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Showing posts with label readathon. Show all posts

Reading Goals for 2017

Sunday, January 1, 2017

As we usher in a new year I cant help but reflect back on all the goals I set for myself at the start of the last year. True, I didnt work out every single day, I didnt wash my makeup brushes every other day, frankly 2016 sucked and there was alot that didnt go to plan. Still some things worked out, like my goodreads challenge and starting my bookstagram. So now I want to run through my plans for being a better reader in the year to come.

The Goals-

1) A new Goodreads challenge- I want to keep the same goal for number of books because I feel like its a good solid goal. 52 books, which means that theres about a book a week, giving some flexibility to reading. Some weeks maybe im super fast at reading, other weeks would be way slower or dedicated to binging like five seasons of any given show on Netflix. So its a good solid plan I hope and fingers crossed I can accomplish this goal again.

2) #DiversityBingo2016- I found this prompt on twitter and then found the video by Thesebooklions over on youtube. Basically they created a bingo sheet (Which ill include below if anyone want to see the prompts) with different suggestions for diverse books to read throughout the year. Its my hope to do at least half but im going to try for all of them, which if I manage will make over half of my reads this year diverse ones!

3) Reviews- I want to do more book reviews, and I have a new format that I hope to try for these though it might take some time to get them up and running. Still I really want to do more reviews, here in the new format and over on goodreads.

I know these might not seem revolutionary to most but they arent the easiest of goals for me, the girl with the gold fish memory. So im very hopeful I can work to accomplish some of these goals in 2017. Do you guys have any goals your anxious to tackle this year?

#TOMETOPPLE READATHON

Saturday, May 28, 2016

It has been a long while since I took part of a readathon. To be fair I have been reading, loads. But mostly they have been New Adult and Adult books on my kindle or phone before bed. Im three books ahead of my goodreads challenge and im feeling very good about it. So when I heard about the TomeTopple Readathon, hosted by Same over at Thoughts on Tomes I was excited. A challenge thats dedicated not to the small sprints of books but to the big honkers you put off because they will take some dedication? Im so in.

My TBR

The Challenges-
1. Read more than one tome (500+ pages)
2. Take a graphic novel break (doesn't need to be over 500 pages!)
3. Read a tome that is part of a series
4. Read over 500 pages in one week
5. Read an adult novel

I have two graphic novels (Suicide Squad goodness in preparation for the movie!) to break up my big books. The two Lux bind ups have over 700 pages each! Also They are two thirds of a series so thats also another challenge done. And for my adult read im going with American Gods because ive been so excited to dive into this one.

The Tome Topple Readathon is happening June 6th to June 19th so plenty of time to find some books you'd be interested in if you want to join in! Is anyone else partaking? Any suggestions on tackling the large books im hoping to get through? Drop any suggestions below!

 
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