A Monthly Round Up is a meme hosted at Feed Me Books Now!!!. The purpose of this meme is to sum up the month's blogging in one post.
School work has really been taking a toll on me lately. As you may have noticed, there weren't that many posts throughout this month on Spare Reads. Less reviews, less memes, less everything. :( It is much more difficult than I thought to balance between real life stress and blogs, especially when I'm still somewhat new to this community. One thing I know for sure is that I do not want to slip into a blogging slump or let blogging become a burden. Therefore, I will read whenever I can and try my best to share with you my thoughts! Hopefully with some bookish discussions here and there too :D
This Past Month on Spare Reads
Reviews (click on cover to see post):
Memes:
- 2/5 Waiting on Wednesday (7): Grim by Christine Johnson
- 2/16 Stacking the Shelves (1)
- 2/19 Waiting on Wednesday (8): The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
- 2/26 Waiting on Wednesday (9): The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
Other Cool Stuffs Around the Blogosphere
- Kezia @ Chapteriosity discussed the difference between insta-love and insta-attraction. To be honest, insta-love always makes me cringe, especially when supposedly strong MCs suddenly fall for someone on a whim. And then endless gushing awaits you, if you are lucky you get double gushing because of dual POVs. No, thank you.
- Cait & Mime from Notebook Sisters made a really fun game for Valentine's Day where you guess book couples based on figments of the cover and dialogues. Definitely go check it out if you haven't. I love cool book games :)
- Bec @ Ransom Reads just started a new meme called X Marks the Spot where she wittily shares with you her book favorites. This first one is all about tears. Don't think you will cry? Well, think again.
- Charlotte from The Gypsy Reviews highlighted some tips to recognize and avoid copying in design and writing and many other areas.
- Mel @ The Daily Prophecy did a fairy tale survey that linked fairy tales to book crushes. I thought this was a BRILLIANT idea and unique twist to the traditional book sharing memes.
Farewell February. Wish me luck with homework <3
Oh my goodness! It looks like you had an AWESOME month Angel! I mean... Tiger Lily AND Angelfall in the same month? That's pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteCrossing my fingers that you get everything sorted out between school and homework and reading! I know how challenging it can be to manage so many activities, so hopefully you get in a routine soon! :D
Yeah :P Although I read less books, the overall quality is strikingly high. Almost all the books are 4 stars and above. So yeah, I guess it is pretty awesome.
DeleteI kind of got the hang of blogging now, kind of ;) I'm pretty pumped and I mean I have already been blogging for three months?! Say whattt?
Angelfall and Graceling . . . both great books! I really hope both went well for you.
ReplyDeleteI didn't post as much this month than I usually do either. I actually had less homework than usual lately (which will change quickly because I have finals next week), but the month just felt "eh" to me. Hopefully March will be much better for both of us!
Mhmm! Good luck with your finals :) I'm a little behind with writing reviews and whatnot, but I kept up my reading pace which is good :P I'm totally proud of myself for that lol
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