The first challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 Bookish Resolutions Challenge, hosted by Laura @ trips down imagination lane and Michelle @ Because Reading. The challenge runs from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017 and you can sign up here before 1st March 2017.
My 2017 resolutions are:
Reading Goals:
- Get my Netgalley ratio up to 80% and maintain
- January - 73%
- February - 76%
- March - 78%
- April - 75%
- May - 75% (I've not been reading Netgalley books so I'm happy with this)
- Reach a Goodreads goal of 75 books
- January - 9
- February - 15
- March - 20
- April - 22
- May - 25 (Better than last month, but not great)
- Read 30 physical books I own
- January - 1
- February - 3
- March - 6
- April - 8
- May - 9 (I'm still optimistic)
- Read 10 Classics
- January - 0
- February - 0
- March - 1
- April - 1
- May - 1 (Don't think this is happening)
- Reread 5 books
- January - 0
- February - 1
- March - 2
- April - 2
- May - 2 (Still happy with this)
- Get my TBR under 400 books (starting point of 432 books)
- January - 426
- February - 415
- March - 413
- April - 412
- May - 410 (This one's going good too)
Blogging Goals
- Keep Review List page up to date
- January - Yep
- February - Yep
- March - I think I'm a little behind with this
- April - To be honest, I've no idea...
- May - Yeah... going to look into this this month
- Comment on 12 blogs per month (excluding memes)
- January - 15
- February - 12
- March - 8
- April - 1
- May - 0 (I have had such a bad month this month in terms of blogging)
- Blog ahead 6 weeks
- January - 2 weeks
- February - 0 weeks
- March - 0 weeks
- April - 0 weeks
- May - 0 weeks (Not happening...)
Personal Goals
- Get my own place
- January - December - I'm actually going to keep this secret until I know something is actually happening. I don't want to jinx anything.
- Lose half a stone
- January - lost 2 1/2 lb so far!
- February - gained 2 1/2 lb... well that sucks! Back to where I started already!
- March - maintained weight which kind of sucks when I'm making an effort to lose :(
- April - Still making an effort and still maintaining weight :(
- May - Lost 5 lb!
This year I'm aiming for level 1 so 12 books and 1 book a month. These are the books I plan to read over the year:
- January - Odd and the Frost Giants, Neil Gaiman
- February - Quidditch Through the Ages, J.K. Rowling
- March - The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling
- April - Status Update, Annabeth Albert (failed - didn't even start)
- May - Misled, Sylvia Day (review coming soon)
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