February Rewind & Review

Hosted by Bookshelvers Anonymous

Once again, another month is over. Another month of buying books, giveaways, posts, comments, bookish conversations, and big blog things. Of course, that also means another Rewind & Review!

My Reviews

• Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg. (A contemporary book that left lacking in my rant-astic review) 
• Super Mini-Reviews by Various Authors. (Four reviews, two of the books were superb and two of them I hated)
• Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter. (The third book in the series that I fan-girl over)
• Body & Soul by Stacey Kade. (A great third installment)
• The Look by Sophia Bennett. (An ARC that I enjoyed, but found somewhat lacking in parts)

My Meme Posts

• Wishlist Wednesday #11 - You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle
• Top Ten Tuesday - Favorite Romances 
• Cover Love #7 - Towering by Alex Flinn
• Book Blogger Confessions #1 - Reading/blogging habits
• Wishlist Wednesday #12 - Cinders & Sapphires by Leila Rasheed
• Top Ten Tuesday- Auto-Buy Authors
• Cover Love #8 - Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller
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Other Fun Posts

• Presenting a Blogger...Emily from Forever Literary (where I introduce and interview a very cool blogger friend of mine whose blog everyone should check out!) 
• Attention Readers! (where I show everyone great places to buy cheap books) 
• Bunch O' Giveaways #1 (where I tell everyone where the great giveaways are)
• Author Interview: Stacey Kade (where I interview the fantastic author Stacey Kade and review her last book) 

Stuff I Won

• Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi (from Kayla at Bibliophilia Please)
• A package of swag (from Mint Tea and a Good Book) 
• $5 Amazon GC (from Julie at A Tale of Many Good Reviews)
• Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (from Ashna at Wanted Readers)
• My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century  by Rachel Harris, The Grass Is Always Greener by Jen Calonita, This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith (from Crystal at WinterHaven Books)
• Wish I Could Have Said Goodbye by Shari A. Brady (from Candace at Candace's Book Blog)
• Romantic Reads Box, consisting of the following: 

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff

How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles

Just Your Average Princess by Kristina Springer

The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines

The Naughty List by Suzanne Young

A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker

Wrecked by Anna Davies

After Obsession by Carrie Jones & Steven Wedel

Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate

Blood Fever by Veronica Wolff

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

The Eternal Sea by Angie Frazie

Stuff I Was Given

• Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abby McDonald (NetGalley)
• The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (NetGalley)
• The Look by Sophia Bennett (NetGalley)
• Falling Under by Gwen Hates (ARCycling)
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (My sister, Shelver)

Stuff I Bought

• I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (hardcover copy!) 
• Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (hardcover copy, officially completely my hardcover collection of Ally Carter:)
• Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita
• Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Family Affairs by Jen Calonita
• Secrets of My Hollywood Life: On Location by Jen Calonita
• Airhead by Meg Cabot
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Anne Bashares
• Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
• Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Autographed Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Only about $8!) 
• There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
• Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen
• Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

*Just to let everyone know, I actually barely ever spend money, but I found the glory of a local thrift store with $3 or cheaper HARDCOVER books and BookCloseouts.com. So they were all very cheap and not brand new from Amazon or BooksAMillion. How could I resist? 

A Few of My Blog Moments I Wish to Share

• The best one: reaching 400 followers on here! WOOHOO, thank you! 
• Interviewing an author which was actually #6 on my Top Ten Bookish Goals for 2013 in January! 
• While not on the blog, it is connected: expanding my bookshelf space. 
• Having moments where I feel like I actually know what I'm doing on here :) 
• Meeting you guys and interacting. I'm free to talk about anything (especially bookish things) anytime. You all make me happy, happy, happy! 

Happy, happy, happy! 

Hopefully I didn't miss something very important. However, I think February was a pretty good month. I hope yours was great as well and even more so in March. 

Happy Reading!