I haven’t done many wrap ups before, but I figured I’d make more of an effort to do them from now on. I mean, it gives me one more post idea every month so there we go.
I think this one will be a round up of books (obviously) and maybe a round up of blog posts uploaded, as well as life updates in general.
Be prepared, this post is a long one.
So here we go…
Books I read this month
January was a really good reading month for me! I rated most of the books around 4 stars, and actually read more than I expected.
The Wrath and the Dawn
by Renee Ahdieh
Rated 4.5/5 stars ~ [Click here to see review]
I loved this book! I fell in love with the story straight away.
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Nimoma
by Noella Stevenson
Rated 4.5/5 stars ~ [Click here to see review]
Probably my favourite graphic novel that I’ve read so far. Really fun and quirky.
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Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
Rated 5/5 stars ~ [Click here to see review]
This very quickly became my latest obsession and newest favourite book! I adore it and can’t wait to continue the series!
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Siege and Storm
by Leigh Bardugo
Rated 3.5/5 stars ~ [Click here to see review]
I read this one because I needed to read the third book in January (explanation for that in the next one), so obviously I had to read the second beforehand. Didn’t enjoy this quite as much as the first, but it was still fun and a quick read.
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Ruin and Rising
by Leigh Bardugo
Rated 4/5 stars ~ [Click here to see review]
I read this book as part of Emmi’s @ Books with Ems‘ January challenge in the Blogger Bookclub “To finish a series”. This was also a buddy read with Olivia @ Heir of Glitter. I enjoyed this one more than the previous, but was a bit confused with the ending and would’ve liked it to be quite different, if I’m honest.
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Wolf by Wolf
by Ryan Graudin
Rated 4/5 stars ~ [Click here to see review]
Again, I really liked this book. It was so unique and has gotten me really into historical fiction, so now I’m on the hunt for more.
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I am currently reading…
The Sleeping Prince
by Melinda Salisbury
My local Waterstones had a few early copies of this, and I my boyfriend very kindly bought it me! I did kind of hope to finish it this weekend and have a review up within the next few days, but that didn’t happen. I started it Friday, spent Saturday painting Disney Princesses (I’ll leave photo’s below in the “life in general” section) and Sunday – well, today – I’ll be at my friend’s house so I probably won’t get chance to read all that much. I feel like I might finish this on Wednesday. It always takes me longer because of college, and how tired I am when I return home.
January Blog Posts (that weren’t reviews)
My Discussion posts started this month!
Discussion Post No.1 – Booktube
Discussion Post No.2 – Do you ever feel embarrassed to buy a book?
Discussion No.3 – Is reading dominantly female?
Bookish Reveals:
Cover Reveal – Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Cover Reveal – A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Random:
2015 Annual End of Year Book Survey
Updates – New post ideas and timing
Books I want to REread this year
Awards & Tags:
Most Likely To…Bookish Edition
Infinity Dreams Award 4th and 5th nominations (& story time)
Life In General
January brought back college. Ugh. I say that but I don’t actually mind college. It just tires me out A LOT.
Anyway, I’ll talk about the more exciting things.
Let’s think…
I preordered my copy of A Gathering Of Shadows by VE Schwab, as well as the free preorder gift you can apply for! So excited, I’ve been waiting for this book for so long now.
I received an award as one of the Best YA book bloggers of 2015 (badge in sidebar) so that was amazing!
I’ve made a few bookish aesthetics on twitter which I really love, so you should go on my profile and check those out! Although It may take you a while to find them since I tweet so much…oops. But so far I’ve done four for he Throne of Glass series, and seven for the Harry Potter series.
I started sharing my reviews on Amazon and added a review policy page to my blog. Might not be interesting to you guys but I feel like I’ve upgraded.
I finally found a blog design that I actually like! *Throws glitter in the air*
I REACHED 200 FOLLOWERS! *throws even more glitter*
My little bookstagram account has grown slightly.
(PSSSSST if you’re feeling nice enough, go check out my page! Link below)
Aaaaaaand….that’s all I can think of right now in the terms of interesting life updates.
OH WAIT. I mentioned earlier in the post how I spent all day yesterday painting Disney Princesses. This is what I mean…
So there we have it…Probably the longest Wrap up in history. Wow.
I applaud you if you read all that. *high five*.
Any thoughts on anything mentioned?
How many books did you read this month? Did anything particularly exciting happen for you? Do you have an artistic side to you, like I do? I’m always wanting to hear more from you guys so…
Let me know in the comments!
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Oh wow those paintings are great!
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Thank you! 😀
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Your paintings are really pretty! 😀 I’ve read 8 books this month but I might finish a 9th tomorrow. 🙂 Congrats on your award, that’s awesome! 😀
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Thank you so much! 😀 You managed to read so many books in a month, wow! And thank you 🙂
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No problem! 😀 I guess that’s a lot of books. Over my summer break in May-August, I can read 15-20 a month because I have a ton of free time. 😛 Those are my favorite months. XD
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I don’t think I’d ever read that many a month unless they were mostly graphic novels haha! I read more in the summer though. I’m just a slow reader
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Nothing wrong with that. 🙂
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OMG I love your paintings!
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Thank you! 😀 ❤
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I’m rather obsessed with Outlander as well! Also your blog design is beautiful, so are the paintings – I love them all ❤ How on earth do you find the time to do everything, including college?! You have my respect ahah
Enchanted by YA
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Outlander is just so addictive! And thank you so so much! ❤ 😀
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You had a great reading and as a blogger/blogging month! 😀
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I did 😀 Great way to start the year!
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Cool stuff. Month well spent. Love the paintings!
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Thank you!
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