Nailed It + My #1 Book of 2018 (December Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished This Month

• Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• I loved Margaret Peterson Haddix in elementary and junior high school; I remember her being one of my first favorite authors. Last year for Christmas a friend of mine got me this book - one of her latest middle grade novels - and this year I finally got around to reading it. It's good to know I still love MPH - and I recognized her writing style right away. It was like a happy trip down memory lane.
• Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
• I enjoyed this book just as much as the first and now I NEED to know what's going to happen next! I'm going to be getting to the final book in this trilogy as soon as I can in 2019!
• Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber
• A cute, fluffy Christmas read. Also my first introduction to the famous Debbie Macomber.
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
• The pinnacle of Hitchhiker's Guide randomness.
• The Dire King by William Ritter
• Unofficially finished. I'll tell you my full thoughts when I'm completely done, but for now suffice it to say that good LORD I love Jackaby so much. I can't believe it took me this long to read the last book in his saga.
• Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
• Also unofficially finished. I'm SUPER close to being done, though. I just got sick and couldn't make it happen in time. I'm definitely enjoying this final book, however. I feel like I've kind of been taken back to the feeling I got reading the first two, in a really good way. I particularly enjoy the growing relationship between Arthur and his daughter.

Did Not Finish

• The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
• Prairie Fire by E.K. Johnston*
• I really wasn't feeling this book at the time that I tried to read it, and since I knew it wouldn't hinder my Goodreads progress if I didn't finish it I decided to put it back for now. I'll try again next year when I'm not so pressed for time.

My Top Books of 2018
Once again, the time has come for me to announce to you all what I believe was the best book I read this year. Below is my list of the top nine of the thirty-five total books I read in 2018, the first two on said list being 5/5 stars and the rest being 4/5 (with the exception of A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was 3/5).

• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Jackaby Saga by William Ritter
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• Dracula by Bram Stoker

Of the books listed above, the ONE that I believe was the best was Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It was really difficult for me to choose between that and The Hate U Give, which was also spectacular. But ultimately I felt like Speak (ironically enough) spoke to me more as a whole. The message was just so powerful, the writing style was unique, and it packed a heck of a punch with its relatable emotions. 100% recommended, and probably something I'll be rereading again in the future.

WRITING
Wattpad Update
December End Stats:
829 reads
62 votes
52 comments

HUGE things are going to be happening on Wattpad next year, the biggest of course being that Kay the Hedgehog's story will be coming to an end very soon! After six and a half years and eight books, my beloved heroine is going to retire. But what does that mean for the future of ShadowsGirl101? Well...you'll just have to wait and see!

Man. I can't believe another year has come and gone. 2018 was a year full of change, and I have wonderful plans for 2019 that - can you believe it - begin TOMORROW! Happy New Year, everyone! I'll see you in the future! :D

Wrapping Up Loose Ends (October-November Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished October-November

• The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg
• I was really hoping to fall in love with this book and subsequent series, but there was absolutely no originality whatsoever; it felt TOO much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery rather than something new his daughter could tackle. I'm rather disappointed.
• Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
• I didn't like this one as much as the first two, but still really enjoyed it! It has the funniest scene I've read in the series so far. Curious to see where the next book will take me.
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• FINALLY. I don't know why on Earth I waited so long to read this novel; it is one of the best classics I've ever read! Very well done.
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• There is so much more going on in this book that (surprise, surprise) makes it MUCH better than the movie. Loved it.
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• It's been a long time since I've gotten so invested into a fantasy novel. Leigh Bardugo's writing is just so beautiful and magical. I'm psyched to read book two next year!

Did Not Finish

• Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios
• The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo

Currently Reading

• The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows (almost...done...)
• Prairie Fire by E.K. Johnston (not really feeling it so far, but we'll see)
• Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix (yaaaaas)
• Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray (YAAAAAAS)
• Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber (fluffy Christmas read)

WRITING
Wattpad Update
October End Stats:
478 reads
34 votes
34 comments

November End Stats:
601 reads
44 votes
41 comments

For Real Writing Update / NaNoWriMo
As I've already mentioned, I didn't win NaNoWriMo this year. Let's just...move on, shall we?

