Actually Possible 2016 Book Goals

Hey there internet...it's been a while!!

I made a video which (sort of) explains the no posts anywhere for most of

2015, but let's forget all of that now.

So last year i made a whole bunch of reading and book related goals for

the year, and it's safe to say that i pretty much failed all of them.

This year i thought i'd give myself much more realistic and possible goals

so that the awful pressure and feeling of failure goes away a bit.

So here are my 2016 bookish goals.

1. Read More. I don't care what i read, or how much i read, i just want to read more than i did last year. I love reading so much and last year it just went out of the window for many different reasons, but hopefully this year i'll be fine.
2. Care less about the GoodReads reading challenge. Okay so i set my 2016 goal as 40 books, which is 1o more than last year, but this year i don't care if i reach it or not. Last year i was so stressed over not completing this goal that meant nothing, so this year i'm not getting drawn into that again.
3. Blog more. Like reading i just gave up on the blog last year, which i deeply regret because i love my little blog, so this is the year where i want to come back and care again. I've missed writing my thoughts on books down, so this year i'm just going to do it. Not care who's reading, or about the messages telling me how Wrong i am about books. I just want to write again.
4. Vlog more. Same as above really. I love making videos and last year i let everything get in the way of it. So this year i WILL film more. 
5. Finish all the series'. Okay so confession time: i start a LOT of book series' but never finish them?? This year i am determined to change that.

And that's all really...i think they're all doable??

Anyway, happy 2016 <3

Meghan xxx 

2014 Bookish Resolutions!

Happy New Year internet!! I hope you all had a wonderful new year however you spent the night. As everyone knows the new year is the time when people make resolutions of things they want to do that year, mainly to improve certain aspects of their lives, and i want to do make a list of resolutions all to do with books, reading habits, and all things that revolve around the two. 

Here we go!

1) Make more time for fiction!

Okay this seems like a bit of a silly one, even to me, but for the second half of this year fiction has kind of fell away from my immediate reading pile due to all the reading i have to do for uni. Even though my uni reading isn't going to die down until around September i still want to make more time to read for fun. I miss fiction and i miss getting lost in new worlds, and i'm definitely going to make a lot more of an effort this year!

2) Review everything i read!

So this one is pretty self explanatory, i want to review every single book i read. Well, i want to review all of the books i read for fun, i'll save you from the pain of all the uni reading. I really enjoy reviewing books and i haven't done it as much as i wanted to since i started this blog back in June so i want that to change in 2014.

3) Finish more series'!

I have this bad habit of starting a series, and then just never reading the last book. So this year i will change that! All but one of the books i have planned for immediate reading are the last book in a series. I need to know how these stories end and i keep putting them off because i don't want them to end. I will finish all the series'!

4) Only buy a book for every book i finish!

This is basically me putting myself on a book buying ban for 2014. I keep buying books and then not reading them for the longest time, so i'm only allowing myself to buy a book when i finish one. However i want to add a part to this and say that before i buy a book, with the exception of the two i'm going on the hunt for tomorrow and the one i have on pre-order, i want to read at least ten books before i buy more books.

5) Only buy books i know i'm going to read!

I always buy books that i think will be great when i'm in the shop, then when i get home i realise that i will probably never read them and end up giving them away, so that needs to stop! I have this plan of really looking into books and reviews before i actually buy a book, i know that i won't stick to that plan but it's nice to have it there to start with. 

6) Get more involved in Read-a-thons and BookTube-a-thon!

I really love the idea of these, and i watch all of the videos about them, and then i never take part in any of them, and i want that to change! So starting this year i'm going to take part in any that i can, and hopefully that will help with a few more of my resolutions!

Finally, 7) Start making videos!

I've wanted to get involved with the BookTube community for so long, and i think this is the year i'm going to finally start! I'm not sure when i'm going to start but i know that it's something i really want to do before the end of the year!

Meghan x

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