Month at a Glance: March

March has been a crazy month, so much going on and so many book releated things as well. Some of it great and some of it bad, but overall March has been a pretty good month this year.  I can't believe it's already spring, it's crazy when you look back at a year and see how fast it goes by. Just shows us that we should charish every moment of every day. 

Alright enough of the sappy, let's get down to business shall we! 

Let's talk about the books I read this month and see how I actually did.

This month I read three young adult books and three children's books for review. That's actually not as bad as I had thought. 

Most of these have been reviewed or will be reviewed on my blog soon.  

These are just a few of the posts I really enjoyed this month on the blog. I'm really enjoying all of the discussion posts I've been doing lately and I hope you all feel the same. 

 

• What Ali's Been Watching Lately 
• Review: Scythe 
• Ali Talks: Five Books That Have Been On My Shelf The Longest 
• Spring Bloggiesta Sign Up and Goals 
• Ali Talks: Advice For New Book Bloggers 
• Review: Hello Stranger 
• Review: Every Heart A Doorway 
• Ali Talks: Reading Your Backlist 
• Ali Talks: How My Reading Habits Have Changed 

 

Like I said the other day, I've really started posting more this past month, which makes me so happy!

 

 

 

 

I wasn't on Instagram much this past month, but I have started learning more about Instagram stories and plan to be on that a lot more this upcoming month. So make sure you're following me, to do so CLICK HERE!  

 

My favorite image I took this month was one of my currently reading images...

 

 

 I love taking pictures on Instagram, espcially when it comes to books, though I do share other images on there sometimes as well.

So that was the month of March, can't believe it's almost April already, where does the time actually go? Anyway, I hope you all had a great March and I hope you all have a fantastic April! 

 

 

October Month In Review

I know it's already November and this post is being posted a little late, but I wanted this post to go live anyway. Hope you all won't mind. October was a crazy month for me, it was terribly busy with kids activitiies, getting ready for the holidays, normal every day stuff and of course getting ready for NaNoWriMo. Which I'll talk about in another post this week. Anyway, let's get started with the Month in Review for October. 

Books I Read This Month

 

 I've been in a major reading slump and I'm trying to work through it. I was able to finish a few books this month though YAY! 

Books I Reviewed This Month

 

Remember Me Always (4 1/2 Puppies) 

Paper Princess  (5 Puppies)

Stats 

Books Read: 4

Novella's Read: 0

Rereads: 0

Favorite Book Read This Month:Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

Least Favorite Book Read This Month:  I really didn't have a least favorite this month.

 

Reading Challenge Update

Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge: 54/60

 

So how was your month of October? Let me know in the comments below. What did you read and did you enjoy it? 

 

 

Month in a Glance: Goodbye June..Hello July!

I can't believe it's already July! Like seriously where did the first half of the year go? Anyway, it's time to say goodbye to June and hello to July! 

I'm so happy to be back here on the blog and posting things for you. There are some new features coming up here soon that I'm currently working on and of course more book posts. Those will never go away! 

So let's do this!~ 

June Overview

Since this was the month that I got back to the blog and started really getting back into reading, my totals aren't as big as they used to be, but they will be soon!  

Total Number of Books Read in June:  3

• Young Adult: 1
• New Adult: 2 

Reviews Posted: 4

Discussion Posts: 2

Favorite Read of the Month

The review for this one is coming up, but just know that I loved this one!!!  

Reading Challenge 

 

 Now let's talk about my reading challenge, I'm still behind, but I'm getting caught up! July is going to be my month of reading, mainly because I'm going on vacation.  I decided early in the year to keep my challenge goal low this year, due to a huge reading slump last year, hopefully, I can reach the goal and surpass it! We shall see. 

 Hello, July!

So July is going to be full of fun, we are leaving on our usual Flordia trip this month and will be gone for three weeks! Yep, I said three. Don't worry my computer is going with me so there will still be posts going live, actually, I already have several scheduled to go live for you during those weeks! YAY me. Anyway, I just posted my Summer TBR and the books on that list are the ones I'm taking with me on vacation.  If you haven't read that post, go check it out. I'm taking some great books with me. 

There will be plenty of reviews going live as well this month, but a very special discussion post as well will be posted in July about reviews and if we should still post them. Are they worth the time? So stay tuned for that post this month. July is going to be super busy but super fun! 

 

So what are your thoughts on how fast June passed us by? Do you have any upcoming releases that you're super excited about? I know I have several. 

