Well I set my Goodreads goal for the number of books to read in 2012 (70) and that’s the only goal or thought I’ve put into goals so far. It doesn’t mean I won’t “resolve” to do other things, I guess it means that I’m just working on each day as it comes and not doing much planning for 2012 – yet. I’ll get to it, maybe even next week after the busy-ness of life settles down. I’m sure I’ll keep you posted.
One more reflection on 2011 came from WordPress in the form of “Your Year in Blogging – 2011”.
- I wrote 130 new posts in 2011! Wow.
- The blog had 1900 views! Wow.
- People found the blog by searching for “accordion naked” (among other things)! Wow.
- Most visitors were from the US but Germany and the UK weren’t too far behind! Wow.
- The blog had visitors from Africa, Asia and Australia as well! Wow.
I like blogging but I don’t know how important it is to me to have my blog seen around the world. It’s kind of fun. I do check stats. And today, for some reason, I’m getting a lot of hits because of a Hungarian site which linked to my post about movies! Crazy… It’s turning into a high traffic day. If you’re a blogger who reads this, how did you decide you wanted to go BIG with your blog rather than keeping it personal?
One thing that I woke up thinking about this morning (and will probably turn into a plan for 2012) is that I read way too many blogs and twitter feeds. It’s becoming cumbersome, so I will do something about that. I love technology but when it feels cumbersome, it’s time to pare it down.
Many of the blogs that I read are aspiring to many book-related challenges and it just wears me out! Non-Fiction challenge; Fiction challenge; Bookshelf challenge; European challenge; Classics challenge; etc. etc. etc. I participated in a few challenges/read-alongs in 2011 and I probably will participate in a few in 2012, but I’m certainly not joining any right now. A year long challenge sounds like a little much right now. I liked the seasonal or book-specific challenges and I think that’s where I’ll stick.
Well, off to read (something besides tweets and blogs!)!
Walkie Talkie Book Club 
I like keeping my blog somewhat personal. But I go get a thrill when an author or large media company share my link and I get 100’s of visitors. I have no interested in going big but I enjoy a little attention.
I know… it is fun and could be addicting! I don’t do a lot of “tagging” of related articles, which I could do to get more attention, I suppose. I’ll see what 2012 brings.
I do love the foodie challenge that you are doing, by the way. I could get on board with that. But right now I’m going to focus on getting caught up on my magazine reading and the huge pile of books that belong to me or others that need to be read. Going to stay away from the library for a while!