February: A month for book signings & staying warm curled up with a good book! (+TBR Vlog!)


  

Book Signing Season Has Begun!


Despite the cold weather, Book Signing Season is already in full swing! Last week, I got to meet A.C. Gaughen and get her new novel REIGN THE EARTH signed, as well as her previous Scarlet series. She was in conversation with Tiffany Schmidt, who writes the excellent Once Upon a Crime duology, and it was lovely to see Tiffany again! This coming weekend, Susan Dennard (TRUTHWITCH) and Elise Kova (AIR AWAKENS) are coming locally to chat about their latest novels, and I can't wait to see them both again! 

I'm always worried about making plans to travel to signings at this time of year. The weather is so nasty! But if nobody turns out, will the publisher ever return to the area with more authors??? Such a Catch 22!


STILL REGAINING MY BEARINGS?


We're already well into February, but I feel like I'm still "out of it" and just coming back into everything. There's no real reason for it. January is usually a pretty slow month. Yet somehow, I've still been super busy! Or just all-around tired. Maybe it's the Winter Blahs!!! But I've been reading a lot again and will have a lot of good reviews for you coming up!



DECEMBER/JANUARY BOOK HAUL!


Here's my haul for January...and December, too, since I never did a wrap-up last month. I almost didn't this month, either, even though I've had all the pieces for a week. It goes back to those Blahs....

Anyway, this haul is huuuuuuge!

Here's the video:



Left: My purchases/gifts
Middle + Right: For review




MUSIC 🎶

I haven't really listened to anything new recently. Still listening to Pink's Beautiful Trauma a lot. Mostly, I've just been listening to iTunes Playlist mixes!


MOVIES AND TV

I'm caught up on Once Upon a Time, so now we're onto The Gifted. But my dad just switched from Comcast to FiOS, and they've pulled older episodes of both The Gifted and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., so now we're not completely sure what to watch when I visit!

I went to the theaters over the holidays and saw The Greatest Showman, because OF COURSE I want to support musicals in any way that I can! I also watched Newsies on Netflix finally and just borrowed Despicable Me 3 from the library yesterday, but haven't watched it yet.

I'm planning to see Black Panther at the theater this month, too. It looks so amazing!

I've actually been watching a lot of TV this week because the Olympics are finally here!!!

That was my January.

How was yours???

Here's a look at everything that happened this past month!
 

ONGOING GIVEAWAYS:

*S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett (Ends Feb. 13th)
*LAYOVER by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer (Ends Feb. 28th)


Check out the February Blog Tour Schedule for more upcoming giveaways!
FEBRUARY BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE
(Most blog tour stops feature giveaways as well!)

*LAYOVER by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer {2/2; interview}
*LULLABY by L.R.W. Lee {2/14; review+interview+excerpt}
*BESPHINXED by Alethea Kontis {2/14; review}
*SIGHTWITCH by Susan Dennard {2/25; TBD}
*TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER by Tamora Pierce {2/26; review}


 

READING NOW:
{All links to Goodreads!}

About to begin CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi

PLANNING TO READ IN FEBRUARY:


*SHADOWSONG by S. Jae-Jones
*WINDWITCH by Susan Dennard
*BESPHINXED by Alethea Kontis
*THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
*FURYBORN by Claire Legrand
*MY LADY JANE by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
*ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME by Roshani Chokshi
*The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce
*TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER by Tamora Pierce

 
[link to my GoodReads account so you can see my blurb feed as I read]
READ IN JANUARY:
{All links to Goodreads!}

TOTAL: 14 novels 

*WORDS IN DEEP BLUE by Cath Crowley {YA}
*THE CHAOS OF STANDING STILL by Jessica Brody {YA}
*MANHATTAN BEACH by Jennifer Egan {Adult}
*SOURDOUGH by Robin Sloan {Adult}
*LULLABY by L.R.W. Lee {New Adult}
*DANCE by Demelza Carlton {Upper YA}
*TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo {YA}
*THE BELLES by Dhonielle Clayton {YA}
*TRULY, DEVIOUS by Maureen Johnson {YA}
*ENCHANT by Demelza Carlton {Upper YA}
*FLY by Demelza Carlton {Upper YA}
*REVEL by Demelza Carlton {Upper YA}
*SILENCE by Demelza Carlton {Upper YA}
*AWAKEN by Demelza Carlton {Upper YA}

REVIEWED IN JANUARY:
{All link to our reviews!}

*SOURDOUGH by Robin Sloan {Adult} 
*TRULY, DEVIOUS by Maureen Johnson {YA}

(Sorry it was SO light this month! I'm reading again now and back in the game!)

REVIEWED AT BROADWAY WORLD...so you may have missed it!

*Check out everything I reviewed at Broadway World this past month in last weekend's wrap-up!

FEATURES IN JANUARY:

*Our Most Anticipated Reads of 2018!
*Bonnie and Mandy Choose...The Best Books of 2017!
*Bonnie and Mandy Choose...the Best Entertainment of 2017!
*Live in/near Philly? Check out these February/March Author Signings!!! (If not, you can have some of these authors personalize your books ANYWAY!)
*Interviewing M.A. Bennett and giving away a copy of new release S.T.A.G.S.!
*Unboxing the January Fairy Tale-Themed Owlcrate...complete with AN ***EXCLUSIVE*** CRUEL PRINCE Cover!
*{Cover Reveal} BESPHINXED by Alethea Kontis
*Rounding up all my October 2017 reviews posted over at Broadway World in case you missed seeing them! 

***AGAIN, super sorry for a really light month of content!***


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