I really hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! 2011 has been a great one and I hope everyone has a very happy 2012!
I've had a lot of fun blogging this year. I've found a lot more comfort in it and I really don't stress nearly as much as I used to. :) There will be even more changes in 2012! I've already been plotting with Lisa (my blogging twin at A Life Bound By Books) and we are coming up with some features we'd like to do. We had an absolute blast with Haunted Halloween again this year and do plan to do it for the 3rd year in a row in 2012! Soon we will have a survey up to see what, if any, changes are needed. We'd love to get the opinions of the readers who were kind enough to join in on the fun!
The Top 10 event was something else we really had fun doing and we already agreed to do it again next year. I have gotten so many book ideas from checking out the posts and I really hope everyone else enjoyed sharing their favorites and seeing what everyone else loved.
I had a few blogging goals for this year, and for the most part, I kept up with them :) I tried to comment more (but mostly failed on this one). I'm really going to try to be better at that! I did manage to read a ton more books this year. I only read 79 last year (eek!) but this year my goal was 100 and I read 117! Here are my final totals for the year.
117 Books Read!
36,776 pages read!
435 posts this year!
Not bad. For 2012 I'm going to set my goal at 110. And I can't believe I've read almost 40,000 pages this year. Isn't that crazy?! If you are on goodreads, you can actually get your page count by going to "My books" then "stats" on the right (Thanks Lisa for that tip!).
This should be an exciting year because, after 2 years of graduate school, I'll be graduating in June! I have 2 more classes that start next week and then my thesis course starts in March. I'm very happy about that but very anxious too. I don't know what to expect with the thesis but I will be thrilled to NOT have classes anymore. 6 years of college is just craziness!
So, what about you? Did you meet your reading goals? Are you a blogger with some New Years resolutions? :)
I had a ton of fun blogging this year too. I can feel that 2012 will be even better! I'm excited to see what new features you come up with...and I loved the Top 10 of 2011.
ReplyDeleteI have some blogging resolutions. I plan on including authors much more on my blog. I will be starting with my first author interview next week. I also would like to get to know other bloggers more and comment more on other blogs.
Congrats on surpassing your goal! I completed my goal as well, but I don't feel like I am any further into my tbr pile! There are too many good books being released all the time that I keep adding to my list!
Happy New Year to you!!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year! You did amazingly in your reading goal. My goal was 50 and I read 71. I'm pretty happy with myself since I had a baby in March and wasn't even sure I'd make 50! But this year my goal is higher. Usually its 100, but I don't get as much reading time anymore.
ReplyDeleteAnd whoo to graduating this year! That is awesome! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us!
Happy new year!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for a new year in blogging and can't wait to continue the fun. I have a number of goals this year, but the primary goals are really to just be more creative and to have fun. Be more consistent, but don't feel the pressure, and don't kick myself if I don't have a post up. I can't wait to see what everyone creates in this new year!
ReplyDeleteReally my this year has been an awesome one...I enjoyed every bit of blogging this year & also visited many many other blogs too..!!!
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