Farewell, December. Farewell, 2014. You will kind of be missed. The new year is upon us, and I am not ready. NOT AT ALL.
- I launched the YA Book Cover Choice Awards because I wanted awards that are book cover-focused! And who is better to host it? Me. (Because I’m such a nerd for book covers!) I wished I thought of it earlier, because I know the awards will run into the New Year. (But 2015 will definitely be different! ;) ) The voting for the semi-finals is open. So vote for the covers you want to make it to the final round!
- I’m so excited because so many new projects and resolutions. Eeeeek.
- I have an official launch date for my special project—February 1st! I will talk more about it later, but it’s coming together!
- Charlotte is the best and sent me the best card everrrrrr as well as awesome Christmas gift that I totally love! <3
BOOKS GALORE!
From Friends:
Stormdancer (paperback) by Jay Kristoff (from Kelly of Effortlessly Reading)
Stormdancer (Hardcover) by Jay Kristoff (from Charlotte of The Simple Tales)
Kinslayer (Hardcover) by Jay Kristoff (from Charlotte of The Simple Tales)
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (from Charlotte of The Simple Tales)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (from Charlotte of The Simple Tales)
Bought for myself:
Saga (Hardcover Deluxe) by Brian K. Vaughan + Fiona Staples
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
From Edelweiss:
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton
Paperweight by Meg Haston
Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
Between the Notes by Sharon Huss Roat
Don’t Ever Change by M. Beth Bloom
Thank you for the books! <3
ON THE BLOG
- I reviewed:
- The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik. Ugh, not the greatest retelling of Persuasion. Left a lot to be desired.
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. Very frustrating because of immature character voice + fucking Josh.
- I talked about:
- the different book covers with snow on it. Just in time for the holidays!
- all the YA/MG/comic books I read in 2014, which is surprising not a lot, and I broke them down into categories. See what I recommend you to read!
- I wrote letters to:
- to The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh. So in need of this A Thousand and One Night-inspired story!
- Liars, Inc by Paula Stokes. Liar liar pants on fire. Want the lying and the mystery!
- Santa, wishing for all of these awesome things like books and bags.
- I created this roundup of gorgeous lettering-focused holiday printables. Perfect to use as gift tags to put on your presents.
- I launched the YA Book Cover Choice Awards! I’m excited on making this a yearly thing. I asked for category suggestions, book cover nominations, and finally semi-finals voting to commence! Love book covers? Well, this is for you!
PLANS FOR JANUARY 2015
- Prepping for the secret project.
- Writing “Looking Ahead” posts and recaps of 2014 stuff (because I did a poor job of doing that in December. Whoops.)
CEE Why have I not discovered your blog before? Because it is amazing! I just love all of those beautiful covers of the books you bought yourself because I haven’t heard of a lot of them but HELLO COVER ART! I’ve read Stormdancer and I have the same edition as well and it is so gorgeous. Happy New Year!
Omg. In the words of Lady Gaga, we did it kids. THE ULTIMATE SHOUT-OUT.
I’M NOT EMOTIONAL. NOPE. I’M COMPLETELY OKAY *SOBS* YOU’RE THE WORST CEE <3
I LOVE that you’re doing the YA Book Cover Choice Awards. So fitting!
Stormdancer! Kinslayer! Saga! Eeep!
You ended up downloading 6 Harper ARCs! Heee, do tell me how Between the Notes is (I might just give in and download it, though).
Happy 2015, Cee! =)
I definitely want to read about A.J. Fikry… I read a few of the short stories that were inside it though. :-)
Happy 2015 reading!
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry is definitely on my TBR list! I’m going to grab me a copy as soon as I see one at my local bookstore because I’ve heard nothing but awesome things about it! Awesome list!
I noticed that you like to read YA so I would like to invite you to join this reading challenge that I’m hosting, if you’re interested- it’s called 2015 Everything YA Reading Challenge ^_^ I’ll just leave the link here and I hope to see you there ^_^
http://booksandicedcoffee.com/2015-everything-ya-reading-challenge/