Hi hello and welcome to day four of #Project14Lists! Today, I'm going to be talking about some of my goals for my blog in 2019. I have some things that I'd really like to change about my blog and some goals that I would like to achieve as a blogger in the new year. I feel like some of these are probably a bit ambitious, but I also really want to become much more serious about my blog and have it become something that I'm very proud of! January is my blog-iversary and I'll have officially been talking about books on the internet for five whole years. But at that, I, unfortunately, don't feel like I have much to show for how long I've been blogging. On the other hand, a new year means new goals and a chance to show that I'm serious about this thing that grew from an occasional hobby to something I want to do all the time. Let's get started!
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1. Be more consistent with my posts

2018 was the year I finally started utilizing the schedule post function and wow was it helpful! I sat down and wrote several posts in a row and just scheduled them to go live at a certain time and boom, easy peasy way to at least appear like I'm a consistent blogger. But next year, I genuinely want to be on a schedule with my posts and be a consistent blogger for real!

2. Format my posts better

I want to make my posts look pretty. I know, it's super basic and probably silly to say, but I see so many bloggers with really, really nice posts and I want to have that for my posts! I want pretty header images and fancy text and all of the other things that I don't have yet but really want to work on having next year.

3. Format my blog better

Clearly, I use Blogger to host my blog and even after five years, I'm still learning how to work this thing. But I think I'm starting to get better about working it and am slowly but surely on my way to making my blog look exactly how I want it to look! In 2019, I want to make my blog perfect. If anyone has a Blogger hosted blog and has any tips, I'd love to hear them!

4. Work on making my post titles nicer/more intriguing

For...probably the entire time I've had this blog, my post titles have been pretty much the same across the board. It may be a small and trivial thing in the long run but I've been encountering so many book bloggers who don't just have their book review titles as "Book Review: (Insert Title Here) by (Insert Author Here)" but rather a title that relates more to the book that they're talking about, be it a line/quote or even a play on the title. 

5. Make an effort to reach out and support other bloggers!

Our community is a small one and I really feel that we need to make an effort to support each other, especially in the new year. So I plan to make it a point to discover new bloggers and support the ones that I already follow and love. If you'd like to find some new bloggers to follow, check out my list of some of my favorite bloggers of 2018 here!
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And that's it for day four of #Project14Lists! I know this list is pretty small and not too terribly exciting, but I feel like I'd rather start small and grow my goals instead of being too ambitious and completely failing at the beginning of the year. I'd love to know some of your 2019 blog goals if you have any so feel free to share some in the comments! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for another day of #Project14Lists!

Hi hello and welcome to day two of #Project14Lists! Today, I'll be talking about some of my favorite blog posts of 2018. Yesterday, I was able to wrap up all of the posts that I've made (so far) in 2018 and it made me want to talk about some of my favorite posts that I wrote this year. From reviews to blog tours to tag posts, I have a fairly wide variety to talk about and I'm excited to share my favorites. These are in no particular order, but are probably ordered from early 2018 to now. Let's get started!
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1. Top 10 Books of 2017

This is a wrap-up of my 10 favorite books from last year! It was so much fun to put together a list of my 10 favorites, although it was also difficult to narrow it down because I read a whopping 97 books in 2017. But going back and seeing this post again made me super excited to talk about my top ten (or maybe I'll narrow it down to five) books I read in 2018!

2. Book Review: Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

This was my second read of the year and was also my second five-star rated book of 2018! I can't put into words how much I love this book and how much fun I had reading and writing the review. This is easily one of my favorite books of the year and of all time and I'm so excited to share my thoughts on the sequel, Song of the Dead!

3. Book Review: Zenith by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings

So, this might be a weird one to put on this list but it's for a pretty good reason (at least, I think so). This book got SO MUCH hype for quite a while and I'm not gonna lie, I went with the hype. I had read the short story whenever it came out forever ago and I was really excited to hear that it was becoming a full book because I actually enjoyed the short story! And then I read the full book. Well, okay, I read half of the book because I just...couldn't keep going. This review was about a book that I did not finish and I was hesitant to post it because everyone was raving about how much they loved it and I was honestly worried that I would be attacked for having a different (and probably negative) opinion than everyone else had. But I took the plunge and posted it and didn't seem to get any hate about it, so that's a good thing! I was really proud of myself for posting a review that was so drastically different from the majority of the reviews out there and it made me more confident to post reviews like this more often in the future.