Make sure you're back here next month for my final wrap-up of the year and a look back at my Top Picks for 2018!

NaNoWriMo 2018 Update #2

Long story short, due to emotional stress I will be unable to complete NaNoWriMo this year. But as much as it sucks to not win five years in a row, four years still isn't bad. And I have done - and am still doing - some writing this month, so it hasn't been a total loss. I'm currently at 7,952 words.

NaNoWriMo 2018 Update #1

Last year at this time I said I was further behind than I ever had been before. This year beats that record, because last year I was only 7k behind. This time I'm 10k behind and counting.

I'm having kind of a rough go of things right now, with emotional stress getting in the way of my everyday thinking and motivation. Also I decided to be a NaNo Rebel this year - the year I'm going for my fifth consecutive win. But none of these things are going to stop me! I'm still going to hit that glorious 50k, even if I have to spend my entire Thanksgiving break catching up like I did three years ago (when I was 25k behind!), although I really hope it doesn't come to that.

I am currently at 5,741 words.

Summer Is Finally Over! (August-September Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished August-September

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• A REALLY tough read. Took me forever to get through. I want to read more from this author, but only when I feel I'm mentally and emotionally stable enough to handle it. Thus When the Mountains Echoed will have to wait a while... XD
• Making Faces by Amy Harmon
• Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• This novel was so raw and real and emotional and so beautifully done. It perfectly encapsulates what it is to have anxiety/depression after a traumatic event. It's the first book I've read this entire year to get 5/5 stars from me.
• Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• It's about TIME I read this! 5/5 stars, no hesitation. Absolutely and positively relevant to our society today. EVERYONE should read this novel. (And I'm hoping to see the movie later this month, too.)
• We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• The one and only book my dad talks about all the time, so earlier this year I decided I should read it for myself as well. It was hilarious, and a great springboard for my dad and I to bond over a story we're both familiar with.
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
• I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I'm dying to get my hands on book two as soon as I can.
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
• Even more hilarious than the first book, I thought. Can't wait to get to book three soon!

Currently Reading

• Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios (considering DNF-ing)
• The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
• The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo
• The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg (finished; surprisingly not impressed)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (FINALLY I am reading this classic novel!)

WRITING
Wattpad Update
August End Stats:
325 reads
25 votes
25 comments

September End Stats:
396 reads
29 votes
33 comments

For Real Writing Update
NaNoWriMo is just around the corner now! During the month of September I made a list of stories I was perhaps interested in writing this year, and as of October 1st I had made my decision. The story will be called "Every Part of You." It's a new adult romance about a girl with haphephobia and a boy who is nothing but loving, and how they form a unique bond that allows them each to truly get to know every part of the other person over the course of their first two years as college students. I'm very excited to get started on this novel and make this my fifth consecutive NaNoWriMo win! 50k here I come - again! :D

As per usual I'll post a couple of writing updates throughout the month of November so you have an idea of how well (or how poorly) I'm doing as the month progresses. I'll see you then!

Life Is Crazy; This Is All I Got (June-July Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished June-July

• For Love and Honor by Jody Hedlund
• Different from the first two books in a good way. I'm excited to get to book four in the near future.
• The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
• I loved listening to Robbie Daymond narrate this book for ten and a half hours. But beyond that, I really enjoyed the story. I'm hoping to read the next book and find out what happens as soon as possible.
• Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly
• The actual plot of this book was kind of meh, but I LOVED that this entire novel showed us a closer look at the growing friendship between Belle and the Beast during the song "Something There" from the movie. And the ending was so amazing and swoon-worthy!

