Bookish Goals!
Happy Tuesday! Every year is a new opportunity to reflect and set new goals. I have been pleased with how far I have come since I first started blogging, but I suppose there is still room for improvement. It looks like it has been quite a while since I did one of these posts which is good because I know I will repeat myself. But you know, goals are not always met, so we must try, try again.
- Read your books, Sam! - I say this every year, and one of these days, I am actually going to do it.
- Listen to more audiobooks - I used to listen to a ton of audiobooks. That was back when I was reading in the 400s per year. I loved that I could multitask, but I find I don't have as much time where I can listen thoughtfully. In fact, there are books I listened to that I struggled to recall what even happened in the story.
- Request less ARCs - I have actually done really well with this one. I set my monthly limit to 8, but I was considering lowering that to 6. What I have found is that many of the books I request are usually available at my library. I can borrow the book and not be ruled by the publishing date. I can also wait for more reviews to roll in and make more informed decisions to read. Some authors really disappointed me last year.
- Don't be intimidated by book length - I have a habit of checking a book's page count before requesting or adding to my TBR. I have a thing with looooong books, and I seem to be really slow these days. But I also feel like I am missing out on some great books. I am not making any promises here, but I will be more open minded.
- Write the review - My life was so much easier when I just wrote the review at my earliest opportunity. My reviews are better and I am not be haunted by 6 books listed as "currently reading" in Goodreads. It's awful when I fall behind. I just tend to procrastinate more.
- Log those reading challenges - I always swear I will do this weekly, and then I am scrambling at the end of the month trying to see if I completed my monthly prompts.
- Make the graphics - When I was drafting my year end reading challenge update, I wanted to have a graphic for all my challenge to show off all the books. It was easy enough for the challenges with monthly prompts, but Literary Escapes (51 books) and the Alphabet Soup Challenge (26 books) would have been really time consuming. I feel like if I update the graphic weekly, it won't be as overwhelming.
- Manage my library loans better - Everyone knows that library loans all come through as a tidal wave, but there is the option to "deliver later". I really need to use that more. I have found myself in quite a pickle a few times where I was a bit too ambitious and had to scramble to get those books read before they were due. I don't need that stress.
- Find some new meme or create new features - I was pretty happy with some of the newer features I implemented last year (Library Loans) and new memes I started participating in (5 on My TBR, Six Degrees of Separation), but some are getting a bit stale. I want new ways to feature books I read and loved, so if you know any fun blogging memes, let me know.
- Don't discount celebrity book club books - Maybe you know this about me, but I am not a fan of celebrity culture. I roll my eyes when they are hyping book releases. I can honestly say that I have passed on books that I knew were picked by a "star". I may have kept myself from reading some books that were worth reading because I have read quite a few books which I later found out were "picks", and they were great. Going to tone down my snobbiness on that.
What are some of your bookish goals?
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