4. The Merciless IV: Last Rites Blog Tour! 

This was a very exciting post for me because I was invited by Penguin Teen to take part in this blog tour and did a super fun Instagram post relating to The Merciless IV! I felt like a super fancy blogger when I was asked to take part in this and it really boosted my confidence level as a book blogger this year. But I just loved putting together my review and my Instagram post relating to this book and it's one that I will always remember!

5. Blogtober 2018 Day One- October TBR!

This is a more simple post but it's one that started my two-week posting streak in October and that just amazes me. I've never been super consistent with posting and it really just depends on how I'm feeling from day to day if or when I post something new. But in October, I wanted to try and do Blogtober and was successful! Well, for 14 days, at least. But it was still a big deal to me and really motivated me to do Blogmas this month! Which I failed at. Oops.

6. TCo3 Birthday Celebration: Maggie Character Spotlight!

This was such a fun post to put together! Maggie is a character from one of my favorite trilogies, The Chronicle of the Three by Tabitha Caplinger. Let me rephrase that, Maggie is my favorite character from that series! I loved getting to share some things about her and some funny photos and thoughts about the character from the author herself. If you haven't read the series yet, it's one I highly recommend you pick up!

7. Wicked Reads Blogger Campaign!

Another post where I got to work with Penguin Teen! This time, it surrounded Halloween and I got to create a fun post involving candy, costumes, and peculiar children. Another one that I won't forget having the opportunity to work on!

8. Blogmas 2018 Day 13: 10 Favorite Book Covers of 2018!

And my last favorite post of 2018 is, surprise surprise, a post all about book covers! I love getting to talk about books I love and also the book covers so this was a post that I just blabbed on and on about all of the covers and how beautiful they are. I also talk way too much about The Cruel Prince and Vicious/Vengeful as if I don't already talk about those books enough.

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And that's it for day two of #Project14Lists! I really enjoyed getting to list some of my favorite posts from this year and going back and reading them. I have so many fun memories attached to each of these posts and I hope that you get a chance to check out one or two of them! Let me know some of your favorite blog posts that you made this year because I would love to check them out. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for another day of #Project14Lists!

Hi hello and welcome to day one of #Project14Lists! I'm so excited to finally get started on this project and share some of my lists that I've made. Today, I'll be doing a wrap up of some blog posts that I made in 2018! Let's get started!
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1. 15 posts in January

2. 2 posts in February

(0 in March) 

3. 1 post in April

4. 3 posts in May

5. 7 posts in June

6. 9 posts in July

7. 2 posts in August

8. 3 posts in September

9. 15 posts in October

10. 3 posts in November

11. 12 posts in December (so far!)

Of those posts

 -13 are reviews

-10 are bookish tags

-14 are blog tours (which I also included in reviews)

-21 are Blogtober and Blogmas (combined)

-2 are posts that I got to make with Penguin Teen!

-6 are Biannual Bibliothon related posts

-5 posts are my most anticipated releases of 2018

-5 posts are book cover reveals

2018 has been a lot of up and down for me personally and you can really tell in the number of posts from month to month. Some months I did well, and others, I didn't do anything. But I'm cutting myself some slack because I was going through chemotherapy and radiation this year so I think it's safe to say I didn't need to be on top of keeping up with my blog too much! I'm really quite proud of this little wrap-up of the number of posts, though, and it's really motivating me to try and top that amount of posts in 2019!
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And that's day one of Project 14 Lists! This is super exciting to see how well I did, considering the things I've been going through this year. I did not expect to see such a high number of posts when I was going through and tallying things up but I'm so happy and proud of myself! I know I'll be adding at least 13 more posts before the end of the month so that's even more added to my total for 2018 and I can't believe it! Let me know some of your 2018 blog post stats in the comments or feel free to share your link to day one of #Project14Lists! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for another day of #Project14Lists!