Currently Reading

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• I am SO CLOSE to finally finishing this book; I have about 40 pages left right now. I'm telling you, though, much like The Kite Runner, this has not been an easy novel to get through.
• Making Faces by Amy Harmon
• Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• This novel was so raw and real and emotional and so beautifully done. It perfectly encapsulates what it is to have anxiety/depression after a traumatic event. It's the first book I've read this entire year to get 5/5 stars from me.
• Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios

WRITING
Wattpad Updates

June End Stats (starting June 16):
105 reads
14 votes
12 comments

July End Stats:
210 reads
15 votes
21 comments

For Real Writing Update
I was feeling really burnt-out in my actual writing for a while before going on vacation to the Black Hills, but as per usual after a trip to that area of the country, I've sprung back with renewed energy and vigor and have already written quite a bit in the past couple of weeks. I've started writing some snippets of an entirely new story as well! Am I returning to the realm of sci-fi officially, or is this just a phase? We shall have to wait and see...

Thanks for bearing with my lack of updates recently. As the title says, life is crazy right now, and I'm really trying to focus on my mental health before forcing myself to put out more content like this. I hope you're all right with the more simplistic wrap-up style I've had for the past few months, because I actually like that I don't have to tell an entire story about each story I read and can instead give you some quick, simple thoughts on each book. Maybe knowing I don't have to write down all of the things will help me be more motivated about getting wrap-ups out for you monthly again, instead of bi-monthly.

Anyway, that's all I have for now! See you next time!

Extremely Informal Reading Update (April-May Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished April-May

• Crimson Ash by Haley Sulich (pretty good for a self-published author)
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (super profound)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (liked for the most part, but had one major issue)
• Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff (very informative and insightful)
• The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (it's Sherlock; of course I loved it haha)

Unable to Finish

• The Comic Book Story of Baseball by Alex Irvine

I really wanted to continue reading this book (an ARC from NetGalley) but the first issue I ran into was that it wouldn't format correctly on my Kindle, which meant I had to read it on the computer. Not a huge deal, I guess - just a little inconvenient. But then one day a few weeks ago I opened it up to continue reading and it was like, "Sorry, I don't exist anymore." Even though the file wasn't scheduled to expire for another nine days at that point. I tried to get in contact with NetGalley Tech Support, but I received no response from them whatsoever. In light of the fact that I was receiving no help - and with other books I needed to get to - I regrettably had to put The Comic Book Story of Baseball aside. I really WANTED to keep reading...I just couldn't because of technical difficulties. Maybe I can pick up a physical copy of it once it's been published.


Did Not Finish

• To the Castle by Dorothea Malm (not in the mood for the writing style at present)
• Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire (1/3 of the way in and still no plot; no thanks)
• Sweet Black Waves by Kristina Pérez (ARC) (just not feeling it right now; maybe later)

Currently Reading

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (very hard to read; getting through it slowly)
• For Love and Honor by Jody Hedlund (literally only 18 pages from finishing as I write this)
• The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (finished already; loved it so much)
• Lost In a Book by Jennifer Donnelly (just started; pretty interesting so far)

WRITING

Wattpad Updates

April End Stats:

1,036 reads

101 votes

38 comments

Final End Stats (story finished on June 14):
1,740 reads
175 votes
61 comments

My next Wattpad story (and Kay's final book) began on June 16 - exactly six years from the publication of her very first story, "Everything." Her final story is called "Mobius Destiny," and as I write this the prologue and first chapter have been posted and extremely well received. Super excited to see what my readers think of upcoming events!

See you with a proper book wrap-up in July. Life got nuts so I didn't have time to do anything super in-depth for the last couple of months. Sorry. Until next time!

