Top Ten Bookish Goals for 2013

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

During my recap posts, I've already shared a couple of goals, but I guess I can scrounge up a few more and repeat those. Here goes.

1. Develop a manageable system for finding time to go visit blogs. I spend so much time reading that it's difficult to get around to too many other blogs, but I enjoy that, so I need to make time for it.

2. Write more opinion posts. I only started doing these recently, and I've noticed how popular they are, and they can be seriously cathartic to compose, so win all around!

3. Try to stress less about blogging. I really would love to post a new review everyday, but, sometimes, that's just not possible. For example, I don't think I'll have one ready for tomorrow, and I need to tell myself that there is nothing wrong with that and you won't all hate me.

4. Learn the art of the DNF. I rarely DNF, because I feel obligated to finish something once I start, or because I know I'll just end up trying to read it again later so I might as well buck up and finish now. Still, why put myself through a book I know I'm going to hate on page one? Do the mature thing, self, and walk away.

5. Read more books that weren't published in the current year. Basically, fit in more books that aren't FOR REVIEW, though I'll still review them obvs. Probably this means I'll just need to do more reading, because I'll still be accepting review books. :-p

6. Watch more television. Okay, okay, that's not really a bookish goal on the surface, BUT it's more like make time for other things that I like to do. Last year, I basically did nothing in my free time but read, and that was awesome and all, but I need a break, you know?

7. Read more manga. I love manga, but I only read a couple last year, so I'm going to need to get back into that again. I miss my shoujo, okay!

8. Be more careful with author interactions. Y'all, I don't want to deal with any anger that could be easily avoided, so I'm going to be very careful befriending authors whose books I haven't read unless it's proven they're chill about negative reviews. Also, I think I might not accept review requests from authors, because having to email them about how much you didn't like their book is AWFUL.

9. Start a series, finish a series. I have this bad tendency to read one or two books in a series and then get sidetracked, even if the series is all finished and ready for consumption. This sucks because, when I want to finish it someday, I no longer remember the books I've already read and I have to start from scratch. If possible, I want to finish what I've started!

10. Spread tasks out to make them easier. Cover Snark takes hours, but it wouldn't be so bad if I worked on it a little every day. Responding to comments, too. Just respond when they come in, and it won't be a big deal.