It's been about two weeks since I've lost my voice/caught the flu and I'm just now recovering from all of that, so thank you for being patient!
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
- To add a book to your Goodreads page / read the synopsis, click on the title link.
- All titles in italics are sequels.
- Most of the titles shared below are categorized under Young Adult, but there are a couple of crime fiction reads. This list isn't meant to be exclusive, so if you know of any other titles — please let me know! (See next bullet point for more details.) I just don't know where to look for books outside the genre I read.
- If you would like to add your book(s) below or in any of my future "releases" posts, please email me at amarisafloria@gmail.com or leave a comment.
- All research/images/dates/etc. are gathered via Amazon, Edelweiss, and Goodreads.
FEBRUARY 7
At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson (Simon Pulse)
The Burning World by Isaac Marion (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
Denton Little's Still Not Dead by Lance Rubin (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
The Devil Crept in by Ania Ahlborn (Gallery Books)
Disruptor by Arwen Elys Dayton (Delacorte Press)
Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza (Razorbill)
The Good Daughter by Alexandra Burt (Berkley)
Guardian of Secrets by Brenda Drake (Entangled: Teen)
King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard (HarperTeen)
Lessons in Falling by Diana Gallagher (Spencer Hill Press)
The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill (Riverhead Books)
The Lost Woman by Sara Blaedel (Grand Central Publishing)
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press)
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (W. W. Norton & Company)
Returned by Kimberley Griffiths Little (HarperCollins)
Rise of Fire by Sophie Jordan (HarperTeen)
Starfall by Melissa Landers (Disney-Hyperion)
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller (Tin House Books)
To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough (Tor Teen)
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom (Poppy)
Traveler by L.E. DeLano (Swoon Reads)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale (Marvel Press)
Wanted by Betsy Schow (Sourcebooks Fire)
#famous by Jilly Gagnon (Katherine Tegen Books)
American Street by Ibi Zoboi (Balzer + Bray)
Dare You by Jennifer Brown (Katherine Tegen Books)
Gilded Cage by Vic James (Del Rey)
The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro (Katherine Tegen Books)
Ones and Zeroes by Dan Wells (Balzer + Bray)
Piecing Me Together by Reneé Watson (Bloomsbury USA Childrens)
The Release by Tom Isbell (HarperTeen)
A Season of Daring Greatly by Ellen Emerson White (Greenwillow Books)
Switching Gears by Chantele Sedgwick (Sky Pony Press)
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston (Razorbill)
We Are Okay by Nina Lacour (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
The Weight of Him by Ethel Rohan (St. Martin's Press)
The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine (Balzer + Bray)
FEBRUARY 21
Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage [Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)]
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (Tor Books)
The Dragon’s Price by Bethany Wiggins (Crown Books for Young Readers)
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lillam Rivera (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined by Danielle Younge-Ullman (Viking Books for Young Readers)
I See You by Clare Mackintosh (Berkley)
Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas (HarperTeen)
Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin (Katherine Tegen Books)
FEBRUARY 28
10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller (Feiwel & Friends)
Freedom’s Slave by Heather Demetrios (Balzer + Bray)
Frogkisser! by Garth Nix (Scholastic Press)
A Good Idea by Cristina Moracho (Viking Books for Young Readers)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Balzer + Bray)
A Lie for a Lie by Robin Merrow MacCready [Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)]
Lifeblood by Gena Showalter (Harlequin Teen)
One Blood Ruby by Melissa Marr (HarperCollins)
Rebels Like Us by Liz Reinhardt (Harlequin Teen)
Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot [Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)]
The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig (Greenwillow Books)
Happy New Year, friends! I can't believe it's already the beginning of another year ... time is going by too quickly. I always feel like I have so much to do, rushing from one thing to the next. This year, I want to slow down and BREATHE. It's okay if I don't complete every single thing on my to-do list. It's okay if I skip a day of reading. It's okay if I need to potato. (More on that later.) To keep things simple, I've decided to only focus on four goals. I hope to include updates during each seasonal recap in the future!
This year, I would like to ...
Average one book a week, not including comics/graphic novels.
This one is a stretch, especially since I only read 36 books in 2016. (I worked full-time for almost the entire year, so finding time to read was tough.) However, I really want to challenge myself this year. Instead of being a potato all the time, I want to reach for a book. Note: there is NOTHING wrong with being a potato. In fact, I highly recommend it on days you are burnt out. I potato'ed yesterday night and I'm feeling extra energized today. Being a potato is exactly why this post made it to your screen today :)
Start a new feature or two on this blog!
I've had a lot of ideas tucked away in my little brain, but following through with any of them has been difficult. It'll take hours of planning but I know it will stretch my creativity, and that is something I need this year.
Tidy up this blog.
I'VE SAID IT. I know amarisafloria is a total mess—my "reviews" list isn't updated, my "about" page is outdated, and my features don't have a main hub. I have neglected my place on the internet for a long time. Now to figure out where to start ...
Fulfill the #RockMyTBR and POPSUGAR reading challenges.
I am committing to two challenges this year! It's a little strange since I decided to stay away from challenges in 2016, but my reading habits didn't change. So this year, I'm going big. Kinda.
For me, the purpose of the #RockMyTBR challenge, hosted by Sarah K. at The Book Traveler, will be to lower the amount of books I own but have not read. There are currently 211 unread books on my shelf (I KNOW ... I AM SO EMBARRASSED) and my goal is to read 61 books. This means that I want my TBR pile (TBR meaning "to be read") to be no more than 150 books by 2018. One day, it will be zero. Hopefully. But for now, I will be happy with 150!
To spice things up a tiny bit, I am pairing the books I own with a corresponding task in the POPSUGAR reading challenge. If you're interested in seeing my possible picks, they're on a separate page HERE. For my list of unread books, clicking this part of the sentence will take you there! Please take a peek and help me pair some books with this challenge! And let me know if you want to buddy read something, I would love to chat and fangirl alongside you :)
Two bookish and two blogging goals. If I have too many things going on, I get overwhelmed and will fall back into old habits. Here's to staying motivated and keeping the laziness far, far away!
What is something you hope to accomplish this year?
Which books are you hoping to get to in 2017?
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