Dear wonderful readers of Dreaming With Open Eyes,
I'll make this short and simple. I'm going to take a break of book blogging. You may have noticed my blog got more and more quite the past few weeks. I'm in the final year of my apprenticeship as a media designer and my final exams are ahead. I’ve decided it would be a good idea to step back and take a hiatus. I need to study hard to achieve a good result. This is my only chance and I can't mess it up. No matter how much I love book blogging, I need to step back and return to reality. Taking a break does not mean I am completely gone. I'll be on Twitter from time to time to check how you are all doing. I don't want to loose touch with you completely. I will keep reading but not as much as I used to and will leave ratings and mini reviews on Goodreads. I will surely miss the bloggersphere, posting blog posts each day and all but I also feel good about my decision to take a break for a few weeks. Hopefully everything goes well.
I’ll see you all in June! x
My new feature
Monthly Favourites goes into the second round. If you missed my favourites of January, click
here. Every month I
share a selection of the posts of several things I loved! This idea is inspired by Lifestyle
blogs who are sharing their favourite products every month. I absolutely
adore that idea. This is the perfect opportunity to me to give my blog a
personal touch. I'm looking forward to share more personal things with
you that have kept me happy this month. If you have any improvement
suggestions for the categories or anything else, I'd be happy to hear
from you.
Books I read in February
When First They Met by Debbie Macomber
On Solid Ground by Melissa Collins
The Green Hills of Home by Emma Bennet
First Time in Forever by Sarah Morgan
Rachel Does Rome by Nicola Doherty
Currently reading
Name: #Forfeit
Author: Caroline Batten
Format: ebook
Pages: 438 pages
Release date: 31st July 2014
Publisher: self-published
Teaser
Getting divorced at twenty-five sucks
Teaching
over-confident rich kids when you're all but homeless sucks. In fact,
every single aspect of Daisy Fitzgerald’s life is one big…
#fail
Enter
Xander, a Knight-in-Shining-Cricket-Pads, who knocks her off her wedge
heels and into his privileged world of It-girls, players and Michelin
stars.
High on cocktails & escapism
Daisy
agrees to play Forfeit, the ultimate game of dares. A simple kiss dare
ignites her relationship with Xander, but the game's called Forfeit for
good reason. Can they survive three rounds?
Blackmail • Betrayal • Revenge
Move over Gatsby, there's a new bunch of bored young things in town.
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I posted my last tag. I spotted this on Clare's
A Book & Tea. I really liked that so why not post it on my blog too? I’ve found it hard to read/review as much with life going into my final exams this year, I figured this is a good way to fill some space!
:D So instead of tagging anyone, I’m going to say snag this if you would like to try it out :)
How do you keep track of your TBR pile?
Depends how you define TBR, to be honest. I keep my
unread books separate from my to read books, and my ARCs as well. Goodreads is a fantastic help for me to keep track of my TBR pile. I don’t know how I would even begin to manage my TBR list without it! Every time I buy a new book, won are been accepted for a review copy, I add it to my several list on Goodreads. For example I name my shelves for example “bought but not read paperback”, “bought but not read ebooks”, “to review” or “NetGalley”, “Wishlist” and so on. Nevertheless, every time I look at my TBR shelf on Goodreads I panic a little bit inside! It’s a never ending story.
Is your TBR pile mostly print books or ebooks?
I own the same amount of ebooks as I own print books. I try to do a healthy mixture of them but in the last few months I read more and more ebooks. I feel much more comfortable with them. It’s so easy to read them and I read them a lot quicker as print books.
How do you determine which books from your TBR to read next?
It definitely depends on my mood! Sometimes I plan ahead what I’d like to read but most of the time I change my mind and I pick up other books. I don’t set myself a goal anymore. Reading is supposed to be fun and I want to enjoy it.
A book that’s been on your TBR list the longest?
Mhm, that’s a tough one. It’s probably Eat, Pray Love. I bought this book when I was living in Dublin in 2010/2011. I heard a lot of good things about the movie. I prefer reading a book before I see the movie adaption. Sadly I still have not read the book yet.
A book you recently added to your TBR
I recently added Diamonds from Tiffany’s by Melissa Hill to my TBR pile. It’s a follow up to her novel Something from Tiffany’s which I completely adored. I’m so excited to read this book and find out what happens to the characters in this new story!
Today I am welcoming, Samantha Napier, author of Dating the Alphabet, which was published as an ebook yesterday (1st March 2015) with HaperCollins Australia. All the best of success with your debut novel!
From Archie to Zolon, Ramona is determined to find a happy ending to her fairytale. Ramona Rawlings is going to make dating fun again. Armed with an alphabet poster, post-it notes and her best friend Emma, Ramona is going to date the alphabet - from A to Z, Archie to Zolon and everything in between.
Throw in the chaos of managing a theatre restaurant with a roster full of strong personalities, unfulfilled dreams and lustful hook ups and Ramona's world is turned upside-down. In between Evan the arrogant, Ivan the emotionally stunted and Glen the racist, Ramona discovers what she really wants: to be a good friend, to emotionally connect with a man and to replace her vodka-tonics with kale smoothies. But how many frogs will she have to kiss before she finds her fairytale?
More information about this book:
Amazon UK /
Goodreads