I've been wanting to make this book talk for a while (and I'm thinking I'm going to continue making book talks for series that I finish), but I'm finally sharing my spoiler-free thoughts on The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer! This YA sci-fi series that is based on fairy tale retellings is an extremely enjoyable and entertaining read and I really had fun during my time reading through each of these books! Click play on my video to find out about my thoughts on the series as a whole.
Over the past few weeks I've been recording random video clips of exciting things I've been participating in. Time got away from me and I never posted any of the footage, so I thought I'd throw it all into one miscellaneous vlog! In this vlog you'll see me attending the Katy Perry concert at the Garden, running the Wineglass Marathon in Corning, NY, and getting the chance to watch the Patriots vs. Chargers game from some amazing seats! It was great to look back on these awesome memories, so I'm excited to share them with you all! I hope you enjoy. :)
Happy Black Friday, everyone! In the spirit of spending ridiculous amounts of money, I thought I'd post a book haul revisit and see if I've actually read the books I've spent my money on! This time around I'm taking a look at the books I hauled during my RYBSAT Round 9 & Tackle Your TBR vlogs from last fall, which totaled in 22 books between the two vlogs. Click play on the above video to see how I did! :)
Last week I participated in the #ContemporaryAThon! This was such a brilliant idea to focus on just reading contemporaries for the duration of a readathon. Contemporaries are so much fun and such a breeze to read so I'm happy the Chelsea and Julie came up with this idea! I had a really fun week focusing on my TBR and also hit a very exciting milestone on my channel! Hit play to see what I got up to over the course of the week. I hope that another round of ContemporaryAThon comes about sometime in the future! :)
It's been a bit since I've done a book tag, and posting this seems to have come at a very serendipitous time because I recently surpassed the 1,000 subscriber milestone thanks to a shout out from the lovely Chelsea Dolling Reads! What better way to introduce myself to my new friends than answer some random questions about myself? :P Press play to hear my answers for this tag and keep reading to get the questions so that you can do this tag yourself!
Questions:
1. What do you study/what is your job?
2. What is your favorite social media channel?
3. If you had another channel what would it be about?
4. Do you play any instruments?
5. What are your hobbies other reading?
6. Favorite TV shows?
7. What got you into reading?
8. What are your favorite and least favorite genres?
Hooray! It's finally time for another book haul! These are some of my favorite videos to watch and to make, so I'm always very excited when I get to sit down and show off the books that I've purchased over the course of the last few months. This time around I managed to rack up 34 books.
I know what you may be thinking - what happened to your Project 5 book buying plan?! (You're probably not thinking that but I feel weird not explaining myself SO I'M GONNA.) Basically, it went out the window this fall. I went through a really tough period of time in September/October and one of the things that brought be comfort was buying new books, so I allowed myself to do so.
Overall, though, I'm finding that through my Project 5, I have less of an inclination to buy books that I'm not sure if I'm genuinely interested in and don't have foreseeable plans to actually read in the near future, which was the whole point of putting myself on this plan in the first place. So, SUCCESS! Moving forward, I think I'm going to continue to be cautious with my book buying and if I'm finding that I'm back on a "buy 20-books from Book Outlet for no real reason" habit, I'll turn back to Project 5. It's honestly been such a great help in learning to curb my book buying habits!
Anyway, here are the books that I've purchased for myself this fall. If you'd like to hear me talk briefly about each of these books, click play on the video above! Definitely let me know if you've read/enjoyed any of these books. I'd love to hear from you!
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Audiobook
It by Stephen King
Physical copy & audiobook
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Physical copy
Sourdough by Robin Sloane
Physical copy
September Book of the Month box
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Physical copy
September Book of the Month box
Startup by Doree Shafrir
Physical copy
September Book of the Month box
This One is Mine by Maria Semple
Physical copy
Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North
Physical copy
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Physical copy
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Physical copy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Physical copy
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Physical copy
Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey, White House Years by David Litt
Audiobook
Lumberjanes, volume 5: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson, et. al.
Physical copy
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Physical copy
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Physical copy
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Physical copy
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Physical copy
Misery by Stephen King
Physical copy
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Physical copy
October Book of the Month box
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
Physical copy
October Book of the Month box
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
Physical copy
October Book of the Month box
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Physical copy
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds
Kindle eBook
Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties by Dianne Lake
I'm so sad that #BorrowAThon round 3 has come to an end. I always have such a great time with BorrowAThon. The community around this readathon is so awesome and I think this round has been the best one yet! Major shout outs to all of the hosts that helped me out this round, as well as all of the folks that joined in and had a great time with us! Click play on the vlog above to see what I got up to last week and to hear my thoughts on all of the books that I read throughout the readathon! :)
GUYS! I'm so excited for this readathon! A few weeks back, Chelsea and Julie announced the ContemporaryAThon which, pretty obviously, is a readathon that encourages you to read exclusively contemporaries for a week. I am ALL ABOUT THIS! Contemporaries are usually so much fun to fly through and such feel-good reads and honestly, that's what I need in my reading life right now. I am so excited! :D The readathon will be 7 days (November 13-19, 2017) and Chelsea and Julie are encouraging folks to just have a low-key fun time, which I'm totally here for.
Keep reading to see what I'll be reading for this readathon and click play on the video above to learn a bit more about the books I picked! :)
The most recent contemporary book that you purchased/acquired
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
An adult contemporary
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
A contemporary with characters on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
A romance that is 5 years old or older
This is the only challenge I didn't have a book I could read on my shelf! It's okay, though.
Romance doesn't tend to be my favorite genre, anyway.
A contemporary that is not set in summer
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
A dark/taboo contemporary
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Buddy read a contemporary
I will be buddy reading both Little Fires Everywhere and Dark Matter with Michael!
Somehow it's November again and it's time for another monthly TBR! This month I will be participating in two readathons - BorrowAThon (TBR here) and ContemporaryAThon. Because I'm posting separate TBRs for those readathons, I'm only talking about my goal reads and a miscellaneous buddy read I'm planning for this month. Trust me, there's a lot more on my reading plate in November! Stay tuned to find out what else I'm reading this month, but for now, here are my goal picks for November.
Buddy Reads
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Buddy read with Libby
2017 Goal Picks
Classic: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
October has been a fairly decent reading month considering everything that has been going on in my personal life on top of going through a reading slump at the beginning of the month! I am really thankful that I'm back in the groove of reading and I'm hoping that this groove continues for the rest of the year! Keep reading to see my stats and the books that I read during the month of October, and to hear what I thought of each title, hit play on the video above!
Completed diverse, TBR jar, classic, and nonfiction reads
3,874 pages read
10 books completed
BOOKS COMPLETED
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley Library book, 4/5 Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley Library book, 5/5 The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck by Sarah Knight Kindle e-Book, 4/5 Non-fiction pick for October Final Girls by Riley Sager Physical copy, 4/5 Buddy read with Becky & Michael I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh Physical copy, 4.5/5 The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Physical copy, 5/5 Classic pick for October It by Stephen King Physical copy/Audiobook, 4/5 Buddy read with Becky & Michael Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt Audiobook, 4.5/5 Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Physical copy, 3/5 Diverse pick for October The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison Physical copy, 4/5 TBR Jar pick for October
