College, Motivation, Changes, and Uncertainty

I have been putting off writing this post for many reasons, a main one which is that I want to sound more eloquent than I ever could. I haven't really thought through all of my thoughts, so this post may be all over the place, but this is something that I think is important to discuss here. (SEE THE BOTTOM FOR AN IMPORTANT UPDATE.)

I'm sure everyone knows this at this point, but I'm in my second semester of college. I convinced myself that I would be reading more this semester than I did the last. I looked at bloggers/booktubers/etc who also just started college and are still keeping up with their blogs/channels/etc. But I haven't been able to do that for a few reasons.

Firstly, there's already so much for me to do in terms of work load. I know everyone else does too and that some people do have it worse. I know that there are still so many opportune times for me to read. But I'm already doing so much dense reading and writing, and it's just tiring. I'm taking notes and analyzing and trying to comprehend. I'm researching. I'm doing textbook problems. I'm writing responses. Whatever. So when I have time, I want to do something that doesn't take as much mental energy. I've especially taken to watching Youtube videos again lately, but TV shows are also great. I love reading, but sometimes I just feel too mentally tired to read, if that makes sense, even if it's something that I want to read.

And tied to that is changing reading interests and expanding tastes. I'm trying to read less YA or at least balance it out more with classics, adult fiction, short stories, essay collections, etc, but with those, I tend to only be able to read them in short chunks before needing to put them down (and/or to go to sleep). In trying to read more widely, I've realized that even if I'm reading something I enjoy, it may require, or at least feels as if it does, more brain energy/power.

And this has also affected my actual blogging. There are other posts I planned to write about that wouldn't necessarily require me to be reading all the time, but the other problem is that it's spilled over into my blogging. There are a handful of posts that I've been meaning to write (beyond reviews), but I honestly just don't have the motivation when I have free time or when I'm procrastinating. Part of it is, again the energy aspect, and the other is just that it feels like a chore. There are books and topics I want to talk about, but I don't feel like doing it here. I've been talking more about stuff like this, for example,

If I'm being honest, so much of this all boils down to motivation, and I'm in this in-between space where I'm trying to figure out what I'm interested in as my every day life and every day conversations change. What speaks out to me and interests me is no longer exactly the same, and I haven't figured out how to reflect that here. So I'm not sure how to move forward from here at the moment. I will be posting some long overdue reviews over the course of the summer until I run out of those posts, but with a few exceptions, I don't think I'm going to do anything beyond that.

Which brings me to my last point. If you haven't seen the post/social media spam, Lit Up Review is no longer posting anymore. We all decided that this was the best course of action for all of us as most of the main writers transition into their college lives. As I wrote my farewell post and dwelled on it a bit, as well as on the long and frequent hiatuses I've taken here, I've decided to put this blog on a long-term hiatus for an indefinite amount of time. Like I said, I'll finish reviewing a few books, and then that'll be it for a while. I don't know if I will come back to this blog in the future or if I'll be inspired again, but for now, I've decided to put my energy into my newer, personal/lifestyle/travel blog, Infinite Golden Floors. I haven't been active there for a while because of similar time/motivation issues, but as I read more travel blogs, the more inspired I am, and I think that without having to think about Fly to Fiction will unburden me a bit. So if you'd still like to keep up and read what I'm up to, please check it out and follow/subscribe to me there. In addition, I'll still be on Twitter infrequently (sort of in the same way I have been since getting to college). I am hoping to increase my presence there again, but I'm also really into Instagram at the moment. I WILL still be posting book-ish things on the Fly to Fiction Instagram and will have any short book reviews there. I may have some book reviews on IGF as well, but it won't be as often. I am also hoping to work on The Book Trail and join them as the US Ambassador, so if you're interested in that, please check out the site.

