Today we are both here to talk a bit about what our goals are for this new year. Most people have new year’s resolutions, but we’re going to stick with goals because goals are something to work toward and resolutions are something to change. Let’s get right into it!
Amanda’s 2020 Goals
- I want to focus on reading the books that I already own (mostly backlist) instead of getting caught up in new releases. Additionally, I want to make an effort to read the physical copies of these books instead of checking the ebooks out from my library and reading off of my phone. Reading physical books is my preferred format and I’d like to attempt to get back to reading primarily in that format.
- The past year or so I’ve gotten back into GoodReads with rating and sharing my reviews on there. I’m pretty liberal with my ratings and I base them completely off of enjoyment. But in 2020, I’d like to be a little more critical with my ratings, basing them a bit more on my overall thoughts on all the aspects of the book.
- I’d like to, by the end of 2020, finish all of the series (that are already completely published) that I’m currently in the middle of. This will include any that I pick up in 2020. I don’t want to enter 2021 with any unfinished series. I’m hoping to pick up books in a series one right after another this year instead of starting a series and slowly reading it with other books in between.
- Finally, I’d like to get back to writing my reviews shortly after I finish the book. Toward the end of 2019, I got in the habit of letting my reviews build up until I have five or six to write. I don’t want that to become a lasting habit. So, I’m doing well with this so far, but I’m writing it down to hold myself accountable.
Antonia’s 2020 Goals
- My first and main goal is simply to read more this year. I completely failed my goal for December and really want to start this year better.
- I’d like to get a little more involved with the blog this year starting with Top Ten Tuesday. It’s such a fun weekly post (one of the first we got into when we started the blog) and I’m hoping it’ll get me more motivated.
These are some of our goals for the new year! Do you have any blogging goals? Any goals specific to your reading habits? Leave a comment and share!
I agree I would really love to read some of the books that have been sat on my shelf for a really long time! Good luck with all your goals!
Thank you! Isn’t the endless tbr a struggle for every reader? Hah!
Finishing all current series is s big one!
I’m also planning on binge eating some series this year! (Will help with the problem of forgetting endings 😂)
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Same here! I have a few series that I have the whole thing already and definitely want to make sure to read them all close together
I also need to be better at posting my reviews shortly after reading them instead of letting 5-10 pile up and try getting them all done at once
I feel like when I do that I end up writing too similar reviews!
I sort of just do mini reviews. I normally don’t worry about them being too similar because I read books that are pretty different from each other during a month
Yeahhh. Some of mine end up being pretty short, especially for the books I didn’t like.
I find the opposite to be true. It’s much easier for me to go into a lot of detail for books I dislike than the ones I love most of the time
Yeahhhh. I don’t read a lot of books that I actively dislike. But when I do their reviews are always reeeally long. I meant more like average or boring books.
3 star reviews are the hardest in my opinion. There’s not really anything there to sway one way or the other so how are you supposed to write a decent review?
Yes exactly!