Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this readathon as much as I did! I want to thank everyone who participated, and give a special thanks to those who took the extra time to participate in the mini challenges as well. How did everyone do?! I did good – I didn’t reach my goal of 4 books, but I read 1500 pages, and in the normal books I read (350-400 pgs) that would be about 4 ;) My final progress Total […]
Books I got this week From the signing: Article 5 by Kristen Simmons Three by Kristen Simmons I made this awesome bracelet out of the Glass Arrow charms I won a couple months ago! Made this to wear to the signing tonight!! #bookswag #glassarrow #kristensimmons #hemp #jewelry #handmade #charmbracelet A photo posted by Jessi Larie (@novelheartbeat) on Feb 10, 2015 at 7:28am PST Gifted/won: The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons, signed and personalized Signed & personalized Glass […]
Hey guys! First of all, thank you all SO much for joining me for the readathon! You guys rock! There’s only two more days left and I hope everyone is kicking butt. Keep sharing your progress with the hashtag #LfBReadathon! Today the mini challenge is called the Match Game, and it’s hosted by myself and the lovely Jade from Bedtime Bookworm! Guidelines All you have to do is match the boys’ and girls’ names to create a couple! Jade […]
When I first saw this one, I passed. When everyone else was reading it, I passed. Why? Because I hate the cover. It’s awful!! Plus, it just doesn’t scream “dystopian” to me. It looks like a espionage-thriller kind of thing (in the vein of Heist Society), so I wasn’t even remotely interested. But, then I saw that book twin Ashley rated it 5 stars, and I actually read the synopsis. Hmm, sounds like a dystopian style Hatfields vs. McCoys story with forbidden love. […]
Full list of Life of a Blogger topics. Last week’s topic: What superpower would you choose? This week’s topic: Websites It’s no secret that I spend a lot of time on the internet. It’s definitely a downfall! Here are the sites I spend the most time on: Twitter, of course. This one is the major one! My blog. It’s kind of sad how many hours I spend on it! Sometimes I navigate to my homepage just to sit and stare at […]
We’ve all seen those “how-to” posts on writing reviews. Do this, don’t do that, make sure you blah blah blah. I hate those posts. Why? Because there are no rules. There are no guidelines. Your blog is YOUR space, and yours alone. Not anyone else’s! No one should ever, ever tell you how to review (or how not to). I cringe every time I see posts like that. Here are a few lines of “advice” I’ve seen that really annoy me: Don’t be sarcastic. […]