So I want to say thank you for all your love and support over the years/along this journey. This is not yet the end, just a stop along the away, and we'll see where things go from here. If you'd like to support me, again, please check out Infinite Golden Floors, both the blog and the Instagram (shameless self promotion). I love you all, and I hope that you can understand where I'm coming from. It's sad, and I'm a little sad and disappointed in myself, but at the same time, this feels like a burden lifted. I had ideas I wanted to implement here, but I don't think this is the right time for me. Thanks again for everything, lovelies. See you soon! <3

Finals Hiatus

Hey loves! I suppose this shouldn't come to anyone's surprise, but I just wanted to announce officially that I will be on hiatus until after Christmas due to finishing up the semester and finals testing. My classes don't actually end until the 14th, when I'll have a few days off before I have 3 sit-in finals between the 21st and 22nd.

Obviously this means I won't be around much anywhere, as I really need to focus on my studies. I'll still try to post on Instagram every once in a while and will be in and out on Twitter.

Some things to look forward to after the hiatus:
Review of Finding Center by Katherine Locke
Review of Spring Awakening on Broadway
Review/Discussion/Post on Master of None (TV)
Discussion posts on blogger jealousy
Discussion on romance in books, particularly in YA
Possible discussion post on blogging friends/online friends

I also have a bunch of post ideas for Infinite Golden Floors, my personal blog, if you might be interested in that.

See you soon! I hope you all have a very happy holiday season, and I wish everyone with finals and college apps the best of luck! <3

Updates on Life, Books, and Starting New

Hey lovelies! So. It's been a while since I've blogged or even tweeted regularly, if you couldn't tell. If you follow me or are friends with me on Goodreads, you may also have noticed that I've also been reading very little, if at all, since the end of the summer. To say that I've been busy or getting used to this new start would be an understatement. I wanted to apologize for being away and for taking an unplanned but kind of expected hiatus, but I've realized lately that I shouldn't apologize for it and for taking time for myself.

Hiatuses, College, Fresh Starts

As you may have understood from what I mentioned, or may know because of Twitter or Instagram, I just started my freshman year of college. Now, some people are really good at managing their time and finding a great balance, but I am not that kind of person, at least not yet. I've been taking a lot of time trying to find my groove and make new friends. I haven't been reading because I haven't really had much time to myself. I've been hanging out with friends almost all the time, and now I'm headed into the two toughest weeks yet. I want to start taking more time for myself, as in letting myself be alone more, and hopefully then I'll get back to reading and blogging regularly. I have some books from this summer that I'll review, but I don't know when those will go up. I still have one or two tour posts that'll go up soon, but otherwise, I have nothing scheduled as of right now. I might return to mixing up what I'm writing about so that it's not just about books, but again, I don't really know how things will go from here on out. I don't want to stop blogging, but I also don't want to be inconsistent. This first month of college has been full of new experiences and lots of growing, but looking back on my first month, I still have some things to figure out. But I promise I'll be back eventually; I truly miss reading and blogging. I know it's doable and many bloggers are college students, but everyone's different, so we'll see.

Blog Updates (FTB, LUR)

In other news, I wanted to give you guys an update on the various other blogs I blog at. I haven't been very active on Feminists Talk Books, and I really apologize for that. I'm speaking to the girls now to see how we want to move forward from here on out, so I'll let you know if anything changes at a later date. For now, I'm hoping to get back into it once I start reading and blogging again. In addition, I've stepped down from being one of the main writers for Lit Up Review and am now just a contributor. Even though I'm sad, it's nice to know that I now have friends in the other writers and contributors. Being a part of Lit Up Review was such a great experience, and I'm happy I'm still able to contribute once in a while. I think it's for the best that I hand the reigns to someone else because I know they're much more able to give the blog the dedication and time it deserves. I'm just really happy I still get to play a small part in LUR.

