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Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great week. We’ve been slowly getting back into the routine of things since the holidays. Hubby’s back at work and I’m slowly getting the house back in order. Liam and I finally organized all his new toys and donated a lot of older ones. It’s amazing how much stuff doesn’t get done when you’re not around to do it 😉
So I bought myself a little something over the holidays and I started using it this week with my New Year’s reads.
It’s like a diary for book people and I LOVE it!!!! I’ve already written three books in it with all my scribbled notes. It’s really come in handy for when I don’t have time to sit and write a review right away. Here’s what it looks like on the inside.
There’s a place to write down all the demographics, notes on information to look at, and a general notes section where I wrote character info, plot summary, and pages for quotes. Like I said I LOVE it 😀 Want your own? Check it out here: My Bibliofile: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers
Besides being uber-excited about the new journal, I’ve been reading and cleaning all week. What’s your week been like?
Currently Reading
Currently I’m about half way through this book and I’m blown away. I haven’t been able to sit it down. In fact, I wanted to keep reading it instead of writing this post 😆 Broken Skies is set in the future after the world fell apart and over half of the human race is extinct. Oh yeah, and there’s aliens 😀
Last Week on the Blog
- Marked by Sarah Fine ★★★★★
- Top Ten Tuesday #21 – 2015 Newbies
- Waiting on Wednesday #7 – The Forsaken by Laura Thalassa
- The Young Elites by Marie Lu ★★★★
- Feature & Follow Friday #1 – Collections of the Non-Bookish Variety
- Read-A-Thon: Dusting Off the Shelves
- Sunday Post #16 – Back to Routines
Coming Up this Week
- Ice Country by David Estes – review
- Top Ten Tuesday | “Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To” via Broke and Bookish
- The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macalister – review
- Broken Skies by Theresa Kay – review
- Feature & Follow Friday hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read | This week’s question is “Do you own any doubles of your books? What led to getting that second…or third or fourth…copy?”
- Saturday Shorts | Spearwood Academy Vol. 3 & 4 by A.S. Oren – reviews
Dusting Off The Shelves
I entered in my first read-a-thon this week. It starts tomorrow and sign-ups are open until tonight, Jan. 11th, at 11:59pm. The goal of this read-a-thon is to find your oldest UNREAD ebooks and read them or DNF them and move on. I liked this and as I have over 100 books on my e-reader TBR and it’s a part of COYER I thought I’d give it ago. Check out my goals for the read-a-thon by clicking here. I will be posting some mini-reviews this week as a part of the read-a-thon in addition to the ones I’ve already mentioned.
This Week’s Book Fix
I thought I had a handle on my book problem, but that’s just not the case! 11 new books are in my hands…covers link to Goodreads 😉
Kindle Freebies
- Love Again by T.K. Chapin
- Special Delivery by Ginny Baird
- Entanglement by Dan Rix
- Into the Whirlwind by Elizabeth Camden
- Crimson Night by RS Black
Library Acquired
- Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
- Splintered by A.G. Howard
Purchased
- Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
For Review
- Flirting with Felicity by Gerri Russell
- Miramont’s Ghost by Elizabeth Hall
Thank you Amazon for providing both ARCs this week!
What are you reading this week?
So I have a super busy week ahead. My sweet Grandaddy’s birthday is Saturday and he will be 80 this year. Liam and I are heading down for a few days to spend time with him and I can’t wait 😀 Reading wise will be busy too. I’ve set myself a goal of four books for the Dusting Off the Shelves challenge. That’s double my usual 😕 But I CAN do it!!! What are your reading plans this week?
I want My Bibliophile!! That looks amazing! I’m intrigued by Miramont’s Ghost and Stiefvater is on my list of authors to get to. You got some great books this week! We’re getting back to regular schedule as well and it feels fantastic. I love making progress and getting things back to vaguely organized. Have a great week!
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library recently posted…This Week in Reading – January 11
I’m in love with mine <3 Stiefvater is on sale on Amazon until tomorrow (I think) if you’re looking for a sale 😉 Have a good week!
That journal is stellar! It would be the perfect Mother’s Day gift for me. I will be adding it to my mom gift list because there is such a thing as too many windchimes. Lol. Splintered! Yes! I posted my review of Ensnared on Monday. I am so sad the trilogy is finished. There is one more novella to come, but that’s not enough for me. I am going to be reading The Raven Boys soon. I am doing a guest review and the blogger is sending me the hardcover. I won Blue Lily, Lily Blue in hardcover so I only have to buy the second book. I am looking to borrowing Snow Like Ashes from the Library, also. Right now I am reading Compulsion and liking it quite a bit.
I’m so excited to start Splintered 🙂 I love retellins and Alice In Wonderland was a favorite of mine as a girl. Thanks for stopping by!
I see at least 4 books I’d love to read in your newly acquired ones ! Enjoy them and have a great week 😉
I’m slightly giddy about them! Several I’ve been wanting to read for a while and now I can 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
I used to have a book journal like that but could never remember to use it. It was pretty though. Wonder where it went….
Glad stuff is going back together — the holidays really DO wreak havoc on our lives.
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I wasn’t sure if I’d use it or not but I’m loving it 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
I love the sound of Miramont’s Ghost and instantly added that one to my TBR list just the other day 🙂 I’m trying to work on bringing less books into the house but it doesn’t always work that way for me. LOL! I hope that you enjoy reading all of these. Have a great week!
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Samantha I know the struggle! I told myself at the beginning of the year no more one-click sales, but as you can see I didn’t stick with it 😉
I’ve got to get me one of those. It will work so much better than scraps of paper lying around and stuck in books. LOL Thanks for sharing it.
I failed miserably in my book buying ban the past week. Couldn’t resist. It was a banner week of books. LOL
laura thomas recently posted…What’s New On My Bookshelf #92 and The Sunday Post
LOL! Me too! I always think that I did really good but then I get to this post and start typing and keep typing. So many books! And one day I will read them all 😉
I love the journal! Nice haul my daughter loves the Splinter series. Glad things are slowly getting back to normal. Have a great week
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The journal has really helped me with reviews! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
That bibliofile seriously looks amazing and something I need. And it wasn’t that expensive so I’ll be buying this for myself. Plus that readathon!! I didn’t even know about this!! I am headed over there now!
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I love mine! It’s especially handy when I dont have time to write a review right away.
Yay! I’m glad you’re joining us 😀
Oh my! I would love to have a diary like that. So cute. Your new books look awesome. I’m sure you’ll enjoy Snow Like Ashes. I so love that book 🙂
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I’ve seen so many good reviews of it. I’m looking forward to starting it 🙂