2020 Book Blogger Goals

Hello 2020! New decade, largely the same old me but with a nice Aussie tan from my winter holiday.

One of my favourite things to do at the beginning of the year is make new years resolutions. I love planning things out, looking ahead at my life in minute detail and deciding how I can improve. I know, my head, a great place to be. Any-who, with the turn of the decade comes a new year and chance to look at back at my former goals and make a handful new ones for 2020. I’m going to start with a quick recap of last years goals.

Get to 600 blog followers

So apparently I started 2019 on 270 followers and I finished 2019 with 780 followers! I’m super proud of that, a 500 follower increase is more than I thought I could achieve. I’m hoping to hit the big three digits in 2020.

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Use Goodreads

Oh gosh, I’m still so terrible. I started kind of ok at updating it but I didn’t keep it up at all, I ended manually adding lots of the books I’d read last year. Oops. This year I’m going to track as I go and log on once a week to add a reading update.

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Not to Have any Reviews stored over a Month

Yeah this one failed, I read 37 books this year and published about 15 reviews… Woops. Another goal joining the 2020 list, I’m afraid.

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Post three times a week

This honestly just got too much. I didn’t have the time to post three times a week and wanted my content to stay fresh and well written (it takes me hours to write posts!). I’ll stick with a minimum of two for 2020, although I have a new and exciting series coming up for you all that might push me to posting three times a week.

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Read 6 historical fictions

I managed this one! But, honestly, I think it may have put me off historical fictions. Certainly of the YA variety. I find myself being way too critical when the plot couldn’t have happened, picking up on historical inaccuracies, and I found that a couple of these novels would explore themes of sexism at the time but allow their wealthy main character to be the exception, which grates me a bit. There might be a discussion post in this actually 🤔

Anyway, here’s the historical fictions I read:

1. Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
2. Stalking Jack the Ripper
3. Circe
4. Rose Under Fire
5. Huckleberry Finn
6. Alex and Eliza
7. Things a Bright Girl Can Do

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Complete the Classic a Month Challenge

This started off really great. Until about March. I got offered Muse of Nightmares by a publisher, which was super exciting, and then had to race through Strange the Dreamer and missed a classic and then poof, never got back to the classics. I don’t think I’ll be trying this again but I am hoping to continue to read diversely in 2020.

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Read 1 non fiction book

I actually did this! I read Becoming, Michelle Obama’s autobiography and I loved it! I’m hoping to read some more autobiographies in the new year so let me know if you have any recommendations.

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Try NaNoWriMo Again

I was unconvinced I’d be able to win this year and I was right, I didn’t quite manage it. But I am pleased that I gave it another go and very happy to have made more progress than last year. Maybe in 2020 I finish it?

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Complete the Duolingo Tree

In Januray 2018 I randomly took to learning French and, in January 2019 I had nearly completed the Duolingo Tree. Which was super exciting until they brought out a new update that put me three circle things away from finishing the tree but on only 1 crown (Duolingo people may vaguely understand this). So this update set back put me back to slowly working my way through the tree again. Grrr.

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Run a Thing

I ran many 10k things! Well, two official ones and many 5ks with mates. I got two shiny medals and am hoping to do a half marathon in 2020.

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Knit Something

I managed to knit my dinosaur toy a little scarf, which I’m very proud of. The goal of knitting a Weasley jumper is quite far away but maybe one day.

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And nowwwww, drum roll please, my 10 2020 goals!

1. Improve on my NaNoWriMo word count
2. Send at least one of my NaNoWriMo 2019 short stories off to a magazine
3. Get to 1000 (!!) blog followers
4. Get to 2000 Instagram followers
5. Run a half marathon
6. Do Duolingo everyday
7. Do something for muscle strength (I’m great at cardio but with the physique of a leaf)
8. Update Goodreads once a week
9. Reduce my food waste
10. Publish a discussion post once a month

Let’s Compare Notes

So there you have it. My goals. Bring on 2020. What are your goals? What do you think of mine? If you have a goals post feel free to drop a link or opinion in the comments!