Goals of 2024!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @merphynapierreviews
    @merphynapierreviews  10 месяцев назад +44

    For that third award, what do you think: Biggest Surprise or DNFs?

    • @jackiesliterarycorner
      @jackiesliterarycorner 10 месяцев назад +14

      DNFs, because I think it could be informative on why you stopped reading a book and could be fun if its a book you want to rant about.

    • @andrewberenson5717
      @andrewberenson5717 10 месяцев назад +7

      DNFs. Surprises can be mentioned when discussing best and worst of quarter.

    • @HyDrOpYrO777
      @HyDrOpYrO777 10 месяцев назад +7

      Both.

    • @antoneladiana
      @antoneladiana 10 месяцев назад +3

      DNFs!

    • @samworley3960
      @samworley3960 10 месяцев назад +2

      surprise!!!

  • @keshinilt
    @keshinilt 10 месяцев назад +216

    Goals of 2024: more cameos of your cats 🐈 😻

  • @Montie-Adkins
    @Montie-Adkins 10 месяцев назад +113

    "Pushing myself to be a better reviewer." This is like Superman saying, "I want to be more super."

  • @Haleybug12314
    @Haleybug12314 10 месяцев назад +47

    I love how the new cat (whose name I’ve forgotten) seems to have imprinted on Merphy. Like, he literally walked up and was like, “You. Yes you’ll do nicely. You’re my human now. I will follow you everywhere.”😂

    • @merphynapierreviews
      @merphynapierreviews  10 месяцев назад +20

      that's exactly what happened 😂

    • @hatchet1013
      @hatchet1013 10 месяцев назад +5

      The Cat Distribution System in action

  • @12neef
    @12neef 10 месяцев назад +76

    Love what you do. Also love your new cohost. Should appear more if their schedule allows it 🤣

    • @simonchirps
      @simonchirps 10 месяцев назад +1

      We need a review of Cyrus' favorite books to sit on top of!

  • @Hamilwhovian
    @Hamilwhovian 10 месяцев назад +15

    My main reading goal for this year is prioritize the physical books I own... and not buy more after I finish at least 5 🤣 I suspect that the "not buy more" part is going to be the most difficult

    • @katiejones8030
      @katiejones8030 10 месяцев назад

      This is mine too! Not buying new books is so hard! Lol

  • @HarhusTV-t8r
    @HarhusTV-t8r 10 месяцев назад +1

    You should read dungeon crawler Carl! By Matt dininman there’s a cat in it and it’s best on audiobook!

  • @elisabethprice4697
    @elisabethprice4697 10 месяцев назад +1

    my goal is to read mostly books from my physical tbr and I put myself on a book buying ban for the whole of 2024... I own way to many books its seriously a problem...I need a new shelf and I already have three and a half...

  • @litlbucky
    @litlbucky 10 месяцев назад +11

    Lynn is amazing!!!!
    Looking forward to your year of organization

    • @Lynn-CA
      @Lynn-CA 10 месяцев назад +1

  • @Reading_Tamishly
    @Reading_Tamishly 10 месяцев назад +4

    The cat the entire time- keep petting 😅 loving this video

  • @figthegiant4065
    @figthegiant4065 10 месяцев назад

    My only goal thus far is to get through all (or at least most) of the 14 books on my TBR shelf (December holidays + a number of second-hand bookstores is a bad combo for me💀) before May, because then two of my favourite authors are releasing new books that I’m so excited to read!

  • @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD
    @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 10 месяцев назад +5

    The cat 😂😂😂

  • @BooksofAmber
    @BooksofAmber 10 месяцев назад +14

    I started making notes and writing down my thoughts on books in a notebook and I have found it makes such a difference when I try to talk about the books weeks or months later! I don't know why I wasn't doing this in the first place, although I suppose I did used to post on my book blog and reviewed books almost immediately, but I let that slip over the years. I would like to post more dedicated reviews this year do the notes will be super helpful!
    Good luck with your goals and collecting your badges! 😊

    • @merphynapierreviews
      @merphynapierreviews  10 месяцев назад +5

      Same! I told myself that note taking would pull me out of the story and make the experience feel less like fun and more like work - but actually it helps me engage with the story better!

