Weekend Update: 2011 Goals in Review & 2012 Goals Tweaked

[calico_reaction]

Now that I've talked about my reading goals for 2012 (you can read that post here), I want to talk about how well I did reaching my 2011 goals. For those of you who are waiting impatiently for my Top Ten list for the year, breathe easy. It's on its way, but it's just gonna be in a separate post

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[inverarity]

I posted mine here.

[calico_reaction]

Thanks! I saw that earlier... how did you get that lovely picture of books to the side, btw?

[inverarity]

Assuming you have all your books shelved on Goodreads:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID?order=a&read_at=2011&view=covers&sort=title&per_page=infinite

Then use a screen capture tool. (I use Pixlr Grabber for Firefox; it can grab everything on the page, not just the visible area on your screen.)

[calico_reaction]

Ah, interesting. Thanks!

[calico_reaction]

Yep! That's the Mount TBR Challenge! If you want to learn more about it and sign up, just click here.

[janicu]

Hey, with goodreads you could *sorta* follow how you rate things. I say sorta because their five star system I find UBER restrictive. I would LOVE IT if they let you give half stars. I feel like my ratings there aren't exactly accurate because I can't put that level of differentiation onto my reviews. There are books that I gave 4 stars to that I really wanted to give 4.5, but not 5. And books with 5 stars that I wanted to give 4.5 and not 4. And those sentences made sense to me as I typed them.

I feel you on wordpress. It's a long labor of love, that's for sure. If I were you, I'd be throwing up my hands at the idea of updating past reviews to have the same rating system! You are definitely a trooper.

[calico_reaction]

You know, I've not delved into the star ratings on Goodreads enough to even know that! Thanks for head's up!

Haha!

[ext_283115]

Archon is on my list too! High-five to Seton Hill peoples!

Re: Haha!

[calico_reaction]

Yeah, I saw it in the store the other day and couldn't resist. :)

[ardys_the_ghoul]

My only goal for 2011, as far as reading/books were concerned, was to read more than I did the previous year. Considering that at the time my reading had plummeted to a minimal amount, and that over the course of 2011 I read 26 books in total (not including books I started and didn't finish), I think I met that goal.

As a sidenote, 21 of the 26 were new reads for me, and only 5 of the 26 were re-reads. As someone who re-reads a lot (there is a handful of personal favorites that I think I read again at least once a year on average, HG Wells' The War of the Worlds being an example--and yes, that is one of the five), but who wanted to read more new things, I'd call that a great success.

I didn't really keep track of the books I started and didn't finish, but I can think of three off the top of my head:

Ratner's Star, Don DeLillo (still plan to read; it's also a book club assignment for books1001)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke (still plan to read)
Graveminder, Melissa Marr (dumped--not worth the effort

[calico_reaction]

I love keeping track of what I'm reading. It really helps with that sense of accomplishment, and I know the day will come when I can't remember if I read something or not, and I'll be able to check. :)

Good luck with the first draft of your novel!