2017 Overview HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! So, we are now in 2018! I feel like 2017 flew past and I honestly can't remember much of it. This post was going to be a year overview as well as a wrap-up of my 2017 goals, but the post turned out to be a lot longer than expected, so I've had to change some things. This post is a month by month run through of what happened this year when it comes to my reading & blogging. A post with what happened with my 2017 goals will be coming soon along with my new goals for 2018 (that I'm pretty excited about). However, first we need to take a look back at 2017, from the start. January 2017
A new year had come along and I was really motivated to get reading and back into blogging again. It was a successful reading month for me as I managed to read 7 books as well as a book which I DNFed, while still in school. I read the last 3 books of the Harry Potter series for the first time and fell in love with the story. I also read and reviewed a Netgalley title, Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen. I was posting roughly once a week on my blog and I was beginning to find my feet in the bookstagram world again. February 2017 The motivation carried through from January and I was able to read another 8 books. I finished the Geek Girl series by Holly Smale and cried at Forever Geek, the last book. I also finished the Demon Road trilogy by Derek Landy and loved that also. I read some amazing books and had quite a few tears. On my blog I posted some reviews, a book haul and talked about some of the diverse releases coming out that month. On bookstagram I posted around 5 times and was really enjoying getting back into it. March 2017 My reading was still going good, but I had limited time as school got busier. I started The Infernal Devices and fell in love with the characters. I couldn't stop thinking about the story and was excited to be so invested in a new series after finishing two in February. I also continued with The Mortal Instruments and took City of Fallen Angels off my TBR. I wasn't very active on my blog as I had less time, but managed to get two more reviews up. I was still going on bookstagram though and got about another 4 posts up. April 2017 April was the month of reading review books as 4 out of 5 of the titles I read had been sent to me for review or that I'd requested. One of the review books I had was Geekerella by Ashley Poston and I loved reading this geeky Cinderella retelling. Before the month finished I also started Clockwork Prince as I couldn't hold off any longer, but unfortunately didn't finish it before May came along. Stuff happened in April and I sort of had an absence from my blog for a bit and didn't post anything. My bookstagram was in a similar position, but I posted twice to explain some of the things that were going on in my life. May 2017 I managed to read 3 books in May. One was a review book, Marco's Seeds by Nathan Smith and the other two were Clockwork Prince and City of Lost Souls both by Cassandra Clare. I was back in the Shadowhunter world and was loving every bit as I got more involved in the story. On my blog appeared some new posts as I went through some new releases, a review or two and also showed you the book haul that had been growing since December. In the month I posted once on Instagram to talk a bit about some of the stuff that had been happening in our world and how I was feeling. Following this I took a bit of a break... June 2017 Ahh, June. The month in which I finished The Infernal Devices and couldn't help but cry as the beloved trilogy came to an end. I read another book that month, The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and quite enjoyed it. Those were the only two books I finished that month as I DNFed yet another book, Dream Machine by Will Davis. My blog was mainly filled with reviews that month as well as the monthly new releases post that I got into doing. I didn't post at all on Instagram. July 2017 July was the best reading month yet! I was still in school as we didn't finish till the last week or so of July, but booktubeathon came at this same time and I decided to take part for the first time. I had so much fun and managed to read more than I ever thought I could in that amount of time. I also tried to participate in the #7in7readathon, but spent more time doing other stuff and didn't quite make it to 7 books, but I was just enjoying being able to read and be back in the community. By the time the month finished, I'd read around 13 books and I couldn't have been happier. There was only one post on the blog in this month and that was a book blitz. My bookstagram absence continued as I just felt no motivation. August 2017 It was summer and I was enjoying the entire month away from school! I went on holiday to Cornwall and spent most of the week reading on the beach in the sun. It was yet another very successful reading month as I completed 14 (or so) books. I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas after hearing all the hype surrounding it and was blown away. This book is definitely one of my favourites from the year. My blog was probably the most active it had ever been during August and I was spitting out lots of posts. Most of them were book blitzes and cover reveals, but I did also share with you guys quite a few reviews throughout the month. I returned to bookstagram with a new outdoors theme seeing as I had nice weather for once. September 2017 I returned back to school and just like my mood, my reading deteriorated. I managed to read 4 books even though there was so much going on in the month. I read another Netgalley title, Caterpillars Can't Swim by Liane Shaw, which featured Gay representation and the main character was a person who is disabled. It was nice to read something from a different perspective and to see this representation in YA. I also read another Holly Bourne book, this time Soulmates, and cried yet again! I loved the story and it really got me back interested in reading. After promising to be back, I disappeared from bookstagram once again. October 2017 I had a short break from school in October for half term, but even with that bit of extra time, I only managed to complete 3 books. One was off my TBR, Caspar Lee by Emily Riordan Lee and Caspar Lee. The other two were Hetty Feather and Sapphire Battersea as I started my long awaited reread of this series by Jacqueline Wilson. The only posts appearing on my blog throughout the month were book blitzes and cover reveals as that seemed like the only type of post I had time to do. Also with me not reading as much, I didn't really have any reviews to write. Still no new posts on Instagram. November 2017 In November I had some review books that I really needed to get to. That didn't really happen, but I managed to check one off my list, The Girl In The Glass Box by Andi Adams. I loved reading this YA Snow White retelling and helped get me out of a reading slump that was beginning. As I still had limited time, book blitzes were still the only type of post going up, but at the end of the month I was determined to get back to blogging properly so I made the snap decision to do Blogmas on the run up to Christmas. I posted my announcement on the 30th, not leaving myself much time to prepare. December 2017 In December I only managed to read one book and that was Truly Madly Awkward by Beth Garrod. This is the sequel to Super Awkward that I believe was released last year (?) and that I really loved. I enjoyed Truly Madly Awkward but it took me a couple of month to finish it due to the lack of time. December was the month I took back control of my blog and I managed to complete my goal and post every day of December leading up to Christmas. The posts included hauls, wrap-ups, TBR posts and tags. There was a couple of book blitzes as well. It came to the end of the year without another post on my Instagram/Bookstagram. I went into the New Year motivated and excited to make changes. That is a month by month run through of the year in terms of my reading, blogging and social media. It's been a weird year, some things bad and some things good. I hope you guys didn't find that post too boring as I actually had some fun writing it. It all came off the top of my head as I didn't plan to write this and I just sat down and started typing, so I apologise if it's a bit jumbled. I'll be back soon! How was your year - good or bad? Let me know below. BYE!
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