MONTHLY RECAP | October 2014

It’s almost the end of the year. :o Where had the time go?

• I received a few books from publishers. That was the exciting thing! (Specifically A Thousand Pieces of You and The Walls Around Us.)

• Becky Albertalli is one of the sweetest authors I’ve interacted with on Twitter. I’m even more excited to read her debut novel.

• I sent my first EW e-ARC request. Eeeeek. I was scared, but once I received an answer (which was a “yes, you can totally read this”), I was itching to request more books.

• I got my Netgalley ratio up, so I’m extremely excited about that. I need to read and review one more book until I’m at the average ratio. And once I get up to that, I’m gonna request We Are Pirates! *cross my fingers*

• I bought design deals from Design Cuts and Deal Jumbo that were too amazing to pass up. (My wallet weeps in sadness.)

• I had a design breakthrough and name change awesomeness for that super top secret project.

• Leighton Meester’s album is the best everrrrrrr. You should go listen to it because oh my god, all the songs are frickin’ amazing. There’s not one song that I don’t love. It’s so perfect. GO. LISTEN. TO. IT.

BOOKS GALORE!

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray (from HarperTeen + Kaye Publicity)
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma (from Algonquin Young Readers)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (from Kelly at Effortlessly Reading)
The Walled City by Ryan Graudin (from Kelly at Effortlessly Reading)
The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand (signed from Kelly at Effortlessly Reading)
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand (signed from Kelly at Effortlessly Reading)
Zodiac by Romina Russell (from Kelly at Effortlessly Reading)
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund (from library)

Thank you for the books! <3

ON THE BLOG

Unlucky number 13! :D

• I reviewed:
  • When Did You See Her Last? (All The Wrong Questions #2) by Lemony Snicket. Be still my heart, Lemony Snicket. He’s on the case of a missing girl!
  • Every Breath by Ellie Marney, which was amazing. Nikki, you were not wrong when you said it’s awesome.

• I talked about:
  • how recommending books is not for me. I worry too much about my recommendations because I want people to love it and I don’t want to be disappointed if they don’t.
  • the cover differences of My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga. (This was before the new cover came out.)
  • the different book covers with ferris wheels on it. Fun fact: Never been on a ferris wheel.
  • the spooky books I’ve read over the years. I realize I don’t read a lot since I get scared easily.

• I listed the top ten movies I watch to get into the Halloween spirit. Most are not really scary. Just the way I like it. ;D

• I wrote letters to:
  • Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. I NEED THIS BOOK. Everything about it screams CEE NEEDS THIS.
  • A Wall Around Us, which I luckily managed to receive a copy!
  • the characters in The Turn of the Screw, telling them how they scared me. 

• If you missed my font posts, check them out here: {21}

• NaNoWriMo will begin soon! Are you ready? Charlotte and I discuss our projects and the crying that will happen.

BOOKS TO READ IN NOVEMBER 

• A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray (started reading this)
• Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown
• Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schultz
• Cures of Dreaming by Cat Winters
• The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

How was your October? Any memorable thing happen? Did you enjoy any of my posts? Are you looking forward to November?