Bloggiesta Finish Line

Phew what a weekend! I'm a bit late posting up this final post because I had two job interviews this morning, but that's another story. Let's see what I achieved this weekend shall we?

-Wrote two reviews - less than I'd planned to do, but it's a step in the right direction.

-Write book-related posts - not done, but I did think of some ideas.
-Get some guest posts - I've now got two blogger interviews ready to use, and one more waiting to come back. The first one will be posted later this week.
-Clean up tags - Epic fail!!
-Read list and review list both brought up to date.
-Tidied the sidebars slightly, still need to find out how to add a favicon. I did it once before, but now I've forgotten how to do it!
-Challenge lists brought up to date.
-Stopped blogger from automatically adding line breaks to all my posts.
-Organised google reader, added folders/tags to each blog I subscribe to.

I only managed one of the mini challenges, and that was the embracing community one. I found 10 blogs that were new to me and left a comment on each of them. And, just because they're awesome, here are the 10 blogs I found and commented on:

http://www.ysprincess.blogspot.com/
http://readingthebestofthebest.blogspot.com/
http://amomentwithmystee.blogspot.com/
http://theallureofbooks.blogspot.com/
http://blog.chainreader.com/
http://www.thebookscoop.com/
http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.com/
http://sarah-myworldofbooks.blogspot.com/
http://candacesreadingblog.blogspot.com/
http://morgansbookblogspot.blogspot.com/

Bloggiesta Update

My Bloggiesta is going ok, I perhaps haven't got as much done as I originally planned, but that's only because I keep getting sidetracked by other things that need doing! Here's what I've got done so far:

Write reviews. - I've only managed to type up two so far, but hey that's more than I had yesterday so I'm happy :)

Write some book-related posts to be scheduled for the future. - Haven't written any yet, but have brainstormed some ideas.

Put out invitations for guest posts/interviews. - I've had one response back and will be posting this up later in the week.

Clean up tags. - Haven't even looked at them yet!

Make sure read list and reviewed list are up to date. - Done and done.

Clean up sidebars, add a favicon, some other random layout adjustments. - Tidied up the sidebar slightly, still need to figure out how to do favicon.

Clean up and update challenge lists. - Done.

Clean out and organize feed reader and blog subscriptions. - Spent ages on this, and completed it last night.

Change post settings to stop it automatically putting in line breaks. - This was something that cropped up as I was working on something else. Was a really easy fix and is done now.

Mini-challenges:

Write Your Blogging To-Do List - Have only had a quick look at this and have got a few ideas to explore.

Embracing Community - Have commented on about 5 new (to me) blogs, aiming to comment on about 5 more.

Write an Opinion Post or a List Post - Have got a few ideas, but nothing concrete yet.

Bloggiesta

I'm taking part in my first ever Bloggiesta. I'll be spending the weekend working on some blog tasks that have been piling up in the background. To find out more about Bloggiesta and to sign up yourself visit Maw Books Blog. I'll be posting some updates throughout the weekend to let everyone know how I'm doing.

So what will I be doing this weekend?

Write reviews. - This is probably my main task for the weekend. I have a ton of reviews that need to be typed up.

Write some book-related posts to be scheduled for the future.

Put out invitations for guest posts. - Please see this page to become a guest poster.

Clean up tags.

Make sure read list and reviewed list are up to date.

Clean up sidebars, add a favicon, some other random layout adjustments.

Clean up and update challenge lists.

Clean out and organize feed reader and blog subscriptions. (I need to create some folders in there)
Change post settings to stop it automatically putting in line breaks.

Anything else that I think of while I'm working.

Mini-challenges I want to attempt:

Write Your Blogging To-Do List
Embracing Community

Write an Opinion Post or a List Post