INFINITE GOLDEN FLOORS

Lastly, I wanted to introduce my new personal blog, Infinite Golden Floors. I meant to launch it over the summer but kept pushing that back because I wasn't ready with graphics and scheduled posts and whatnot. It's still not quite ready, but I want to at least let you all know about it, especially since the Instagram account associated with the blog has been up and running for some time now. The personal blog may eventually mix with Fly to Fiction, but for now, they remain very separate. Infinite Golden Floors is my space to talk about life in college, my travels, my everyday thoughts, etc. It's more a journal and collection of thoughts, opinions, etc than anything. Posts will range from travel adventures, college life/updates, reviewing or writing about favorite coffee shops or places around NYC, pictures of city life, opinions and thoughts on important issues, thoughts on personal topics, and more. You can see from the Instagram that it's pretty different from Fly to Fiction, and you can tell from the blog design that it'll have a very different aesthetic. I hope to be able to keep up with both these blogs as well as my studies and social life, but we'll see. I'm already falling behind! Anyway, I'm actually really excited about Infinite Golden Floors, and I hope you'll enjoy reading it!

I think that's about it for my little update! As always, thanks for sticking around. I'll try to do something special for you all soon. I hope you'll still stick around. :)

1 Year Blogoversary!!! (+Giveaway)

*dances around* *throws confetti*

If you couldn't tell, it's my 1 year blogoversary!!! Woohoo! I never imagined that I would make it this far, and I never imagined I'd make all the friends I would make along the way. Originally, I was going to do a huge celebration type thing for this, but since I have a few events coming up in August (and was supposed to have another one continuing into around this time), I figured it was best not to.

I want to take this time to thank every single person that has helped me, supported me, followed me, befriended me, talked to me, and so much more. I would list you all, but the list would go on forever. For the most part, the list would consist of most of the people I follow on Twitter, so just check out those people. And for the most part, I think you'd know who you are. Whether we still talk often or not, I really appreciate everything you have all done for me. I definitely would not be here, still blogging, if it weren't for you!

Thank you for showing me that YA isn't just for teens and that so many people out there love books as much as I do, regardless of age. Thank you for showing me that adults read and love YA too and that I should read what I want, no matter how old I am or what genre I read.

Thank you for being there for me when I need a friend (or a whole bunch!). Thank you for putting up with me on Twitter. Thank you for putting up with my random hiatuses. Thank you for understanding all my reading, school, etc woes. Thank you for all the love and support.

You all rock, and I do love you all.

This has been an amazing year of blogging, and I'm excited for many more. I would write more, like I did for my 6 month blogoversary, but a lot of what I have to say was stated then. I don't want to give shout outs to certain people because there are too many people, and I hate leaving people out because I forget or because I haven't talked to them in a while. I really do treasure my friendships and relationships with all of you.

The only people I want to specifically shout out are 1) my amazing co-bloggers at Lit Up Review: Willa, Emily, Meredith, and Grace. You ladies inspire me all the time, and I'm amazed by all you do alone and all we do together. I love chatting with you all, and I love how despite how different we all are, we still come together as a group when we blog. You rock!

2) Sonia Fuderer, who I've only really begun talking to recently but has been so supportive, understanding (in so many ways), kind, and so much more. Really, our relationship is unlike most of the relationships I have with people. It's so special, and I just want to thank you for everything. My fingers are still crossed that a publisher will be as interested in The Last Flock as I am! Between our conversations about dance, books, and life, I've really found a great friend, supporter, and friend, and I can't thank you enough, Sonia.

Anyway, now, here is a giveaway I've been promising for who-knows-how-long. There's going to be another giveaway up tomorrow along with a post about one the events I was talking about at the beginning of this post. Here's to many more blogoversaries! *hugs*

Giveaway:

Rules:

~Must be 13 or older or have parent permission

~US only, except for the swag

~Winner must respond in 72 hours or a new winner will be chosen

~No cheating will be tolerated

~Damaged or lost prizes are not my responsibility--sorry!

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I'm Back! (Sorta?) (+Giveaway)

*sneaks in* Hey everyone! Wow, here I am, finally kinda back from a blogging hiatus that wasn't really a hiatus but sort of was. Basically, I kind of disappeared for a while, with only a few posts once in a while. For that I am so sorry. But you should blame school. And dance. And life in general.

