Resolutions and goals are posts that we are often hit with a lot in January and it comes as no surprise to see it as a prompt for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday (since this week hosted over on That Artsy Reader Girl). I struggled with it a little though as I already wrote a post sharing my 2018 reading goals. And I have no urge to share any personal resolutions at the moment. It makes them not happen, haha.
These are some things that are on my mind but I did not want to make a big goal. I just don’t want to drown in goals throughout the year. But I do have these in the back of my mind. Others are things I am in no way actively working towards but would be nice, you know.
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- Hit a 1000 followers on WP for my blog.
- Hit a 1000 followers on my bookstagram.
- Hit a
100150 followers on bloglovin’.
I know we always say that numbers don’t matter and I still stand behind that. But seeing some progress through them is nice. I don’t however work towards these as a goal. If they happen it will be great. But if they don’t, then that is fine too. I hit the 100 just around the change of the year for bloglovin’ so that is cool I guess. - Post reviews on a retail site for review copies at least.
I have mentioned before that I can’t post reviews on Amazon as I would have to purchase over 50 Dollars on there. But I have been assured that this is not the case for Barnes and Noble.Apparently Wordery is very easy to use as well. And I know that reviews on retail sites are very valuable for authors. So I want to make a bit more effort on that portion. As time allows it anyway. - I don’t have to review all the books I read.
Read further explanation here. - Reread more books if I feel like it.
Sometimes I do want to reread books but I feel bogged down by all the unread books I have in my possession. So I do not end up doing that. But I want to give it more of a chance. - Read all the books gifted at Christmas 2017.
Sometimes we get all these books and there they end up on the big stack as we go to all the other books. - Read pre-orders within 2 months.
I guess this one is clear. I pre-order books, and while I did read a bunch of them last year, I also did not get around to a bunch of them. So I need to be more selective and make more of a point to read them when getting them. I don’t pre-order them for nothing…
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Great list! I especially like the pre-order resolution – I might have to steal that one!
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Go ahead. 😀
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Gosh, I’ll be excited just to hit 100 WP followers lol. I’m close! That’s interesting to me though that you have significantly less BL followers since I have more BL followers than WP. Unfortunately we can’t really control these things
So I totally get what you mean about how you want them but they’re not active goals. Good luck with the rereads and Christmas books!
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Right? It is so weird. And I actually do use my bloglovin too to follow others so its not like I’m inactive there.
Thank you!
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I need to crosspost to retail sites as well, I’m not very good at remembering to do that! And not having to review EVERYTHING is another one- I’ve decided to lighten up on myself, and if I don’t want to review a book, I don;t! It’s kind of liberating lol.
Great list!
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Me too. Even with review copies. 😦 But I am trying and beat the backlist is helping a little with that.
Right? It feels kind of nice to just write a review when you want to instead of ugh no not another one.
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Annemieke, your photos are fabulous, you can count me as a follower on bookstagram. I also have to agree with reading your pre-orders… I do pre-order for a reason and I’m also guilty of that. Good luck reaching your goals.
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Aaaw thank you! ❤
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I like the one about not having to review every book and am off to check out your explanation post.
I discovered the joy of re-reading last year but I don’t do it very often. I think I should make more time for old favourites this year too 🙂
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Forced reviews are no fun. 🙂
Me too. I just need to make more time for it.
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Nice list! I know what you mean about wanting to re-read books but feeling overwhelmed by what you haven’t read. I need to stop feeling guilty and just re-read if I want to! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday
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Same! It is so hard though. I’m struggling with it right now.
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Good luck with your goals this year. I love rereading, and it can be hard to do sometimes as a blogger.
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Thank you. It is hard to make the time for it!
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Great list! I am wanting to reread more this year too 🙂
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/top-ten-tuesday-142/
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Thank you. I hope we both will manage it more this year.
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I hope so too!
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I managed to hit 100 Bloglovin’ subscribers last year too and I’m amazed. I’d be happy to hit 120 this year. I like to interact with a lot of my followers and have learned that lower numbers makes that more realistic. I am looking to find some new favorite blogs though!
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That is true. It is easier to interact then.
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I definitely want to gain more followers on various social media sites. I don’t really have set numbers for any of them, but I just like growing as time goes on. 🙂 I’d also like to reread more books!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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It is great to see the numbers grow over time. 🙂
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Fabulous list! 🙂 I really like the idea of reading pre-orders within 2 months! A good one.
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Thank you! Right, still managable but I’ll still read them. Well I hope. So far I am off to a good start. Reading my first pre order of the year. 😉
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Wishing you all the luck in reaching your goals! I especially love the re-reading one, it’s something I want to do more too, so here’s hoping we’ll both geet to re-read some more in 2018 🙂
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I hope so too! Thank you!
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Great list! I’m hoping to read all the books I got for Christmas too. I don’t want any of those to get buried in my overflowing TBR pile.
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Right? It would be such a shame of those lovely presents.
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Love the idea of having milestones you want to reach while being things you work on gradually. Smart way to twist the topic!
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Thank you! 😀
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Soms maak ik me nog steeds de bedenking dat ik meer volgers zou kunnen krijgen wanneer ik me daar actief op zou toespitsen. Bijvoorbeeld door SEO te gebruiken of door betere titels te bedenken bij mijn blogposts maar uiteindelijk besluit ik steeds dat ik die tijd liever in het lezen en bloggen zelf investeer. Al zou ik het natuurlijk wel leuk vinden om nog meer gelijkgestemde zielen te ontdekken via mijn blog maar tja heel eerlijk … ik heb er gewoon de energie niet voor om me daarop toe te leggen. Meer eigen boeken lezen dat ga ik dan weer wel doen. Af en toe iets herlezen lijkt me ook fijn. Ik dacht trouwens dat ik goed bezig was met mijn tbr maar ondertussen kreeg ik in totaal 4 boeken cadeau én ik kocht er zelf ook eentje dat ik al een tijdje wilde.
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SEO kan ik mij ook nog steeds niet mee bezighouden haha.
Ik ben goed bezig met lezen, alleen zijn het er ondertussen al 5 van de bieb geloof ik. Oops.
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I love the idea of taking more time to post on retail sites. That’s something I should look into as well. We gotta support those wonderful authors who provide our books. ❤
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Yes I totally agree. I love that beat the backlist challenge that I am also participating in raises awareness for that.
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Wishing you luck in achieving all of this goals. And for sure reviewing every single book you read is not a must. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Reading pre-orders is something I definitely need to do—I’m not always great about that!
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Sometimes it is so hard to focus on those when something else has caught our attention in the mean time. 😉
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Not reviewing every book I read is a habit I’d like to adopt. When I thought I couldn’t write a full review for all my reads, I ended up writing mini-reviews, but this year I want to let myself not review books at all if I’m not in the mood. What a strange but necessary goal to have. Wishing you lots of luck with all your goals!
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Right? It eases off some of the pressure we have on our selves. I hope you will succeed in not writing reviews for every book. 🙂
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Reading pre-orders within two months is a great goal! I informally want to try and get more books checked off my Newbery Award winners list. 📚
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Thanks. And good luck with that. 😀
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