Spring Fever (March Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished This Month

• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter

What Happened to Goodbye is a book that I first saw several years ago when I was in early high school. The premise intrigued me, mostly because there aren't many YA novels about kids who move a lot, and having grown up as a military brat I thought maybe it could be something I'd relate to. I didn't read it that first time, though, and years passed before I even saw it again. The copy I now own was found at a Salvation Army for a dollar or two, and it sat on my TBR from January 2015 to January 2018, when I finally picked it up to read. The story was good, if a bit cliche. I learned a lot about both basketball and restaurants. I could relate to the main character in some ways. There were a couple of characters I didn't care for. But the most fascinating thing about reading this was that it was both a trip down memory lane and relevant to my life today in a different way than it would have been back then. If I'd read it both the first time I saw it and again now, the experience would have been entirely different each time. It's really cool when a book can do that.

Just as a reminder: I will do a full review of the Jackaby saga when I've finished the fourth/last book (which I'm planning to read in April).


Currently Reading

• To the Castle by Dorothea Malm
• The Comic Book Story of Baseball by Alex Irvine (ARC) (I'm having some download difficulties with this one; there may or may not be a review for it in the future, depending on if I can finish it.)
• Crimson Ash by Haley Sulich (ARC)
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

WRITING
My Pitchaplooza entry did not make it into the final 20, but that's okay. It was fun to try. The books that won the Book Doctors' Choice and the Fans Choice are both really interesting, and I wish both authors all the best!

April 1 marked not only Easter and April Fool's Day this year, but the beginning of the first session of Camp NaNoWriMo, which I am once again participating in. My goal - as usual - is 10,000 words, this time toward finishing "The Dimension Keepers" over on Wattpad. The story is progressing kind of slowly right now; I only got a couple of chapters out in March, as in February. That's one reason I want to power-write the rest of it, because I'm extremely hopeful I'll be able to release the next book in June (for reasons I'll explain when I get there). The couple of chapters I wrote this month were received well, as there was a huge character introduction that everyone seemed really excited about. Next month at this time I hope to report that I've released most of the rest of the story, if not the entire rest of it. Fingers crossed!

March End Stats:
857 reads
87 votes
32 comments


See you guys next time! :D

So Overwhelmed (February Book Wrap-Up)

READING
Finished This Month

• The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

This was a book I won in a giveaway back in September/October, and it arrived around my birthday. Earlier this year I was in the mood for some fairy tale-like stories, so I went ahead and started reading this. The book contains six short stories of varying lengths and topics. Of the six, I only predicted the ending of one. The rest were at once familiar and totally unique. I think the thing I loved most about this book was the beauty of the simple language within. It's written for a low reading level despite the subjects within being for older readers, but because of the WAY it's written it just flows so smoothly and the message comes across so beautifully. This is the first Leigh Bardugo book I've ever read, but it won't be the last, for sure. If this is any indication I can see why the rest of her works are so popular.

Did Not Finish

• Cold Hard Truth by Anne Greenwood Brown

This was the first ARC I began reading from NetGalley (more info on that and how I got involved in it soon), and the reason I requested the book was because it seemed like a cute romance I could power through during the month of February. (Gotta be thematic, you know.) However "cute" quickly became cliché and uncomfortable as I began to realize that the main guy in the book had only one thing in mind when he began pursuing the main girl in the book - and she just LET him do it, even though she knew better. (We all know what that "one thing" was.) I won't post my full thoughts on it here; if you're interested you can read my review of it on Goodreads. Suffice it to say this left a really bad taste in my mouth and I am disappointed that it is being published at all.

Currently Reading

• To the Castle by Dorothea Malm
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter
• The Comic Book Story of Baseball by Alex Irvine (ARC)
• Crimson Ash by Haley Sulich (ARC)

WRITING
Last month I submitted a pitch for my work-in-progress/NaNoWriMo 2017 novel Follow the Raven to the annual Pitchaplooza event hosted by NaNoWriMo and the Book Doctors. I won't hear anything until March 15 at the soonest, and only at that point will I provide more info about what it is and how it works. I just felt strongly that I should participate in the "Now What" months this year if I really wanted to get the ball rolling on a publishing contract, and this is one of the things that could potentially help with that. If nothing else I'll have taken a bold step forward, and I'll be working on this novel more as the year progresses.