    • @fatimanuzhat4731
      @fatimanuzhat4731 10 месяцев назад

      @@merphynapierreviewsyou can also take notes in StoryGraph if you feel doing it in a physical notebook is a bit taxing! They have a private reading journal option and you can write down your thoughts at any specific point in the books.

  • @thesandersreview
    @thesandersreview 10 месяцев назад +7

    Thank you for all of the videos and fun over the years! Because of you and Daniel Greene, I finally started a channel too just to try and have some book fun!

  • @mintyxx1
    @mintyxx1 9 месяцев назад

    I feel like Biggest Surprise would encompass positive and negative surprises!

  • @rashkavar
    @rashkavar 10 месяцев назад +4

    As someone else who makes plans but has trouble organizing the follow through: keeping a goals journal helps a ton. Write about your day, but also use that time to check in on your goals, mention things you did to work towards them, remind yourself of them if you didn't do anything to work towards them that day. And try not to judge yourself too harshly. I still have days where I just read, play video games and eat...and that's fine. It's just that at the end of the day I sit down and say "yeah, today I didn't do much, here's some things I should work on tomorrow." It's not a judgement exercise.
    Obviously your baseline level of not accomplishing much is not that low - I'm using this tool to fight a degree of depression (just how much is undiagnosed because mental healthcare is expensive because it doesn't count as healthcare according to the laws that make Canadian healthcare be government funded), whereas you have a family and two successful youtube channels and so on.
    Is it a 100% perfect tool? No. (at least not for me) I have a couple of fairly simple milestones that I set as projects at the start of last year that still aren't done...but it's a HUGE improvement over where i was.

    • @maem7462
      @maem7462 10 месяцев назад +1

      This might be exactly what I need to do to help remind myself to clean. If I’m writing it in a journal then it might help keep that information in my brain more

  • @BAllenB
    @BAllenB 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Merphy, I was wondering if you were planning on watching the Percy Jackson adaptation and/or talking about it on the channel? Or if you were ever planning on reading the following series Heroes of Olympus. I personally enjoy this series more than the original as its a little more "grown-up" and not as formulaic. I don't think I've ever really commented, but have been watching both channels for awhile. Keep up the good work! Good luck on your 2024 goals!

  • @VictorianGentleman
    @VictorianGentleman 10 месяцев назад

    I just got back into reading and read 16 books last year, so I'd like to bump that number up to at least 24, 2 per month. I also need to prioritize reading the books I already have, I may have bought more than I really should have last year, there's just to many things I'm excited to read! I'm not going to say I can't buy any new books this year, but I am trying to put the limit that I cannot buy more than I read.

  • @Jonathan-B_
    @Jonathan-B_ 10 месяцев назад +2

    Kitty says, no goals except more pets

  • @yyuna7
    @yyuna7 10 месяцев назад +9

    I guess my only goal is to read more books this year. For the last 4 years it has been 40 books, which has been pretty easy to me, I didn't want to pressure myself to read more. But I read 47-57 books a year, never hit 60 so far. And I have so many books and series I want to finally get to, so.... I'm pushing myself this year, even if it contradicts my usual belief. 😅

  • @TheHomieInder
    @TheHomieInder 10 месяцев назад +2

    I don’t have many reading goals but I want to finish at least 2 or 3 mangas. I got vegabound, dragon ball and hopefully demon slayer. I feel like I start soo many manga but then I start reading and I just get so busy an I forget to read. Hopefully this year I can focus and read more since I love reading.

  • @MiloTupy
    @MiloTupy 10 месяцев назад

    Crazy it’s so mild for you in January. We’ve got snow up here in the twin cities now.

  • @twistedtulip3901
    @twistedtulip3901 10 месяцев назад

    I want all the badges too! My main goal this year is to finish at least some of the series I have started before reading any new ones.