Anyway, now that I'm finally on summer break from school and from dance (for a few weeks), hopefully I'll be able to catch up on reading and writing posts/reviews. To start things off, I'm going I already have some reviews that I need to write, and I have an exciting blog event coming up. My one year blogoversary is coming up. So fingers crossed everything will go according to plan, and I'll be able to schedule a bunch of posts for the beginning of the coming school year.

However, the sorta part of the title of this post is also really important to explain. What it means is that I'm really hoping I'll be able to get everything done, and I'm hoping I'll be more involved in the blogosphere again. But at the same time, I'm entering my senior year of high school, and I have a packed summer. I have an internship, two tutoring jobs, a one week program in New York City, dance classes, a ballet master class, dance competition workshops, volunteering, various appointments, I'll be visiting various colleges, I'll be starting my college applications, and I have three summer assignments for school. 

So yeah. Fingers crossed things go according to plan. If not, well, you'll know. I'm so sorry for being so in and out, but school really put me into a blogging and reading slump. But I should be around now! :)

And now, to celebrate my summer break and to thank you for sticking with me and hopefully not forgetting about me and/or my blog, I (finally) have a giveaway for you! Plan to see another giveaway in my blogoversary post too! :D

Giveaway:

I'm giving away a copy of This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki in honor of summer break (or winter if you're in the S. Hemisphere, I guess).

Rules:

~Must be 13 or older or have parent permission

~US only (sorry international! I'll include a US/CAN swag giveaway for my blogoversary)

~Winner must respond in 72 hours or a new winner will be chosen
~No cheating will be tolerated
~Damaged or lost prizes are not my responsibility--sorry!

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Blog Announcement!

I am first and foremost sincerely sorry to all the people that follow me on Twitter and have already been bombarded with announcement tweets. Thanks for putting up with me and all of my excitement. ;) I do, however, still have to make the announcement on my blog, officially, for a variety of reasons.

But for those of you that either missed it or aren't on Twitter, drum roll please!

I am one of two new writers at Lit Up Review!

I only just found out Sunday night, but if you can guess, I've been ecstatic about this. *throws confetti* *parties* Yes, it's a big commitment and will keep me busy, but I admire the ladies (Willa, Meredith, and Emily) of Lit Up Review. Lit Up Review is one of the blogs that I've looked up to ever since I stumbled upon it. I applied on a whim, not expecting to get the position at all (I think I may have even said that in my application *facepalm*). But really, I'm looking forward to learning from the other writers, and I'm excited to get to know them better. I'd like to give a huge thanks to Willa, Meredith, Emily, and Erin from Lit Up

I also want to give a shout-out to the other new writer, Grace from Words Like Silver!

Moving right along from this awesome news, I need to address how it will probably affect this blog. 

Firstly, I'll likely be posting a bit less on here. This is both because my old posts will all be out by early March, and now, with Lit Up, I'll have to split my time. That being said, I'll almost definitely cross-post my reviews. I'm hoping that this will push me to read more often, as well as work on posts more often. It'll get hectic in the spring when I have dance competitions, finals, APs, Regents, blogging, reading, and everything else. But I'm taking it one step at a time. This may mean another hiatus around April/May/June ish, but I'm going to try my best to schedule posts so that I won't have to go on hiatus.

I'm also contemplating both changing a few of my features, particularly Talk About It Tuesday, or completely getting rid of one or two, but I also want to work on posting consistently. This may mean that I'm not going to post every day, but I'll try not to stack up posts. I'm hoping to have more discussion and bookish posts that aren't necessarily reviews. 

• On a similar note, I want to start posting music, TV show, etc reviews again. I've been really bad about keeping up with that, and it may only get harder, but I'm determined to continue to keep this a multi-media focused blog. I have a few features that I've been thinking about, and I'm still deciding what to do because I already have so many. I will keep you guys updated.

I'm also going to try to not spend as much time on social media. I know I say it all the time, and I fail miserably, but with more to do, I can't afford to continue to be on social media *ahemTWITTERahem* all the time. 

