Tuesday 28 December 2010

Blogger Resolutions and Books to read in 2011

As a new book blogger of 2010 I hereby promise to maintain these resolutions in the upcoming year. 1.) The most obvious resolution is to read, read, read! As much as I can whenever I can. I have this terrible problem where I can sit on twitter all evening long or I sit and watch YouTube video after YouTube video. As much fun as it is to do those things I don't need to do them as often as I do and certainly not for the length of time that I do. So my new thing is going to be to spend more free time reading! 2.) Comment on blogs more often. If you’re on my blog roll chances are I follow your blog religiously. “But you hardly ever comment!” I hear you say. Yes that is true I’m really bad with leaving comments. I myself know what a lovely feeling it is to have people take the time to comment on something you’ve written so I vow to do this more in the future and spread the comment warm fuzzys! 3.) To take up Waiting on Wednesday. I LOVE this meme and I did take part in it when I started blogging but then I couldn’t find time for it anymore so gave up. I think WoW is a fab meme for finding out about upcoming titles and sharing with others books you’re excited about so I’m going to try and at least do a WoW every other week so keep your eyes peeled for that! 4.) Carry on keeping on top of review books and reviews. 5.) Carry on writing honest reviews and not being swayed to write a more positive review for fear of upsetting anyone. 6.) Meet lots of new blogger friends! The blogging community is such a lovely thing to be part of and whilst I have met so many wonderfully bookish people this year I want to carry on and meet so many more of you in 2011. I want to find new book bloggers and make them feel as welcome as everyone made me feel. Books to read in 2011 I can’t believe how many amazing sounding books I missed out on this year, so here’s a list of some of those books that I really want to get read in 2011 1.) The Mortal Instruments series and Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare- even though I DID make a start on this series I still need to read City of Glass and Clockwork Angel. I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve read so I’m excited to carry on with this series in 2011! 2.) Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl- How did I *NOT* read this book? I loved Beautiful Creatures so I really need to get round to this one ASAP! 3.) The Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty- again I started this series loved it and haven’t yet read the last 3 books! I really need to because JD is AMAZING! 4.) Firelight by Sophie Jordan- I’ve been looking forward to this book for so long. It’s waiting patiently on my shelf and I WILL get round to it in 2011! 5.) Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder- Another series that I love and this is the last book. How could I not have read the last book to one of my favourite author’s series? I haven’t been on a huge fantasy kick this year so I’ve put it off but I definitely want to suck it up and get this read in 2011 Do you have any blogger resolutions that you want to make for next year? Leave me a comment or feel free to do your own post, just make sure to link back to me and post your response in the comments so I can check out your resolutions :-)

11 comments :

  1. Those sounds like wonderful resolutions. I wish you nothing but the best of luck with those. One of my goals is to make more blogging friends in the YA blogosphere since I'm all about the YA right now.

    Best of luck in the new year and happy reading!

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  2. fab idea! I need to read firelight too! I have had it on my shelf for ages - might put it off until next year as a UK debut for DaC now!

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  3. Excellent resolutions, Jess, and I love the books you intend to read...can't wait for your reviews :)

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  4. Great blogging resolutions! I was doing well with keeping on top of my reviews until I got hooked on Vampire Academy. Now my review pile is piling up, and all I want is more Dimitri and Rose! lol!

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  5. Fantastic resolutions, Jess! I've just drafted my blogging resolutions post and one of mine is to comment more too. It can be difficult sometimes but comments make people smile :)
    I know what you mean about the internet taking up so much time, time goes down the drain before you know it. Good luck for next year!

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  6. Very nice list of resolutions you have here. And I like that you want to write honest reviews, instead of always turning out positive cheery ones. You aren't going to like every book, so why always write a positive review? You can be honest & be nice :-)

    Make City of Glass & Clockwork Angel your first series to read in 2011! hehe

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  7. New visitor here. Hello! :)

    Great new year resolutions!

    I'm currently reading Clockwork Angel. I'm about half way through it and loving it!

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  8. Thanks guys! I'm going to try my best to stick to them for you, I've tried to make them practical yet productive so I don't have too much trouble keeping on top of them! Can't wait to read the books also ^_^

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  9. I can definitely relate to your resolutions. I really need to comment more too. I read so many blogs every day and often I don't comment because I'm not sure I've got anything particularly interesting to say... but then when people leave me comments I really like it, so I should just take the plunge more often I guess.

    By coincidence, I've been meaning to read the Jessica Darling books too. I haven't read any of them though - I even got so far as ordering the first one, which then turned out to be out of stock. I'll try to fix that early this year!

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  10. They're great resolutions and great books to read as well. I know how hard it can be to take the time to comment on other peoples blogs, whilst reading, reviewing and blogging! Here's to 2011 - I hope you have a lovely start to the new year!

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  11. As I said on Twitter, great resolutions! Finally got round to doing mine today. Hope we can both keep them up!

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