor blogs, not personal blogs. I suppose some of the situations have a germ of something that could turn into a sitcom type plot... but it's completely unintentional.
Mom blogs don't really appeal to me, and it's nothing really original/outstanding from any other "mom" blog.
Suburban Correspondent did get dinged for a couple of things, "too much cross-blog promotion" and - GASP! - mentioning knitting too much. A few reviewers noted that the blog text seemed too large, but thoughts on the template itself were equally divided between fans who called it "clean and simple" and detractors who found it "unacceptably run-of-the-mill."
"Perhaps she could throw a couple of jpegs around and spruce the place up," one suggested.
Overall, however, Suburban Correspondent seems to have have a strong hold on the readers who enjoy family humor.
Congrats, and keep up the good work!