Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Joood - Hooligan of Platypire reviews bossed me into doing this, so I guess this is a thing I do now.
This weeks theme is bookish resolutions/goals. I'm not sure if I'm ready for this can of worms because there are so many ways I could take this to start with, and I already know I'll fail at all of them, which would almost make this an exercise in futility. But let's give this a whirl and see if I can come up with some bookish things that I'd like to do better at in the future.
I think my main bookish goal is to stop having 33 books started. This will require me to finish several of the books I have currently started that I just can't seem to find the time to get to because I keep getting enticed by new books. My self-control is seriously lacking where books are concerned. Some of them will necessarily have to wait a few months though, because they are physical books in boxes on their way across the Atlantic and I don't know when I'm going to have access to them again.
Another thing I'd like to do better in 2018 is writing reviews right after I finish reading the books. I've gotten really bad about that in the past several months and have something like twenty to thirty books needing reviews right now. That's just kind of unacceptable.
I'd love to develop some self-control where "read-nows" are concerned on Netgalley. I just have such a hard time resisting the lure of books that I don't have to receive approval to read.
And while I'm on the topic of Netgalley, I really need to get better at reading those books in a timely fashion. I will probably (maybe) be posting my December State of the ARC post later today and you can see just how bad I've been on Netgalley.
In 2018 I'm going to try to be more consistent about posting on Instagram. I got out of the habit in like July of last year, so I have a whole lot of books to share at this point. I'm also hoping to settle on a photo style, and with luck my new house will have a place I can designate as my IG photo spot (but it probably won't.)
This coming year I'd also like to do a better job of reading my Goodreads First Reads wins. I spend time bragging about getting the books, but hardly find the time to read them, and I have a whole slew of them that I was super excited about winning that I have yet to get to, but hopefully 2018 will be my year for that.
And finally, I'd like to do a better job of sticking to my reading lists. I have several I could choose from but I sort of consolidate it on my monthly Platypire Read-A-Thon post. If I could just stick to that list, I'd probably feel like I was being more productive with my reading time. But it's just so hard.
And as a bonus, I want to consistently write more reviews than Joood - Hooligan of Platypire Reviews does so that she will have to sing a song every month and I will not.
So what are some of your bookish resolutions or goals? - Katie
*If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to leave a link to your post below. I'm finally falling into my new normal, but I'm still playing catchup from the past few weeks so it may take a bit for me to check out your posts, but I will return comments soonish (eventually).*
I think my main bookish goal is to stop having 33 books started. This will require me to finish several of the books I have currently started that I just can't seem to find the time to get to because I keep getting enticed by new books. My self-control is seriously lacking where books are concerned. Some of them will necessarily have to wait a few months though, because they are physical books in boxes on their way across the Atlantic and I don't know when I'm going to have access to them again.
Another thing I'd like to do better in 2018 is writing reviews right after I finish reading the books. I've gotten really bad about that in the past several months and have something like twenty to thirty books needing reviews right now. That's just kind of unacceptable.
I'd love to develop some self-control where "read-nows" are concerned on Netgalley. I just have such a hard time resisting the lure of books that I don't have to receive approval to read.
And while I'm on the topic of Netgalley, I really need to get better at reading those books in a timely fashion. I will probably (maybe) be posting my December State of the ARC post later today and you can see just how bad I've been on Netgalley.
In 2018 I'm going to try to be more consistent about posting on Instagram. I got out of the habit in like July of last year, so I have a whole lot of books to share at this point. I'm also hoping to settle on a photo style, and with luck my new house will have a place I can designate as my IG photo spot (but it probably won't.)
This coming year I'd also like to do a better job of reading my Goodreads First Reads wins. I spend time bragging about getting the books, but hardly find the time to read them, and I have a whole slew of them that I was super excited about winning that I have yet to get to, but hopefully 2018 will be my year for that.
And finally, I'd like to do a better job of sticking to my reading lists. I have several I could choose from but I sort of consolidate it on my monthly Platypire Read-A-Thon post. If I could just stick to that list, I'd probably feel like I was being more productive with my reading time. But it's just so hard.
And as a bonus, I want to consistently write more reviews than Joood - Hooligan of Platypire Reviews does so that she will have to sing a song every month and I will not.
So what are some of your bookish resolutions or goals? - Katie
*If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to leave a link to your post below. I'm finally falling into my new normal, but I'm still playing catchup from the past few weeks so it may take a bit for me to check out your posts, but I will return comments soonish (eventually).*
Great resolutions. I really need to develop some more self-control where Netgalley is concerned too. Not just the 'read nows' but all the requests. I get so trigger happy and never get them read in time.
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I pretty much don't get approved for requests anymore (my feedback percentage is too low so I understand), but the read nows are always there calling my name. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteAwesome resolutions! I think writing reviews right after reading books is always a bit hard too because you just want to jump into the next book. I think it's a great resolution to have though! When it comes to Netgalley, for me it's a bit of the opposite. I have had an account for a while but haven't requested because how nervous it makes me but I want to be a bit braver about requesting books.
ReplyDeleteAwesome resolutions! Good luck and I hope you have a great reading year!
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With the read nows, you don't even really request the books...You just say you want to read it and boom, it's yours to read. Then there's no fear of rejection. If you can exercise self-control, they are a good way to build up a feedback percentage so that publishers will be more likely to approve your requests for more popular titles.
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Good luck with these! I'd say not getting request happy on Netgalley is one of my goals for 2018, but I've already failed it, with 5 books from Netgalley already, less than a month into 2018!
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I don't even want to admit what I just did on Netgalley the other day (I think I grabbed 5 new books too, but at least 2 of them were for double-dips: books where I won copies through Goodreads giveaways, and in this case, it's so I can read them before release day because the copies I won on Goodreads are currently packed up for our move).
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I like your goals, but remember to have lots of fun with them and with your reading! Writing a review right after finishing is almost mandatory for me. Otherwise, I'm likely to forget a lot. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI will try, or I'll probably just forget I even wrote this post in a couple months and it won't matter anymore anyway. LOL. I have a pretty good memory for the written word, so I can go for a while without writing my reviews and still remember what happened...it's why I can have 33 books started at one time.
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I'm with you on the first one. I tend to have books scattered everywhere - one at work, one at home, one by the bed...
ReplyDeleteI'm horrible about getting reviews written in a timely fashion. It's a curse, but we can fix this!
Ah yes, the 'OMG it's from a big publisher and I don't have to worry about getting rejected'! I fall prey to that often as well. :)
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday, thanks!
...one in each bathroom, just in case... LOL.
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Damn thats a good list. You're reading 33 books right now? I thought I was bad with me reading about seven at a time. Hat's off to you lady! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's particularly bad because I started some of them in like 2015. I still remember what's going on in the stories though, so that's all that matters.
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Great list! I also want to get caught up on NetGalley! I have so many books that needs to be read at NetGalley!
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My Netgalley hole is out of control. I legit could not possibly eliminate it in a single year at this point it's that bad.
DeleteThanks for stopping by. - Katie