  • @ropecrewman36
    @ropecrewman36 10 месяцев назад +10

    If you are hosting a reading sprint I'm in.
    If I miss it, I'll catch it on the replay.
    Good luck with the goals. You got this!

  • @xedra
    @xedra 10 месяцев назад

    I've been reading fan fiction so much and for so long that I really want to get back into reading regular books again. I plan to at least one book a month for this year.
    And I plan to start writing more. I have a fantasy novel I've been picking away at for years, I plan to do some serious writing on it, to have a first draft done by the end of the year. I'm a slow writer, so that's a big deal for me.

  • @MimiWhimsy
    @MimiWhimsy 10 месяцев назад

    All the badges! Yep, I totally understand that urge! My goal for 2024 is to become a part of Booktube (still pretty new to me) by making and sharing notes about what I read. I have loved reading for decades! But I couldn't tell you how many books I read last year, what most of them were, or any character names from the ones I do remember. I usually only keep vague (mostly philosophical) thoughts I had while reading the book. And that makes me a tad sad. So, here's to book notes and an awesome 2024! Cheers!

  • @KalishkaRuby
    @KalishkaRuby 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love how aggressively excited you are about the badges 😂
    Great goals! 🎉

  • @johnspecht72
    @johnspecht72 10 месяцев назад

    I looked and so far no-one has said it so I will. Badges!! We ain't got no badges!! We don't need no stinking badges!!

  • @AndrewsWizardlyReads
    @AndrewsWizardlyReads 10 месяцев назад

    Ohhhhh I’d be down for reading sprints

  • @suzannemoore404
    @suzannemoore404 10 месяцев назад

    Good luck with all your goals this year! It sounds tough but doable.❤

  • @SamHarrison2099
    @SamHarrison2099 10 месяцев назад

    CAT
    I am absolutely going to steal your written review notes idea. I really worry my review videos are too rambling and not actually valuable and useful content for my subscribers so this will help.

  • @crushgoil
    @crushgoil 10 месяцев назад

    My third category vote is for surprises!

  • @CNBlaze-qj7fg
    @CNBlaze-qj7fg 10 месяцев назад

    Love it! This is such a motivator! And motivation can be such a skittish friend. This one left behind its skittish ways and just punched me... with what I must say was a grand and abrupt violence.
    I too shall strive! I too shall show literate work why it was written! HUZZAH! BOOKS!!!

  • @kaylag9579
    @kaylag9579 10 месяцев назад

    I think biggest surprise. It may inspire to pick up the book rather then a DNF then I’m like maybe I shouldn’t haha

  • @danamytereads5304
    @danamytereads5304 10 месяцев назад

    My goal: track what I read in Storygraph. Not even review....just track. I always feel like I need to rate or put a review, but have trouble putting things into words a lot of the time, then I never do it and forget when I read the book. Was it last year? This year? 3 years ago?! Time has lost all meaning when it comes to books/manga 😅😅😅
    So just marking down what I read as a start is my goal 😅

  • @Kronkgirl
    @Kronkgirl 10 месяцев назад

    I'm working 2 jobs so I already know it's unlikely I'll meet my reading goal this year so I want to put the focus on quality. I would like to cut the number of 3 star reads I read this year. I'm tired of feeling a book is just ok

  • @Ozgipsy
    @Ozgipsy 10 месяцев назад

    I’m envious of your focus in literature.

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 10 месяцев назад

    The graphics are fun!

  • @meowkat347
    @meowkat347 10 месяцев назад

    OMG YAY READING SPRINTS!!! I love watching and participating in reading sprints! It’s a lot of fun to read books together and do a small discussion on what you’re reading with others! It’s so much fun! I will be really happy if you do at least just one LOL! These are great goals for 2024! My two reading goals for this year are a Read-it-or-Unhaul-it challenge and a book buying ban. I have 126 unread books on my shelves 🫣 So I’m going to try to read most of my books on my physical TBR. I’ll draw the book from a jar, and if I like it, I’ll finish it. If I end up not liking the book, I have permission to DNF the book and give it away. Then I’m going on a book buying ban with the exceptions that I can buy books that continue a series that I already own, and I can buy book club books. I’ll be reading those books right away, so they won’t end up sitting on my shelf unread. Here’s to a great year of reading in 2024! 🎉

