Bloggiesta My 3rd Edition: The Finish Line!

Another Bloggiesta come and gone. Wow! That was one whirlwind of a weekend, but thankfully I was able to get quite a bit done.

Here’s a list of the things I was able to get done:

• Update my reviews on my “Reviews A-Z” page. (Again, shouldn’t take too long, but it needs to be done.) – Thanks to my lovely partner in crime over at Chick Lit Reviews…this is all done! Wahoo! Thank you Leah!
• Tag my reviews with age ranges and gender preferences for a future project. Done! Yay!
• Return the emails in my inbox. Yes, I know, kind of lame, but since Christmas I’ve fallen behind and I hate that. So this is a priority. Done! Yay!
• Write up reviews for the 5 or 6 books I’ve recently finished and schedule them for later postings.
• Finish up and send out the 5 or 6 author interviews I have lined up for the next couple of months. Done! Yay! Even emailed them all as well!
  
• How do you organize your books? A book lovers dream! Courtesy of Jenn from Jenn’s Bookshelf (I need some serious help in this area and in fact asked Natasha if it might be possible to have a challenge like this for that very reason. I can’t wait!) Done! Yay!
• Email out of control? Not staying on top of it? Email best practices and solutions. – Trish at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? (Ummm…yeah, well as you read above my email is kind of crazy. Not insane, but it needs to be handled. So I’m sure this will help.) Done! Yay!

The few things I was really hoping to get accomplished, but wasn’t able to:

• Post my reviews to the following sites: Goodreads, LibraryThing, Indiebound, Amazon, Kidlitosphere, Book Army, B&N, etc. (I have a few to catch up on with this and I’d like to be all caught up.)
• The new year is a perfect time to reevaluate your blog. On blogging goals- Amy from My Friend Amy (Any chance you can take to reevaluate where you’re going with your blog can be a great one. I’m definitely interested in making it the best it can be, so I’ll be attempting this one!)

More than anything I’m excited for the few things I picked up along the way. A few ideas I gathered from other participants. I’m planning a few different pages: A To-Be Read/PIE List that I saw over at Aths’ site Rainy Day Reading, an “Upcoming Releases” page for each Children’s and Young Adult books, an author/illustrator page and a couple of other things.

All in all, I spent close to 15 hours this weekend working on things and I’m quite pleased with how things turned out. How about you?