Weekly Roundup: January 6 - January 19

I ended up skipping last week's weekly roundup again, and I have a feeling this is going to be a common occurrence so I've been thinking of making this feature as a biweekly thing. My life as an unemployed recent college grad doesn't really offer a lot to talk about on a weekly basis. Then again, can I still call it a Weekly Roundup? Should I change it to Biweekly Roundup or a completely new name? There are still a lot of things I want to tweak or fix on my blog, but I guess that's just the growing pains of a new blog trying to find its identity, right?

So I'm not planning to participate in Tynga's Review's Stacking the Shelves often (maybe I'll participate more often in the future), but I received some book mail this week that I'm so thankful for getting that I just had to share.


Thank you Tor Teens for Antigoddess (Goddess War #1) by Kendare Blake and Three (Article 5 #3) by Kristen Simmons, and thank you Paper Latern Lit for Changers Book One: Drew by T. Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper. And yes, that is an alpaca. I'm just going to include Arpakasso in all my bookmail pictures from now on., because - well, look at it! Do I really need a reason?



I'm Currently Reading

Changers Book One: Drew
by T. Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper

I'm pretty sure we can all agree that puberty was a total bitch to everyone, and high school can be a very stressful and emotional experience. Now imagine if you suddenly woke up on the first day of school as a completely different person and sex than the person you've been for the past twelve-thirteen years. Yeah. There are a few issues in terms of school and gender stereotypes I have with this book, but it's still a fun young adult book about self-doubt and self-discovery. I look forward to see discover what exactly can these Changers do to make the world better.

On Such A Full Sea 
by Chang-rae Lee

Have you ever fallen in love with the writing of a book in the first five pages? I have. Lately, I've actually been really cautious and turned off by most dystopian books, but I really wanted to give this book a chance because I've seen a lot of hype for this book in 2014 and yay, more Asian writers! So far, I haven't been disappointed. 

These Past Two Weeks on Bookcharmed

• Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Goals for 2014 (A Motivational Letter to Myself)
• Waiting on Wednesday: Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
• Five Ways to Deal with Books That Don't Live Up to its Hype
• Review: Tempus by Holly Lauren 
• Sailor Moon Reboot Finally Gets a Release Date!
• Review: Hang Wire by Adam Christopher
• The Book Chewers' Linkup: Top Five Literary Sidekicks/BFFs
• Waiting on Wednesday: The Furies by Mark Alpert 

Elsewhere on the Blogosphere

• Sydney @ Utterly Bookish asks when is it time to break up with a book?
• Anya @ On Starships and Dragonwings has a really helpful guide up on how to get approved on Edelweiss. 
• Mitchii @ AEROPAPERS talk about authors whose books she can't/won't read.
• Leigh @ Little Book Star asks does your blog name affect your blog?
• Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl makes a promise this year to only read books she loves. 
• Genevieve @ The Reading Shelf discusses wallflower MCs and their outgoing best friends. 

Video of Interest
Although the Summer Olympics is generally more fun to watch, the Winter Olympics brings back a lot of childhood memories for me, especially figure skating. I'm rooting for Mao Asada and Kim Yuna for women's figure skating, but I am all for Meryl Davis and Charlie White for the ice dancing gold. So. Many. FEELS.


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