Rewind & Review: January 13 - January 26

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Two weeks already? Well, it's been a great two weeks for me so I hope it has been for you as well. My mailman is finally doing an acceptable job again and I think I unnerve my UPS man by already greeting him at the driveway (and sadly, most of the time, the packages aren't for me). Mostly, I've been getting into e-books more thanks to Edelweiss and NetGalley and thankfully, really enjoying them. I hope this reading streak will continue.

Books I Was Given:

• Just One Day by Gayle Forman (from a Twitter giveaway) 
• Just One Year by Gayle Forman (from a Twitter giveaway)
• This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales (thanks to ARCycling!) 

Books for Review:

• The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik (HarperTeen via Edelweiss)
• The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes (HarperTeen via Edelweiss)
• Alienated by Melissa Landers (Disney-Hyperion via NetGalley)
• Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern (HarperTeen via Edelweiss)
• Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt (Bloomsbury via NetGalley)

Obviously, I got into a contemporary and e-galley kick.

Number of Books I've Completed: 6

Books I'm Reading:

• Just One Year by Gayle Forman
• Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore

Previous Blog Posts:

• Top Ten Tuesday - 2014 Debuts
• 10 Steps of Fangirling
• Review: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill 
• Top Ten Tuesday - Things on My Reading Wishlist
• This vs. That: Reading Preferences

Bookish (and not-so-bookish) Happenings:

• Proud moment: Winning my basketball game on the 24th, 49-24! 
• Celebrated my dad's birthday yesterday. He's the best example of what a man should be.
• Met a super nice senior publicist last Saturday at an author event. She gave me her card and offered to answer questions as well as information for internships. A phone call (oh help me, I sound awful on the phone) is to take place this coming week! 
• For the past MONTH, I've been off of desserts, sweets, and overly sugared things (like Cinnamon Toast Crunch), which is huge for a sweet-a-holic like myself. My goal was to my dad's birthday. Now considering to start up again until the end of basketball or just limit myself to once a week. 
• Hi, new followers *waves*

Upcoming Blog Posts:* 

• Top Ten Tuesday - Worst Worlds/Characters
• Followers: The Shameful Truth
• Review: Alienated by Melissa Landers
• The Blogging Age discussion
• Connecting with Characters discussion
• Review: Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt 

*Subject to change

Reward yourself with a great book, we've reached the end of January. Happy reading!

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Rewind & Review: December 30th - January 12th

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Don't mind me, I'm just searching for the rapidly disappearing time. Anyone seen it? It's already mid-January and I'm torn between feeling like Christmas was very far away or feeling like it was just yesterday. This is hurting my head so I'll just move on to show the pretty books I received and blogging shenanigans that have happened or will happen.

Books I Was Given: 

•  Cress by Marissa Meyer (thanks to Gillian!) 
• Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore (thanks to Emma via ARCycling!)
• Antigodess by Kendare Blake (thanks to Rachel!)
• Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce (Rachel again, YAY Tamora Pierce!)
• Severed Heads, Broken Hearts (otherwise known as The Beginning of Everything) by Robyn Schneider (thanks to above-mentioned Rachel!) 

Number of Books I've Completed: 4

Books I'm Reading:

• Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
• Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor (maybe one day I'll finish this)

Previous Blog Posts:

• Review: United We Spy by Ally Carter
• 2013 End of Year Book Survey - Part 1
• 2013 End of Year Book Survey - Part 2
• Top Ten Tuesday - 2014 Goals
• Hello, My Name Is...
• Mini Reviews: The Cute One, the Fantastical One, and the Two DNFs

Bookish Happenings:

• As listed above, I dropped my pseudonym. And your comments were so sweet.
• I've series binged on Rae Carson's Girl of Fire and Thorns so I can now go HECTOOOOR with you all (I've already done so many times). 
• When Top Ten 2014 Goals popped up, I loved seeing everyone's goals for this year. There were repeats, but that made it great to know that other people were striving for the same goal. 
• I'm publicly shaming my mailman because he skipped my house TWO days in a row and now I think that I have missing packages. I don't know his name though so it's not real publicly shaming. But still. He will feel and fear my glare through the window. 

Upcoming Blog Posts:

• Top Ten Tuesday: 2014 Debuts 
• Steps of Fangirling
• Review: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill*
• Top Ten Tuesday: Reading Wishlist
• Followers: The Shameful Truth
• Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein*

*Subject to change

Hope you've had a great haul these past two weeks!

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