Bloggiesta Day 3

Hopefully I'll manage a little more time today.  I haven't usually got a lot to spare on Sundays, but we'll see.  Here's the progressing list again:

Write 10 or so reviews
Write the double feature that's been in the works for months
Write a discussion post
Create some Name That Book posts (1 counts, right?)
Create some Listless Monday posts (yeah, 1 counts)
Create a picture for Listless Monday (see previous post)
Improve tags
Group tags Check them out on my left sidebar!
Make tags uniform (in progress...probably forever)
Update goodreads
Update pages
Create pages
Possibly make a button (for my double feature, see previous post)
And some mini-challenges too!
Completed Beth Fish Reads Labels/Tags mini-challenge
Completed Jenn's Bookshelves Organizing Books mini-challenge
Completed Beth Fish Reads Opinion Post mini-challenge 
Completed SMS Book Reviews Button/Banner mini-challenge (though I really ought to make a new banner and a matching button for the blog)


Total time: ~22 hours (And I'm finished!  Thanks again, Natasha, for all your work!)

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Bloggiesta Day 2

I've brought my list from last post and hopefully I'll be able to cross more items off it today!  I only managed about seven hours yesterday, but hopefully I'll get more in today.  And I'm off:

Write 10 or so reviews
Write the double feature that's been in the works for months
Write a discussion post
Create some Name That Book posts
Create some Listless Monday posts
Create a picture for Listless Monday (see below)
Improve tags
Group tags Check them out on my left sidebar!
Make tags uniform (in progress)
Update goodreads
Update pages
Create pages
Possibly make a button (for my double feature, see below)
And some mini-challenges too!
Completed Beth Fish Reads Labels/Tags mini-challenge
Completed Jenn's Bookshelves Organizing Books mini-challenge
Completed Beth Fish Reads Opinion Post mini-challenge 
Completed SMS Book Reviews Button/Banner mini-challenge (though I really ought to make a new banner and a matching button for the blog)

Time so far: ~17 hours

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Let the Bloggiesta Begin!

It's that time again!  Time to perform all those necessary housekeeping duties around the blog.  Thanks to Natasha of Maw Books Blog, we have a whole weekend to do it together!  It's a great weekend for me to sit around with the computer, since I'm recovering from surgery and have nothing better to do (except maybe read).  Without further ado, here's "the list"

Write 10 4 or so reviews
Write the double feature that's been in the works for months
Write a discussion post
Create some Name That Book posts
Create some Listless Monday posts
Create a picture for Listless Monday
Improve tags
Group tags Check them out on my left sidebar!
Update goodreads
Update pages
Create pages
Possibly make a button 
And some mini-challenges too!
Completed Beth Fish Reads Labels/Tags mini-challenge
Completed Jenn's Bookshelves Organizing Books mini-challenge

Time so far: ~7 hours

Though the list looks a bit short, I'm thinking it's quite ambitious.  We'll see just how far I can get on it.  

Good luck to you other Bloggiesta participants!

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Bloggiesta, Take 3

And on to day 3.  Wherein I will try to squeeze a bit of time in here and there.  We'll see.  I've gotten about 1 hr 30 min this morning.  I probably won't get back to computer stuff until this evening, since I've got things to do during the day.  I've been working on some Listless Monday posts.  I also realized I'm going to have to go check on some of my old links from tags - but that might have to wait for another day!  


Total time: 15 hrs 30 min

Update 1:  Yeah, I've only had about an hour since I last posted.  Not the most amazing weekend dedicated to the blog.  I may have a bit more time tonight, but I doubt it.  I've done a few final things on my list noted below.  But, for now, I'm posting my final time as: 
Total time: 16 hrs 30 min


It's been a blast when I had the time and thanks for all your kind comments about my progress!  Hopefully I won't put off all the housekeeping until the next Bloggiesta!  Thanks Natasha for being such a fabulous host!

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Bloggiesta Day 2

It's a fresh new day for working on the blog and I've finally gotten started again.  I'm bringing the list from yesterday's post to this one to mark my progress.  I'm hoping to work on some aesthetic elements of the blog today.  Be sure to check out my brave new double feature, where I compare/contrast two similar books.  I posted the first review today - I'd love to know what you think.  (You can find it just below this post.)


Update pictures/links
Save a copy of the blog
Add widgets
Organize sidebars
Update blog list
Update archives
Update goodreads
Update challenge posts
Work on tags
Write reviews
Think of post ideas
Think of Listless Monday ideas
Create Listless Monday page
Possibly change header (again :)

Update 1: I've been at it for about 3 hours now and haven't come up with any major changes I'd like for my blog header and style.  I do like blogger's new feature that lets you play with the template.  Perhaps I'll have to put those changes on hold for now.  I have to step away from the computer for a while now, but hopefully I'll have more time this evening.  I also did Puss Reboots mini-challenge and got an email subscription service up for those who don't do RSS feed subscriptions.  You can see that on the left sidebar.  

Total time: 11 hrs 50 min


Update 2: Total fail.  Seriously, I've been so busy from this morning until now (11 pm) that I've only gotten about 2 hr 10 min in the whole time.  What can you do?  And I didn't accomplish something new on the list, but I've been adding tags for the star-ratings from my reviews.  Hopefully those might be useful (though with 100+ items with 4-star reviews, maybe not).  And now I've got to hit the sack because I'm beat.  Hopefully I'll be able to do some more tomorrow, but it's looking pretty full too.  Thanks for all your awesome comments and encouragement!
Total time: 14 hrs

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Bloggiesta - My Blog Could Use a Face Lift

It's that time again!  Time to do some blog housekeeping.  Check out what Bloggiesta is all about at Maw Books.  Here's my delightfully unrealistic list of stuff I desire to work on:

Update pictures/links
Save a copy of the blog
Add widgets
Organize sidebars
Update blog list
Update archives
Update goodreads
Update challenge posts
Work on tags
Write reviews
Think of post ideas
Think of Listless Monday ideas
Create Listless Monday page
Possibly change header (again :)

It is another dreadfully busy weekend for me, so I'm not going to be spending nearly enough time on this list.  However, I'm shooting for 12 hours (out of 72, I know).  I also hope to cross off at least 5-7 items on the above list.  And maybe one or two mini-challenges.  We'll see.

Update 1:
Well, I've had a good four hours this morning, just updating links and pictures.  There were a lot of images missing!  I think I'll be taking a break to clean and do some other stuff now, but hopefully I'll be back at it soon!

Update 2:
After some dreadfully boring cleaning, I got back to fixing things up!  Note some of the things I've crossed off above, including a page for my Listless Monday themed booklists.  I've spent about 2 hrs and 50 min since the above, so I'm about 6 hrs and 50 min, which is ok for me.  I may have to take another break soon, though.  Lots of things to do.  I've done a few mini-challenges, including:

• Kim and Jackie at the Blog Improvement Project I came up with a few long term and short term goals.
• Jennifer at Girls Gone Reading (@girlsgonereadin) I updated my review policy.
• Pam from MotherReader (@MotherReader) I've got a different kind of review coming up hopefully tomorrow.
  
• Danielle at There’s a Book (@the1stdaughter)I figured out how to read and understand some of the crazy stats for my blog.  [And I still have a tiny bit of confidence left, even though my stats are pretty low.]

Update 3:
I've now added about another 2 hours to my total and finished writing the basics of my pending reviews.  Watch for a hopefully interesting double feature review tomorrow!  I'll probably be stopping for the night to finish up some stuff around the house.  Back for more fun tomorrow!
Total time: 8 hrs 50 min

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