Yes, I know it has been five whole months since I last made a blog post. Yes, I know I've neglected my Youtube channel. Do I regret it?
Absolutely not.
This year has been so AMAZING for me in terms of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, such as:
- Visiting New York City in late May/early June
- Attending the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts in the discipline of vocal music during the entire month of June
- AND LET'S NOT FORGET GOING TO FREAKING HAWAI'I DURING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23-30 FOR A BAND TRIP AND GETTING TO PERFORM AT THE PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR
Anyway...
Since I have gotten to do so many things outside of the world of books, I did only read 28 books this year, but I beat my personal goal of 25 books, knowing full well that this year was going to be crazy. Speaking of those 28 books, let's get on to those, shall we?
THE 27 BOOKS I READ IN 2016:
- Between Faded Lines by Allison R. Naumann (review to come)
- Imprinted by Andrea Michelle
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Sunrise by Mike Mullin
- The Crown by Kiera Cass
- Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
- A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
- AP World History Crash Course by Jay Harmon
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard
- Hunted by Abi Ketner/Missy Kalicicki
- Discovering April by Sheena Hutchinson
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Geneva Project: The Timekeeper's Daughter by Christina Benjamin
- Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
- Shiver, Linger, Forever, and Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater
- Silas Marner by George Eliot
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
In January of 2017, there are not any sequels being released (or anything of the like), so I will not be re-reading any books this month for that purpose, but I know I will be reading an ARC of The Practice Boyfriend by Christina Benjamin (one of the sweetest and kindest authors I've ever met).
This book will be released on January 24th, and I'll be releasing more information (like the cover reveal) as well as a spoiler-free review that I will have posted before the release date so that you all can have an idea if you would like to read it (I'll also have the pre-order links posted, for your convenience).
I hope to have Between Faded Lines by Allison R. Naumann reviewed on here by the first week of January since I just recently finished it. On my To-Be-Reviewed list is Uncovering Officer Smith by Sheena Hutchinson and College Rules! by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik, PhD and Jodi Patrick Holschuh, PhD (sent to me by Blogging for Books), so those have top priority. I have four more books also on my review list, but all of them are a part of series that have releases in February, so I'm saving those so I can do a series binge (three of the books are within the same series, so it seems worth it to just do a huge bundled review)! xD Also, in 2015, I read I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan AND ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE! So of course, when I found out that there was a sequel, I bought it, but I have yet to read it, so I will be, hopefully, re-reading I'll Be There and its sequel, Just Call My Name.
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