Top Ten Bookish Goals for 2013

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#1 2013 Goodreads Challenge 

Katie : This is my first year taking part in the Goodreads Challange, and really have no idea how many books i even read last year. so i know my number is a little low for most of you, but if i find myself sailing through it, i've been told i can always change my goal later. so for now it is 25 books .

I also Resolve to figure out how the H-E-L-L  to put up the HTML for my goodreads goal and krisha's goodreads goal on our sidebar with out them automatically changing to both say they are mine! any help here guys i would appreciate it!

Krisha: I chose 48. It's a little less than one a week and tend to read more than that in the summer. I'm a quick reader and, in the famous words of Barney Stinson... Challenge Accepted! 

  

#2 Read More / Faster

Krisha: As mentioned above, I'm a pretty fast reader.  Always have been, always will be.  I really do need to read more.  My brain has been on overdrive for quite some time and books have taken a back seat.  I hope my Goodreads challenge will help me with this resolution. 

Katie:  I may not be the fastest reader, but I  do read a little every day. I will try to put aside extra time during daylight hours to read as well. 

Katie Finds time to Blog at school in between teaching classes 

# 3 Review More

Katie: yeah, I have to get better at this too! Ive been known to read a book semi quickly then lolly-gag around and take my sweet time writing a review! NO MORE I SAY!
Krisha: I solemnly swear that I am up to no good to review EVERY book that I read in 2012.

#4 Create & Schedule Posts further in Advance

Krisha: Time really flies by sometimes.  Katie & I have an on-line, color-coded calendar to keep ourselves organized and it's no surprise that TTT is every Tuesday.  But I was infected with the procrastination virus as a young child thus preventing me to do things in a timely manner.  I'm sure Katie will help me find a cure for this horrible, horrible ailment.  So I'm setting a goal to work on things sooner than what I've been doing.  

Katie:    Clearly i'm not starting that resolution tonight ... seeing as its only hours before this post goes up and we are still typing away.  In our defense, it is harder to schedule post in advance when we do dual post like this one. Krisha and I live in different states, and to do a post together can sometimes be challenging ... but so much fun.  

#5 Be more Social 

Katie: We are new to the blogging world (only up and running for about 6 months now). Not to mention I never had twitter before now. I would like to make more blogger friends and chat more ! 
Krisha: Social networking can be so much fun.  I hope that we make more contacts with authors, publishers, and fellow bloggers out there.

#6 One bottle of wine per book

Krisha 

Krisha: I'm not saying whether or not we are resolving to limit to one bottle of wine per book or to actually drink an entire bottle of wine per book.  We'll see how the year goes. 

Katie: I  think we should resove to drink a whole bottle of wine  per book, and if its a big one... say 400 pages or more then it should be one of those BIG BOTTLES OF WINE! 

# 7 Find a local bookstore 

Katie: Yeah Krisha did bring up this idea today, which i think is good. gives us a way to network to locals, and support the local community ! ( even though i do get 20% off at Barnes & Nobles)
Krisha: I had been thinking about this a lot since we started blogging.  I love the movie "You've Got Mail" with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and I've always wanted to be a regular at a locally owned bookstore.  Unfortunately, my wallet keeps this from happening.  But I can start as a customer and then work my way up to regular.

# 8 Make a book blogging best friend 

Krisha & Katie

Krisha: I see all the friendships that are in the book blogging world and I want in! I think it's sweet to have other people that love books as much as you do.  Katie & I are such best friends and we have room in our hearts for more blogging best friends. 

Katie:Yes,  I am so fortunate to have Krisha,  and it was serendipitous Finding Loretta @ Between the Pages when i lived in West Virginia. there is definitely more room for more great friends!  

#9 Be more HTML savvy 

Katie: This is a big one... sometimes i find myself fighting battles with the computer, needless to say sometimes i don't always win. I would like to get better, i do think i've come a good way with video and photo editing and making collages... but there is so much more i would like to be better at. 
Krisha: Oh, lord.  A lot of what I'm in school for is so computer intensive with specialized programs.  Some days I can barely get those to function properly.  I would like to be more savvy, but Katie and I are at two extremely different stages of savviness (i.e. She does all this web design, I type a witty phrase now and then.)

Check out our cool woozies to go with our required reading wine
( our bestie Brandi, Krisha & Katie)

# 10 Get our name out there 

Katie: I love marketing our brand and getting our name out there.. maybe make some bookmarks or more tote bags with Inkk on it would be cute.. maybe pens?

Krisha: I'm thinking something more fun like coozies.  No wait... even better... WOOZIES!!!

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