IT’S MY BIRTHDAY SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO POST A LIST OF BOOKISH ASPIRATIONS AND WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPS??
Some of you may have noticed that I have recently added a Goodreads widget to my blog. Now, Goodreads is not something I am very good at using consistently. The one year I set myself a reading for the year target I failed it basically because I forgot to mark a book as ‘read’ after I finished it. I also constantly forget to rate books and marking them as currently reading. Bottom line, I’m just hopelessly hopeless at Goodreads. I’m sorry!
I suppose now that you’ve read that, you’re probably wondering why on earth I have bothered adding a Goodreads widget to my blog? Well, I am going to try and get into a routine of using Goodread. Hopefully sooner rather than later I’ll get used to it and stop forgetting!
It’s really annoying you see because I have absolutely zero clue what number of books I’ve read this year, all because I’m to lazy to keep track!
I want to try an get better though and so I am going to set myself a couple of goals for the month of October and 2018. Hopefully I can look back on this contract like goals and actually do everything it tells me to!
- In 2018 you must set yourself a reading goal and not forget to update it.
- Beginning from October you must rate books on Goodreads.
- You must add books to your ‘want to read’ shelves. This is a win win really because you’ll be completing your goal and you will remember some books you want to read!
- You must actually download the Goodreads app.
- You should also begin to transfer reviews from your blog over to Goodreads.
- And finally, YOU MUST REMEMBER YOU HAVE GOODREADS
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I am most definitely going to forget about this… So here is my Goodreads contract, I’m sure I’ll do great!
I want to know your thoughts! Are you a religious Goodreads user or are you a slacker like me?
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Good idea! I really struggle with Goodreads as well. If someone thought it actually represented my reading habits, it would like like I read 10 books a year, half unfinished and the other half taking either 1 day or 6 months each 🙂
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I am the exact same, I always forget but sometimes I think goal setting (such as mine above) really does actually help although I’m already breaking it. My Goodreads already thinks I’ve been reading the same book for a month 😂
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I struggled with remembering to use Goodreads as well when I first got it, but adding friends is definitely a great way to start using it more! Also it’s great to see your statistics at the end of the year and track new releases!
Marie x
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I have had it long enough that I should be in the way of using it by now! I’m really hoping to get better at it though as I can definitely see the benefit of it! Here’s to no more forgetting the names of books I want to read! 😊
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