I have made it my goal this year on The Phantom Paragrapher to get more into writing blog posts rather than the countless reviews , book blitzes, cover reveals . An author I follow is Gretchen Rubin who writes about Happiness and Being Better.  Based on her book Better than Before is a list of things we can do to make our "Reading Better Than Before". I am going to go through the list on my blog once a week is the plan and give my 2 cents on the piece which brings us to #1. #1 - Quit Trying to Finish Every Book This goal here resonated with me so deeply as for me personally it has never been an issue as I have made for years one of my main reading mission statements. "Life is too short to waste on boring books". As I write reviews on all the books I finish, I love to cherish my reading experience as in a review you want to be positive about the book you have just read and experienced. Just like in life, all your experiences that you have you want...

The other day I had a conversation with a couple of friends , the first was all about getting my writing mojo back so I have decided to follow the 365 days - Monthly writing prompts that I discovered on Pinterest.  The second conversation was about handwriting and it got me thinking that these days all of our writing tends to be done via computers and I had a lightbulb moment, that I didn't want to lose my amazing handwriting as I do have to admit I am an amazing handwriter, I have great penmanship. I also have a lot of journals lying around home - as I have to admit I am a journal freak.  So that brings me to my goal for 2017 , I will be doing the writing prompts but handwriting them in my journal.   January Journal Prompts 1. What are you most looking forward to? 2. Three goals for this month 3. Describe your day in ten words 4. Something that you're looking forward to 5. A time you don't want to forget 6. A trip you want to take this year 7. Your top ...

Today's Top Ten Tuesday is the last one for 2014 and the topic is Book Blog Goals for 2015 : 1. To reach 800 Followers on GFC - At the moment ,I have 779 Followers on GFC and would love to see it for 2015 hit 800+. 2. To become more recognised in the New Zealand Audience - What surprises me in the world of book blogs is that my biggest audience is in America and Elsewhere in the world and I noticed that I don't have a larger New Zealand following which is something I hope to achieve in 2015. 3. To become more Creative - Some people do their book reviews with Nail Polish, other's Recipes and Lyrics . I am in the process for 2015 coming up with a Creative way to finish my book reviews - an added extra. I'm thinking Quotes as I am such a quotes girl , or even go the extra mile and create a little teaser post per book I review. 4. To become more proficient and teach myself how to use Photoshop etc - I would love to learn how to make teasers, pictures and awesome...