Friday, August 30, 2013

Reflect & Renew: August 2013

Hello readers! Say hi to Reflect and Renew which you will be seeing around here at the end of each month. Inspired by Monthly Rewind at the Perpetual Page Turner. Enjoy! :)


REVIEWS:

BOOKS NEXT UP ON MY TBR LIST:
Somebody Up There Hates You by Hollis Seamon
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Winger by Andrew Smith
Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Seven Deadlies by Gigi Levangie Grazer


MOST MEMORABLE EVENTS:
Attending a live taping of a show!
Zooming down a 310 foot high roller coaster at the amusement park
Having a baking day with my friends
Watching Simon Schama's Power of Art back to back to back
Getting free razors on the street
Finding an amazing Mexican restaurant
High school orientation!
Chowing down on some delish Middle Eastern food
Getting my nails painted at Sephora
Seeing Victoria Duffield in concert (!!!)
Watching CATS
Watching the movie, Once
Eating some great fro-yo (Menchies and The Red Bench)
Wandering around Honest Ed's before it closes!


MOST PLAYED SONG:


Roar - Katy Perry


THINGS I CAN'T WAIT FOR IN SEPTEMBER:
The first day of school - duh!


AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE:
Reem talks about the different types of readers. Which one are you?
This post inspired me to take 'must-read' out of my vocabulary. Find out why.
Chrys is officially the queen of infographics with this super cool one about bullying in the blogosphere.
Meredith at Lit Up Review shares five GREAT tips on how to balance school and blogging.
If there's anyone who understands what little book bloggers go through, it's Shanelle. Here's proof.
Carrie shares tips on how to speed-read! With school kicking in full mode, I definitely need to learn how to do this!
Claire cracks down on some of the things book snobs say. Incredibly entertaining!
View great fan made covers for classics here!
I have no clue how to use Google Analytics but now I know how to use it to check pageviews for items on my sidebar. Thanks Tanya!


That's all, see you next month! :)

4 comments :

  1. So glad you liked All Our Yesterdays! Such a cool book, right? And Katy Perry's song is amazing. Seems like your August was a success (:

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  2. All Our Yesterdays is the best! And Roar is my summer anthem! I don't get why everyone's going on about the similarity between Brave and Roar though... I don't really see it? Well, I'm not educated in music either! :)

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  3. Ta for all the links! I can't WAIT to read All Our Yesterdays. <3

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  4. Thanks Mia! I can't wait to buy All Our Yesterdays! :)

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