October: A Review!

Two monthly reviews in a row! I'm hoping that I've got my blogging schedule back!

 

October in Numbers!

Total posts= 7

Books read= 6

Reviews Posted= 1

  

Completely back in the Throne of Glass world- so excited to start Queen of Shadows! Also loved my Sci-Fi read, This Shattered World, I can't wait for the final instalment!

 

• Predictions: Queen of Shadows!
• Challenge Update!
• Bingo Challenge!
• Stacking the Shelves: Summer/Autumn Edition
• The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen.
• Bingo Wrap Up!
• October!

 

•  Flash and Arrow are back! I love Superhero films and programmes so I'm loving watching these two again. Especially because the Oliver and Barry are such different characters!
• Once Upon A Time is back! I absolutely love this programme it's a recent find so I'm finding the weekly wait hard!

• Redid all my display boards ready for my first term with Year 3!
• Went to the Moscow State Circus- amazing as always!
• Started planning 2016's adventures, possibly East Coast USA.
• Attended a masked 1950s themed ball.
• Watched The Blair Witch Project in a cemetery (I'm wimpy so this was a big deal!).
• Dressed up as Circus Britney for my friend's Britney Spears themed Halloween Housewarming!

How was your October?

What was your favourite book?

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxx 

September: A Review

  



I have missed these monthly reviews! September has been a month of rereading and settling in to my new job!

 

 When I looked at Goodreads I was shocked as I felt I'd been reading lots and then I realised I'd been rereading a lot! I love rereading, going back to your favourite passages or just opening on a random page and re-experiencing it all. Book Worm Alert!

 

Lots of TV catching up in September! Being away all summer and my PGCE before limited my TV watching. Enjoying the return of Orphan Black and Great British Bake Off (final next week!).

Series' that finished forever

Revenge~ Loved the ending and I will miss Emily and Nolan.

Under the Dome~ Not a great ending but a fab series.

Continuing series'

Pretty Little Liars~ I know who A is but I still have so many questions!

Fantastic Four was a great reboot and a fab cast!

I got to watch an advance preview with Maze Runner and Scorch Trials back to back which was great as I had forgot minor details of Maze Runner and I'm looking forward to the next instalment.

• Started my first teaching job!
• Taught Year 2 for two weeks solo.
• Started a Yoga class.
• Baked a successful Lime Meringue Pie.
• Watched Michael McIntyre live.
• Enjoyed a weekend in the Welsh Valleys.
• Attended the annual end of summer party.

 

September wasn't as exciting as August or July but it was a good month with work life fun like celebrating Alice in Wonderland with Year 1, waffle catch ups with my favourites, lots of cocktails and a 'proper' job!

What did you love about September?

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxx

October: A Review!

October has been my first month of placement! I was in school in Year 6 for two weeks which included two trips, no pens day and a lot of World War I! I then went back to Uni for 3 days and started working on my first assignment. So all in all October has been jammed packed hence the poor blogging and reading!

 

October in Numbers!

Total posts= 3

Books read= 3

Reviews Posted= 0

 

What I read in October! 

 

October posts!

Cover Love: 2015 covers!
Top Ten Tuesday: New Series!
September: A Review!

 

October Goals...

Pre-Schedule, Reviews and Reading...

Well.... These goals kind of fell to the wayside this month as I mentioned above!  

 

November blogging goals!
Pre-schedule- This is key to my successful blogging and teaching I think. I need to get back on top of it this month.
Reviewing- I now have a big backlog of reviews so fingers crossed I get them out this month. I'm going for aim for a low 4 just in case!

Well November will see some pretty exciting changes on the blog! So be sure to keep a look out!

Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

September: A Review!

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and monthly blogging goals!
 
I'm keeping up with my monthly reviews! September's been a pretty successful month for this year!

September in Numbers!

Total posts= 12

Books read= 6

Reviews Posted= 4

 

What I read in September!

 

September reviews!

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick.

Biggest Flirt by Jennifer Echols
Nantucket Red by Leila Howland.
Right of Way by Lauren Barnholdt

September posts!

Cover Love: UK vs US Comparisons.

Top Ten Tuesday: Autumn TBR!

Goodbye Summer!

Summer Bingo Wrap Up!

Fantasy Flashback Friday: Tamora Pierce
Cover Love: Stunning Series So Far!
Sneak Peeks!
August: A Review.
Challenge Update 3

 

September Goals...

Pre-Schedule- Yay! My prescheduling has worked this month! I think my blog has actually been better than August....

Social Media~ Whoops! Not so good. Mainly because I can only connect my phone and netbook to the Uni internet and my blog social media is on my tablet...

Reviews~ More reviews! Not quite 6 but that was an ambitious goal!

 
October blogging goals!

• Pre-Schedule- I just want to keep this up and hopefully make it a routine.
• Reviews- I'm hoping for a realistic 4 as I'm starting my first placement!
• Reading- I need to make a conscious effort to read more. Without my morning bus journey and solo lunch break (downside of a small office!) I've lost my reading time! Plus I have so many PGCE readings that my evenings are taken up. So I'm going to aim to read 6 books again!

How was your September?