I am still on hiatus, and I may extend it just a little bit, but I'm not sure yet. I'm also hoping to get a huge giveaway set up to celebrate a few milestones, so keep an eye out for that! (I realize that there's not as much that's changing as I thought. Just potentially fewer posts, re-focusing, more commitment, and two places to read posts by yours truly.)

Thank you so much for all of your kindness and patience as I deal with everything! I'm excited to see how things go from here on forward.

Announcement: Hiatus

Hey guys!

So it is that time of the year again. *sigh* And by that, I mean time for midterms, quickly followed by the start of FAWM.

School has been stressing me out a ton lately, and I think it's time to step away from blogging a bit to get some rest and not worry about blogging. On top of that, I'm participating in FAWM again this year. It's basically like NaNoWriMo but for songwriters. The goal is to write 14 songs (about the # of songs in an album) in 28 days. That will take a lot of my time and energy on top of school.

Thus, I will be on hiatus until March. (Woah, scary.) This doesn't mean I won't ever be on or posting, but I don't want to feel the need to read and review for a bit. I still have some things to wrap up, and I'll try to post about the blogoversary giveaway soon (as soon as I wrap up everything for the What's In the Snow? event). Additionally, I still have posts scheduled for every day or every other day in February, so there will still be new content. I'll try to respond to comments because I love doing that, but please bear with me if I'm not able to just yet. Otherwise, I'll still try to be online in February (I'll most likely be online all the time--don't worry).

Thanks again for sticking with me, and I'm sorry for going on hiatus again so quickly after my last hiatus, but I'm sure you all understand. Sending y'all my love. <3

6 MONTH BLOGIVERSARY!!!

HEY GUYS! Okay, so the reason this post is only being posted now is that I was so sure my blogiversary was on the 7th, but thankfully I double checked because it's not. It's today! YAY! *throws confetti*

It honestly does not feel like it's already been half a year since I began, and it feels like it was only yesterday that I started blogging. I never thought I'd actually keep this up, given my track record with previous attempts at some form of blogging.

That being said, I guess I'll recap some of the highlights of my time as a blogger thus far, ending with a massive thank you list.

BLOGGING HIGHLIGHTS (not in any particular order)

1) Creating my original blog in July. I believe I was at a summer program away from home at the time. I honestly can't say exactly what compelled me to start other than having a sudden urge to read books and talk about them like I used to. (I also just read my original introduction post. What was I thinking?)

2) Gaining some lovely followers. I'm pretty sure my first follower was my awesome friend, Taylor. And it just felt nice to know that someone was out there, looking at my tiny blog. And as time went on, gathering a slightly larger following just felt awesome. Sure, there are times where I'm still like, why doesn't anyone bother? But you know what, I'm enjoying this experience, and that's what matters. 

3) Becoming friends with some really fabulous people (including authors! (Although maybe friends is a bit of a stretch in that case.)). I say this ALL the time, but I'm just so lucky to have made so many awesome friends, many of whom I will mention down below (I KNOW I'll miss someone, but please know that if I do, it's not intentional. You really all mean a lot to me, no matter how often we talk.)

4) Getting approved for my first book. This was the most awesome feeling, and knowing that I'm still such a new blogger, I still get excited every time (okay, I'm sure more experienced bloggers also get excited, but anyway). (I think the first book may have been Perfect Ruin, but I don't remember exactly.)

5) Receiving a book that I'm pretty sure I didn't request. When I received Fire & Flood from Scholastic, I just about screamed because as far as I know, I never requested it. AHHHH!

6) What's In the Snow? Scavenger Hunt event! Co-hosting this with Cal has been one of the most wonderful experiences ever. Seriously. Not only have I met even more awesome followers, but I've also gotten the chance to communicate with authors. And it's certainly been really interesting to have so much to deal with. I now know how hard it is to organize such an event! Both Cal and I hope to make it an annual celebration/event.

7) Switching to this blog. I'm so much happier to be starting with a semi-clean slate. I'm much happier with the name and just the whole way I'm handling it. It's really given me an extra boost and kick of motivation. YAY! It's only been a few days (and I still have some things to work on to make it even better here), but as I've said, I'm already so much happier.

