March 2015

Monthly Inventory: A recap of things that happened on my blog over the last month.

Surprisingly, the first half of March wasn’t that busy of a school month for me, so I managed to sit down and read books for more than an hour at a time! The result is that I was able to schedule a lot of reviews for the upcoming months which is perfect for exam season right around the corner! That also meant I had lots of time to update/tweak some formatting of my blog–including a new theme design for my 2 year anniversary next month! So stay tuned for a new look in May! I also created a TBR Jar that sits on my desk by my computer, tempting me to pull out a book title. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to actually use the jar this month–so many of the books I had on hold at the library became available at once (Murphy’s Law at its finest!)–but I plan to use it once my school term is done next month!

Books Inventoried

• 19 Books Read + 4 novellas
  • 0 nonfiction novels
  • 1 standalones (Guy, Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator)
  • Started 5 new series (The Arcana Chronicles, The Conspiracy of Us, Stripped, The Winner’s Curse, Starcrossed)
  • Finished 1 series from start to end (Stripped)
  • Finished 6 previously started series (Slammed, Bloodlines, Tangled, Alienated, Beau Rivage, Spellcaster)
  • Read sequels for 5 previously started series (Slammed, Arcana Chronciles, Real, Castles Ever After, The Winner’s Curse)

Favourite Read	Least Favourite Read
★★★★★	★★

*Note: just because I read a series/book this month doesn’t mean that the review was also published. Due to the nature of my blog (ie I review whole series) it often takes me a few weeks to publish a full review (pending book availability) so look forward to seeing some of these reviews in the upcoming weeks/months!

Books Purchased

               

Posted Reviews

Posted Reviews

Review of the Month

Series: Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (Completed Series) Slammed by Colleen Hoover (Completed Series) The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith (Completed Series) Firebird by Claudia Gray (Fresh New Series) Trust Me by Mary Elizabeth Summer (Fresh New Series) The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski (Ongoing Series) Standalones Forget You by Jennifer Echols Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator by Josh Berk Other Memeful Moments: Books into Movies Movie Monday: The DUFF Throwdown Thursday: Divergent vs Hunger Games Top Ten Tuesday: For Readers Who Want to Try New Adult Novels

Most Viewed New Post

Updated Stocks

• Previously posted reviews I updated this past month:
  • Beautiful Bastard Series
  • Spellcaster Trilogy
  • Tangled Series
  • Bloodlines Series
  • Castles Ever After Series

Reading Challenge Updates

At the beginning of March I was excited to learn that I completed my goal for the 2015 Prequel & Sequel Challenge! I wanted to reach 100+ and by March 6th I had reached 104 points! I was shocked that I managed to read so many in just 2 months but when I looked at the breakdown I just got really lucky that a lot of the series I had been following had their grand finale books out so I really benefited from the 10 point bonus for finishing a series. I’ve set a new goal that I think will take me a little longer to finish but if it doesn’t, I’ll just set a new one!

43/150 books! 65/150 books! View Progress	✔ Two YA books ✔ Mini Challenge View Progress	Goal 1 Complete! Goal 2 156/250 points! View Progress
0/5 books! 0/5 books! View Progress	1/5 books! 1/5 books! View Progress	View Specifics: YA Challenge Reviews Sequel Challenge Reviews Classic Challenge Reviews Nonfiction Challenge Reviews

Throwdown Thursday Results

This month I introduced my new monthly feature, Throwdown Thursdays. The idea behind the feature is to pit two books (or other themes) that are always compared to each other in a battle of three rounds to see who the winner is. Of course it is completely subjective to my own opinions so I added a poll feature to get your take on everything. Thanks to those who participated!

This month’s final poll results:

Hunger Games 11 | Divergent 1

Next Battle: Twilight Saga vs The Vampire Diaries

Site Updates

• Updated old tags & fixed “sequel” tags
• Updated Review Directories: Standalones  |  Series
• Added a Review Policy Page
• Added a poll sidebar section

On Order for April

• New theme design!!! Coming up on two years, I thought it was a time for a colour change!
  • this includes a different review format as well
• Update the following:
  • Review Directories
  • Series Recaps for G-L
• Exploring social media options, like Tumblr and Instagram

Music of the Month

I really like music from the U.K. and this past month I listened to a lot of Olly Murs–specifically the songs Up (with Demi Lovato) and Wrapped Up (with Travie McCoy).

What were your biggest reading or personal accomplishments of the past month?

Leave a comment below!

I wish you all SERIESously happy reading!