Hope everyone has a fabulous new year!!
I've talked on twitter some about my new review policy and goals for 2013 but I thought I'd let everyone know what it is.
I'm not doing any challenges this year except the overall book count I do on Goodreads. I've decided that the love I have for reading sometimes gets smothered by the NEED I feel to complete challenges. So I'm getting back to my roots.
I love to read.
I want to read what I want to read when I want to read it.
Which brings me to my new review policy. It's simple. If I want to read your book, I will. If I don't I will say no (as nicely as I can).
I will be involved in less tours and read more of the books I've put off. I sorted my book shelf recently and discovered hundreds of books I've put off because of reading something I had to for a tour post or whatever. No more.
I will read what I want to read and then blog about it.
I will still do tours if I want to read the book.
I will still have giveaways and fun stuff on the blog. I just want to get back to why I started blogging in the first place. I love to read and then tell everyone about the book.
Hope your new year is fabulous and includes books.
Great Goals for this year. I completely agree with you on the challenges. I feel like I get too wrapped up in them and miss out on some of the books I would love. Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great plan for the new year. Getting back to one's roots is exactly what I'm doing this year too. Happy new year and happy reading!
ReplyDeletegood goal i understand well
ReplyDelete^^ have fun while reading it must stay a pleasure
happy new year
I think a lot of book bloggers lose the appetite for reading when they NEED to read certain books on certain days, etc. I also have gone back to read for fun because that's how I love it. Good luck with your reading goals and happy new year! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds great Val! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI'm actually participating in my first challenge this year for my adult blog :D
ReplyDeleteAs for tours, I found last year that I liked requesting books from publishers better than requesting to review a book in a tour. So I'll be doing more publisher relations :)
Happy New Year!:)
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome, Val. I'm w/ya.
ReplyDeleteMy goals are pretty much the same. I really want to read some of the hundreds of books I have bought, won, or been gifted, but I always put them off for review books. I won't do that anymore. I am already scheduled a few months into the year, but I am not taking on any review books for a while. It's not that I don't want to read the books I have for review, but I also want to read the books I have been wanting to get to too. I am only doing my Goodreads challenge and the TBR pile challenge. (So I can read some of my neglected books.)
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