Two-Month Wrap-Up: February & March 2016!

After getting off to a great start of 2016, things definitely slowed down considerably during the past two months. February really flew by, and March was by far one of the busiest months I have ever had!! I've basically been working non-stop and consequently had very, very little time for reading and blogging *cue sad-bookworm tears*

Let's hope April changes for the better!!

What I read and reviewed

 

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Forget Me Not by Megan Tayte - 3/5
You Were Here by Cori McCarthy - 5/5
La petite fille qui avait avalé un nuage grand comme la tour Eiffel - by Romain Puertolas - 4/5
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 4/5
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig - 4/5
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater - 4/5
The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell - 3/5
The Finding of Martha Lost by Caroline Wallace - 4/5
Never Never by Brianna Shrum - 4/5 (full review to come) 
Links in titles take you to my full review

What I added to my shelves

My Plans for April

I have no idea exactly how busy I'll be during April, so I'm keeping my reading plans very soft. I definitely want to try making a dent in my review copy TBR, so I'll try to at least get through The Night that Changed Everything and Once Upon a Dream.

What about you? 

 Tell me EVERYTHING in the comments!

January 2016 Wrap-Up!

2016 started off really well with a great reading month! Surprisingly, in January I managed to read all of 6 books, which is fantastic for my standards (I usually read 3-4 books a month). And I managed to review 4 of them!! Although I was still pretty busy in real life, juggling tons of activities, I somehow managed to squeeze in some more reading time. I just hope to be able to keep that up in the next months...

What I read and reviewed

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Grudging by Michelle Hauck - 5/5
This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp - 4/5
Bookishly Ever After by Isabelle Bandeira - 4/5
Broken Dolls by Tyrolin Puxty - 3.5/5

Links in titles take you to my full review

What I added to my shelves

This month was rich in review copies! Huge thanks to NetGalley, all the publishers and authors Megan Tayte and Matt Brolly for these beauties. All covers link to Goodreads.

My Plans for February

I definitely want to get on top of my review copies in February, so I'll be giving priority to March releases. I'm almost finished with Forget Me Not, book 2 in the Ceruleans series, so I'll have a review up for that very, very soon. I'm also about half-way through La petite fille qui avait avalé un nuage grand comme la tour Eiffel, which was a new release in my local library. After these, I plan on getting started on review copies like You Were Here and The Girl from Everywhere.

What about you? How did your reading 2016 start?

 Tell me EVERYTHING in the comments!

November 2015 Wrap-Up!

November is over already... and I seriously don't know where all the time went. I've been terribly busy all month, running around trying to fit everything in my schedule. I'm ready for some holidays now, even though I know I'll have to wait quite a while before I can actually get any. Oh well, at least now that December is here I have an excuse to drink hot chocolate... because everything is better with some hot chocolate! I'm also really happy to see the lights and Christmas trees starting to go up. It's getting me in a festive mood early, and I really like it!

Reading and blogging-wise, November has been just as dreadful as October. I only read four books this month, posted very little, and was absolutely rubbish at keeping up with visiting other blogs. But three out of four of these books were on my reading plan for this month, so I'm happy that I managed to follow it at least a little!

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The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton - 4/5 (review to come)
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro - 3/5
Time to Die by Caroline Mitchell - 4/5
Alice Takes Back Wonderland by David D. Hammons- 5/5

Links in titles take you to my full review


Also, this month I hit 100 Instagram followers!! That really surprised me, since I don't actually post very often (I'm just too lazy when it comes to taking pictures), but I'm ever so grateful that people actually like some of the stuff I post! Massive thanks to each and every one of you who take the time to read my posts and like my tweets and pictures. You are so wonderful, I want to hug you all!! 

If you don't already follow me and would like to, you can find me on Instagram and Twitter, and as usual, you can follow me on Bloglovin or by email by clicking on the links on the right.

What I added to my shelves

How to Fall in Love by Cecelia Ahern - from the library

Grudging: Birth of Saints Book One by Michelle Hauck - review copy from Edelweiss. Huge thanks to Harper Voyager!

Not many new books this month, but that's not too bad since I have a lot of older ones that I want to get through first. I'm particularly excited to have had the opportunity to host the wonderful Michelle Hauck (author of Grudging) here on the blog this month to talk about NaNoWriMo inspiration. If you missed her guest post, be sure to check it out!

My Plans for December

I've been pretty good at following my reading plan for November, so I'll try again this month. I'll definitely try to read:

-How to Fall in Love - since it's from the library, I have to read it before the deadline. That's motivation for you! 
-Grudging by Michelle Hauck - because it makes me very curious and I feel in the mood for a good fantasy.

- Never Never by Brianna Shrum

- The Traitor by Seth Dickinson

Both of these last two were in my plan for November, but I didn't manage to get to them in time. I'll try again this month, and maybe I'll be more successful!

What about you? How was your November? Any plans for December? Tell me EVERYTHING in the comments!

October 2015 Wrap-Up!

Bye-bye October, hello November! 

Another busy, busy month is over, and a new one is beginning. Reading and blogging-wise, October has been a terrible month. I have fallen behind on SO MANY activities! I have been working a lot outside of home, so of course that has taken its toll on my free time (spoiler: it's been basically non-existent). And I have a feeling that November will not be that different...

BUT! I still managed to read three books in October! This is quite below my average so far this year, but I'm still very pleased, considering I had very little reading time this month. 

Once Upon a Time: Red's Untold Tale by Wendy Toliver - 4/5 stars
The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen by R. T. Lowe - 3.5/5 stars
Mistress of Justice by Jeffery Deaver - 3/5 stars (full review to come)

What I added to my shelves

Mistress of Justice by Jeffery Deaver - from the library

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro - from the library

Io Amo: Piccola Filosofia dell'Amore by Vito Mancuso - gifted by a friend

The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher - thanks to the publisher and NetGalley!

Alice Takes Back Wonderland by David D. Hammons - thanks to Curiosity Quills Press and NetGalley!

Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn - thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy!

My Plans for November

I'm always kind of wary of making big plans for my reading, since I have a distinct tendency not to follow them. I'm definitely a mood reader, so I often change idea on what book to pick up at the very last moment. But, this month, I will try to stick to my schedule!

- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro - I'm reading this now, and I will definitely finish it very soon, because it is due back to the library. That's motivation for you!

- Time to Die by Caroline Mitchell - My other current read, this one for review. I definitely plan on finishing this pretty soon, because I am very curious to see how things will turn for DI Jennifer Knight.

I also hope to get through some of the review copies that I have neglected until now. In particular, I'll try to read:

- Never Never by Brianna Shrum

- Alice Takes Back Wonderland by David D. Hammons

- The Traitor by Seth Dickinson

I'm linking up with Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

What about you? How was your October? What are your reading goals for November? Tell me EVERYTHING in the comments!