Yesterday I worked for six and a half hours on Graasland throughout the day. I didn’t do as much as I had hoped, but I feel accomplished anyway. And I did’t overdo it ;)
I made an outline for this month’s Hello Japan! mini-challenge, which I’m turning into a series of no less than five posts about Japanese music! The first one being a belated New Year’s post that got blogged yesterday.
I also started on my back(b)log of book reviews with my favourite read of 2009: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I hope to finish it today! I dread book reviews the most because they take so much time to write :( Actually, I hope to find a more efficient way to blog about books! That’s my main goal for 2010 and I hope this Bloggiesta will get me off on a good start with that. Do you have any suggestions? Are there any blogging buddies available out there?
Some more ‘small’ stuff I got done yesterday: thanks to Farm Lane Books I made a backup of my weblog, and Trish from Hey Lady! Watcha Readin’? encouraged me to make a blavatar (the little cat in the tab) — my gravatar (in the address bar) was already up so that’s neat!
I cleaned up some old (imported) posts, diminishing the ‘uncategorized’ section of Graasland. Now there are just 15 more of them left — will get to that, though maybe not this weekend. And I updated my current reads. I still have to unclutter the sidebar of last year’s challenges though… :\
Although it will be snowing a lot today we need to run some errants, like returning our Rob Scholte silkscreen to the art exchange because it has expired. We’re sad to see Golden Horizon #8 go! Would love to buy it but unfortunately that’s not possible.
But I’ll get back to this fiesta a.s.a.p.! Because I’m having fun ;)
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zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 12:53
Ash
You’re getting a lot done- keep up the good work!
zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 13:02
Shanra
I’m afraid my only suggestion regarding making blogging about books easier/more efficient is to ask yourself what about your current method is making it so hard to do and considering what it is you want to accomplish with the posts. And don’t be disheartened if you don’t find a good ‘solution’ during the Bloggiesta. It takes time and trial and error. ^-^ Just keep trying new things and see what works for you and what doesn’t. Take a look at other blogs for ideas that strike you as interesting and give them a try. If they work, consider keeping them, if they don’t, ditch it.
All probably things you’ve already thought of, and I’m not a whole lot of use, but I hope I’ve been of some small help. ^-^
zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 13:55
Amanda
Ooh, I like the little cat in the tab! Have fun with day 2! I have to start a little late today because I have book clubs this morning, but I’ll be back to it in the afternoon!
zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 15:40
Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog
Thanks for sharing your 2010 goals for the Bloggiesta! In terms of making reviewing more efficient, maybe you could design a template to follow for every review. Ti at Book Chatter and Other Stuff uses one I really enjoy. Best of luck this year!
zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 18:24
trish
I love your blavatar! Good job! :)
zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 22:08
Jackie (Farm Lane Books)
Congratulations on completing so many tasks! It is great to do all these little tasks isn’t it?
zaterdag 9 januari 2010 bij 23:08
maaike
Cute little cat! Looks like our Nelson. :-)
zondag 10 januari 2010 bij 00:23
Amused
Wow you’ve gotten so much done- nice work!