Showing posts with label book haul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book haul. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 January 2015

Weekly Wrap-Up (18/1/15)

The Sunday Post hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer
It's Monday! hosted @ Book Journey

How was everyone's week? Did you get in some good reading?

My week was OK, it was actually nice to be back at school, catching up with my classmates and having intellectual discussions about books :-)

THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG

Top Ten 2014 debuts I didn't get around to reading
Waiting on The Bookseller
Chatty Saturday: Are you the only bookish person you know?

NEXT WEEK ON MY BLOG

Aside from Chatty Saturday, I have nothing planned for next week. So watch this space!

RECENT READS


 

CURRENT READ


READING NEXT

I haven't decided yet!

ADDITIONS TO MY TBR
The only new books I got this past week are school books, but some of them look really interesting.






I STILL have Golden Son on hold at the library and the wait is not only killing me, it is starting to piss me off.


Oh! I also got a really beautiful colouring book for adults and I am having so much fun with it.

Stacking the Shevles hosted @ Tynga's Reviews

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I hope you all have a fabulous week and read some very excellent books. 


Sunday, 11 January 2015

Weekly Wrap-Up (11/1/2015)

The Sunday Post hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer
It's Monday! hosted @ Book Journey

How was everyone's week? Did you get in some good reading?

I was so stressed out this week, dealing with family issues and having three papers for school due within days of each other, that my brain was turning to mush and I could feel a nervous breakdown a coming on. So, I asked, and luckily, got approved, for extensions on two of those papers, Phew! That relieved some of the stress.

On a lighter note, I read some good books and the weather wasn't crap this week, so there's that :-)

THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG

Review: Day 21
Top Ten Anticipted Debuts
Review: Obsidian
Review: The Witch of Salt & Storm
Chatty Saturday: Libraries

NEXT WEEK ON MY BLOG

2014 Releases I Meant to Read but Never Got to
Waiting on The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
Review: All the Bright Places
Chatty Saturday

RECENT READS


Both of these books took me totally by surprise and I enjoyed them both, immensely.


I went into this book not knowing anything about it and I think that added to my enjoyment of it, as I was asking "what the hell is going on?" the whole time. And that ending, I need the next installment, STAT.


CURRENT READ

Really enjoying this one, it's very unigue. Although, it does remind me a little bit of Justin Cronin's The Passage.

READING NEXT

I haven't read any of the books I have been planning too for the past few weeks, so for next week , I am just going to read whatever takes my fancy. And of course, I will be working my way through my second term reading list for university.

ADDITIONS TO MY TBR


After reading Obsidian I just had to get the next book in the series. I bought Never Never because I needed a very quick read and it is only 140 pages long, and by two authors I have never read, but want to.

I have Golden Son on hold at the library, and even though it was released on Thursday, they still haven't added it to their catalogue. The wait is killing me, I need it now.

Stacking the Shevles hosted @ Tynga's Reviews

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I hope you all have a fabulous week and read some very excellent books. 


Sunday, 4 January 2015

Weekly Wrap-Up (4/1/15)

The Sunday Post hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer
It's Monday! hosted @ Book Journey

How is everyone's new year going so far? Still keeping up with your resolutions and goals? So far, I think 2015 is quite alright and of course, it's best to wait a few weeks rather than days to know how well the resolutions are sticking. My little nephew is now 3 weeks old, boy how the time flies, he is such a doll and I can't leave him alone. I have nine days left of my winter break and I have 3 papers to write in that time, so yeah, the last few days of my holiday are going to be a lot of fun.

THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG

Discussion Challenge Sign-Up Post
Some of my 2015 Goals and Resolutions
My Bout of Books 12 Participation Post
Chatty Saturdays Intro Post

I am participating in six challenges this year, four of which should help with my goal of acquiring less books and reading more of the ones I already have. One should help with my goal of posting more discussion type posts, I think I may have that sorted out for a while, with my chatty Saturday posts , but we shall see. And the other challenge is to make me read more widely.

NEXT WEEK ON MY BLOG

Top Ten 2015 Debuts I am Anticipating
Chatty Saturday: Libraries

Yeah, it's gonna be a quiet one. I have so many (so many) reviews I need to write, but I just can't seem to find the motivation to do so at the moment. And besides, I have those three papers to write.

RECENT READ

For some reason, this tiny thing is all I have read this week
CURRENT READS


I haven't really been making time for reading this week, so I am reading these very, very slowly.

READING NEXT

If I get those two books read next week, I will move on to...


ADDITIONS TO MY TBR

I only acquired two books this week, I bought one for school and the other I borrowed from the library. Can you guess which one's which?


Stacking the Shevles hosted @ Tynga's Reviews

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I hope you all have a fabulous week and read some very excellent books. 


Sunday, 28 December 2014

Weekly Wrap-Up (28/12/14)

The Sunday Post hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer
It's Monday! hosted @ Book Journey

THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG:

Some of my Fave Books of 2015
2015 Bookish Resolutions Challenge Sign-Up Post
No Book Buying Challenge Sign-Up Post
Mountain TBR Challenge Sign-Up Post
Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge Sign-Up Post
The Bookriot Read Harder Challenge Participation Post

SOME FABULOUS RECENT READS:



WHAT I AM READING NOW:


ADDITIONS TO MY TBR:
Stacking the Shevles hosted @ Tynga's Reviews





WHAT I BOUGHT: I had a birthday, so I bought a few books with my birthday money.

Physical:
Kindle:




















Kindle Freebies: I didn't get any books for christmas, so I downloaded a bunch of freebies to make myself feel better.















FOR REVIEW:


NEXT WEEK ON MY BLOG:

2015 Discussion Challenge Sign-Up Post
2015 Goals and Resolutions 
Bout of Books 12 Read-A-Thon Sign-Up Post
Chatty Saturdays are Coming!

WHAT I PLAN TO READ NEXT:



IN REAL LIFE:

My sister had a baby, his name is Kian-Orion and he is an absolute joy.
Look at this cutie pie.

Other than a new baby in the house, nothing exciting has happened, except maybe the fact that it is winter break and I have no school for 24 whole days - that is pretty exciting.

I hope everybody had a fantastic Christmas and if you don't celebrate Christmas, then I hope your week was fab just the same. 
I wish you all a wonderful and fun-filled 2015.