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bookgazing) wrote2010-09-17 01:44 am
bookgazing) wrote2010-09-17 01:44 am
Bye, Bye BBAW 2010
Today is the last day of BBAW and today we all get to talk about what we liked about BBAW this year.
Let me begin by saying thanks to Amy and the organisational team for bringing this week off again and for adapting to the changes that were suggested to them throughout the process of running BBAW. Themed BBAW was spiffy. Thanks for working so hard and being awesome.
What I enjoyed the most this year was First Treasures. I loved seeing people handing out blog hugs to their favourite bloggers and I, like everyone else, have added so many fun looking blogs to my feed reader. I was also a big fan of the guest posts like Raych’s guest post where she reminds us about all the dramarama and projects that have filled the book blogging world since the last BBAW. The classics debate was fun too.
We’re also talking about blogging goals today. Now I don’t tend to have many blogging goals. I have a few reading goals but blogging just sort of trucks along. This year I actually have some goals for the blog:
November will hopefully see my second theme month on the blog. Last time I read steampunk for a month and this November I’ll be reading books featuring sportswomen. I’d really like to get the word out to the wider world about these kind of books. Goal: Promote, promote, promote.
My blog needs a bit of a redesign (not the background, I love that). I have got to create some more tabs and a list of linked up reviews and work on really understanding meta tags.
I would like to find a way to keep from getting behind on my feed reader and keep up with the community initiatives. This is possibly a far fetched dream, rather than a goal.
I want to keep my challenge participation manageable and realistic. I almost had it this year, but joining challenges were I had to read certain books in certain months scuppered me. I also want to change up the challenges I participate in and maybe I’ll join the Japanese Reading Challenge finally.
I’m missing October 24 hour readathon this year (for happy reasons, I will be at a wedding) but next year I am determined to clear the calendar (except weddings of course) and I will be at both readathons next year.
Seeing such a huge celebration of community has been fantastic. It’s like a big, worldwide parade of happiness throughout the internet and frankly the internet could do with more happiness.
Happy BBAW everyone!
Let me begin by saying thanks to Amy and the organisational team for bringing this week off again and for adapting to the changes that were suggested to them throughout the process of running BBAW. Themed BBAW was spiffy. Thanks for working so hard and being awesome.
What I enjoyed the most this year was First Treasures. I loved seeing people handing out blog hugs to their favourite bloggers and I, like everyone else, have added so many fun looking blogs to my feed reader. I was also a big fan of the guest posts like Raych’s guest post where she reminds us about all the dramarama and projects that have filled the book blogging world since the last BBAW. The classics debate was fun too.
We’re also talking about blogging goals today. Now I don’t tend to have many blogging goals. I have a few reading goals but blogging just sort of trucks along. This year I actually have some goals for the blog:
November will hopefully see my second theme month on the blog. Last time I read steampunk for a month and this November I’ll be reading books featuring sportswomen. I’d really like to get the word out to the wider world about these kind of books. Goal: Promote, promote, promote.
My blog needs a bit of a redesign (not the background, I love that). I have got to create some more tabs and a list of linked up reviews and work on really understanding meta tags.
I would like to find a way to keep from getting behind on my feed reader and keep up with the community initiatives. This is possibly a far fetched dream, rather than a goal.
I want to keep my challenge participation manageable and realistic. I almost had it this year, but joining challenges were I had to read certain books in certain months scuppered me. I also want to change up the challenges I participate in and maybe I’ll join the Japanese Reading Challenge finally.
I’m missing October 24 hour readathon this year (for happy reasons, I will be at a wedding) but next year I am determined to clear the calendar (except weddings of course) and I will be at both readathons next year.
Seeing such a huge celebration of community has been fantastic. It’s like a big, worldwide parade of happiness throughout the internet and frankly the internet could do with more happiness.
Happy BBAW everyone!