  • @angelacanedit
    @angelacanedit 10 месяцев назад +1

    I think most surprising read would be very fun as a category :-)

  • @TheBeeesKnees
    @TheBeeesKnees 10 месяцев назад +1

    Your excitement about the badges is so relatable 😂❤

  • @drinkbooks
    @drinkbooks 10 месяцев назад

    The best I'm able to do for reading goals is my Goodreads Reading Challenge. It's always 100 books a year. I can't review, I can only respond to questions and critique the actual writing and say whether I liked the story or not. 🤣

  • @ladymcbeath
    @ladymcbeath 10 месяцев назад

    I'm pretty new to booktube so I don't know about badges and sprints. It sounds fun to read with people. I know no one else who reads the books I read. Explain?

  • @badfaith4u
    @badfaith4u 10 месяцев назад +1

    For the third award, Biggest Surprises would be better. Please don't push yourself too much since I love how you do things on your channel. Just cameos of your cats would be appreciated.
    The title of this video should have been Making Videos with a Cat. 😼😼😼😼

  • @jesdotx3797
    @jesdotx3797 10 месяцев назад

    I’m excited to join your sprints! Decreasing my reading goal this year from 60 last year to 40 this year because I want to be intentional about including other hobbies/being more active/ going outside more in 2024.

  • @Grace-cs5sk
    @Grace-cs5sk 10 месяцев назад

    i know you love the Outsiders and I think you'd really like more of S.E. Hintons books and the books of her's I reccomend you to read are Rumble Fish That Was The This is now and Tex

  • @fatimasajid1026
    @fatimasajid1026 10 месяцев назад

    My goal of 2024 is to read 50 books.. Hopefully I can this year since I started strong.. Have 2 current reads at the moment
    And I would also like to finish the 32 books (yes, I counted) on my TBR
    Also, hopefully squeeze in a 2024 release, which is The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, book 5 in The Inheritance Games series

  • @_gamma.
    @_gamma. 10 месяцев назад

    As much as I love a good rant, biggest surprise would be a better third award. Rave > rant!

  • @pickthestickup
    @pickthestickup 10 месяцев назад

    Hope to see a return to The Discworld!

  • @Chocoooo
    @Chocoooo 10 месяцев назад

    Like the idea of keeping notes for the different things you read, I think I will try doing that myself this year. Look forward to hearing your progress with the goals this year

  • @Merdragoon
    @Merdragoon 10 месяцев назад

    I will admit that I don't know how people *stream* reading sprints, as I was always curious on doing one on my Twitch channel but trying to get an idea how to do one have been a bit confusing. I did a quick glance at one of Gavin's so I may try to do it either this stream or another. As it would help me in finally finishing books I've had in my TBR for a while and I may actually stream my progress of books on Storygraph. The only one I may not actually progress in a reading sprint is The King of Elfland's Daughter because I'm mostly hearing that as an audiobook through RUclips. (I'm not sure if the people I am friends with who also stream on twitch would be wanting to do that so It'll probably be just me for a while when I do them.) But that is my biggest goal. Finish books I already started instead of switching out for other books right away. And the Sprints may help with that because it'll help me finish off things that I have been wanting to finish but the vicous cycle of rotating books due to unexpected buddy reads and finding certian books at the libaray threw it off last year. (And I'm trying to keep myself from just starting the many Kindle books I got from Stuff your Kindle days.... But god damn I am so itching to read The Bone Theif's Tale, The Curse of Ophila, The Curse of the Nine-taled Fox and Bringer of the Scourge.... and the about 80 other books I got for free from then.....)

  • @koboldmartian4063
    @koboldmartian4063 10 месяцев назад

    I dropped my book account for the year from 50 to 25 in favor of doing your Bengal card and reading challenges this year!
    That way I am less worried about the number of books I read and more about exploring new books!

