Sunday, August 25, 2013

Ramblings and the Week to Come 25AUG13

Commenting:
I think I caught most of these but this month I've had difficulty leaving comments at non-blogpost blogs. I believe they went into the spam filter. Thus I highly recommend that you check your spam at least every few days to make sure no actual comments are getting stuck there. This happened on my blog a few months ago where legit comments were put into spam (including a few of my own, oddly enough.)

Blogging:
This has been a tough week for me. If you looked closely, I did not post on Friday but I did make it up and post twice yesterday. I may need to rethink my blogging schedule, which is unfortunate as I have a very busy September in the works. I am trying to give myself grace but it's hard-I put myself under a lot of pressure sometimes and I really wish I didn't!

Book Received:
I did receive a few e-galleys but I rarely post them. Instead I will share one ARC I received from the publisher and my two Amazon Vine picks this week.

The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston ~ from Razorbill, apparently the cover lights up in the dark!
 Rogue by Gina Damico ~ to bring the "Croak" trilogy to a close
When the Marquess Met His Match by Laura Lee Guhrke ~ sometimes I just want a good romance!
 
Softball:
Yes, our team is back! We had an amazing game with 15 people coming out (last season we sometimes struggled just to get the required 10) and scored 15 runs, with me getting on base from both my at-bats (a walk and a single). Sadly I did not score any runs and we lost the game but spirits are still high and I look forward to our next game in September (we already have a bye this week!)

Reviews to Come: It's the usual mix of YA 2013 releases, some out already and some to anticipate
The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
Awaken by Meg Cabot
Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor
Taste Test by Kelly Fiore
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
The Deepest Night by Shana Abe

20 comments:

  1. The Creature Department looks super cute! Looks like you had a good week in books :D I'm looking forward to what you think about Prep School Confidential and The Infinite Moment of Us... I have them for review :P

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    1. I'm excited to check The Creature Department out-I'm glad it's on my radar now! I was very lucky :)

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  2. Your blogging schedule should be whatever suits you, hun! Don't feel like you have to post everyday or whenever someone else says to :) I hope you have a great month!

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    1. It's just hard when the person saying I should post everyday is myself-it's the tough self-critical voice in my head that I kind of hate but still respond to. It will be interesting to see how I handle it as my fall gets busy.

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  3. I discovered some comments in my spam folder and I wonder why it happened. Now I'm gonna have to be checking that folder too? Geez, too much work

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    1. Yep-it's annoying! But I feel bad when I try to comment and it doesn't go through-I want to show some blogger love :)

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  4. Thanks for the reminder about checking the spam filter. I actually found a comment from you on one of my reviews from last month!

    I hope things get better for you and you can find a schedule that works for you. I haven't been very motivated to blog lately. I didn't even post a review this past week. Life is crazy right now and it is hard to put blogging on the back burner but that is where it needs to be right now.

    I just read The Deepest Night and I look forward to hearing what you thought of it. I am currently reading The Smoke Thief and I like it. I am also curious to find out your thoughts on The Infinite Moment of Us. I've read some mixed reviews of that one.

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    1. Glad that it helped-I feel like Blogger should recognize me as I only comment on every one of your posts (or at least I try to!)

      This week was better because I only had something on Tuesday-we'll see what happens later in September when I'm out Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night for 3-4 hours.

      Just about to start The Deepest Night and I'm not loving the formatting on the ebook but I think that is how The Sweetest Dark was formatted so I guess I should expect that.

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  5. Ooh I like that the cover glows on The Creature Department. Seems like a fun one! Don't stress too much about blogging. You have to remember, it's mean to be fun. I'll be super busy this fall so I know I'm going to have trouble. I'm trying to schedule a lot more than I normally do and then just go from there.

    -lauren

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    1. I actually haven't looked at it but that's what it says-I think that's a fun twist.

      I really appreciate the support here-I just wish I could turn off the nagging in my brain :(

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  6. I'm glad to hear about the softball game, sounds great. Enjoy the new books. As for the blog schedule, just do it the way that you want and makes you happy, that's all the matters. :)

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    1. It would make me happier if I could be awake for like 20 hours a day...haha but I actually really do like sleeping so I'm just doing the best I can.

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  7. Hang in there, and do what you can when you can, we all understand

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    1. Thanks for the support Brandi-I'm so in awe of your frequent posting while also juggling your family (this goes out to all you all with little kids and blogs!)

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  8. I have the Creature Department too. Curious to check it out.
    And good reminder about spam. I do try to check there every couple weeks, but haven't done it lately...

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    1. I haven't been getting any lately (thankfully) but wanted to alert people just to be aware of it. Hopefully we can tweet and otherwise communicate but comments on my blog are my favorite :)

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  9. Looks like awesome books :D I hope you will enjoy them all <3

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    1. Me too though I still have a bunch of other books to read before I can start these-I'm so lucky!

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  10. The Creature Department lights up in the dark? I have an ARC. I need to go check this!

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    1. That's what it says-I actually haven't checked it out and should try to do that this weekend.

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