2013 Reading/Writing/Blogging Resolutions!

Ah, 2013. 

The Year of YA, how fantastic this will be. I look forward to all this year has to offer, so without further ado, my 2013 resolutions!

Reading:

• Read 65 books -- This past year, I pledged to read 80 books before the ball dropped, and I ultimately failed. I read 65 books this year, and the reason I keep that number for my 2013 goal is because I know I'm going to be really busy this year. I turn 16 in a couple weeks, which means my life is basically opening up. I have more career opportunities, I have Mock Trial and Debate tournaments, I want to have regulated time spent with friends, and I still want to devote time to reading. I want to elaborate on this goal in the near future by making a certain outline to the books I read so that I can do a little clearing of my dusty TBR shelf on Goodreads.
• Read more Adult Fiction -- In 2012, I read only a small handful of Adult books, albeit great ones (The Casual Vacancy, Never Let Me Go, and The Great Gatsby), and I want to read a lot more this year. I really want to pick up Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, as well as finish The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, which is a phenomenal book, I just had to put it away for a little bit.
• Analyze -- One of my biggest flaws is that I'll just zip through books without giving myself time to actually think about them and look at their themes. That's definitely something I want to work on this year, especially since Graduation inches closer and closer, and I do want to major in English and delve into comparative literature, so I definitely need to work on examining thematic elements of literature out of leisure.

Writing:

• Finish Book II of my series, as well as starting Book III -- I've currently written about 54,000 words of the second book in my series, and my goal is to reach at least 85,000 by the summertime. If I accomplish this, I think I'll give myself a bit of a vacation from writing for a small period of time before dishing out a big chunk of the third book. I know the 85k is achievable, but I'm interested to see where I get with the third book.

Blogging:

• Write one non-review post per week -- I mean, this goal's pretty self-explanatory. I want to log my life, but avoid it becoming too tedious. 
• Publish a review for each book I read this year -- I've been really lazy with the whole review-writing thing lately, so I really want to work on that this year. Whether or not I post my reviews on Goodreads or on my actual blog, I want reviews to be out there in some form.
• Vlog -- The last time I vlogged was the summer of last year, and I know that needs to change. It really, really does, and there isn't an excuse for my lack of vlogs, other than my crazy-busy schedule and my lack of fantastic recording equipment. I love booktubing, so I want to continue with that, but I also like exploring themes and ideas and just talking about things in vlogs, so I do want to exploit myself more in that sense. 

What are your resolutions for 2013?