  • @MariaMightReadThat
    @MariaMightReadThat 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh yay, I love seeing goal check-ins throughout the year! And will definitely try to catch your reading sprint (you got this!).

  • @kauffdropproductions
    @kauffdropproductions 10 месяцев назад

    Have you read the Secret History Mistborn? I’d love a review on that! I read the original based on your recommendation and just finished the OG series.. Incredible! Ranking is 1, 2, 3 for me. 1 & 2 are very close. 3 is awesome too but there were a few concepts that got a little too abstract for me.

  • @jackiesliterarycorner
    @jackiesliterarycorner 10 месяцев назад

    I have the same problem where I love planning, but I don't follow through with the plan. I also like making lists but I end up overwhelming myself with choices and when I ready to start a new book I'm no longer interested in my original choice. I also need to take notes more while reading. I want to keep a reading journal for notes.

  • @mladenkulic446
    @mladenkulic446 10 месяцев назад

    My goal for 2024 is to read more books than last year that are on my shelves.
    I finished The Cuckoo's Calling by J. K. Rowling on January 4 this year. Even though i wanted to finish it in 2023 but due to certain circumstances i wasn't able to.

  • @SuperKamiPandaReact
    @SuperKamiPandaReact 10 месяцев назад

    I been getting more into reading over the last couple of years this year my goal is kick it up a notch and read between 48-50 books by the end of the year usually I'm reading around 20ish so this will be a mission for me but I'm excited almost done with the pet sematary but in all fairness I did start it last year and trying to finally finish it this week so I won't count it lol but yeah I'm excited for this year 😁😁😁

  • @christhewritingjester3164
    @christhewritingjester3164 10 месяцев назад

    I think my one reading goal is to maintain the 40 audio books I did last year (up from 26 the prior year), but I want to include some physical or ebook ones on top of that. I'm getting more into the indie space and most of them don't have audio books yet.

  • @TheCraftBin
    @TheCraftBin 10 месяцев назад

    Hey Merphy! I was wondering if you have any book recommendations for getting into adult books. That's probably a weird question, but allow me to elaborate. I'm 22, and my favorite books are all children's literature (which is fine), but I want to branch out to adult literature. The issue is, I do not appreciate spice/bedroom scenes, etc and I rarely hear about CLEAN adult books (especially in the fantasy/adventure genre, which tends to be my favorite). Do you have any tips on how to venture into adult literature, especially if you want to stay on the clean side of it?

  • @BrebearMckae
    @BrebearMckae 10 месяцев назад

    Wait, there’s BADGES for the discord activities?!!!?!?! 😱😱😍😍

  • @sarahkendall5714
    @sarahkendall5714 10 месяцев назад

    My goal is to try and not fall for the BookTok hype videos. I love my tropes, like Dark Academia or Enemies to Lovers, but I am finding that the books being recommended to me are just not hitting the mark, some are good but others are "Meh" or just bad.
    On a completely separate note, please can we have your cat's reading goals for this year? Are there any books they are looking forward to sitting on?

  • @shadowofchaos7675
    @shadowofchaos7675 10 месяцев назад

    A perfect start to a video😂

  • @Celtic_Canadian
    @Celtic_Canadian 10 месяцев назад

    Okay it that what it looks outside where you live and you still have your X-mas tree still up......

  • @BetoNova4catsjune2022
    @BetoNova4catsjune2022 10 месяцев назад +1

    Please include more cat content in your videos ❤🥰

  • @anicealien
    @anicealien 10 месяцев назад +1

    Your cat is so baby🥺🥺🥺

  • @the_Nameless_One99
    @the_Nameless_One99 10 месяцев назад +3

    When you talk about Lynn, I really hope we are not talking about the cat or an imaginary friend. :)

  • @sabrinasspellbookspens5136
    @sabrinasspellbookspens5136 10 месяцев назад

    Which tier to you have to be in to get the badges? Also, Kitty! 🥰🐈

    • @merphynapierreviews
      @merphynapierreviews  10 месяцев назад

      of Patreon? You just have to be on the discord, which you gain access to with the $5 tier

  • @mecahhannah
    @mecahhannah 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome as always thanks

  • @gryftkin
    @gryftkin 10 месяцев назад

    I love this idea... except if I put the goals out there then I'll be accountable for them :D I'm gonna keep them in my head. ;)

  • @rikkline7404
    @rikkline7404 10 месяцев назад

    Biggest surprises. More positive than dnfs, and as was pointed out most surprising might include dnfs.