Over on Wattpad I really slowed down in February; I only posted one new chapter in the entire month. That's mostly due to the fact that I hit the halfway point in the story and writer's block at the same time, so I needed to work that out before I could continue onward. I think I've mostly gotten around the detour at this point; there should be more chapters coming out in the next few weeks.

February End Stats:
652 reads
66 votes
23 comments


I'm reading so many books at once right now (and have so many more on the horizon), I'm feeling kind of overwhelmed by the numbers. But as long as I keep my eye on the prize and formulate some sort of reading plan to get me through April at the very least, I think I'll emerge victorious and mostly unscathed. I know the year has started out slow in terms of blog posts, but there are more fun things coming your way soon! Keep an eye out, and I'll see you next time!

Chilling Out, Slowing Down (January Book Wrap-Up)

Welcome to my first book wrap-up of 2018! You'll notice some changes to the layout of these wrap-ups for the foreseeable future; I'm hopeful they will be easier to navigate and less cluttered with useless information. Let's give it a go, shall we?

READING
Finished This Month

• Jackaby by William Ritter
• Beastly Bones by William Ritter

A full review of the Jackaby saga will be posted after I've finished book four. (For now suffice it to say I have the biggest literary crush on Mr. Jackaby!)

Currently Reading

• To The Castle by Dorothea Malm
• The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Cold Hard Truth by Anne Greenwood Brown (ARC from NetGalley! :D)
• Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter

WRITING
I'm not exactly on track with my weekly Wattpad updates on Fridays anymore, but I am still on track in terms how many chapters of "The Dimension Keepers" I release per month. We're about halfway through the story at this point, which is crazy to think about. I feel like I just revealed the cover for this story! But my readers are loving it, and I'm having fun writing it, and there are plenty of surprises in store for February.

January End Stats:
479 reads
57 votes
18 comments


And that's it! What do you think of the new wrap-up format? Usually there won't be this little information; if I hadn't decided to review the Jackaby saga as a whole there would be a review or two in this post, so you can look forward to those in the future for sure. I also don't intend for future posts to be out so late; I was still working out some of the kinks with this one which is why it took so long to go live. BUT I do intend for future wrap-ups to come out within the first week of the following month. For example, February's book wrap-up will be out within the first seven days of March, March's in April, and so on. It's just easier for me to do it that way rather than stress about getting February's wrap-up posted on the last day of the month before midnight, as I've done before.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm reading! There will be some more bookish information coming your way very soon (including what NetGalley is and how I came to be part of it), so be on the lookout. Big, awesome things are happening in my reading world right now, and I'm excited to share it with you all. I'll see you guys next time!

2018 Book Goals

Welcome back to Endless Possibilities - 2018 Edition! As I'm sure you're aware by now, I have changed the design of my blog! What do you think? The last time I updated the design was January of 2014 - four years ago. Crazy, right? I figured it was time for a redesign again, and I must say I'm happy with how it turned out. :)

But enough about that for now. I'm kicking off the year with a book-related post, just as I did last January. Let's talk about my book goals for 2018, and how I hope to change my reading habits slightly along with these goals.

Goodreads Reading Challenge: 35 Books
2017 was the year I finally reached my three-time goal of reading 50 books in a year. I'd come close in '15 and '16 with 47 each, but last year was my year and I finally, finally made it happen. I am so proud of myself. That being said, trying to read 50 books in a year can be really stressful if you tend to get hung up on the numbers, as I do. Especially since I don't do much reading in November because of NaNoWriMo, December is doubly stressful because then I'm not only nearing the end of another month - I'm nearing the end of an entire year. I always felt like I had to rush in December, and I'd choose shorter books to help me power through to the end, and it always kind of felt less fun and more like cheating.

