Happy New Year everyone! I hope the start of 2022 has treated you well. It certainly hasn’t been great for me, but crossing my fingers that better things are to come. Since it’s a new year, I wanted to just make some new goals for my blog to give myself some direction. So, at the time (on January 3rd, 12:25pm), here’s what I have in mind.
1.) Continue reviewing early copies when I receive them
-While I’m no longer a reading rep for Once Upon a Bookclub, I still have a NetGalley account and occasionally request a book to read and review before it’s release. I’ll be much more selective about my requests, but hopefully that will allow me ample time to get my thoughts out before the release date.
2.) Catch up on my 2021 release reviews
-Ha, so yeah, there are still two books I received early copies of in 2021 that I didn’t get around to reading before their release. Both had a lot of hype around them, but I just wasn’t in the mood to read anything for review towards the end of last year and didn’t want these books to suffer on my behalf. So the two I still need to read and review are You’ve Reached Sam, a debut YA contemporary by Dustin Thao which is sure to make me cry, and If This Gets Out, a dual-authored YA contemporary by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich which centers boybands and exploring sexuality. You can expect posts about them in the next few months.
3.) Continue with my Buzzword-a-thon posts
-I really had so much fun choosing books to fulfill the Buzzword Challenge prompt to read and/or write about every month. I’m definintely continuing the challenge into 2022, and I want to document my reads whether in the same capacity or in a differently formatted post. But either way I’m excited to pick 12 more books with these buzzwords.
4.) Introduce a new re-occuring post set
-Since I’d been enjoying the Buzzword Challenge posts, I was considering starting a new series where I talk about… well… book series, actually. I’m keeping track of which series I DNF, want to continue, and finish, and thought it would be fun to talk about the ones I’ve finished and loved (and maybe some that I continued but didn’t enjoy as well). I’m still trying to work out how, but I’m excited to give it a try!
5.) Not put any pressure on myself to post
-At the end of the day, this blog is really just for me. Sure, I post these reviews on social media and sometimes other people click on them to read, but mostly this is just a place to put down my thoughts about the books I’ve read. So unless I’m obligated to post, like a publisher has asked me for a review or I’ve received an ARC, I’m not going to push myself to put out posts that I don’t feel fully express my full thoughts.
I have a few bookish goals that don’t necessarily pertain to this blog, so I’ll keep them to myself for now and see how this year goes. I’ve accomplished a lot in 2021, and I’m really proud of so many posts I’ve put out in the past year. Here’s hoping there’s more good to come in 2022, and if you’re sticking around for the ride, I thank you with my whole heart.
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