8) Etc, etc. Because I would literally list every awesome thing that's happened since I started blogging.

THANK YOUs AND AWESOME BLOGGER FRIENDS

(I was going to write a short thing for each, but I really want to get this post up, so sorry!)

Kayla @ The Bibliophilic Nerds

Nova @ Out of Time

Cal @Read Books and Live Green

Crystal @ Crystal in Bookland

Klaudia @ The Observant Girl Book Reviews

Stacie @ The Shy Booknerd

Stacee @ Adventures of a Book Junkie

Jayne @ Fiction_The New Reality

Christine @ Christiney Reads

Allison @ Sleepless Reads Reviews

Meredith @ Pandora's Books

Momina @ YA Book Fever

Jessica @ Just a Book Lover

Jessica @ Just Another Teen Reading

Kelly @ Effortlessly Reading

Isabel @ Tween 2 Teen Book Reviews

Jamie @ To Taste Life Twice

Taylor, my buddy from BT ;)

EVERYONE ELSE I'M FORGETTING

Thank you all! You've all made this experience an amazing one, and I can't believe I've made so many amazing new friends. You're all special to me, even if for different reasons. The one thing I do know is that we're all book lovers, and that makes you awesome on its own. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone's that's supported me and made this possible!

And one last thing! I will get a giveaway going sometime after the What's In the Snow? event. It's just a lot to handle already on its own (the event), so I'm going to wait until it's over. In the meantime, check out some of the prizes and giveaways going on for that!

Here's to another 6 months! *throws confetti* *parties* *drowns in homework and cold temperatures*

P.S. I'd love it if you would subscribe to my blog in any way. Don't feel obligated, but it'd make me smile. Thanks for stopping by either way! <3

New Year, New Blog! (Aka Welcome!)

Hi everyone! Firstly, welcome to my new blog! Whether you followed me on my old blog, followed me on Twitter, followed me on Goodreads, or are here for the first time, I hope that you'll like what you find here and maybe stick around for a bit.

I suppose I should introduce myself first. (If you couldn't tell, I'm really bad at introductions, and I have no idea what to say in this post in general. Don't mind me.)

A Little About Me

My name is Jessica. I'm currently 16, and I reside in the United States of America. I'm obviously a book lover, as well as a fan of various movies, TV shows, musical artists, etc. I'm a pretty big fangirl, but I'm not crazy. I'm a huge Potterhead, and I will fight you if you tell me that Harry Potter is horrible. (I can obviously understand criticism towards the books and/or movies, but some people are just so rude and mean about and just like to put me down about it so.) I will also likely argue with you if you say that The Hunger Games is better than Harry Potter. But I digress. I'm also a writer, but I don't think I'm a very good one. I also love to dance. It's something I'm really passionate about. If you're curious, I take Ballet, Pointe, and Modern, as well as competition Modern, Lyrical, and Jazz. I also sort of play the violin and guitar, and I'd love to re-learn piano some day. I have a strong dislike for math and science, and I've always been an English and History/Social Studies type of person.

P.S. If you ever want to fangirl about TV shows, movies, or books, you can always come to me. Just double check that I like it to or am in the fandom. ;)

Next, I will introduce the blog! (Again, sorry for this side commentary, but I just can't write this any other way.)

A Bit About the Blog

As I stated above, I've always loved reading. In recent years, I've stopped reading a lot, mostly because of school. It would be a miracle for me to read even ten non-school essential books a year. Yeah, that bad. And I started to miss all the books I had read. I missed how relaxing reading could be. I missed escaping to other worlds and universes and experiencing different lives. I was getting so caught up in school and homework and college prep and testing and extra curriculars that I forgot about reading. I got so caught up in TV shows and movies and new music, yet I stayed away from books. So I recently decided to get back into reading books. For fun. I logged back into my Goodreads account after years of neglecting and avoiding it (I joined in 2008. I'm pretty sure that was when I was in 5th grade). I started a blog, but because I love too many things and couldn't make it solely a book blog (well, hey, I want to rant and gush and review everything else I love too!), so I made it an everything blog. And while most of the people I've met are book bloggers, I'm happy to be an everything blogger because it's more...me. So I slowly started reading again, and I learned about all the books I've been missing out on! I won a few giveaways and was asked by a few authors to read and review their work. I started to fall back in love with reading, as well as all of the other things this blog covers.

