This Week in Review – June 27
what i did
I went to a red and white, prohibition-themed party thrown by Wine Enthusiast magazine, which was quite fun and had lots of fancy, yummy wines.
I had a birthday! Thank you for all the lovely bday wishes on my post last week. It was a very chill but very good weekend.
Oh! And I finally saw the The Fault in Our Stars movie! So good, was it not? Remember when I met Ansel?
Man. I sobbed so hard I had to WIPE THE TEARS OFF MY NECK.
links i loved
‘Delirium’ Pilot Coming to Hulu
Did any of you watch the pilot for Delirium that got posted even though it’ll never air? I heard it was AWFUL…but maybe I’ll still watch it anyway!
In Defense Of Young-Adult Fiction
I always love reading why other people choose YA as adults — check out this post from author Leigh Bardugo.
books i added to my shelves
Two new books for my Kindle, thanks to Simon & Schuster and Disney-Hyperion:
The Storyspinner by Becky Wallace
Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Finding Ruby Starling by Karen Rivers
A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget
Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour
Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth
The Fire Artist by Daisy Whitney
Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me: The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time by Rachel Bertsche
Better When He’s Bad by Jay Crownover
Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine
Boomerang by Noelle August (aka Veronica Rossi!!!)
Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick (came with a super cute metal water bottle!)
Thank you to Scholastic, Harper, Bloomsbury, Random House and Simon & Schuster. I’m particularly excited to read Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me because it is written by MY FRIEND RACHEL! We used to sit right next to each other at work and I’m so proud of her!
A big big big thank you to Ginger and Sarah Ockler for my very own copy of Finding Delilah, which as you may know I LOVED and inspired me to write this post. What a lovely birthday present. THANK YOU!
My copy of Four also came with a poster and a yummy cookie that I am eating now and is getting crumbs all over my bed. Whoops! Don’t tell my husband! If any of you want the poster, leave me a comment below and I’ll pick out one random winner to contact and send it to! Thanks, Harper!
books i read
Plenty of books were read this week. My husband caught me unaware in this pic — can you see how FOCUSED I was on Mortal Heart?
Since my last post, I’ve read two embarrassing romance novels, plus:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (long but very interesting)
Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater (good good good)
Through to You by Lauren Barnholdt (enjoyable, but not as good as I wanted)
Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers (OMG OMG OMG)
17 First Kisses by Rachael Allen (hmmm)
What’d you read this week? Do anything bookish & fun? I hope so!
