In Real Life (IRL)
This month has been nothing but work, work, and more work. I barely had time to read anything, much less post. That’s why I haven’t been posting much lately. But I did find time to enjoy my life a little bit. I attended a Meetup movie and dinner event to see Crazy Rich Asians, which was a lot of fun. The movie was so cute and adorable and funny! I’m more excited that I got to support another diverse book to movie adaptation.
I also got to hang out with my best friend Kim and her friend Jacqui to go bar-hopping and see The Little Mermen, a popular Disney cover band in Asbury Park. They were a lot of fun, and the best part was getting to know Jacqui, who is also a fellow BTS ARMY member!! We introduced Kim to some of BTS’ songs, so we hope she joins in the club too.
Discussions, Reviews and Blog Tours
Perhaps the biggest surprise on my blog is the change of my domain name from Poemsbyayoungartist to PoetryBooksYA.
I felt that after 4 years of staying within the old domain name, I was holding myself back a bit. I had changed my blog layout earlier this year but had kept the old domain name because it had been with me since the beginning. But now that my layout has been stapled in, I felt that it’s time for my brand name to become its own.
Another news update was my discussion post on making it in publishing industry. I didn’t get much traction with it, but it was good to let off some steam I had been feeling for the past year.
If you don’t have a certain number of followers, have those specific connections with certain publishers or authors, then what happens? What if this is all you know and all you have spent so much time on, only to find little growth and opportunity?
State of the ARC – I added a new prompt to my weekly regimen but this one is monthly. State of the ARC is created by Avalinah @ AvalinahsBooks, which describes reading updates for advanced reader’s copies.
POST
state-of-arc-2-update
Book Blogger Hop – I only did 2 Book Blogger Hop’s this month, but they were worth it because I got to write about my favorite book bloggers and why I read. I felt like they centered me back to why I started the weekly prompts in the first place.
POSTS
my-favorite-book-bloggers
why-do-I read?
Top 5 Wednesday – T5W was interesting this month, what with so many people going back to school. There were many features that described topics like Books for Classes, and Books I Love with Tropes I “Hate”.
POSTS
book-list-for-anxiety class
books-I-liked-with tropes I hate
IHeart Characters Meme – I only participated in one IHCM, but it was the cutest one, because it was about adopting Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. Dani from Perspectives of a Writer loved my idea, as well as Lauren from Books & Geekiness.
Coming Next Month
- Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (review)
- 500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario (Rich in Variety Blog Tours – review)
- Fragments of Ash by Katy Regnery (Xpresso Book Tours – blog tour)
