Helene's World of Books: Months in Books

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Friday, February 01, 2013

January in Books

I think I say this every month, but I can't believe January is over already! Nothing really special happened this month, except for me going to Berlin for four days! It was awesome there! Because it was such a quiet month I got to read a lot of books! And that's always a good thing! Hopefully February will be a bit more exciting!

The stats

Read 14 | Reviewed 10 | Bought/Got 20

Read
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
Prophecy Girl by Faith McKay [review]
Sister Assassin by Kiersten White [review]
The Sound by Sarah Alderson
The Goddess Hunt by Aimee Carter
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter [review]
Chase Tinker and the House of Magic by Malia Ann Haberman [review]
Origins: The Fire by Debra Driza [review]
Turned at Dark by C.C. Hunter
Partials by Dan Wells [review]
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway [r eview]
Plague by Michael Grant
Elemental: The First by Alexandra May [review]
A Shimmer of Angels by Lisa M. Basso [review]

This Month's Favorite

Monday, December 31, 2012

December Wrap Up

I can't believe 2012 is almost over already! December was a pretty good month. I didn't read as much as I would have liked, but I discovered some awesome books this month looking at your top somethings! I can't wait to read them all in 2013! And no we're on the topic, in general I can't wait for 2013 to get here and discover more awesome books! But first, here is my wrap up post for the last month this year.

The stats

Read 8 | Reviewed 7 | Bought/Got 6

Reviews

Easy by Tammara Webber
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Broken by A.E. Rought
Renegade by J.A. Souders
Losing Lila by Sarah Alderson
Die For Me by Amy Plum
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

This Month's Favorite

Saturday, December 01, 2012

November in Books

This month was pretty amazing! I got a job again! I've been looking for over a year and was an intern for seven months at a publishing house in that time, but always that pressure of not finding a job was really hard! It's even so weird that I got two jobs! As a social media manager (home job, temporary) and part time in a book department! I'm so happy to be working with books again! And I'm pretty excited about being a social media manager for a couple of hours a week! So for those out there who are still looking: there's still hope! I was at a point in which I thought it would probably not be happening any time soon and than BAM! Two! Yes that made me very happy. I started at the book department this week and it's awesome! I worked for two years in a bookstore and I've missed it!

But the awesomeness doesn't end there! I got to meat Tahereh Mafi last Tuesday! She's so amazing!

And I got all sorts of amazing books this month! But once again I didn't manage to read more books than I got! I guess that's going on my New Years Resolutions List!

The stats

Read 9 | Reviewed 8 | Bought/Got 13

Reviews

Hunting Lila by Sarah Anderson

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Southern Charm by Tinsley Mortimer

Undeadly by Michele Vail

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

This Month's Favorite

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

October in Books

October was a pretty good reading month. I finally overcome that horrible reading slump. I love reading again! And with all that extra time on my hands I read a lot and it's amazing! I hope to get a lot more reviews up next month, because six reviews in a month is just kinda six. Especially since I posted something almost every day! And now we're on the topic: I should really learn to read more books than I get in a month. Until now I failed that really hard, especially considering I'm on a book buying ban. Well, in my defense most books were ARC's.

This month began pretty horrible, but it ended pretty well! I got a temp job, and I'm very happy with it. And I went to two amazing movies this week! Monday I went to see The Perks of Being a Wallflower (and Emma Watson is awesome!), today I went to see Skyfall (premiere day). And that one too was pretty amazing! So with the end of the year coming it starts to get busy again, but I don't mind! I like the holidays!

The stats

Read 10 | Reviewed 6 | Bought/Got 10

Read

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

BZRK by Michael Grant

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

The Violet Fox by Clare C. Marshall

Broken by A.E. Rought

Tempest by Julie Cross

Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

De Socialite en de City by Tinsley Mortimer

Currently reading:

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Reviewed

Seeking Crystal by Joss Stirling

Immortal City by Scott Speer

Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

BZRK by Michael Grant

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

Tempest by Julie Cross

This Month's Favorite

Monday, October 01, 2012

September in Books

I can't believe September is already over! It was the last month of my internship at the Dutch publishing house Kluitman. I'm going to miss my colleagues. Hopefully I'll find a real job soon, but until then I get to spend extra time reading! I started a new reading challenge this month: Fall Into Reading and I set quite a goal. I want to lower my TBR pile and that includes quite some books! I also added some new releases I can't wait to read, so it came to a total of 36 books. I think I'll have to adjust my goals, but I hope I make it!

The stats

Read 10 | Reviewed 12 | Bought/Got 10

Reviews

Visibility by Sarah Neufeld
Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer
The Lure of Shapinsay by Krista Holle
Fearless by Brigid Kemmerer

Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

Bond Girl by Erin Duffy
Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa
DiSemblance by Shanae Branham
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
League of Strays by L.B. Schulman
Don't You Forget About Me by Alexandra Potter
The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa

Read

Tot de Laatste Cent (Bond Girl) by Erin Duffy
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Summer's Crossing by Julie Kagawa
Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa
DiSemblance by Shanae Branham
Don't You Forget About Me by Alexandra Potter
The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
Immortal City by Scott Speer

CURRENTLY READING:

The Violet Fox by Clare C. Marshall

New books

BOUGHT:

Dearly Departed by Lia Habel
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

FOR REVIEW:

Broken by A.E. Rought

The Violet Fox by Clare C. Marshall
BZRK by Michael Grant

WON / GIFT

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

Vrees Me (Shatter Me) by Tahereh Mafi

TBR for October

Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Easy by Tammara Webber
Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel
Broken by A.E. Rought
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter
Tempest by Julie Cross
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Die For Me by Amy Plum

How was your month in books?

Saturday, September 01, 2012

August in Books

In this post I will show you what I read, got and reviewed in the past month. New in my post this month is the TBR pile for the next month. A list of books I want or still have to read.

I can't believe August is already over. I don't want summer to end! I thought I had a pretty good month in books, but I only read 10 books, including two novellas. It's quite a few, but I thought I had read more, so I was a bit disappointed. And I bought / got more books than I read, maybe I should put a rule up for that... My TBR pile is scary as it is!