Blurb vs. Blog to Print

Every year I turn my family blog into a book because, let's be honest, that is the only journal I keep.  Since all I've wanted to do with my free time is sleep or just be lazy, I haven't had much time to work on the blurb book.  A friend suggested blog2print.com as an alternative to save time. 

She was right.  In about twenty minutes I had my book designed, ready to print, and paid for. I think I made four clicks of the mouse. So fast.  I received my book last week sometime and love it.  But I do have some things I don't love. 

Here is my review:

Blurb
-I love how you can put just one post per page, change the fonts, color, etc.  I also like having my pictures a bit bigger so I love having the picture on one side and the actual post on the other side.  My personal preference.
-But the downside is that it takes WAY too long to make.  Maybe it is because I have too many posts but that is not going to change anytime soon so that is a hassle.  It just takes forever for the book to save, sync, load, whatever due to the high volume of pictures and text.
-Another downer is because I like my pictures bigger, some of them don't have the highest resolution on the page.  They are a tad blurry but you still remember the memory.  And I won't lie....practically the only camera I use is my iphone camera so I get what I get, right?
-I like the covers better.  Bigger pictures, more pictures, etc.

Blog2Print
-SO SO SO SO easy to make.  Seriously, four clicks of the mouse and twenty minutes later I was done.  Worth it!
-The blog posts just follow each other.  You may have two,three, or four on a page depending on the length of the posts.  Kind of annoying to me since I like the picture collage on one side and text on the other.  I tried to change this but no luck.  Maybe you guys know how to fix this.
-The pictures are kind of small.  But with them being a bit smaller-still visible- they are not blurry at all.  Kind of nice with my cell phone pictures. :)
-I thought the Table of Contents would bug me but I really like it.  So often, I look back to a picture of how I decorated or want to read something again and it's nice to have what page number it is on instead of looking through whole book.

There is my review.  I have a love/hate relationship with both.  If I have the time I think I will use Blurb but I'm not disappointed entirely with Blog2Print.  They both have their perks so I think it will depend on what I'm in the mood for and what I have time for.

 What do you use to print your blog?

Blog Book

Sorry I've been kind of MIA lately.  I've either given in to my urge to sleep while my son is taking a nap or working on my blog book from Blurb.  I turn my family blog into a book every year so it is like a journal.  We love looking back at year's past.  Since I don't really print out pictures it is nice to have something to read and look at pictures in.  In fact, my son and I looked at pictures of when I was pregnant with him and when he was a baby.  He loved it!

So, excuse me if I'm absent a bit.  I have to get this done ASAP.

Thanks!