The Bookish Related
1- My first bookish goal is to read 35 books. I keep my
Goodreads and Story Graph goals low, but ones that are still achievable for me.
So far, I’ve read for books, so I’m on target, but the books I’ve finished were
leftover from 2020. Keeping my goals middle of the road like this means that I
can read a load of books, but the goals can still be achievable for me.
2- The second goal I want to do this year is reading
challenges. I am going to keep this a second goal because I want to talk about
them as a separate item. I am doing three book challenges this year, and the
books I read will be for all three of them. The first is for the Facebook group
TBR& Beyond, this is a yearly challenge.
Modern Mrs. Darcy is a website I enjoy, and so I am taking part in the
challenge this year. The challenge is a choose your own adventure, and I loved
that aspect of it. The third is for a Goodreads group called Procrastinators
Book Club. The challenges for the first and the last is to follow the prompts.
For this last one, I’m going to read 12
books. I’ll add my story graph challenges below if you would like to see the
prompts.
TBR& Beyond- https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/8354bbb4-e15e-4f45-b5ad-7b2afd822f59
Modern Mrs. Darcy- https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2cf8db25-e15c-4668-8b82-7222686177a2
Procrastinators Book Club- https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d5142d97-744e-49d6-a078-ce8b25ab6de4
3-A third goal for me is to read at least 3 days a week. So
far this year I’ve been doing a great job, but I don’t want the momentum to
fizzle before the end of the year. I need to read about three books a month for
my goal, and this will only be achieved if I read 3 times a week. I’m a moderate
reader, so I’m not one of those people who can read a book a week.
4- My last bookish goal of the year is to get some E-Arcs
from Net Galley and Edelweiss +. If you’ve read my tbr, you know that I have
some out right now, and I hope to continue to mix the E-Arcs, backlist, and new
releases this year. The E-Arcs is just my goal, but if I get myself to 50% I
will be so happy.
Other Creativity
related
5- My first creativity goal is to write a blog post at least
2-3 times a week. I think this will be easy for me, as I post memes two times a
week most weeks. This might be a simple goal to some, but I don’t want to
abandon my blog again.
6- The second goal in this category is a general writing
goal. I’m a writer, and I would love to get back into fanfiction and my
original stories. I’m not going to say a
word count goal for the year, but I would just love to find the balance between
my blog writing and my other writing.
Non-bookish or other
creativity
7- See a musical
I know that this seems odd. They might open theaters and Broadway in the fall. I need to get back
into a theatre and be in the room where it happens. I’m counting a movie
musical, such as In the Heights, or West Side Story. It’s been almost a year
since I’ve been in a theatre, and I just miss being in the theatre and seeing
a show.
8-Discover new music and musicals, and listen to music more
This is a general thing, but I need to listen to music more. I
have artists and music I love, but I just would rather watch TV than listen to
music. I feel like I could listen to
music while I read, but I don’t. I’m a
fan of Taylor Swift, and I have not heard her new album yet. I feel like there
is music I would like out there, and I just haven’t discovered it.
9- Support
creators
A general goal because my other goals were specific to what
I want to do for myself this year. I want to support creators this year by
going to their streams, going to their virtual shows, buying their music, and
buying from some bookish shops. I want to talk about the things I love on
social media because I might get someone else interested in something.
10- Talk to other bloggers and readers
I’ve been doing well with this so far this year. I want to
talk with other bloggers about books, and talk to people about books outside of
blogs, but in groups and on social media. I love seeing what other people are
reading and talking about books with others.
Listening to while I post this: Hamilton Act 1 but it's Muppets.
Reading challenges can be a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy the ones you selected.
ReplyDeleteSeeing a musical is another fabulous goal! Watching them on a TV or computer screen is cool, but they're even better live when you can see how everyone else is responding to the actors.
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DeleteReading challenges can be so much fun! I'm doing the 5-4-3-2-1 challenge, assigning a genre I want to read more of to each number and reading that many of them (I'm currently reading my 1 horror, for example). Good luck with yours!
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DeleteAs for your #10, "Hi!" Always happy to chat books and bookishly if you wanted to! The bookish community here is so lovely and supportive!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm definitely going to check out some of those reading challenges although I tend to be a mood reader and drift away from them!
These are my bookish New Year Resolutions, and some that I know I could not achieve!
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DeleteI need to keep my numbers reasonable too, since my reading was so down in 2020. Although hopefully I do better this year! Good luck with your goals!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg
DeleteThese are wonderful goals! Best of luck with your goals. I love number 10 on your goals! Last year, I got more involved with the blogging and reading community and it has been wonderful. If you ever want to talk bookish, you can always contact me! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Maya! I might take you up on that.
DeleteThese are wonderful goals! I really hope you are able to see a Broadway show this year, both for you and the rest of us hah. I think talking more to bookish people is always a wonderful goal to have- and will undoubtedly be a positive thing! Good luck to you, I am sure you'll do awesome!
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DeleteI need to check out StoryGraph. Good luck with your goals! I hope you can stop by:
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DeleteFinding new music is a great goal -- I keep track of the new music I discover every year and it's almost as much fun as logging books, haha (I haven't heard the new T-Swift album(s) either; only just got around to Lover this past summer). Discover Weekly on Spotify has been a great help.
ReplyDeleteI always listen to music when I'm on the computer -- like right now, in fact. I find it hard to listen to music with words when I'm reading a book, but weirdly it's no problem when I'm reading websites -- or writing.
I might check into Classical and Flim scores for reading!
DeleteI hope you're able to achieve all of your goals and I'm so there with you on getting back to the theater. I miss it so much.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzanne!
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