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#TopTenTuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. You can find a list of all TTT themes on their blog!

This week’s theme:Top Ten Favorite 2016 Releases So Far This Year

Well, I haven’t read a lot of new releases this year (I’m always SO behind on new books). So, I’ve decided my list will beFavorite Books I’ve Read in 2016 So Far.Some of them are 2016 releases and some are older. I’m also going to divide my list into two categories: novels and graphic novels. Here we go!

I don’t know what to say.

I feel bad that I didn’t post about this right after I’d heard about the tragedy––I was just in such shock, rage, and pain that I couldn’t even form words. I still can’t. I don’t think there’s any way I can articulate how devastated and furious I am.

Above all else, my heart hurts for the victims, forall their friends and family. The pain and horror they have to endure is unimaginable.

49 innocent people were killed, and 53 were injured. 49 people don’t get to live o...

This post is coming a little late, but I wanted to tell you all about my experience meeting Maggie Stiefvater the other week! *screams and fangirls* She is currently on her book tour forThe Raven King(the final book in the Raven Cycle series), and she happened to stop by Brookline, MA (which is fairly close to where I live), and I was fortunate enough to attend the event––and I’m really happy I was able to reserve tickets for me and my mom, because it sold out in less than five minutes!

In c...

Hi everyone! Happy June! Gosh, it’s almost halfway through the year already.

Anyway, today I wanted to talk abouthow to name characters. I’m curious to hear from you guys about this aspect of writing, and how you approach it. Mainly, I’m interested to hear:

Personally, Ilove coming up with character names. It’s such a strangely magical process––by which I mean, I know when I’ve found the right name beca...

Hey everyone! Sorry I’ve been rather absent lately and a bit inconsistent with my weekly memes. I was kinda busy during the past couple weeks, and as a result I’ve been a little scatterbrained and not very productive. But I will try to be more on top of things!

One bit of exciting news is thatI am going to meet Maggie Stiefvater on Thursday. Omg I am SO SO EXCITED (and a little nervous because I always act like an idiot when I meet authors I greatly admire). I’ll be sure to write a post about...

#TopTenTuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Check out their blog to find out about all the awesome TTT themes!

This week’s theme:

Ten Websites I Love That Aren’t About Books (you could go specific and do like top ten favorite food/travel/craft/fitness blogs I follow, 10 websites I visit daily, 10 fun websites I waste a lot of time on etc.)

Haha well, my most-visited website is Goodreads, but I guess I’ll have to leave that out! Otherwise I mostly only use social media...

Top Ten Tuesdayis a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Check out their blog for future TTT themes, and to link up to your TTT post if you’ve written one.

It’s been quite a while since I participated in TTT, but I love this week’s theme:

Ten Childhood Characters You’d Love To Revisit As Adults (ie a novella or something to see what they grew up to be) — you could always just pick YA characters you’ve read recently you wouldn’t mind revisiting in 10 years or so. Or you could pick...

I’ll just cut to the chase: I didn’t win Camp NaNo. My goal was to add 15k toThe Resurrectionists by the end ofthe month, and I got to a little over 11k.

I’m not upset about it, though. After several monthsof being stuck in a rut, it felt great to actually make some progress. I may not have reached my goal, but I still wrotesomething, and that’s what matters.

Last Week’s WC/CC:60,156 words/ 24 chapters

Current WC/CC: 61,909 words / 25 chapters

Progress Since Last W...

Lauren at Always Me nominatedme forthe Infinity Dreams Award! Lauren is incredibly nice and awesome, and you should most definitely check out her blog.[image error]

Rules:

1. Give 11 facts about yourself.

2. Answer the 11 questions set to you by the blogger who nominated you.

3. Nominate up to 11 bloggers to receive this award.

4. Ask the bloggers you have nominated to answer 11 questions (bonus points for those who answer in a vlog).

2. I’m a bit of a coffe...

Oops, it’s been three whole weeks since I last did a Music Monday post! I apologize for my forgetfulness; I’ve been a little scatter-brained lately.

Music Mondayis a meme started by Lauren at Always Me. Check out her blog for the rules, and to link up to your own Music Monday post if you decide to do one!

Without further delay, here are my two music recommendations of the week.

I’ve been a Lydia fan since I was in high school. The band has gone through a lot of transformati...