Just a quick post to list some changes on the blog for 2012. I want to free up some time to get working on my NaNoWriMo project, so while I'll still be blogging away I've had to make some cuts! Just small cuts though, don't worry!
I won't be posting my Month in Review anymore. This is a post that takes more time than you would think to put together, so I'm saying bye bye to it in 2012. I might bring it back in the future, but for now the archive or list of reviews at the top of the page are the places to go to check out past reviews.
I'll no longer be announcing competition winners on the blog, but will be posting winners on Facebook and Twitter. I'll also email the winners, of course.
I'll be utilising Facebook a lot more in 2012, so if you want to see new book covers, trailers etc. that is the place to go. I'll be cutting down on book news/covers/trailers posts on the blog, but I'll be posting them on Facebook (in other words, if you want to like the blog on Facebook, that would be very cool!)
I've also cut way back on review acceptances (I think I've accepted two review pitches since September!) and even at that I still have a backlog of books to work through, so for now I'm not accepting review copies (apart from the publishers I'm already working with). I'll hopefully be open to review copies around March time once I've caught up with my reading.
This brings me to the Bucket List reading challenge. I have a ton of books on my shelves that have been there for over two years, and left to my own devices, I will never get around to reading them.
Thankfully, Jamie from The Eclectic Bookshelf thought of this great challenge idea:
The 2012 "Bucket List" Reading Challenge is the challenge to sign up for if YOU have a list of books that you are dying to read but just haven't gotten to them yet. The rules are simple for this challenge and I've also included a couple of sample "Bucket" Lists to provide a good starting point. NOTE: The link titled "Bucket List" Books is a list that I created and if you would like to add books to that list I encourage you to.
Rules:
1. Challenge starts on January 1, 2012 and goes until December 31, 2012.
2. You don't need a blog to participate.
3. Create a "sign up" post and link to the linky below.
4. There are 4 levels to this challenge....
a. The Mini Cooper level - 4 "bucket" list books
b. The Mid-sized Sedan level - 8 "bucket" list books
c. The Pick Up level - 12 "bucket" list books
d. The Semi level - 13 or more "bucket" list books
NOTE: I am adding a stipulation to this challenge. If you originally decided to start small with the Mini Cooper level and decide to upgrade that is fine. But once you decide to go big you can NOT downgrade.
5. Each month a review link will be posted. Please feel free to link up your reviews where ever you happen to post them...your blog, goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.
Rules:
1. Challenge starts on January 1, 2012 and goes until December 31, 2012.
2. You don't need a blog to participate.
3. Create a "sign up" post and link to the linky below.
4. There are 4 levels to this challenge....
a. The Mini Cooper level - 4 "bucket" list books
b. The Mid-sized Sedan level - 8 "bucket" list books
c. The Pick Up level - 12 "bucket" list books
d. The Semi level - 13 or more "bucket" list books
NOTE: I am adding a stipulation to this challenge. If you originally decided to start small with the Mini Cooper level and decide to upgrade that is fine. But once you decide to go big you can NOT downgrade.
5. Each month a review link will be posted. Please feel free to link up your reviews where ever you happen to post them...your blog, goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.
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I'm going to opt for 'Level B' here and plan on reading eight bucket list books from my list.
You can see my Bucket List: here
As an added incentive I've put myself on a book buying ban, but for every Bucket List book I read, I get to buy a book from my wish list. :)
Wish me luck!
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