Looking forward to Autumn?

Much Love!

Lettie.

Xxx

Quarterly Check Up!

For some reason I've been skipping my monthly reviews! I thought I'd do one big 'check in' for the first quarter of 2014. 2014 has been a slow blogging year so far I keep getting into little slumps so I'm hoping with my blogiversary coming up and exciting posts all planned out I can get back to my usual schedule!

January-April in Numbers

Total posts= 39

Books read= 29

Reviews Posted= 15

 

Favourite Books!
January~ Rome by Jay Crownover.
February~ Best Kind of Broken by Raen Smith.
March~ What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang.
April~ The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski.

What I've Reviewed!

Dangerous to Know and Love by Jane Harvey-Berrick.

Unraveled by Jen Frederick.

Finding It by Cora Carmack.

That One Summer, Series Review!

Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally.

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill.

Taking Something by Elizabeth Lee.

The Only Exception by Magan Vernon.

Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott.

Believe by Erin McCarthy.
Panic by Lauren Oliver.
How To Say Goodbye by Amber Lin.
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Saving Quinton by Jessica Sorensen.

Southbound Surrender by Raen Smith.

What I Posted!

Stacking the Shelves: April
Challenge Update 1!
Currently.... Update.

Stacking the Shelves: March

Interview: Melody Grace.

Spring Bloggiesta To Do List!

Spring Bloggiesta NetGalley Mini Challenge!

Behind the Blog: 4 Hearts to 4½ Hearts!
Thoughts on Searching for Beautiful by Nyrae Dawn.

Cover Reveal: Make it a Double by Sawyer Bennett.

Spring Reading Thing.

Monster Reviewathon: Sign Up!

Reading through the Ages- Primary School!

Stacking the Shelves Follow Up: February

Guest Post: Leigh Ann Kopans.

Stacking the Shelves: February!

Mini Reviews: Reveiw Copy Cleanup Edition!

Interview: Jay Crownover
Book Blogger Love-A-Thon Interview!
Top Ten Tuesday: Swoon Reads!
Stacking the Shelves: January 2013 Follow Up!
Anything to Have You by Paige Harbison: Sneak Peek...
Be With Me Release Day Launch!
Review Copy Cleanup!
Stacking the Shelves: January 2014!

Bout of Books 9.0

Challenges 2014!

2013: A Review!

 

Goals!

• Monthly reviews~ I'm committing to bringing back my month reviews!
• Consistency~ I want my consistency back! I'm aiming lower than usual for a target of 10 per month, hopefully it's achievable.
• 2nd Blogiversary~ I want to celebrate my blogiversary at the beginning of June with a week of reviews, features and flashbacks!

 

All laid out I feel like I've had a better start than I thought. Not as great as I had hoped and less reviews but a good start! The only way is up now!

How has 2014 been for you so far?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

Stacking the Shelves: March

What is Stacking The Shelves all about?

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

 

Welcome to my monthly round up! June's been a weird month, l

I tried to be more frugal with Amazon and I ended up with a lot of 'follow up' books! 

 

Actual Shelf!

The Thing about the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt~ Finally decided to get this one as it was free postage with....

Once We Were by Kat Zhang ~ I had to get this asap especially as it's hard to get over here! 

Virtual Shelf!

Delilah by Jessica Sorensen~I love that Jessica does free novellas to accompany her series!

Kiss the Sky by Krista and Becca Ritchie~ Had to get this as it was 77p!

 

Review Shelf!

NetGalley

 The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski~ Just as good as I'd imagined!
Four Years Later by Monica Murphy~ I requested this last year and just got approved which was a pleasant surprise.
Southpaw by Raen Smith~ Follow up to Southbound Surrender.
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell~ I love Eleanor and Park so I downloaded this as soon as I saw it was read now.
Torn Away by Jennifer Brown~ I always see great reviews for Jennifer Brown so looking forward this. 
The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel~ Great blurb! 

 

Blog Tours

 How to Say Goodbye by Amber Lin~ I'm not sure if I'll love this one but I had to try it after seeing the cover!

Imaginary Lines by Allison Parr~ Accidentally started in the middle of this series but I loved the characters.

After The Storm by Marie Landry~ Companion to Waiting for the Storm featuring Charlotte's sister Ella.

The Year We Fell Down by Marina Bowen~ I love the blurb and the concept!

 

Quite a heavy month!

How was your March?

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxx

November: A Review

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and monthly blogging goals!

November was quite a good blogging month! I can't believe how close to 2014, we are now.

November in Numbers!

Total posts= 16

Books read= 14

Reviews Posted= 5

 

What I read in November!

What I reviewed!

The Only One by Magan Vernon.

Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron
A Risk Worth Taking by Heather Hildenbrand.
Drift by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.
Faster We Burn by Chelsea M. Cameron.
 

What I posted!

Stacking the Shelves~ November!
Confessions: Film before Book!
Embrace Blog Tour: Guest Post!
Blog Tour: Keep Me Still by Caisey Quinn.
Monster Readathon TBR!
NetGalley November Update!
The Monster Thons Sign Up!
October~ A Review.
Top Ten Tuesday: Sequels
NetGalley November
The 12 NAs of Christmas Release Day!
 
