A Sunday Retrospective (13)

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.

It's been quiet around here mail-wise, but I did get approved on Netgalley for one book that I'm really looking forward to reading! On the bright side, a lot's been going on in the blogging community, and I'm excited to share the posts I found this week.

IN MY MAILBOX

The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman (from Netgalley)

ON THE BLOG

• I kicked off the blog tour for Scarlet with a guest post (on wolves!) by Marissa Meyer.
• I shared some settings that I would definitely love to see more of in books. Perhaps you'd agree?
• Rapunzel Untangled turns out to be a problematic fairytale retelling for me...
• It's like Gayle Forman went into my brain when she wrote Just One Day.
• Do you read only one book at a time? Or can you read more than one? I discussed this last Friday.

AROUND THE COMMUNITY

• I love when books give you ALL the feelings, and Asheley explains it so well.
• Sarah Maas and Susan Dennard give us the skinny on critique partners.
• Can publishing fiction online be a help or a hindrance in traditional publishing? S. Jae-Jones answers this question.
• Estelle talked to Daria Snadowsky (author of Anatomy of a Boyfriend/Anatomy of a Single Girl).
• Kristin Halbrook wrote a post for Novaren's Turning Points series that I could relate to so, so much.
• Looking for good winter teas? Here's some great suggestions.
• Abe Books gave some great suggestions for books with dragons in them.
• I've Captured the Castle (Dodie Smith) sounds amazing, thanks to Hannah's review.
• Hannah is hosting a read-along for The Lumatere Chronicles in Feb-Mar! I'm so EXCITED.
• Jen's review of Scarlet is just amazing and totally describes how I feel about this book.
• Epic Reads wrote a post about how a series ending is just like a break-up.
• Here's an amazing Shadow & Bone photo by Margot!
• Haven't read Unearthly (like me)? Jamie makes a great case on why we should read it.
• Hannah gives some great tips on how to give books as gifts!
• Lena shared this post with me about reading positions, which amused me SO much!
• Epic Reads hosted an EPIC ARC party - and made us all want the ARCs!
• Here's part two of how to get published traditionally, as told by the amazing Susan Dennard.
• Asheley's review made me want to read Golden (Jessi Kirby) immediately.
• It's been freezing in New York, so this Story Crush post is amazingly fitting.
• Taylor Swift suits the role of Rapunzel perfectly in these photos.

DON'T FORGET...

Sign-ups for the Love-a-Thon are still ongoing!

If you're interested in donating prizes, please email me.

You can join Cassie & I for next month's It Takes Two, which focuses on historical fiction.
We'll be reading Out of the Easy (Ruta Sepetys) and Revolution (Jennifer Donnelly).
For more info about the feature, click here. A linky for Feb will be posted soon!