The first month of the glorious New Year is over! I am forever stuck with this sprained ankle that refuses to heal. (Correction: I keep getting overexcited when I can walk that I reinjured it all over again. It totally sucks! On the good news, I’m helping out my college’s literary journal by keeping track of submission decisions during their discussion. It’s nice to be interacting with people in person.
Let’s see how January have been for me in the reading/blogging world.
REVIEWS
Compared to last month, I didn’t review as many books. I blame it on this reading slump I’m having.
- Wide Awake by Hilary T. Smith
- I’ll You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (w/Shelly at Readiculous Reads)
- Avalon by Mindee Arnett
- The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
BOOKS GALORE!
Cress (ARC) by Marissa Meyer from Mac Teen Books!
Roomies (ARC) by Tara Altebrando & Sara Zarr from Alice-Jane (who drew me a lovely narwhal with a monocle and a moustache and it’s frickin’ adorable.)
BOOKS READ/CURRENTLY READING
- Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
- Before Jamaica Lane by Samantha Young
- I’ll You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
- The Destiny of Violet & Luke by Jessica Sorensen
- The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
- Avalon by Mindee Arnett
- The Chocolate Temptation by Laura Florand
- Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
- Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
- The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
- Slightly Married by Mary Balogh
ON THE BLOG
- I introduced a new feature — “You’re Just My Type,” which showcases fonts for people to admire and to add to their own font collection. I’m a huge font lover, so I gotta share the love with everybody!
- I renamed my “Letters to” feature with the help of Shelly. It’s now called “Sincerely Cee: A letter from yours truly.”
- I discussed —
- my blogging goals and resolutions. I hope I can achieve them. So far, it’s not looking good, but that’s okay! I have eleven more months.
- the cover change of Just One Day by Gayle Forman. I get into my English major analyzing pants.
- how I listen to audiobooks and it seems I am a special sunflower for listening and reading with it at the same time. I can’t do it any other way!
- the cover change of Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. I like the creepy eye.
- my book boyfriends, and I confess that it’s a term that I had originally not liked.
- my reading slumps and how I have two main types. At the moment, I’m in a YA reading slump, so all I want to do is read romance books.
- I had the lovely honor of participating in The Unbound tour. Victoria Schwab told us nine truths about the Archived series.
MUSIC
I want to put down bands I’ve been listening to this month. (I can’t promise I will do this every month because I tend to listen to the same bands/albums over and over again.)
Arctic Monkeys | Goldroom | Royal Teeth | London Grammar | Little Daylight | MS MR
Thank you to Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner for introducing me to London Grammar and Royal Teeth. I am so in love with them. (If you have suggestions that are similar to them or CHVRCHES, feel free to recommend them to me.)
How was your January? Any memorable thing happen? Any new music? Are you looking forward to February? (I know I am!)
I read Hyperbole and a Half in December! I thought it was so good. I seriously love Allie Brosh. Her stories on depression are amazing. I read the whole book in one sitting, haha! I was sitting next to my boyfriend and just hysterically laughing the whole time, while he looked at me strangely.
Aww I hope your ankle heals this month! It has gone on injured long enough now.
You got Cress. Gah, I’ve been wanting to finally read Scarlet lately and I totally will right before Cress.
I’ve yet to read Roomies and I plan to love it.
I’m SO excited to finally read The Archived and The Unbound this month. Yay!
Love your new fonts feature, Cee!
I did listen to a bit of Arctic Monkeys but I’m hoping to explore more of them this month. MS MR is great; I love their song Bones.
I actually just bough Hyperbole and a Half yesterday! I hope you enjoy Cress because it’s one of my most anticipated reads of this year! Thanks for the name credits hehe and hope your February is as good as your January! :D
I hope your ankles heal this month, too, Cee! *sends well wishes and internet chocolates in the shape of narwhals*
I hope you enjoy Roomies! You’ve probably heard this from me already but I’m totally loving your font feature. ALL DEM FEELS. Can’t wait to see your review of Hyperbole and a Half because I love Hyperbole and a Half (the humor!) and your thoughts. ^^
Also, I personally like listening to Mree when I’m in a mellow/melancholic mood. Her music videos on YouTube are super pretty, too. She’s more of an indie folk singer a la Bon Iver, though so idk if that’ll suit your taste.
I was on a slight reading slump too because of school. Yup, sadly, school puts me into a reading slump. Hopefully this February, I’ll be more in the reading mood.