Bloggin’ Recap: February 23rd-March 1st

It’s Sunday, the beginning of a new week so that means it’s time for a Bloggin’ Recap. A feature inspired by A Bookish Heart. Every Sunday I’ll get the chance to tell you what’s going on in my life, what I’ve posted for the week, what to expect in the upcoming week and posts I enjoyed from other bloggers.

In Real Life

Well, Cinder and Coraline finally arrived in the mail. I read Coraline out loud to my little sister and it was so good! Creepy, but good. I’m really impressed with Neal Gaiman’s creativity and imagination. The story was so unique. I do have to admit, I tried to scare my sister a couple of times with the picture in the book and I ended up giving myself nightmares. That’s karma for ya.

Scary, right?

Friday we had a bit of storm, lots of rain and lots of wind. Guess who got to serve lunch right at the peak? That’s right, this girl. Our kiosks outside simply are not built for that kind of weather and the rain was coming sideways so literally everything was wet. I was so windswept that I looked absolutely feral by the end of lunch.

How was your week?

What I’ve Posted This Week:

• How To Prepare For The End Of A Beloved Series…
• Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card— 3 Kit Kat Bars
• Wishlist Wednesday: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
• In Their Shoes: Katniss Everdeen
• Friday Favorites: Favorite Author Psuedonyms
• Review: Honest Sid: Memoir of a Gambling Man by Ronald Probstein— 3 Kit Kat Bars
• And So The Month Ends…
• Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness— 4 Kit Kat Bars

Posts To Look Forward To:

• Bookworms: Glamorized in Fiction, Crazed in Reality
• Review: I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
• The Coolest Book Ends Ever
• Review: The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore

Posts From Blogging Buddies That I’ve Enjoyed:

Misc.

• Book Chat was nominated for The Working To Change The World Award
• Cuddlebuggery Book Blog shares a Cuddlebuggery Survey
• Davecenker talks about the Olympic Spirit
• Girlxoxo asks Does Scheduling Workouts… Work?
• Indiereadergirl0329 shares And the Liebster award goes to…
• My Novel Opinion shares Blogs I’m Lovin’ [1]
• Natflix&Books shares Discussion Post: Why the 90s Were the Best
• Oh, the Books! announces their Grand Opening: Welcome to Another Bookish Excursion at Oh, the Books!
• Project Light to Life asks What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?
• Ransom Reads shares Captain’s Address: I’m a Fussy Follower
• Storytime with Buffy shares Fleshing Out My Characters
• The Mad Reviewer shares The Best and Worst of February 2014
• Kayla @ The Thousand Lives shares The Writing Life: Gendered Names

Personal

• Books and Bindings shares BnB Life Matters: My Not So Magical First Kiss
• Chiara @ Books for a Delicate Eternity shares Books for Life: Get Your Facts Straight (On Me)
• The Broke and the Bookish shares Ender’s game with dad
• The Broke and the Bookish shares Daisy Talks About Her Shelf of Shame
• Such A Novel Idea shares My Bookish Confessions (10)
• The Perpetual Page Turner shares In Which I Hang Up My Hat As A Book Reviewer

Wrap Up Posts

• A Blighted One says Hello March, Goodbye February
• Alexa Loves Books shares A February 2014 Retrospective
• All The Books I Can Read shares her February Wrap Up
• Lizzie @ BOOKMARK YOUR DREAMS shares her February Wrap Up
• Little Birdie Books shares Recapping February: What This Month Had To Offer
• My Novel Opinion shares Looking Back (& Ahead)– February 2014
• Natflix&Books shares her Weekly Rewind 3.1.14
• Paper Riot shares a Monthly Recap: February 2014
• Ransom Reads shares February Inventory & March Schemes
• Such A Novel Idea shares Hello {march}, Goodbye {february}
• Tempest Books shares her Weekly Wrap Up (#23)
• The Perpetual Page Turner shares her February Rewind

Instalove

• A Novel Idea shares Instalove 101: The Final Exam
• A Novel Idea reveals How To Cure Your Instalove
• Chiara @ Books for a Delicate Eternity shares Instalove 101 Lecture #2: How They Fell Instalove
• Books, Tea & Me shares Instalove 101: YA Relationships That Don’t Follow the “Insta” Trend
• Say It With Books talks about Insta-Love on the big screen

Blogging

• Girlxoxo shares some #Blogging Tips {Links #7}
• Girlxoxo shares some #Blogging Tips {Links #6}
• IrisjeXx talks about the Gloomy Weather and Affected Blogging Habits
• Little Book Star asks Where Do Your Ideas Pop Up? {Discussion #12}
• Ashley @ Nose Graze says I Have Trouble Reviewing Popular Books
• Ashley @ Nose Graze shares SEO When Commenting, Breadcrumbs & Changing Images
• Primrose Musings shares Musings: The DNF Dilemma
• The Mad Reviewer shares Reader Request Week #1: Finding Time to Read and Review

Opinion

• ***The Starry-Eyed Revue*** talks about Authors Behaving Badly
• Lillian @ Books and Cake shares Beyond the Read: Faces on Covers
• Lillian @ Books and Cake says To Each Their Own
• Dewey Decimal’s Butler shares The Great Conversation– Great Literature versus Crappy Author
• Ashley @ Nose Graze talks about When Authors, Tour Hosts, or Bloggers add You to a Mailing List Without Your Permission (Rage!)
• Holly @ NutFreeNerd shares her Response: what does it mean to be well read?
• Holly @ NutFreeNerd shares Books v. movies: THE GREAT GATSBY
• Ode to Jo & Katniss shares What the New Adult Genre Could Learn from Mr. Magorium
• Pure Imagination talks about Cover Changes

Book Related

• A Blighted One shares Besides Books(but not really, there are books)
• Alexa Loves Books shares An Author a (Mon)Day: Rebecca Serle
• As The Page Turns shares a Bookish Survey: Greek Mythology Style
• Becky @ Blogs-of-a-Bookaholic shares Wednesday Madness and the Ultimate Reading Experience
• Cuddlebuggery Book Blog reveals some Hot New Titles
• The Reading Girl shares Library of Love
• Ashley @ Nose Graze asks How Do You Organize Your Goodreads Shelves? (Specifically “TBR”)
• Tempest Books says Please Give Me Advice on BEA
• Kayla @ The Thousand Lives says I Admit that I Have Some Strange Habits