Hey everyone,
Hard to believe I've been running this blog since 2010! I joined my first Book Blogger Hop almost exactly 3 years ago, and quickly got all wrapped up in everything the book blogosphere has to offer. Blogging has been an awesome experience in so many ways — connecting with other people who love books as much as I do, learning some HTML, improving my critical thinking and review-writing skills, and most importantly, giving me something to look forward to and participate in when real life wasn't necessarily going exactly as planned. I also had the pleasure of co-hosting one blog event (A Cornucopia of Dystopia) in 2011 and hosting another (Psychtember) in 2011 and 2012. I never imagined when I first set up my blog that I'd be involved in coordinating anything like that!
But as happens with so many bloggers, real life is going to get a lot busier for me come September, as I'm starting grad school in a new city. My program's going to be pretty intense so I really don't know how much time I will have to dedicate to reading and blogging. So this is a head's-up that I will inevitably be posting much less frequently than usual after August, and this blog may go on hiatus altogether... we'll see. But just a reminder that the 2013 New Adult challenge will keep going :)
A huge thank-you goes out to all my followers, both the ones who have been there since the beginning and the ones who've started following more recently!
And in celebration of my third-year blogoversary, I'm hosting a giveaway — your choice of a book for up to $15 (CDN) from The Book Depository!
Rules:
- Open internationally, as long as The Book Depository ships to your country
- Must be 13 years or older to enter
- Giveaway ends Aug. 11
Enter using the Rafflecopter below!
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I reade Code Word Verity. WOW! Best book of 2013 for me.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary!!! I'm so happy for you. And, you can't stop blogging!!!! *wails* I mean, you can, of course you need to do what you need to do, but I will miss you so much! *hugs* :)
ReplyDeleteBest book so far this summer has been Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas. I thought I loved the first one, but this second book was even better!
Awwww, thanks so much, Small! *hugs back* I will definitely miss blogging :(
DeleteAwesome to hear that the sequel to Throne of Glass is even better than the first (that's unusual!). I haven't read ToG yet but it is sitting on my shelves temptingly, so hopefully sometime soon...
I just finished The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. It was very good.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary!! And yes, real life can definitely get in the way, I just hope you'll be able to keep up some part of blogging, because I'd miss your blog if you didn't!
ReplyDeleteI recently read Tarnish by Katherine Longshore and it was AMAZING! Seriously, SO GOOD! Oh, and Divergent! I finally got around to reading it and GAH SO GOOD!
Thanks so very much, Daisy!! I really hope I'll be able to blog every now and then, even if it isn't as regularly as I used to :)
DeleteYay for Divergent! That one is such an adrenaline rush, very intense. And I haven't read Gilt yet but I've heard good things, great that she keeps it up with Tarnish as well!
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater!!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary!! And to another great year of blogging :) Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteAs for books, I finished Sarah J. Maas' Crown of Midnight yesterday and it was fantastic :)
Safe Haven by Nickolas Sparks. Thanks for the awesome giveaway and Happy blogoversary. Tore923@aol.com
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ReplyDeleteI loved the 5th Wave!
Happy Blogoversary!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell.
Happy blogoversary!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Daughter Of Smoke And Bone!
Happy Blogoversary, Danya! Where are you moving off to for your studies?
ReplyDeleteThe best books that I've read so far this summer would probably be Everbound and Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I can't believe it took me so long to read Daughter of Smoke and Bone. It was amazing, and I'm looking forward to getting caught up on the sequel.
Oh, and I'm currently Crown Duel because I've heard you recommend it so many times :)
Crown Duel!! I do hope you're enjoying it :) It's probably one of my all-time YA fantasy favourites. I'd love to hear what you think of it!
DeleteI haven't yet read the sequel to DoSaB. I found the first one to be pretty bizarre but certainly very creative!
Oh, and I've e-mailed you with the details about my studies :)
Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Clockwork Princess!
Congrats on 3 years!! I can't believe I'm almost at that marker as well. And good luck with grad school -- I hope that will be awesome for you.
ReplyDeleteAs for books, I really enjoyed Letters to Nowhere by Julie Cross (just posted my review today). I also loved All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, which come out later this year.
I know, it's pretty incredible to realize you've been blogging for 3 whole years, eh?! Early congrats to you as well! :D
DeleteI've heard mixed things about Fangirl but some people love it – glad it worked for you! All Our Yesterdays looks really neat, I think I'll have to get my hands on that one.
Congrats on 3 years. Wishing you many, many more!
ReplyDeleteI read and really loved all of Colleen Hoovers books!
Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI really loved the Daughter Of Smoke And Bone
Congrats on your blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteI loved Easy by Tamara Webber.