So I thought this might be a cute way to do my updates for my book blog! :3
In the next few days I will have a review up for a few books and be a part of a wonderful book tour!
Books you can expect a review on:
This is a 3-n-1 Manga Omnibus!
This will also have a blog tour post!
I have an idea of what I wanna read, but that will be a whole different post. 🙂
Anyways, I am gonna jump out for now!
So…
I haven’t really been updating on my life. It’s not cause I don’t want too!
Life just has been busy as hell! I am lucky if I get a moment to sit down and not worry about if X is going to complicate Y, or if there is enough money to do XYZ. Or if I can get ABC to KYL in time to make sure BLH is done!
Life is kicking my ass.
Nothing bad is happening. It’s just been busy. Life has actually been.. good! We actually have adopted! Here is our sweet boy now:
We named him Ruce! It’s a long story how we got him, that I may write out in another blog post.
So while life is kicking my ass… I am going to force myself to sit down and do what I need for me. For me, that’s reading, writing and gaming. That’s one of the reasons why I started PokeJournal!
I really hope I stick with it. I really love the concept of it, and want to do more than just Pokémon White.
If this works out, I may venture off to other games. Who knows?
I am also gonna try to get back into book blogging on here again. SLOWLY. I miss it. I really do. I may cross post the blogs (and mark off that I am when I do).
The stuff on my rant/short story blog, Six of Crows is going to stay there for the most part. While I might cross post some in the future, it’s going to pretty much stay the same.
I know it’s weird having three blogs, but it makes sense for me.
I am weird about certain things.
I hope everyone has been doing well! I would love to know what is going on in your lives!
Anyways, this is it for now!
Oh look… it’s almost not a year since my last post!
So I have been gone. A looooooooooooooooooooooooot has happened.
From my dads death to one of my best friends… It’s been one hell of a year away.
I don’t wanna get into too much detail. It just has been hard. I hope you all can forgive me.
Okay so it’s been…
Over a year since my last book review.
Over two since I was on hardcore blog mode.
This is not Bueno.
I do need to apologize. For some reason I just… haven’t been reading. Maybe it’s a side effect of depression? Not quite sure.
I keep trying to push myself to write and read, but nothing seems to stick. I am not quite sure what to do. I want to read. The desire is there; but the drive isn’t. I have even tried audiobooks. Nothing seems to push me to maybe 1, 4 books a year. I don’t understand it. I want to get out of this funk.
If anyone has any tips…?
Sooo…
I have been off and on for months. Almost a year.
A lot has happened in a year. A lot.
I actually… have only read 2-3 books since then.
I KNOW, I KNOW. >____<;
But, something just… blocked me. I’ve been trying to read, and while I have gotten some done…
I just can’t focus.
But it’s not all bad.
I actually have started some self improvements.
I’m in therapy for one.
And it hopefully will help me better myself.
I have also made some really great friends. I see these friendships lasting for a very very long time. They have kept me whole while others try to break me even further.
I will have to give thought to what I want to do with my blog, I still want to do book reviews, but it might not just be it. ^^;
Anyways, I think I might be going for now, I’ve been very distracted in writing this and I don’t want to leave it as a draft. X_X
Stacking the Shelves is what we have added to our bookshelves in couple of weeks. Stacking the Shelves is bought to you by Tynga from Tynga’s Reviews. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Oh lord. It’s been FOREVER since I did one of these.
So please excuse me while I flail and try to remember all that is new. Newish. OKAY I WILL TRY TO LIST MOST AND RELIST SOME LATER.
I think… I think that is all of them that are purchased.
I will take inventory later.
Have you read any of these? Are you excited by any of these? Should I read one sooner than the others? Let me know!
So it’s been a bit since I posted one of these, or blogged normally!….
Sorry about that. 😦
We’ve had so much happening in life. From storms, tornadoes, internet outages, drama on the place I used to moderate on Reddit, in real life drama and so much more… I have been exhausted.
Even after everything calmed down, I needed a break… so I took it. I felt so drained. Like I was just…. done. I pretty much holed myself up and didn’t talk to anyone. Barely even my husband! I just wanted me time so bad.
Well, in that span I read 22 books.
22 books.
That is like, most of my goal for the YEAR. Needless to say, I shattered my Goodreads goal haha. A great bunch was graphic novels, but still. I read a LOT. I am very proud of myself.
That being said… I have a lot of book reviews coming. So, you might be getting flooded with reviews over the next week or so. Not quite sure how I will handle this all.
I have read some pretty dang good books, some not so good, and one I didn’t like, but loved the flow!
Have you read anything good, okay or just not your thing lately? Leave me a comment!
Anyways, I have to get to getting. See you around!
~ Rei’sa
I am so sorry this is a day late, I thought that the browser ate this post!
My last post of this kind was over a month ago… I have good reason! The reason I have been gone is well. I had to have surgery. Before you all get upset and worried:
What had happened was, apparently I have massive scar tissue damage from my gastritis and a piece of my dinner got stuck in my esophagus. After hours of trying to remove it without surgery to no avail, I had to go under the knife. They also took a biopsy of my throat, not liking what they saw. Still waiting on the results.
Other than that, life has been stressful from family things, recovery and just plain bleh.
After the surgery, my lovely family on my fathers side decided that it would be a good idea to gang up on me (lovingly) on Facebook to come visit, even wanting to front the bill since it would take us forever to pay for both my husband and I to get there. Normally, just telling them the truth (we have no ride, no money) lets them know I do want to see them, but this time before I could..
a friend decided to be wonderful.
I am not upset… but we had just planned to try and start getting our life together. Next month we were planning on getting a bed, which we deperately need. We are sleeping on two old ass mattresses (two fulls) and a memory foam on top that is too big for it (a queen sized one). We planned on getting a normal king sized bed and start making payments on it. We planned on updating our kitchen, livingroom and possibly saving to go somewhere this summer close to home.
After seeing all of this… I only felt one thing about our plans.
We had been waiting and waiting. Now we had to put it all on hold. Sure, I get to see my family. On BOTH sides! I was beyond the moon, but we had been waiting YEARS for the opportunity to feel okay doing this.
We had been waiting for everything with what had been happening (Taking care of Nana, us moving and still traveling back and forth at times to see and take care of her, dealing with drama with a friends ex, almost losing our apartment due to our old land lady not processeing our paperwork, Nana’s passing, my glasses breaking, barely making ends meet due to many things, his glasses breaking and my few trips to the hospital including the last and so much more) to calm, and it felt RIGHT… then this happens.
Now, any money we had and were going to have had to go to: Clothes, gas money, travel stuff, making sure everything was secure and just UGH.
Then, my wonderful friend told me her car might be taken away.
After we get everything sorted there… then my dad tells me we have to post pone it cause he needs to do medical stuff.
I understand, I do… just… it was all at once and I just want to scream. So, now Austin and I CAN do all this… I just want a blanket and cookie.
All this stress was bad. It even broke my face out.
Other than that, I have slowly been getting back into reading. I have finished 4 books this month. Which I am damn proud of.
The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
99 Days by Katie Cotugno
Invincible by Amy Reed
I am planning on reading maybe one more this month. Other than that, life had been okay. I plan on doing a review after this post of The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy. 🙂
I guess that is it for now! I will talk to you soon. 🙂
~ Rei’sa al Ghul
Sera Quinn 