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

August: A Review.

 

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and monthly blogging goals!
 
I can't believe I haven't done a monthly review since 2013! I'm reviving them starting with August.

August in Numbers!

Total posts= 7

Books read= 9

Reviews Posted= 3

 

What I read in August!

 

August reviews!

The One by Kiera Cass.

After The Storm by Marie Landry.

Torn Away by Jennifer Brown.

August posts!

Stacking The Shelves: July.
TBR: Arc August.
Beach Reads Giveaway!
Mini Reviews.
Third Review!

August posts from the Blogosphere!

• Fun summery series with related posts and interviews based around Morgan Matson's books, Alexa & Judith's Epic Summer Read-Along
• I loved Brittany's recommendations of what to read If You Liked… If I Stay.
• I really appreciated Debby's How to posts especially How to Keep Track, I've made up my own spread sheets and they are so useful!
• I also adored Debby's Pretty Dress Covers post.
• I completely agree with Jamie's Operation Make Myself Suck Less At Series, and I will be doing a similar post later this month!

August Challenges...
Whoops! I posted my ambitious Summer Sign Ups! in July with high hopes.... I didn't reach any of my goals!
I read 4 books and gave up on another 2 for Arc August.
I completely failed the Monster Reviewathon and Beat the Heat Readathon as I've got a lot of reading to do for my course which I didn't realise I had!
I'm still going with my Bingo Challenge though as I'm extending my summer with a holiday! So I will wrap that up with a post next week.

September blogging goals!
Pre-Schedule- I'm anticiapating being really busy with my PGCE but I want to write up a post as week to keep my blog going. I've got 8 posts scheduled so far.
Social Media~ With blogging taking a back burner to my PGCE I'm planning to use Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the blog world and keep my blog going. So follow me on both of those!
Reviews~ More reviews! I want to post at least 6 reviews this month!

How was your August?
Looking forward to Autumn?
Much Love!
Lettie.
Xxx

2013: A Review!

I cannot believe 2013 is over! Overall a good year especially for blogging and reading! 

 

2013 in Numbers

Total posts= 175

Books read= 124

Reviews Posted= 58
Discussions= 4

 

What I read!

What I reviewed!

The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski. 

The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen.

Clash by Nicole Williams.

A Toast to the Good Times by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.

Beautiful Things Never Last by Steph Campbell.

Speechless by Hannah Harrington.

Lennon's Jinx by Chris Myers. 

Dare You To by Katie McGarry.

Make It Last by Bethany Lopez.

I Choose You by Bethany Lopez. 

Depths by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.

Falling by Jolene Perry.

Fall Guy by Liz Reinhardt.

Dizzy by Nyrae Dawn and Jolene Perry.

Measuring Up by Nyrae Dawn.

Trust in Me by Bethany Lopez.

One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy.

Double Clutch by Liz Reinhardt.

Losing It by Cora Carmack.

Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland.

Off Limits by Sawyer Bennett.

Nissa by Bethany Lopez.

Lost and Found by Nicole Williams.

Stripped by Brooklyn Skye.

Wait for You by J. Lynn.

Emancipating Andie by Priscilla Glenn.

Undeclared by Jen Frederick.

True by Erin McCarthy.

A Sliver of Hope by Karla J. Nellenbach.

Between Friends by Amanda Cowen.

Faking It by Cora Carmack.

Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols.

Earth Girl by Janet Edwards.

Near and Far by Nicole Williams.

Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn and Jolene Perry.

Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron.

Waiting for the Storm by Marie Landry.

Faster We Burn by Chelsea M. Cameron.

Callum and Harper by Fisher Amelie.

Ties by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt. 

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.

Unspoken by Jen Frederick.

Sweet by Erin McCarthy.

Riptides by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.

The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller.

The Only One by Magan Vernon.

Finding It by Cora Carmack.

The Temptation of Lila and Ethan by Jessica Sorensen.

For Real by Chelsea M. Cameron.

Christmas Catch by Chelsea M. Cameron.

A Risk Worth Taking by Heather Hildenbrand.

Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally.

Drift by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt.

A Season for Hope by Sarra Cannon.

Addicted for Now by Krista and Becca Ritchie.

Boys of Summer by C.J Duggan.

An Endless Summer by C.J Duggan.

That One Summer by C.J Duggan.

 

What I Discussed!

Film before Book!
Reviewing Middle books
What is New Adult?
New Rating!
 

Who I Interviewed!

Fisher Amelie 

Jolene Perry on New Adult. 

Nyrae Dawn on New Adult.  

Steph Campbell on New Adult.

Nicole Williams on New Adult.

Chelsea Fine.  

Colina Brennan

Alyssa from Books Take You Places!

 

Favourite Posts!

My Favourite Posts!~ All of New Adult Week! I really enjoyed organising my first feature week and Lettie Loves Films! I liked focussing on something other than books!

Best Blogging Month~ August!

Most Popular Reviews~ Festive Mini Reviews!

Most Popular Post~ Monday Round Up!

My Five Heart Reviews~ Speechless by Hannah Harrington., Divergent by Veronica Roth., Faster We Burn by Chelsea M. Cameron., Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas., Earth Girl by Janet Edwards.

 

What I achieved!

Social Networking- I did get better with Twitter and Goodreads but I want to keep improving!

Blog Design- Not much progress here- I made my own post headers and added some buttons but that was all. Although I did learn more about html in posts though!