Hope you all have a great Sunday! 

 

 

 

Month In Review: January 2016

January is already over, well it's the last day of the month.  I swear it's so weird how fast some months just fly by. Anyway, it's been a great month here on Ali's Bookshelf.  So many great reviews and other posts, including discussion posts that I've loved writing.  

Books I Read In January

• The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
• Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer
• Lionheart by Richard Collingridge 
• All Year Round by Susan B Katz 
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Pivot Point by Kasie West 

Reviews Posted in January    

• The Darkest Minds (Review) 
• Life and Death (Review) 
• Lionheart (Review) 
• All Year Round (Review)
• Pivot Point (Review)   
• Come Back To Me (Review) 

Other Special Posts

• Ali Talks: #InCoWriMo 
•  Author Guest Post and Giveaway: Day In The Life of Terry Maggert
• Harry Potter Moment of the Week #2 
• Ali Talks: Book Hype 
• Ali Talks: Are You A Re-Reader? 
• Ali's Bookshelf Book Club: Revamp and Feb. Book Pick 

 

 

 

  It's almost time for our first month of the Book Club after the revamp! Are you all ready to read Alienated? I'm super excited about this one and can't wait to start reading.  Also make sure you have joined the Goodreads group as well.         Glance Into Ali's Month!      Each of these images came from Instagram throughout the month of January.      

  This one is actually from today! I'm getting ready for #InCoWriMo.  Had to find a bunch of writing materials and cards. In February I'll be writing a letter every day and mailing it out to my lovely pen pals and other people that I don't even know.  Some military men and women overseas are just a few people that my letters will be going to.      

   These books are a glimpse of books that I'll be reading in the next several weeks.      

  This is an instagram pick that I took to showcase a post I made on the blog.  It's one of the first #blogflashdaily posts!   

  This lovely book stack was some of the books I've received lately.  Aren't they pretty?     

  Just one of the books I have recieved to review for Mini Me Corner.  This one will be reviewed soon!   

    So there's a glimpse into the past month here on the blog.  It's been a crazy month and I can't wait for February to be the same way.   I hope you're enjoying what I've been doing with Ali's Bookshelf lately and will enjoy the future posts. Thanks for sticking with me.   

 

Month in Review: April

It's time to take a look at everything that happened here on the blog in April.  I can't believe April is already over. I know I say that every single month, but it's true.  Time flies by so fast! 

Books I Read in April

 

• Bringing Home The Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon 
• Wait for the Rain by Maria Murnane 
• Little Red's Riding' Hood 
• Sleeping Cinderella 
• Aimee and the Heartthrob by Opheila London 
• Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

 

 

 Posts I loved From April

 

• Ali Talks: Do You Review Every Book You Get? Why or Why Not?
• Book Vs. Movie: Insurgent 
• The Royals Review 
• Sempre, Forbidden Love (Review) 
• Aimee the Heartthrob (Review) 
• Top 10 Retellings 
• Ali Talks: Negative Book Reviews: How I Handle Them and Why I Post Them
• 10 Great Easter Books For Kids 

 

 

  I had a great month and it's now time to start May!  Keep a watch out for upcoming posts, one of which will be my May's to be read list.  Hope you all had a great April!

September In Review

So September went by in a flash. Where did the whole month go? It's hard to believe it's already over, but I guess it is.  It was a great month here on the blog though and for that I am very happy.  Also Bloggiesta was this month and I actually got a lot finished. Below are some of the great posts from this month and the books that I read. 

Books Read In September

Escapement by Ciara Knight

Pendulum by Ciara Knight 

Balance by Ciara Knight 

The Boyfriend List by Renee Novelle 

The Perfect Boyfriend by Renee Novelle

Some of the Posts From This Month 
 

To This Day (Review) 

Ali's Bookish Bucket List 

The Pirates Wish (Review) 

The Assassin's Curse (Review) 

Bloggiesta Mini challenge: Organizing My Blogging Calendar 

Bloggiesta 2014 To Do List

The Perfect Boyfriend (Review) 

The Boyfriend List (Review) 

The One Is Selected (Review) 

Eleanore & Park (Review) 



Current Giveaways

The Neumarian Chronicles Blog Tour Giveaways (2)
Let Me In Blog Tour Giveaway

 

So there you have it, my September in Review.  I hope you all had a great month and can't wait to share next month with all of you!