Tuesday 31 December 2013

2013 Wrap Up


Hey guys, its that time already? How quick has this year gone? It's crazy. Any how here is my end of year wrap up. I hope you all have a wonderful 2014 ahead of you. I'll try and keep active even with university. I'm holding off an update on that because I still haven't gotten my results back yet and I think that'll be a crucial part of the post. Any way, on to books now.
Books Read:
This year I aimed to read 60 books, in total I read 68 and almost finished 69 but gave up to make this post instead oops, I also had the hope I'd write more reviews too (44 of these are reviews)! I think I somewhat managed that but still need to improve in some cases. If you click the images it'll take you to the review, if no review is available it'll take you to the Goodreads page, also apologies for the ones without covers.
The UnwordsExtras (Uglies, #4)Pandora Hearts, Vol. 2Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies Compendium Monstrum: From the Papers of Herr Doktor Max Sturm & Baron Ludwig Von Drang
Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies, #1)Lost At SeaThe Archived SNEAK PEEK (The Archived, #1)
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim, #1)Snow White Blood Red (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #1)Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder  (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #2)Beauty Never Dies (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #3)
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #4)Mary Mary Quite Contrary (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #5)Blood Apples (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #6)Nocover-blank-133x176
Nocover-blank-133x176Word and Breath (Wordless Chronicles, #1)Princess (American Princess, #1)Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)Dahlia (Blood Crave, #1)Fallen Tears: A Blood Crave Novella (Blood Crave, #1.5)Hot Ticket (Sinners on Tour, #3)
Imaginable (Intangible, #2)Rowan (Blood Crave, #2)A Unique Rabbit (A Laurents County Easter story)
Demon Possession (Shadow Quest, #1)Pandora Hearts, Vol. 03Pandora Hearts, Vol. 04The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #1)
Before The Moon Rises (Ritter Werewolves, #1)Marked (House of Night, #1)Gen 1Boarded Window (Warm Bodies, #0.6)
Death DealerThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide, #2)A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)xkcd: volume 0
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie WarEndure (Endure, #1)Gone GirlDealing With It (Two Short Stories)
By Blood (By Blood, #1)Catalyst (Tethered, #1)
Gargoyle Addiction (Otherworlds Summons, #1)The Wizard Takes a HolidayThe Wizard Takes a Fitness Class (The Wizard Tales, #2)Wicked Beat (Sinners on Tour, #4)
The Wizard Takes the CakeThe Wizard Tales Vol I-IIIThe Companions (The Sundering, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #24)Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
AnywhereDarkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)Moon Child (By Blood, #2)No One's Angel
My Ex From Hell (The Blooming Goddess Trilogy, #1)The Fault in Our StarsBurn OutBeing Jamie Baker (Jamie Baker, #1)
Nocover-blank-133x176ReapThe Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)Print & Pattern
More Than Jamie Baker (Jamie Baker, #2)Let it Snow!  Season's Readings for a Super-Cool Yule!
PandoraHearts, Vol. 5Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)
Resolutions of 2013:
1. Keep scheduling - don't let myself fall behind again
Okay there were times when this didn't plan out but that was due to schooling and not wanting to let my foul mood effect my blog so I'm going to say I passed this one!

2. Buy less books
Um yes I actually did this! I bought so many books in 2012 it was unreal but this year I only really splashed out after Christmas.

3. Read more of your to be read pile
Welp, of all the 68 books I read, only 18 were from my to be read pile so next year I hope to read more off it.
4. Blog hop more - I'm kind of super lazy when it comes to this and I rarely read others reviews.
Yes, I've improved this too, at certain times any way. I know there have been times when I'm still bad with this. I've started reading more reviews too but still struggle to comment on them, so I need to improve that still.
5. Clean up your following list - this is my reason for lazy blog hopping, I'm following so many people I don't know where to start.
I haven't completed this but I have been doing it thanks to bloglovin, its a large task.
6. Use my Twitter and Facebook accounts more - ties in nicely with blog hopping, I just need to be more sociable.
I tried, and failed at this. Twitter I've used more definitely but not throughout the whole year, Facebook I've probably only used three times.