Posts- My goal was to average 16 posts a month- I just missed out by averaging 15!

Books- Success! I read 124!

Continuity- I said I wanted still be blogging in 2014 and I am!

 

What I hope to achieve in 2014 (blog wise!)

• Social Media. I still feel I need to connect better with authors and bloggers using Twitter and possibly Goodreads.
• Diversity~ A consistent theme in my monthly goals is more post diversity!Reviews are important but I often notice on other blogs that people prefer to comment on discussions or features so I want to focus on post diversity to keep my blog relevant and interesting!
• Blog Design- Again I want to work on this! I'm hoping to change my background and blog header before the year is over!
• Posts. I'm sticking to a goal of average 16 posts a month as that work out at 4 a week which feels realistic.
• Books. I'm aiming higher then last year- 200!

Happy New Year!

What do you hope to achieve this year?

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxx

NetGalley November Wrap Up!

Hosted by Bookish Treasures, K.Books and A Daydreamer's Thoughts.

A month long push to read more of my NetGalley titles!

Goals!
Medium- 5-10 books. I managed 8! So solidly in the medium category.
Reveiws.  Whoops! Not so great on this front!
Twitter Chat. I couldn't make any of them!

I really enjoyed this NetGalley challenge.
I think it helped me get slightly on top of my NetGalley TBR!

How did you do?
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

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

August~ A Review!

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

Wow! August was definitely my best blogging month ever! I read less but I posted a good amount of reviews and diverse posts!

August in Numbers!

Total posts= 26!

Books read= 7

Reviews Posted= 10 

What I read in August!

 

What I reviewed!

Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn and Jolene Perry.~ 3½ Hearts.
Near and Far by Nicole Williams.~ 4 Hearts.
Waiting for the Storm by Marie Landry.~ 3½ Hearts.
Callum and Harper by Fisher Amelie.~ 3 Hearts.
Ties by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt~ 3½ Hearts.
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen~ 3½ Hearts.
Just for Now by Abbi Glines.~ 3 Hearts.
Clash by Nicole Williams~ 3½ Hearts.
One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy.~ 4 Hearts.
Undeclared by Jen Frederick.~ 3½ Hearts.

What I posted!Stacking the Shelves~ August
Predictions: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Greed by Fisher Amelie Teaser!
Interview: Fisher Amelie
Unafraid by Melody Grace~ Release Day!
The Monster Reviewathon!
Currently...
Top Ten Tuesday: Spring TBR Update.
Nicole Williams on New Adult.
Blog Tour: No Reverse by Marion Croslydon.
Jolene Perry on New Adult.
Cover Reveal: Trust in Me by J. Lynn
Nyrae Dawn on New Adult.
Top Ten Tuesday: New Adult Books!
What is New Adult?
Steph Campbell on New Adult.
New Adult Week!
August TBR!
 
Did I achieve my goals?
I didn't post a July review post so no goals! I'm going back and posting it now :)
 

What I hope to achieve in September!

• Diversity- I want to keep this one up and improve on it. Especially the companion post idea and new post ideas!
• Reviews- I posted a good amount of reviews in August so I'm aiming for at least eight in September!

How was your August?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

July~ A Review

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and monthly blogging goals!
 
July! The first month I forgot to post my review! Lots of reading not so much reviewing!

July in Numbers!

Total posts= 16

Books read= 17

Reviews Posted= 1

 

What I read in July!

What I reviewed!

Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols.~ 4 Hearts.

 

What I posted!

Blog Tour: Again by Brandy Jeffus.
Stacking the Shelves~ July.
New Adult Read-a-thon Wrap Up!
Sizzling Summer Giveaway
Blog Tour: Touching Melody by RaShelle Workman
Weekly Round Up!
New Adult Read-a-thon TBR!
Mini Bloggiesta~ July 2013.
Blog Tour: Three Daves by Nicki Elson.
Interview: Chelsea Fine.
Behind the Cover~ Stripped by Brooklyn Skye.
Once Upon a Read-a-Thon TBR.
Cover Reveal: Lennon's Rain by Chris Myers.
Cover Reveal: Finding It by Cora Carmack
June~ A Review!
 
Did I achieve my goals?
Structure
I worked on this one but I don't think I'll ever make my sporadic posts monthly!
Reviews
I had an awful reviewing month!
Diversity
I kind of achieved this one! I definitely posted a lot of different posts.
 

Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

Weekly Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

I haven't done this meme in ages! I'm doing two weeks because I missed it so much :) 

Last Week's Posts!
Mini Bloggiesta~ July 2013. Got on quite well! I will my post my wrap up tomorrow.
Blog Tour: Three Daves by Nicki Elson. An 80's New Adult!
Interview: Chelsea Fine. Interview about Chelsea Fine and her new New Adult book!
Blog Tour: Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols. 4 Hearts to Dirty Little Secret!
Read!

Hopeless and Losing Hope lived up to hype, I couldn't put either one down!
Earth Girl was amazing! I loved the concept and the plot.

Reading!

Façade- first book for New Adult Read-a-thon! I imagine I'm loving it!

What's Next!

I've got a New Adult Read-a-thon TBR that I'll be flittering through!

Upcoming Posts!
New Adult Read-a-thon TBR- Should be up today!
Blog Tour: Touching Melody by RaShelle Workman~ Going up today as well!

What are you planning this week?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx