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2019 Reading Goals

Hey everyone, Steph here and today I am going to talk about my reading and writing goals for 2019.

1- Be more active in the book blogging community

2018 was a wonderful professional year for me, however, I put my blog on the back burner. In the new year, I would love to review more books and build my platform on this blog and beyond. I would love to receive some arcs of books, and I'm not one to put myself on YouTube, so I thought this was the next best thing.

2- Try a readathon

I always say that I'm too busy, and because of that, I miss out on some pretty fun readathons. I want to start with a week-long one, however; I know that those are less common than just a day or two.

3- Read 30 books

I always set my Goodreads goal low, I was a student and now that I'm graduated I will have more time to read. I surpassed my goals this year, and so I want to up the goal by ten books.

4- Keep up with Buzzfeed Page Turners

Buzzfeed Page Turners is a Facebook Group by Buzzfeed with a book theme. The challenges are monthly, and what I love about it is that the prompts are general. It might be a specific genre, but it will not be a specific book that everyone needs to read.

5- Review 15 books

This goes hand in hand with my first goal. I would like to be more active, and the best way to do that is to do reviews right? I read a lot, and I have opinions and so I might as well put them out there right?

6- Write a historical fiction

I have wanted for years to write historical fiction,  the only thing was that I didn't have the time to put into it with the reading component. I'm not sure what era yet, however, I have this one aspect of the story in my head.

7- Write more fan fiction

Writing fan fics gives me so much joy and pleasure.  In the new year, I would love to have one or two chapters or stories up. I have various fandoms I would love to write for, so branching out in 2019 is also a goal.

8- Find and watch more BookTube

I know I said that I would not be cut out for BookTube, but I would love to find more like-minded folks on BookTube. I love watching videos; I am just not sure where to start with BookTube.

9- Become more active on Books & Writing Amino

Amino is a blogging platform with weekly events and discussions. I would like to start being more active and build my brand on the app.

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