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My latest piece of book post! This is such a striking cover, I really like it.

This is a short one today as I’ve been far too busy over Xmas to spend as much time as I usually do collecting links!

Jo at weartheoldcoat got to interview Melina Marchetta!!! I’m not one to overuse exclamation marks but I think this justifies it. I don’t even have time to read it right now (I want to read it properly, not when I have twenty other things on my mind) but I thought I’d include it anyway as it looks fab!

Happy Christmas and Reading Resolutions for 2014 from For Books’ Sake, featuring a top ten of women authors to try next year.

It’s a sad fact of life that few of us have the space to keep every book we acquire. A Brief Guide To Culling Your Books at Good Books Good Wine is a very sensible guide to completing the difficult task known as the bookshelf cull.

Finally, a bit of humour – How to Write the Perfect YA Heroine (via Malinda Lo).

What have you been reading over Christmas? Have I missed any great blog posts while I’ve been eating and telly watching and eating and partying and eating?

Twelve Posts of Christmas (and New Year): Ten – Blog Plans for 2014

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It’s the fourth day of Christmas, and we’re moving on to New Yearish themes! Today I’m going to be sharing my hopes and plans for this blog in 2014.

Reviews

I didn’t read very many books this year, which really helped me make sure I reviewed everything I liked! I want to read a lot more next year, but I’m hoping to stay on track and post my reviews as soon as possible after I read the book.

Memes

I want to get back into the Top Ten Tuesday habit in 2014, but I might experiment with some other memes too. I don’t think haul post are my thing but there are some other question-and-answer theme posts that I like reading on other people’s blogs.

Personal/discussion posts

These are my favourite kind of posts to read on other people’s blogs, but I’ve always been shy about writing my own. I definitely resolve to try to write more of these in 2014! 

Vlogging

Of course I’ll continue to be part of the Bookish Brits channel, but I’d like to post a video once in a while on my own channel, Better Than Dreams (because books are…). When I first started making videos, it took me hours to film and edit them – I think my first video took over five hours to produce! I’m pleased to say that I’ve gotten a lot faster – depending on the length of the original recording, it can take me as little as an hour and a half to film and edit now. So hopefully, now that the process is getting faster, I’ll be able to make more videos.

What are your plans for your blog in 2014? Are you going to keep going with your favourite topics and tried-and-tested memes? Do you want to try something new?