  • @simonchirps
    @simonchirps 10 месяцев назад

    Cyrus woke up and chose violence this day.

  • @kimberlyalbertson1751
    @kimberlyalbertson1751 10 месяцев назад

    Are you planning to stitch this video with one at the end of the year in which you check off the goals?

  • @havewissmart9602
    @havewissmart9602 10 месяцев назад

    I want to get over my crippling loneliness/laziness
    Is that what we are doing?

  • @KierTheScrivener
    @KierTheScrivener 10 месяцев назад

    Suprises

  • @phoeberudolph1181
    @phoeberudolph1181 10 месяцев назад

    Can you restart the Dear authors series this year? 🥺

  • @rachelspencer9456
    @rachelspencer9456 10 месяцев назад

    🧡📚🧡📚🧡📚🧡

  • @AhyZdalph
    @AhyZdalph 10 месяцев назад

    Do you have any plans on Ben Aarobovitch "rivers of london" series?

  • @kadamowicz68
    @kadamowicz68 10 месяцев назад

    So the badges and bingo stuff is on your Patreon?

  • @litlbucky
    @litlbucky 10 месяцев назад +1

    18 badges is you get Lynn’s bonus badge at end of year for doing hard mode each month

  • @just-cobb
    @just-cobb 10 месяцев назад +3

    Biggest surprise. That could even include dnfs if you were surprised you dnf'd something.

  • @litlbucky
    @litlbucky 10 месяцев назад +7

    Biggest surprise > DNF

    • @gulcinkabay1887
      @gulcinkabay1887 10 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed, surprises are more interesting to me.

  • @nazimelmardi
    @nazimelmardi 10 месяцев назад

    Merphy as a better reviewer? 🧐Is that a thing? So… We crucify Merph on charts. 🤓😈Well, if you say you are uncomfortable at lives… do more. 😁You are in the unique category where everyone is happy to see you and interested in your thoughts. That’s not always the case. And you are not even a musician to perform something. Your optimism always wins.

  • @notrixamoris3318
    @notrixamoris3318 10 месяцев назад

    Wow K&C triggered Merphy soooo bad that she have to make a goals video and upload it on a Saturday...
    Sorry I have to ask does this applies to manga and manga related things such as movies and anime series??? I know the process for the manga channel is a little different so I gotta ask...
    And its offical that cat is surely part dog...

  • @rivwilson9330
    @rivwilson9330 10 месяцев назад

    Lynn hype

  • @christhewritingjester3164
    @christhewritingjester3164 10 месяцев назад +2

    Surprise could include DNF. Nothing says it has to be a good one!

  • @AndrewsWizardlyReads
    @AndrewsWizardlyReads 10 месяцев назад

    I feel pressure to make myself read less

  • @tunesmelodia
    @tunesmelodia 10 месяцев назад

    DNFs

  • @nicholasleonardbookedits-si9ng
    @nicholasleonardbookedits-si9ng 10 месяцев назад +1

    We don’t exist to pay financial debt.
    Our lashes are the silk from spider stars.
    Our neurons taught our hearts to lose their breath;
    a thing in which no tax deserves remark.
    If only Anne beheaded Henry first,
    she might’ve known his castle was her own.
    The servants of a haunted mansion Earth
    realize they’re cotton-candy-cobweb souls.
    It was you lifting Louis’s severed head.
    It is you that deserves to live for free;
    you blink the way a butterfly descends-
    -the slaves can finally pursue their dreams.
    Now, chose freedom instead of some career.
    Our fingers must remember Louis’s hair.
    my name is Nicholas Leonard, and this is a sonnet that I wrote.