Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week it’s a freebie with participants free to come up with their own topic. A few weeks ago I dedicated a Top Ten Tuesday post to Reasons I Fail At Reading Challenges. As well as a lot of other bloggers identifying with many of my reasons, there were also some great tips suggested. So today’s post is a way of sharing those tips and recognising the supportive nature of the book blogging community.
Tip 1 – Set targets lower to allow for other releases and random finds (The Scented Library)
Tip 2 – Take full advantage of the facility to swap books where a challenge allows it (The Secret Library)
Tip 3 – Join challenges for which you don’t need to read specific books (The Secret Library)
Tip 4 – Stick to reading challenges you know you can achieve, e.g. Goodreads (The Night Is Dark And Full Of Books)
Tip 5 – Make challenges perpetual so you can read on indefinitely (Readerbuzz)
Tip 6 – Only join challenges that fit your reading pattern (Blue Mood Cafe)
Tip 7 – Stick to small monthly challenges that fit with books you’d read anyway (A Novel Glimpse)
Tip 8 – Pick what’s right for you to strike the right balance between the camaraderie that comes with taking part in a challenge and it not feeling like work (Jen Ryland)
And a final two from me (although whether I take my own advice is doubtful based on past experience)…
Tip 9 – Remember you don’t have to join every challenge going. There’s always next year!
Tip 10 – Remind yourself of these tips before you start signing up for 2020 reading challenges
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