Bloggiesta Finish Line

Well, peeps, it's Sunday evening and I'm ready to curl up with a cocktail and watch Revenge. I only had a day to work on Bloggiesta, but all my goals were accomplished. Here's a summary:

• Write reviews for Weak at the Knees and Kindness Goes Unpunished. Done! You know that feeling where you're like, "Idk what to say about this book," and an hour later you've written 1,000 words about it? Yeah.
• Complete a few minichallenges (I actually finished 2 on Friday night even though I hadn't officially started Bloggiesta-ing yet). Done! I complete The Book Vixen's IFTTT challenge and another challenge. Unfortch I can't remember it was. Trust me?
• Participate in Sunday's Twitter chat (#bloggiesta if you want to join in). Done! I was a little late but I made it.

I didn't get as much work done on my blog this Bloggiesta as I wanted to, but then again I never do. I did get what needed to be done, though, so yay!

Thanks to the organizers and mini-challenge hosts for another great Bloggiesta!


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Bloggiesta: Better Late Than Never

I know Bloggiesta—the blogging fiesta—is almost over, but I only now have time to start working on things. Here's my limited to do list:

• Write reviews for Weak at the Knees and Kindness Goes Unpunished.
• Complete a few minichallenges (I actually finished 2 on Friday night even though I hadn't officially started Bloggiesta-ing yet).
• Participate in Sunday's Twitter chat (#bloggiesta if you want to join in).

And don't forget to complete the minichallenge me, Tif, and Becca are hosting over at Book Bloggers International before the weekend's up. It's a fun and easy way to discover new book bloggers.

If you're participating in Bloggiesta, how are you doing?



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Bloggiesta Finish Line

Yet another Bloggiesta is over. This weekend I didn't get as much done as I'd planned. You know how sometimes it feels like the universe has some nefarious plot to keep you from getting anything done? That was pretty much my weekend. BUT. I did complete my first goal, catching up on my posts for the Liquid Persuasion blog. I wrote over 30 posts! It took foreverrrrrrr. I'm exhausted. But I'm glad I did it because it needed to be done.

I'm really glad there are events like Bloggiesta to give me a kick in the pants to get these housekeeping tasks done! How was your weekend?



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Bloggiesta Starting Line

Hello, everyone! It's that time again, when I devote more time than usual to fixing up things on la blahg for Bloggiesta, the blogging fiesta!

Here is my to-do list:

• I really need to catch up on posts for Liquid Persuasion. I don't know why I get so far behind on that blog.
• Update links on my resume.
• I'm starting a new blog with Becca from Lost in Books and Tif from Tif Talks Books called Book Bloggers International, which has a planned launch date of April, so I'm going to do some stuff with that. Schedule posts, etc.
• Maybe I'll write a few posts while I'm at it.

Anyway, those are my weekend plans! Plus working. What will you guys be up to?

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Bloggiesta Finish

Ole, mes amis! There I go, mixing my languages again. The mini-Bloggiesta is almost over and I finished all my tasks, yay!

Here were my goals:

• Put a tag cloud back on my sidebar. I just miss that thing. This was the first thing I finished, and weirdly the task that took the longest.
• Update my pages. This was a lot easier and less time-consuming than I thought it'd be.
• Schedule some posts for the classics blog. Done! I don't know why I always put off scheduling posts on there, but I do.
• Finish up a post I started last night. Done! I'm actually pretty happy with this post.
• Read. This has nothing to do with blogging but I feel the need to put it on the list. Did, although not as much as I was hoping to.
• Participate in the Twitter chat tonight. I missed the first half, but still got in for the second hour.

Hooray, that's a pretty successful Bloggiesta. Thanks to everyone who filled out the reader survey! I will leave it open until midnight and contact the winner of the drawing on Monday.

Thank you all for your patience while I tweaked the blog. Tomorrow we'll be back to our regular programming.



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Bloggiesta + Reader Survey and Giveaway!

Heys people. This weekend is another Bloggiesta, aka a blogging fiesta! Olé! (I know, I say that every Bloggiesta.) Please don't mind the dust as I make a few changes.

Since this is a mini-Bloggiesta, I only have a few goals:

• Put a tag cloud back on my sidebar. I just miss that thing.
• Update my pages.
• Schedule some posts for the classics blog.
• Finish up a post I started last night.
• Read. This has nothing to do with blogging but I feel the need to put it on the list.
• Participate in the Twitter chat tonight.

That's all! I probably won't participate in any mini-challenges, but we'll see how quickly I finish the above tasks.

ALSO... this may seem like a strange request, but I've been meaning to ask my readers to take a poll for a while now. This is meant to help me understand my audience a little better so I can improve my blog. All responses are voluntary and anonymous, but if you give me your e-mail I will enter you to win a copy of Gone Girl. Click here to take survey or use the embedded form below. Thank you so much!

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