I can't believe 2018 will be over in a few hours! It's a great time to check in on those blogging and reading goals I set at the beginning of the year before I come up with some new goals for 2019! I also want to wrap up the year-long challenges I participated in.
Blogging Goals
- Participate in at least two reading challenges. Pass! I participated in two year-long challenges (recapped below) and also did a summer challenge and Nonfiction November (more of an event than a challenge).
- Come up with new or different ways to present our travels. Pass-ish? In addition to our hiking posts, I did two posts recapping trips we took and another on spots I want to check out the next time we're in Las Vegas. The brainstorming I wanted to do to for this goal never really happened. I did a post incorporating books and Disney World, so that might be something to explore more next year.
- Learn more about the technical side of blogging. Fail! I don't know why I added this as a goal.
- Start doing monthly recaps. Pass! Monthly recaps have been some of my favorite posts to put together. I add to it all month long, and it's been a fun way to see everything I've read and blogged in any given month, as well as connect a bit more with readers.
- Read or reread at least six classics. Pass! I read exactly six classics.. and then stopped. So, I'm glad I read them, but I probably wouldn't do this again.
- Read at least one nonfiction book per month. Pass-ish! While I didn't reach my goal of reading one nonfiction book per month, I did read way more than 12 nonfiction titles for the year.
- Listen to more audiobooks. Pass! I've listened to 15 audiobooks this year for a total of almost 130 hours of audio. Considering I only listen to them when I'm driving to and from work, I think this was pretty good!
Originally I chose 30 titles for Beat the Backlist 2018, hosted by NovelKnight. Of those 30, I read 27, DNFed 2, and skipped one because I realized I didn't actually want to read it! However, I read way more backlist titles than just the ones on my TBR and ended up reading 64 backlist books in 2018.
I joined the Nonfiction Reading Challenge, hosted by Doing Dewey, to help me with my goal of reading more nonfiction in 2018, and it definitely worked! I ended up reading 28 nonfiction titles this year.
How did you do on your 2018 reading and blogging goals?
Ah you're good to join challenges! I never do it ;) For some reason I feel more pressure to read when I'm participating in an official challenge!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I get that, I just try to pick books I know I was going to read anyway or stuff I want to make sure I get to!
DeleteWow, you did really good with your goals! Happy 2019.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Thanks, Aj! Happy new year!
DeleteAwesome job!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Grace!
Delete64 backlist titles? Wow, that is amazing! Sounds like you kicked butt on all of your goals. I hope that 2019 is just as successful for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Suzanne!
DeleteYou did really well with backlist. I do most of my backlist via audio, though I have been mixing in more older books since I introduce the new feature on my blog. I often need motivation to do things.
ReplyDeleteI think your new feature is a great way to incorporate backlist titles!
DeleteYou did awesome!! Can't wait to see what you do in 2019!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWonderful job, Angela! What a way to end a year! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteJennifer Tar Heel Reader
Thank you, Jennifer!
DeleteYou did so well! I want to do monthly tbrs but adding a recap section might be interesting. I wouldn't have been able to do the six classics so good on you for being able to read them. I'm so bad with reading nonfiction. I think in the future I might try reading them but I'm too stuck into my fiction ways. Good luck with any new goals you are planning for next year and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Adriana! There are definitely genres I enjoy more, but I did want to try to read more nonfiction, so that was good.
DeleteWow, you did really well with all your goals! Congrats! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura!
DeleteWahoo!!! Congrats on completing so many of your goals! That's so exciting!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erica!
DeleteI think you did very well on your goals and I loved your travel posts. Well, I loved all your posts, but it was fun seeing where you guys went and hiked. Disney - I'll watch for that one. :-)
ReplyDeleteHaha, thank you very much, Kay!
DeleteYou did awesome on your challenges! I only do a few as I can't take to much on right now but I completed them this year and I am happy about that! YAY!
ReplyDeleteMary
Awesome job, Mary!
DeleteOh wow, you did great with your goals! I feel you about the classics. I pretty much only read them when I have a retelling of one that I want to read lol.
ReplyDeleteHaha, right? Like I had never read Pride and Prejudice, and then I came across a retelling and felt like I had to read the original first.
DeleteLooks like you had a great reading year! Wishing you a happy New Year and lots of great reading ahead!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Iliana, you too!
DeleteGreat job on your reading goals. I'm jealous. :) Hope you have another successful year.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cheryl!
Deletewell done, and good luck for 2019!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on doing so well on your goals, it looks like you completed all the ones that were important to you!
ReplyDeleteThat's very true! Thanks so much, Kim!
DeleteWow! No matter how you distributed your nonfiction reading, that definitely sounds like a pass to me. And I very much admire your backlist progress. That's something I always struggle with!
ReplyDeleteI think I have way more backlist than new titles on my TBR, which I think is surprising for a blogger!
DeleteSounds like you did really well! And good job on the backlist reading!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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