Hey, guys! This past week was my spring break and I’ve enjoyed it sooo much. Now to get through the next few weeks and it’ll be summer vacation before I know it! I read three books this week, gave eight inches of my hair to Children with Hair Loss, and I hosted my first ever giveaway on For the Bookish! Plus at the end of this post, I have some exciting news!
the books
Three books! HUZZAH. Not my best, but decent enough.
Crunch by Leslie Connor was really good! In between 3 and 4 stars (check out my review policies to see how I rate books), and even though I don’t really like giving half star ratings, Crunch got 3.5 stars. Dauntless by Dina L. Sleiman gets 4 stars (my mom got it for me for Easter! I need to get my mom to pick out books for me more often!) And This Means War by Ellen Wittlinger will definitely be a favorite of mine – 5 stars!
the hair
Thursday, my mom took my sister and I to get our hair cut, and I decided to do something different! I showed the hair stylist what I wanted, and she told me it was enough to donate. I gave eight pony tails to Children with Hair Loss! Of course, lots of pictures of my new ‘do was ensued.
I just love it! So light and cute and much easier to fix! =)
the giveaway!
Last Friday for For the Bookish’s ONE YEAR BLOGOVERSARY (eeek! I still can’t believe it’s been a year!), I hosted my first ever giveaway. It was a fantastic success. I announced the winner yesterday in my post where I talked about my reviews (congrats, H.M. Wilson!) I’ll definitely be doing more giveaways soon. =)
How was your week? Have you read any of the books I read this week? =)
exciting news…
A lot of you follow my blogging buddy Trisha (from Forever Trisha), and recently we’ve been emailing back and forth, and Trisha had a fantastic idea! She told me about her idea for a Blogger Book Club! We’re inviting several specific bloggers to join, but any blogger can join – and if you don’t have a blog, you can still join, too! Every week or so (we haven’t decided exactly when), we’ll talk about the book we’re reading via chatzy.com. We’ll set up a private chat so only the people in the group can join. We don’t all have to be on the chat at once (since we’re all in different time zones), but this way we can still read what we all have to say about the book. I’ll probably be typing the discussions as a blog post, but it’s up to your about that. =) Trisha and I decided to start with one of our favorite books – The Mother/Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick! I know many of you have read it, but we thought it’d be fun to re-read it anyway. Plus, it’s fitting to start our book club with a book about a book club! More details about the Blogger Book Club will probably be coming soon!
I personally love your hair short! I think it suits you better than long hair, it looks cute and airy and lovely! 😉 The book blog chat sounds like so much fun!!! It’s a great idea and I Hope I can join! I’ll be looking forward to more on that!!
Thank you! I love it, too. I actually had the same length hair I do now when I was eight, but it was a hair stylist’s mistake (I still don’t know how she thought I wanted it so short), so I didn’t like it. I looove it now!
You can definitely join! You were on the list of bloggers Trisha and I definitely wanted to invite. But of course, all bloggers are welcome! 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed Dauntless, because it’s a book that I really want to read. I read an interview of the author on Anne Elisabeth Stengl’s blog before Dauntless came out, and it made me really want to read it. The Blogger Book Club sounds like a great idea, Emily! I haven’t read The Mother/Daughter Book Club yet, but I’ve heard great things about it.
Really?? It was really good. It’s so funny, I saw it reviewed on one of my favorite blogs and I never said anything to my mom! She knows me sooo well. 😀
Thanks! Then you should totally look into getting it!! The blogger book club would be a great excuse to do so. 😉
Yay!!!! Word is put about the Blogger Book Club!!!
I would post my post today, but we’re out all day, and wont be home by 10. Also, should we just have a special page for the BBC? For more information about it, and to join.
I know!! It’s pretty official! 😀
That’s okay. 🙂 I haven’t invited any bloggers straight out yet. I’m going to comment on some blogs after this comment.
Yes, we totally should! I’ll email you about it!
I just got a hair cut (4 inches lol) but certainly not the amount you cut off. It looks so awesome, Emily 😀 I’m not a blogger (does poetry count?) but I would love to join if I’m allowed to. My sister is in the middle of rereading MDBC Book 1 so I’ll have to urge her to hurry up 😛 Speaking of which, HVF just posted a new entry about Book 7’s title!!
Grace, it really doesn’t matter if if you have a blog or not. That was just the name I came up with. Anyone who loves book books is welcome to join. 🙂
Yeah! It’s sooo different. I got about eight inches off, so I’m having to learn not to use so much shampoo! lol! Seriously though, it’s soooo easy. I like having long hair, too, but I’m LOVING it.
Haha! That’s funny, because my cousin is currently borrowing my only copy! I need her to hurry it up, too! 😉
I SAW THAT. OMG, I was freaking out!!
Ooh! I love your new haircut. It’s so cute. 🙂
Thanks, Katie!! 🙂 I’m loving it so much!
OMG I love your hair short! It’s so cute. Dauntless looks great as well. And I personally love the idea for the blogger book club. I would totally join.
Thanks, Jessica! (Omg, still getting used to your “new” name!) 😉
Dauntless was AMAZING. The review won’t be up for a few more weeks, but I seriously can’t wait until it is. I loved it.
Great! I hope you do!
OMG YOUR HAIR IS SO CUTE! I got my hair cut today and since I have naturally bushy hair, the lady took like 2/3 of my hair away. it still looks like a full head of hair but I feel so BALD OMG
Awesome books. Dauntless looks great! And the hair is super cute
I hope you enjoy 🙂 Happy Reading!
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I am not a blogger either , i still hope i can join.Looking forward to more info on this chatzy club