But the first blog didn't really go the way I wanted it to. I was a mess and trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I made some mistakes. It wasn't what I had thought of. And so, I was like, I'm going to start over. New URL. Clean slate. Slowly gaining back all my followers. And I'm okay with that. I like starting over new. I can work with all the things I've learned. I can keep my blog simple and neat. I can keep it more review (and fun and ME) oriented. I can fix all those little mistakes I made.

Where did this new URL/name come from? I have no idea. Originally I wanted to do something like Flying to the Sun, but that didn't work out. And I needed a name that encompassed everything, not just books, not just movies, not just television. And I thought, well, fiction. And I guess that's where it's from. All in all, I like this name a lot better, and I hope you do too!

The design of this blog wasn't supposed to look this way, but Blogger's been giving me a hard time, and I haven't been able to get it to work right, so this is what it is for now. Maybe I'll try again. Maybe I won't. For now, I like the color scheme, and I like the simplicity. I'll try to come up with a button soon, but you know, school.

Going off of that, school is still my #1 priority. I certainly won't be able to read as much as other bloggers, even those that are in school, because every school is different, and I also have a lot of extra curriculars. I don't have as much time to watch TV shows all the time and review them (though I usually talk about them on Twitter). I don't have as much time to read books (though again, I do talk about them elsewhere). So if I have random or announced hiatuses for however long, I'm sorry, but it's probably necessary (ex. Around Midterms, around MUN conferences, around AP week, around Finals, around Dance competition time, etc). So please, bear with me. I thank you ALL for sticking with me and the blog despite the non consistent blogging and all that. It truly means a lot.

Coming Up On the Blog/Blog Features

I've been really busy lately with school and all of that, but I'll be moving all my old reviews, many of them posted on Goodreads (by the way, I forgot to mention this before: even if I'm not blogging or posting reviews, I'm usually reading something, and I do update Goodreads with ratings when I'm done, even if there's no review). They'll be tagged "old." I've scheduled it so that there will be one old review every other day. That takes me to the beginning of March. This doesn't mean there won't be any new stuff because there will (although not during the end of January for sure), but this works better for me.

Features/Memes are listed on one of the pages above. It looks like a lot, especially since I have something for almost every day of the week, but it actually works well for me because it stops me from being too book-centric. Also, if you look carefully, almost all of them only occur once or twice a month, so my blog won't be flooded with non-reviews. This might make my blog a little more empty, but it'll be a more balanced ratio. I'm also going to be participating in blog tours/blasts/blitzes a loss less. It's one of those mistakes I mentioned above, so as soon as I switch everything to this new email, that's what'll be happening.

Looking Forward (For the Month of January)

How lovely is it that as soon as I start, I'll be on hiatus again? Not very, but I wanted to start the new year with a new blog and a new blog name, so I like this.

I will be on hiatus from roughly the 12th to the 31st. Those old reviews I mentioned will still be posted though!

For the time period when all the old reviews are circulating out, I probably won't be reviewing/posting much besides those for various reasons, including that these coming months are going to be tough on me, school-wise. 

Thanks again for sticking around and/or for checking out the blog! I'm trying to figure out how celebrating blogoversaries will work from now on, but I'm going to consider it based on when I started blogging period, not when I started blogging here. That means that on January 7th, I will have been blogging for 6 months! I have one old-ish ARC to give away, but I'm still trying to figure out something else...I don't really have much to give away. We'll see!

I love you all! See you around sometime! And if you'd like, please follow me/this blog. Links are in the sidebar. If you can't find something, let me know. I'm really excited for this new start!

PS. Thanks to Nova @ Out of Time for the signature I use!

I don't give her enough credit, but it's all her! <3