May 12, 2018

Stacking The Shelves #99/Sunday Post #31

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality as a way to share all the books we got during the week!

The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. Its a weekly post to showcase what books you got, recap the week, and talk about what will be coming up this week on the blog!

Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Glitter (Glitter #1) by Aprilynne Pike

Guys! I'm so excited! I've been looking for these books for a while now and finally found copies at the used bookstore!!! And both in hardcover too! I'm so so excited to finally have these!

Inferno (Talon #5) by Julie Kagawa
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa

Thank you Harlequin & NetGalley! :)

So first off, I did not break my requesting spree. Lol. It's been a good month and a half since I requested anything now. Yay me! I had requested these around mid March and they finally got approved this week! I'm seriously beyond excited I got approved for Shadow of the Fox!!!!! :D

So I got a lot of reading done this week! I finished Fracture Me, Ignite Me and Restore Me (review coming Monday) in the span of 2 days. I devoured them! Hoping to use this momentum to power through a lot for Bout of Books starting Monday! I'm actually feeling really confident!

So guys, I think I'm going to start doing videos again. I used to do them and I really enjoyed them and I kinda miss it. So I think I'm gonna start doing them again. I have my new YouTube channel linked on the side so anyone who wants to subscribe can. I'm looking at posting my first videos this upcoming week. :)

So I know a few people expressed interest in me having more Read-Alongs. So I've come up with a few choices if people would like me to host one in June. 2 are books I finally got after searching for them for ages, and two were random draws from my Goodreads TBR. The book choices are:

The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) by Marie Lu
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Glitter (Glitter #1) by Aprilynne Pike
Blood Red Road (Dustlands #1) by Moira Young

Please let me know in the comments if you'd like to participate and what you'd like to read! The one that gets the most interest will be the pick for June! :)

OMG everyone! Guess what?!?! James got straight A's this semester! He's like never had straight A's. I'm so incredibly proud of all the hard work he did for his classes this semester! You guys really have no idea just how proud I am of him! He's hated and struggled with school for ages so to see him do this is seriously just fantastic!

We also took family pictures last Sunday! We get to pick them up this Sunday and I'm so excited. We got to do so many shots, not just of the three of us, but also just me and James, me and Ana, James and Ana, and Ana herself! I'm so excited to see how they turned out! :D I honestly think they will be the best family pictures yet.

In one final bit of news, ITS HOT! Like Satan's Armpit hot (this is my second best description of it, my first is not as appropriate! XD). We are now firmly in the consistently over 100 days and I'm so done. The heat gives me headaches. And its not even heat exhaustion or anything. The hot weather just makes my head act up. James is feeling it too and the poor guy has to work in the heat. Never move to Arizona! Especially Tucson or Phoenix. I swear we reach 100 earlier and earlier every year. This is seriously not a good place to live if you like going outside during the day. Or a decently priced electric bill in the summer.

2018 Dystopia Reading Challenge: May Link-Up

As always, there is lots of time to sign up for the 2018 Dystopia Reading Challenge. And just as a reminder, the first big giveaway for it will be in July!

And also, keep in mind, the next Dystopia Reading Challenge related read-along I'll be hosting is in July for Unknown by Wendy Higgins! Picture is linked to Read-Along page with more info!