monthly wrap-up

Hi everyone! I’m diverting from my previous wrap-up post style because it didn’t give me much room for discussion. Sorry if you really liked it! I’m going to try to come up with a more expanded, artistic post format for wrap-ups soon.

I published 6 posts in October. I was so excited to receive a review copy of There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins from Penguin Random House Canada and I really enjoyed it! You can check out my 4-star review here, and bear in mind that 4 stars are very high for me! I also finally finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, which I also gave 4 stars to, and I did a special review + excerpt post for one of my company’s books, Pumpkin Spice Secrets.
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I was super excited to do my first book tag in a long time, which was The Fall Book Tag by Bionic Book Worm, and I’ve loved reading others’ tags! I’m definitely going to make tagging a monthly thing. And, finally, I announced my giveaway (happening on Instagram) of the “A Free Elf” bookish candle from From the Page! Follow me on Insta if you want to take part.

What can everyone look forward to in November? Certainly another book tag, though I’m not sure which one to do yet! (Suggestions below please! :D) I’ll be posting reviews of The Snow Rose by Lulu Taylor, The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury, and maaayybbee First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen, though I really didn’t like this book so I might skip it.

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Please feel free to recommend my next book tag in the comments below, and link me to your October wrap-ups!

This is my first ever wrap-up! This is so exciting.

So during the month of July I read my favourite contemporary YA novel of 2015 so far, and that was All the Rage by Courtney Summers. I absolutely adore this book, and I completely feel that everyone should read this book at some time in their lives (hopefully early on! Lots of important life lessons in there).

I also read my favourite YA historical fiction of ALL TIME, which is Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman. This book comes out in August, so make sure to keep an eye out for it! Also, if you click on the link below, I’ve shared details on how to get the free prequel and about a swag pack that’s happening if you pre-order.

Also new this month (at least I think this month…) is that one of my favourite YA contemporary authors Lauren Morrill now has a PO Box. I really love snail mail. I think it’s a dying art form, and I think it makes people feel a bit more special that you’ve taken the extra time to send something. So if you’ve read her (which you definitely should), then please send her some mail! She mentioned sending out swag to people who did…

Her website with her contact information is here.

And lastly, but not least, I have a total of FOUR books on the go right now, with a few more waiting for me. I am trying to read, for only the third time in my life, a graphic novel called Alice in the Country of Hearts, and I have to say, I’m really enjoying it. It’s a refreshing change from what I normally read, and I’m excited to stretch past my usual boundaries. I also noticed that I read hardly any books written by men, so I’m going to be making a conscious effort to change that. I want to break the stereotype that women write for women and men write for men, because that’s so not true.

A final reminder as well that there is a giveaway happening. If I can reach 50 blog followers, then I will be giving away a book. So make sure to follow if you want to enter!

Books read:

The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher (5 out of 5)

Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols (3 ½-4 out of 5)

Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman (5 out of 5)

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (4 ½ out of 5)

All the Rage by Courtney Summers (5 out of 5)

Total books read: 5

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October Wrap-up & November Preview

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My First Ever Wrap-Up!