April 2014: The Overload of MEH ARCs

I am this elephant, and you are the animals. I can feel your hate.
April Reads
Books Read:Exile by Kevin Emerson Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike Losing It by Cora Carmack Meridian by Josin L. McQuein Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer Faking It by Cora Carmack Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff Eon by Alison Goodman A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin |
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Total books read: 11 Total pages read: 4,510 Average rating: 3.14 0 2014 debut authors read (but 2 previous debuts) 3/11 (28%) standalones, 8/11 (72%) series 5/11 (45%) paper, 6/11 (55%) pixels |
Total books read: 43 Total pages read: 16,457 Average rating: 3.3 3 2014 debut authors read 42% standalones, 58% series 53% paper, 47% pixels |
It’s good to use my spreadsheet for something.
April Reviews
- Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2014
- Announcements: A Hiatus and a Monthly Project
- Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley ★½
- Top Ten Boys Who Made Me Swoon
- Exile by Kevin Emerson ★★
- I Wish You’d Stop Using That Word..
- Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike ★½
- Book Haul #9: In Which I Uphold The Boozy Book Haul Standard
- Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly ★★½
- Top Ten Books If You Like Doctor Who
- Royally Lost by Angie Stanton
April Posts
- Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2014
- Announcements: A Hiatus and a Monthly Project
- Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley ★½
- Top Ten Boys Who Made Me Swoon
- Exile by Kevin Emerson ★★
- I Wish You’d Stop Using That Word..
- Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike ★½
- Book Haul #9: In Which I Uphold The Boozy Book Haul Standard
- Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly ★★½
- Top Ten Books If You Like Doctor Who
- Royally Lost by Angie Stanton
April Obsessions
- Black Books/Dylan Moran: I just adore Dylan Moran’s sense of humor, because it’s so much like my own. I like to be cynical and hate on the world. *cough* Also drinking wine is one of my hobbies. So yeah, I binge-watched his sitcom, Black Books, at the beginning of the month. It was the best kind of series to have on while doing other things (i.e. eating dinner, writing blog posts). Though it did get me drinking more. Oops. Need to not copy everything I obsessively watch.
- Melissa and Joey: This show started airing on Comedy Central around the time that I usually turn it on for easy giggles. I’d never really seen it before but I just LOVED the dynamic between Melissa and Joey and just unf. I started shipping it. And then I just had to binge-watch. I may have watched 70+ episodes over the course of a week or so. I regret nothing. But not only is the humor good, but it’s so awesomely different – with a non-traditional but totally loving family, feminism, diversity (a lesbian couple!), sex POSITIVE about TEENAGERS and just UGH I LOVE THIS SHOW. (Also, more excessive wine drinking. Oops.)
- Game of Thrones: Not only is the show FINALLY back, but I devoured the book this month. I love the fan culture around Game of Thrones though. I actually watched the epic 2nd episode together with other interns at work. We took over a conference room after work and ordered pizzas and watched it there. Pretty fun! (Also the department CEO walked by and saw us… but he gave us a thumbs up LOL)
- Nashville: I’ve been on edge about Nashville this whole month. It’s really becoming one of my favorite running TV shows. BUT THAT CLIFFHANGER DUDES. Also, I finally got my hands on the soundtrack and have been listening to that A LOT. My love for country music is reignited. Just, just… okay?

In Real Life
- So way back at the beginning of the month I had the uber scary encounter of being grabbed in the dark while walking to the station after my cousin’s birthday party (which I referenced in my review of Sleep No More). Um. Not fun. But on the plus side, my dad is the best support system ever and I managed to recover okay.
- Super fun book club this month! We read Eon and everyone loved it! We actually gushed about it and probably spent at least 15 minutes talking about it, instead of the usual 5. *cough* Also we had pancakes. Yummmm.
- I completed my monthly project of reading A Game of Thrones! I’m very proud of myself. NGL. I’ll have a post about the project hopefully on Saturday 🙂 (Why is this under IRL? I dunno. Go with it.)
- Guys, did you notice that BEA IS AROUND THE CORNER?!? When not reading like crazy or working on my thesis, I’ve been prepping for BEA. I got my business cards printed (and I love them!!!), got some new pretty and professional clothes, got my accommodations totally figured out… I’ll be spending three days with my sister in NYC for touristy stuff, so I’m starting on a plan for those days. (P.S. What should I definitely go see in NYC???) In any case, she’s taking me to Koreatown and Broadway (Newsies!) and she’s insisting on having good NYC brunch multiple times and on going to karaoke (ahhhhh). Then I shall attack Gaby with my presence, and she’d better have read Pivot Point by then or THAT GIRL IS GETTING NO COOKIES NO MA’AM.



Just found your blog and really like it-now following through bloglovin 🙂
Neat to see that you’re Dutch-American, my husband’s family is originally from the Netherlands. His great-grandparents immigrated to the U.S. 🙂 We’ve never been to the Netherlands, but we’d love to visit someday.
Finley Jayne
http://finleyjaynesbookshelves.blogspot.com/
I think your hiatus was a good thing Debby, you’ve clearly made the most of that time, and I love the new statistic section, it’s nice to see how well you’re doing on personal challenges and such. I have to say, I almost picked up Losing It this month but decided against it, wish I hadn’t now so I’ll have to look for that again and I’m glad you’re excited BEA! Nice cards too, very smart 🙂
THAT GIF IS THE BEST.
ALSO, I LIKE YOUR BREAKDOWN OF STATS.
BUT MOSTLY I AM SCREAMING AND DOING A DANCE BECAUSE BEA. AHHHHHHH
CANNOT LEAVE MORE INTELLIGENT COMMENT BECAUSE FLAILING.
That gif is one of my favorite things ever xD I just had to.
I KNEW YOU WOULD APPRECIATE MY STATISTICS. FWEEEEEEEEE.
BEA BEA BEA BEAAAAAAAAAAA
Ohh, nice, those extra stats! 😀 I’m very interested to see what my percentage is between paper/pixel. I loved this months book club meeting (although it was a shame Daisy couldn’t join us) I hope we will talk as much next month’s book too (or the one after that:D So excited about Eona!)
Sometimes hiatus are exactly what you need to recover and refresh yourself!
Your business cards look super adorable!!
And damn it, now I want pancakes!! I still need to read Eon, but it seems that it is a great book, hopefully I’ll get around to reading it soon.
Hopefully May will be awesome with BEA, no scary incidents and more awesome books to read (and wine to drink!).
WTF??!! Debby, I am glad to know you are moving on from your attack, but GODS, I really hope you are okay!
I am, no worries. It was just pretty scary but… like I said, a good support system really helps 🙂
Wonderful wrap up. Seems like you had a wonderful month of reading. Wow- so scary about being grabbed. Are you alright?!