Bookitcon Chapter 2: Interview With Mackenzi Lee

Super excited to have Mackenzi Lee on my blog for an interview!! She's the author of This Monstrous Thing and two upcoming novels, The Gentleman's Guide To Vice and Virtue, and Semper Augustus.

She's one of the authors who will be attending Bookitcon Chapter 2 and I'm here to tell you all about it...

Monthly TBR: ARC August & Read Them All Thon

I'm still alive!!!!!

   I know I haven't posted anything this month because I have a mad case of blogger burn out. But I'm really excited for August because there's going to be two challenges to help me catch up on reading.

Top Ten LGBTQ+ Books I Want To Read in 2016

   It seems like I've gone into a mini hiatus and that is because I am currently in Minnesota visiting my sister for a week. Then I'll be back home and ready to post regularly again.

   I was super stoked that this Top Ten Tuesday was a freebie because I actually made this post before realizing there was a freebie so the timing was perfect!!

Drama In The Book/Blogging Community

   Who would think that people who love to read would be capable of causing so much drama? It'll either be over something stupid or serious... But one thing is for sure, we're all tired of it. It's not the same as it once was.

Most Anticipated Releases (For The Second Half Of The Year)

   I've realized I haven't done Top Ten Tuesday in such a long time and I could NOT pass this one up because that topic is just perfect!! It's always exciting to see what everyone is excited for and it's fun adding more books on Goodreads even though my TBR is already so big, which is okay! 

   The more the merrier...

Bookstagram 101: Gaining More Exposure

   When you're part of a community for a while, you start to learn and notice some things. And I wanted to share some tips on how to grow your bookstagram account.

Vote for the Books I Will Read Next Month!

   I'm super excited to be joining the Make Me Read It readathon, hosted by Val from The Innocent Smiley and Ely from Tea & Tiles, which takes place in July 9 - 16. I joined last year but I failed miserably so I hope to do better this time!!

May Wrap-Up & June TBR

   I wish PicMonkey would let people save the font colors we've previously used and let us type it in so we don't have to keep moving the mouse around in the color chart. That would make my life so much easier. And it explains why, every time, the titles in all my pictures are not matching colors.

   But enough about that. I'm here to talk about what I read in May and what my reading plans are for June.

REVIEW: Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan

   I had so many mixed feelings with this YA fantasy. While I really found the beginning and middle to be really entertaining and enjoyable to read, the ending was a bit lacking and rushed...

Organizing How I Blog

   I remember the days I first started blogging and how even though I was still learning, it was very simple back then. I created posts, published them, and then did a little promoting.

   Nowadays when you know so much, it's easier but it's also hard to juggle everything. I like to post the link to a new post at least 2 or 3 times on Twitter. Sometimes I'll post a picture on Instagram about my post.

Epic Bookstagram Fails

   Today I share with you some of the problems I've had when I've taken some book photos. It may seem like we're perfectionists at taking photos but most of us take hundreds of shots to find the perfect one... We've just never shown you behind the scenes.