User: bree

Title: Your star, it seems to shine above the rest.

First Impression (3/5)
Simple layout. Who is that in the picture?

Content (25/25)
You tend to have a poetic touch on your writing style. Very few choose write this way. I for one, find it interesting and soothing to the mind. It’s some-what of a talent. It really helps me to enjoy and understand what you’re writing about. You also tend to write with variety. There aren’t too many cases where more than two entries repeat themselves with the same subject. I like that. It bothers me when I read a diary to find the writer constantly repeating their same feelings over and over in different entries. For that I thank you and award you with full credit!

Layout & Colors (10/20)
I like the red and black. They match well enough with the image. It’s well organized. I only wish it was centered. I like the fact that it’s custom-made as well. However, I find it a little boring. But, I do like the image caption!

Navigation (6/10)
All the links work and are nicely displayed. I don’t like the italics and bold though. Perhaps if they only bolded, that would be better. I dislike the way italics makes text appear.

Link (5/5)
You’ve posted payment. Thanks!

Grammar and Punctuation (15/15)
You write with respect to grammar and punctuation rules. It’s another pet peeve of mine to find diaries that never capitalize their words or in some cases even use a period.

Extras (15/15)
Lots of interesting extras. I’m in love now! Your *writings* section is packed full with variety and interesting poetry. Most people find poetry inspirational and a great way to get to know the writer. It’s certainly a plus to feature them. Another of my favorites is your *fiction* tales. Despite what you may believe about yourself, you are pretty good. I admire your efforts. I also found *aspirations* to be a nice extra. Along with the *photos* and *music library*. I must say as far as creativity goes, your extras are quite unique from some I’ve seen. Examples include: *one word*, *quotes*, and *Reading Log* (I’ve never seen anyone post their *reading log* before, nor their *schedule*), your *last will* is nice too. You deserve full credit on this one!

Image? (+5/5)
I just adore it when people post photos! I see you have an entire album - YAY!

Creativity (7/8)
The layout wasn’t very unique. However, like I said before; you’re extras page proved me to be wrong about you as far as creativity goes. You aren’t at all plane and boring. I loved every bit of your writings. You have plenty of different extras for the reader to check out. Nice!

Contact (5/5)
Email, Screen names, Guest book, LJ, and MySpace. I love the caption: “care to stalk me?” I can understand how they could.

Profile (2/10)
I don’t know much about diary-x. However, every dairy has a profile. I don’t know wether or not diary-x post their’s on their diaries, but I am going to have to deduct your credit. I’ll give you two points for “benefit of the doubt”.
Will I Return? (12/12)
I admire your content and I look forward to reading more of your fiction. You can count me in!

Total points: (105+5= 110/130)
Reviewed By: Hayli