A Sunday Retrospective is inspired by In My Mailbox at The Story Siren and TGIF at GReads!, where I share the books that I've acquired during the week, last week's posts and interesting links.
Due to the fact that I'm trying to save up, I've (successfully) managed to only buy one book this week - and it's one that I really, really cannot wait to read! I'm waiting until the read-along next week, but I'm so happy to have this book in my possession. Other than that, it's been a busy week for me, as I've been catching up on reviews and blog maintenance.
IN MY MAILBOX
Just One Day (Just One Day #1) by Gayle Forman
ON THE BLOG
- Review: The Other Half of Me by Morgan McCarthy
- Review: What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long
- Review: The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
- Getting Personal: A Word + 3 Scriptures for 2013
AROUND THE COMMUNITY
- I'm excited to report that my favorite girls at Publishing Crawl are back! Here's a post on what they learned in 2012.
- Kelly shares 5 tips for getting back on track after a blogging hiatus - and they're really good.
- One of my favorite authors, Jodi Meadows, shares what a day in the life of an author (preparing for a book launch) is like. (You also get a chance to win a pre-order of Asunder!)
- Here's a cool writing contest for people 13-21. The prizes? A two-day trip to NYC to visit the Harper Teen offices and a one year column on teen.com!
- I would love to do what Rachel does for a living too. Someone point me in the direction of a job like that!
- When people ask me how I manage to read a lot, I just tell them that reading's a priority for me. Here's insightful posts from Gaby and April about the topic.
- I loved Hannah's review of the Kindle Paperwhite. Even though I already have my iPad, I'm so tempted to get one of these...
- I'm Alexa, and I'm a book hoarder. And so is Hannah, it turns out, as she talks about being one in this post.
- Nova Ren Suma writes such beautiful posts, and this one about impossible dreams is wonderful.
How could you NOT have bought Just One Day?!
ReplyDeleteI love the link about blogging hiatus - really relevant to almost all of us :)
I automatically needed to buy Just One Day, so I did ;) It was totally worth it too!
DeleteAnd I'm glad you found that one relevant. I thought it was a great idea for a post!
Just One Day was AMAZING, Alexa. I think you're going to absolutely love it. (Well, I hope you will!) I'm very much impressed that you haven't dropped everything to read it!
ReplyDeleteI was blown away by it (as you can see in my review). It was AMAZING.
DeleteJust One Day is incredible! Love that book!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy it too :)
I'm so happy to see Just One Day everywhere this week, glad to see you picked it up as well, Alexa! I'm nervous about it (as I always get with hyped books), so I'll probalby put off reading it for a while. I hope you enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI usually do that, but something really drew me to this one. It's an incredible book.
DeleteI've heard so much about Just One Day recently so I'll be really interested to see what you think of it. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteYay for Just One Day! I bought that one this week and I can't stop looking at it ... it's so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHave a good week, Alexa!
I got Just One Day from the library this week. So excited to read it! I'm looking forward to what you think about it. (:
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking me!
ReplyDeleteALSO! OH MY GAWD, I want a paperwhite after reading Hannah's review but I kind of think owning 5 ereaders is overkill, ha ha.
This just made me laugh so hard! I think 5 ereaders really might be overkill. ha!
DeleteRIGHT? Hannah will be the death of my wallet if I end up getting a Paperwhite though I don't really need it since I already have an ereader, lol.
Delete5 is just awesome. (It's my favorite number...) HAHA
I couldn't have walked past Just One Day and left it on the shelf either! Which is why I'm avoiding the book store at ALL costs right now lol
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to my post! :)
Thanks for including TWO of my posts on your list this week! You're so sweet! And I'm still smiling over all the nice comments you left on the blog. So excited to make a new friend :)
ReplyDeleteI think you're awesome! I love your blog posts <3 So glad that we're friends now!
DeleteI got Just One Day recently, too. I'm actually halfway through it, and I really, really like it. I can't wait to see what you think! It's really a fun read.
ReplyDeleteI have been blog hopping around all night, trying to find a book that will help me keep my mind off of the fact that I have to wait until March until "Stelladaur: Finding Tir Na Nog" by S. L. Whyte comes out- a three book series that looks utterly fantastic. I am so glad that I found this site. I can't wait to check out "Just One Day." I can't believe I haven't heard of it until now. Sounds like it is a real winner! Thank you for recommending it!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.stelladaur.com/
Oh wow! I hope you enjoy Just One Day. I really loved it :)
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