Heartbeat Weekly (102): December Haul

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 7, 2018 | 4 Comments

What I got last month Bought Boxes December “Oh So Regal” FairyLoot Flick the Wick “The Life of a Bibliophile” box Merch The Trees Speak Latin zipper pouch by Dorothy Reads Nevernight & Manon Blackbeak woodmarks from Ink & Wonder Grindelwald tote bag (BST group) Deathly Hallows pocket watch, Loot Crate exclusive (BST group) Reading in Bed candle from Meraki (now closed), Illumicrate exclusive (BST group) Valar Morgulis & Obscurus candles from Reverie Library Christmas at Hogwarts candle from […]

Bout of Books 21: Goals & Progress!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 6, 2018 | 4 Comments

Sign up for Bout of Books 21 HERE I’m so thrilled to be participating in this readathon! I did so horrible last year on reading and I want to start the year off right! It’s also been a really long time since I did a proper readathon. There was one on Instagram back in December while I was on vacation, but I didn’t get much reading in sadly. Goals Finish current read (Heart of Iron) ✓ Read 1-2 more books OR 1,000 […]

2018 Reading Challenges

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 3, 2018 | 8 Comments

2018 Goodreads Challenge 2018 Reading Challenge Jessi (Novel Heartbeat) has read 1 book toward her goal of 25 books. hide 1 of 25 (4%) view books 2018 Popsugar reading challenge See the challenge on Popsugar’s website here! Goal: 10 from the regular categories, 1 from the advanced category ✓ COMPLETED! Books read: Regular A book that involves a bookstore or library (Strange the Dreamer) A book with an LGBTQ+ protag (Heart of Iron) A book set at sea (To Kill […]

I’m Bringing Back My Reading Bingo Challenge for 2018!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 2, 2018 | 17 Comments

In 2016 I made a reading bingo board and it was so much fun! I didn’t get a chance to do any challenges last year other than the Goodreads challenge, so I’d really like to do one or two this year! Since it’s been two years since the last one, I didn’t bother to change the prompts, I just changed up the color! If you want to participate too you’re more than welcome to use the graphic (I made it!), […]

2017 End of Year Book Survey + Reading Stats

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 31, 2017 | 4 Comments

Created by the lovely Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner! See my 2016 End of Year Survey! Reading Stats Number of books you read: 20 Number of re-reads: 1.5 Genre you read the most from: Fantasy BEST IN BOOKS 1. Best book you read in 2017? Godsgrave! 2. Book you were excited about & thought you were going to love more but didn’t? There were two: 1) The Dragon’s Price by Bethany Wiggins. I loved her other book, Stung, and Dragons? But […]

Books I Didn’t Finish in 2017

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 30, 2017 | 6 Comments

I had a terrible year in reading! I was in a massive reading slump for months on end, and during those months I picked up countless books and couldn’t get into anything. I was going through 4-5 books before I found something I could stick to. On the bright side, I rated books much higher because I DNFed the ones I wasn’t enjoying. I may have only read 20 books, but out of those only 3 of them were under 4 […]