So with this in mind, when I realized I was actually going to make it to 50 last year and began looking forward to 2018 when I'd reset my reading goal, I decided to go for a lower and much more easily attainable number: 35 books. I did this mostly so I wouldn't feel as rushed throughout the year and so I could simply enjoy reading for pleasure again without getting hung up on numbers. I love reading, but I don't have the time for it as often anymore as I used to. I felt like, having reached my goal of 50 in 2017, it was time to give myself a breather and try for a lower number. 35 seemed like a good place to start. And if I make it easily, I can always up my goal later. For now, though, I just want to focus on making reading fun again.

2018 Personal Reading Goals
1) Read more nonfiction. I think this was mostly inspired by literally all of my coworkers (save for a few) being more into nonfiction than fiction, but I've also seen a lot of nonfiction books come through the drop at the library recently that have caught my eye more than they would have a few months ago, so I think my interests might be changing slightly as I'm getting older. Also since I'm not in school anymore I think it would be nice to learn more about topics that appeal to me.

2) Get into the habit of quitting books I'm not enjoying. This rarely happens, but when it does it makes reading feel more like a chore rather than a fun activity, and sometimes it will take me weeks or even months to finish a book because I simply don't want to. As many patrons at the library say, "Life is too short to read books that you're not enjoying." So starting this year, if a book is just not keeping my attention and/or I'm not having a good time reading it, I'm not going to force myself to finish it. I've actually created a "DNF" shelf on Goodreads to help me stick to this. Like I said, it rarely happens anyway.

3) Continue/finish series I've already started. Over the course of the past few years I've gotten into the habit of discovering and starting several new series every time I go to Barnes and Noble or my local bookstore or what have you, but it rarely follows that I continue those series that I start. There are some exceptions, of course, but for the most part I'll read book one of a set of books and leave it at that to move on to the latest and greatest thing. I want to start breaking out of that habit as well. Of course I'll still be starting some series this year, but along with that I want to continue ones I've already begun - maybe even finish a few, depending on how many books are part of the set.

4) Read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This is the one and only book my dad has ever talked about repeatedly over the years (as far as I can remember). My dad isn't much of a reader - as a matter of fact, I don't think he's picked up a book in eons. But any time he does reference or discuss a book with me, it is almost always The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. As I've grown older he's actually started to recommend that I read it. Because of this rare occurrence I want to take his recommendation and finally read the thing for myself. (Never mind the fact that it's a very popular science fiction novel.)

5) Reread favorite books/authors. I rarely reread books. I used to, when I was much younger. I can think of several books just off the top of my head that I would read over and over again as a kid and young teen. But as I got into upper high school and early college I began to stop rereading anything outside of the obvious Skulduggery Pleasant. There are many books on my shelf on Goodreads that I've read, raved about, given five stars, etc....but have never reread. I think there's something unique about reading a book for a second and third time; you pick up more than you did the first time through. You may even have a different experience with it depending on where you are in life. In 2018 I want to start rereading books I've loved in the past, rather than just let them collect dust on my real-life shelf.

New Releases I'm Most Looking Forward To In 2018
Love, Hate, and Other Filters (Jan)
Let's Talk About Love (Jan)
#PrettyBoy Must Die (Feb)
Warlock Holmes #3: My Grave Ritual (May)

Writing Goals
Last year I set out to rewrite my most-revisited novel, Follow the Raven. In November I did just that, hitting 52.2k words before the end of the year and thus completing 95% of my rewrite. In 2018 my goal is to begin the revision and editing process so that in the upcoming years I can hopefully begin looking into getting an agent and getting this novel on the road to publication. Camp NaNo in both April and July will be focused more on revising and editing than on writing anything new. The revision process will most likely take me the entire year to get through, but slow and steady wins the race, so I'm not concerned about speed with this part of the process. That said, I am very excited to start along a new road in this novel's progression!

And that's all she wrote this time, everyone. Thanks for sticking around with me as we move into a New Year! Be sure to check back frequently for new bookish and nerdy posts in the upcoming months. (I'll hopefully have something Sonic-related for you very soon!) See you next time! :D