Happy New Year!
Can you believe it’s 2013 already??? I certainly can’t! 2012 absolutely flew by!
Despite that, it was a really great year for me, blogging and reading-wise. I read 138.5 books which is 26.5 more books than last year. I took less unscheduled time off, and (officially) participated in my first 3 community-wide events (Bout of Books, Bloggiesta and Armchair BEA). This led to making some great new friends: Kristilyn, Amanda, Alissa, Kelly and many more! I also made the switch to WordPress, and I am loving it! Second-best blogging decision I made all year! First-best decision? Deciding to stop accepting and/or requesting ARCs and all review requests. I was able to spend the second half of the year reading for me, and getting much more done towards my massive TBR pile, and it was GREAT!
I have never been much one for New Year’s Resolutions – for one thing, they’ve begun to carry the stigma of expected failure! But I do think a new year is a great time to revisit your goals and see if there are any that should be updated. Some goals I have for myself this year:
- I will stick to my published schedule for posting.
- I will write reviews within a week of reading the book.
- I will write a discussion post at least every other week.
- I will be more organized, so that (heaven forbid) should I get sick or lose internet for some reason the blog will not be forced into unscheduled hiatus. (Speaking of which, sorry for the silence last week – I did intend to announce a short break for the holidays, but our router broke on Christmas Eve just as I was about to sit down and write it…)
- I will comment more on others’ content, and will reply to comments on my own blog in a more timely manner.
- I will participate in community events whenever possible.
- I will have fun and make new friends – that’s what this is all about!
Thank you all for such a lovely year in 2012, and here’s to another year just as good to come!
PSSST – Don’t have enough challenges for 2013 yet? Have you signed up for the Book Bingo Challenge? We’d love to have you!
I was already doing too much reading challenges, but when I saw the Bingo Challenge a while back, I had to participate. A great idea from you two! 😀
Happy 2013! I hope that you can read a lot of good books this year and I hope that you can stick to your plan! 😀
Mel@thedailyprophecy.
Thanks! I’d apologize, but I’m too excited to have people joining us 😀 Good luck!
Those are AWESOME goals, Anne! I am terrible for leaving my review writing until the last possible minute — as you may have noticed yesterday. It’s just so much easier to write the review right after finishing a book! And I need to participate more and just get out there more — visit more blogs! Make more friends! Spread the love! I hope you can get more scheduled — I try to have at LEAST a month’s worth of posts ready. This month, I only have to write 2 Weekend Library posts (which I like to wait to do), I have 2 book tour posts, and I left a review spot open for a review copy. It feels nice to not be totally bogged down!
I wish you luck with all of your goals! And I’m happy we’re friends, too!
I have been known to skip a day I was intending to have a review up because I just don’t feel like writing it… it’s terrible! The thing is, I so often finish books at an inconvenient time (i.e. going to bed) or inconvenient places, so I don’t write them right away and then weeks later, I STILL haven’t written them! I’m hoping to set aside an evening a week to just write up whatever reviews I’ve accumulated, so I never get to where I’m writing a review a month later lol. Plus then I should never be short reviews when I need them
Yay for Bout of Books!
Happy 2013!
Yeah, I owe a lot to Bout of Books 4.0
Thanks! You too!