Did I achieve my goals?
Updating-
Whoops! Completely forgot to do this!

Diversity
Yay! One fairly diverse month of posts.

Reviews
5 not 7- so close!

Posts

Maybe 18 wasn't realistic, I did 16!

 

What I hope to achieve in December!

• End of Year Updating- I want to update all my pages, do a challenge update post etc. as it's the end of 2013!
• 2013 posts- I'm hoping and planning to do a small series of best of posts for the year.
• Posts- I want to keep them diverse and at least 16.

How was your November?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

Stacking the Shelves~ November!

What is Stacking The Shelves all about?

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

 

Welcome to my monthly round up! November was a bit of a book crazy month!

Borrowed Shelf!

 The Forever of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen~ Finally arrived my library!

The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore~ I'm really enjoying the Lorien series!

The Fall of Five~ I picked this one up ready.

Legend by Marie Lu~ One I've been wanting to read for awhile.

 

Actual Shelf!

 



This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith~ Jennifer always gets great reviews, looking forward to trying out her work!

 

Virtual Shelf!

 Thing I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally~ The one Hundred Oaks book I haven't read.
Out of Line by Jen McLauglin~ I couldn't resist the 49p bargain.
With Every Heartbeat by Melody Grace~ I preordered this and completely forgot about it until it downloaded to my Kindle!
The First Star to Fall by Diana Peterfreund~ I can't stop thinking about this series so I had to get this novella

 

Review Shelf!

NetGalley

 

 
Junk Miles by Liz Reinhardt~I love Liz's books so I requested this and Slow Twitch without thinking!
Slow Twitch by Liz Reinhardt~ ^
It Felt Like A Kiss by Sarra Manning~ I've reread Sarra's adult books over and over so another automatic request!
Just One Year by Gayle Forman~ I can finally pick Just One Day back up and finish this duo.
Out of Tune by Michelle D. Argyle~ Just liked the blurb!
Another Little Piece of my Heart by Tracey Martin~ ^
Before We Fall by Courtney Fall~ I always like the sound of Courtney's books hopefully I love this one!
Anything to Have You by Paige Harrison~ Paige Harrison has been on my TBR for years and this had a great blurb!

Blog Tours

Addicted For Now by Krista and Becca Ritchie~ I like the concept of this series, so I'm looking forward to this one.
Over It by Sarah Billington~ I really enjoyed The Kiss Off  so I'm looking forward to the sequel!
Drift by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt~ Last Lengths book, I loved it!
 

Quite a good NetGalley haul- so many great authors and books!

What joined your shelves in November?

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxx

October~ A Review.

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and monthly blogging goals!

October was a bad blogging month! A combination of covering for a work colleague and a horrible cold. I mocked up lots of posts so November should be a bumper month!

October in Numbers!

Total posts= 7

Books read= 11

Reviews Posted= 3

What I read in October!

What I reviewed!

Riptides by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.
Sweet by Erin McCarthy.
Faking It by Cora Carmack

What I posted!
Stacking the Shelves: October!
Friday Favourites: September
Cover Reveal: For Real by Chelsea M. Cameron
September~ A Review
 
Did I achieve my goals?
Reviews-
Despite a disastrous blogging month I only missed this target by 1!
Update Pages
I start this but I need to finish up!

What I hope to achieve in November!

• Updating- I want to do a Challenge Update post and a couple of Behind the Blog posts to finish off updating my pages!
• Diversity- I want to keep this one up to September's standard!
• Reviews- I want to post at least 7 as I'm planning on taking part in a Reviewathon!
• Posts- I would like to post about 18 but I'm not sure if that's realistic!

How was your October?
Hopefully more productive than mine!
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

September~ A Review

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and monthly blogging goals!

September's been a hectic month of holidays, extra work and preparing for my best friend's visit! I've managed to keep my blogging fairly regular though so fingers crossed I can maintain it throughout busy October.

September in Numbers!

Total posts= 15

Books read= 7

Reviews Posted= 3

What I read in September!

What I reviewed!

Unspoken by Jen Frederick.

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.
Earth Girl by Janet Edwards.
 

What I posted!

Stacking The Shelves: September
Confessions: Reviewing Middle books
Blog Tour: Left by T.R Graves
Behind the Blog: New Rating!
Top Ten Tuesday: Summer TBR Update
Bloggiesta Finish Line!
Bloggiesta To Do List!
Blog Tour: Unspoken by Jen Frederick.
Cover Reveal: Drift by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.
Top Ten Tuesday: Autumn TBR!
August~ A Review!
Currently....
Friday Favourites: August!

Did I achieve my goals?
Diversity
I think I achieved this one! I posted a mix of memes, blog tours, discussions and reviews in September. Just need to keep it up!

Reviews
Whoops! No here near 8 this month.... At least I did some older reviews.
 

What I hope to achieve in October!

• Reviews- I want to post a more realistic four in October. One a week.
• Update Pages- I need to update my rating page with my new rating and all of my pages need a bit of updating anyway!

How was your September ?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx