Weekly Highlights; The Two Book Edition

Post Highlights

So this week was my first week back at work after a week off and it was a little hectic because I also went to London for two evenings (for two bookish events!) and then was so tired on thursday evening that I did NO reading or writing. This weekend has been a little less busy but there have been family things and friend things so still little reading and writing has been done. I do, however, have monday evening free so hopefully some writing and blogging will be done! But, moving on…

I wrote ONE review this week;
Every Day by David Levithan (FOUR HEARTS)

I also wrote a discussion post about author backlists and whether or not you feel it is necessary to read everything an author has written. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter! – here.

Upcoming

Last week I mentioned that I’m planning things for my two-year blogoversary and I just want to mention that more has been planned and is happening and some things for it will be revealed next week!

My blogoversary is officially September 15th so it’s not long now until celebrations will be had! Keep an eye out because I will be having a lot of fun things going on, on the blog!

Around the Blogosphere

Are you a non-blogger? Or even a new blogger? Do you ever wonder what some blogger essentials are? Then you should definitely check out this post that Amber made, here!

This week Hannah wrote about the top five books she read in August. If you’re looking for some book recommendations, you should definitely click here

Ever had a friend wanting to you to recommend a book? Ever felt you couldn’t just recommend your favourite book in case they didn’t like it? This week Gaby has spoken about some good ways to recommend books, something that I do a lot at work! Check out the post here

Anna (and Jamie) have both written a yearbook style post about books and characters and I found it to be really interesting to read. If you want to see which characters and books were picked that were most likely to succeed, click here.

Do you cry over books? Do you feel the tears welling in your eyes and struggle to stop them? This week Rachel speaks about how emotional she gets over books and is asking you if you’re an emotional reader to? Let her know here

Sometimes being in the middle of lots of series can be a little overwhelming, especially when there are so many books in that series. This week Liza has written a post about this which I found really intriguing. Check it out here

What about you? Did you stumble across any good posts this week you think I should check out?

Letterbox Love

So as mentioned above, this week I went to two bookish events which means that I got two new books, both of which were signed and personalised to me! I know I still haven’t vlogged about the books I got last week but it’s on its way, I just need to find the time to edit it! Moving on…

Lockwood & Co; Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud; I have already read and LOVED this book and so going to the launch party and meeting Jonathan again was really great – and kind of awe-inspiring! This book is already on my favourites shelf!

The Elites by Natasha Ngan; I have head SO MANY good things about this one but just haven’t gotten around to reading it yet but meeting Natasha was lovely as we managed to have a good chat and I can’t wait to read her book.

And there you have it, my Weekly Highlights!

I hope to visit all posts of this manner, so feel free to link to your own IMMs, Sunday Showcase, Sunday Posts, Letterbox Loves or whatever it is you do below!

what did you get this week? what cool blog posts did you stumble upon? what are you waiting to happen this week?