Blog Update

Finals are over, hooray! Well, they were over for me a lot earlier than most people. I got sick after I got back from Thanksgiving at school, which accounts for my MIAness lately. I went to the doctor twice, the urgent care center, and the emergency room twice, and no one could help me. So my mom had me shipped home early because she was so worried about me and I've thankfully gotten a lot better. But since most of my friends hadn't come home yet, all I did was watch TV and EDIT.

The first round of edits on The Shape that Breaks are COMPLETE. I'm so excited and ready to start with critique partners. I've never been this close to finishing a novel and I'm so freakin' excited I've been neglecting reading. Right now, I'm finishing up Ascendant by Diana Peterfreud (I always have to look up how to spell her name). Also, I got a couple of ARC tours coming up, which I'm super excited about, so hopefully I'll be more active this winter break!

I think about once a week or so, to help with the fact that I have no money, I'm gonna review an old favorite of mine. And I have a ton, so be ready!

Happy holidays, everyone!

Things I Don't Usually Talk About

So, I've failed NaNoWriMo, but, as people who follow my blog have probably seen, I've been under a super amount of stress anyway, so this doesn't come as a big surprise. I try not to talk about my personal life on here, just because I think a) no one really cares and b) I'd like to keep my blog as professional as possible. So no gory details. Sorry.

BUT, onto the good things:

I feel like Read Sam, Read! has lost some of its oomph. And I don't just mean in the sense that my reviews have slowed down or that my twittering has almost come to a halt. I've just felt a kind of lack of inspiration, of new things to write about. I don't like to have posts with me just blathering on because I think that gets boring, but I'm going to try to post at least once a week about something in the writing/blogging/YA book world that really interests me. Just word vomit, basically. I just want to see if this will help me get some of my oomph back.

I'm going to call this new feature: Sam's Ramblings! (This is where I would cue a graphic if I was artistically inclined to make one!)

Also, I know I've said this a million times, but I PROMISE my posts will get more regular. Right now, my life is still pretty hectic, but the crew season is over in about a week and then I have Thanksgiving break, finals, and then I'm done! And you can expect that between December 10th and January 4th (my winter break) I will be posting ridiculous amounts. Just FYI.

Another little hiatus!

Sorry I've been pretty dead lately! I've been busy with school and rowing and all that other good stuff. And I don't want Read Sam, Read! to suffer because I'm busy. So I'm gonna take a week or so, probably until the Monday after next, off from the whole blogosphere. I'm going to visit my boyfriend in a week anyways.

Sorry, guys! Read Sam, Read! will come back better than ever!

New Layout!

As you may have noticed, my header has changed! It was done by the AMAZING Amelia of The Authoress. Her graphics are amazing and splendid and wonderful and at this moment, I'm so happy with my header (and button, in the sidebar!), I practically worship her. Seriously, though, her blog is really awesome - go look!

Thanks so much, Amelia!

40 Followers!

I've been trying to fancy my blog up lately and hopefully it's been working - I have 40 followers now. I guess that isn't such a big deal, but it makes me feel good when people read and comment on my posts. I really try to give in-depth reviews of the books I'm reading because I appreciate it when bloggers do that, tell what they like and also what they didn't about a book. I know that I've bought a book on a blog's recommendation, so I don't want to recommend books that aren't worth your money!

Basically, I just wanted to thank everyone who's been reading and commenting on my blog. I've had people from Germany and Brazil and Hawaii visit here, which I think is really interesting. So, awesome readers and followers - thanks for being amazing and making me feel right at home in the blogosphere!

My STEALING HEAVEN giveaway ends tonight, so hurry up and enter in the last fifteen minutes of the Fourth of July!

Hope everyone had a good holiday!