1.) Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (5 stars, click here to read it)
2.) Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass (5 stars, click here to read it)
3.) Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood (5 stars, click here to read it)
4.) Flunked by Jen Calonita (5 stars, click here to read it)
5.) The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth (4 stars, click here to read it)
6.) The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu (4.5 stars, click here to read it)
These stats tell me two things! Firstly, I should definitely review WAY more. 6 months where I never even did a review? Yikes. Also, I should be less of a softie and more realistic, if I gave that many books a 5 star rating. Yes, they were good, but still.
Review Goal for 2016: Review at least once a month!
Can You Picture That?: This feature wasn't much a success...I only did it once, in July, for the first time. Plus, only one person commented...I may continue this feature, but most likely it won't be a common resident.
Good Eats: This feature was fairly successful. I do occasional posts on it, but only a few this year. I won't be doing this as a routine thing, but expect it every once in a while!
Happy Thoughts: I totally forgot about this!! Right now I'm on #8...expect more SOON!
Library Trips: Wow! I wonder what that could be about? :-) I sort of took a break from this feature, because school makes me not have time for the library. *glares at people who invented school* But maybe I could extend this to books from the school library? *smiles at people who invented
libraries*
Top Ten: Eh. Heh. Heh. WELL, I did this twice. And I might do it again. Someday.
Writer's Digest: Writer's Digest is a series I started in October. It happens on the second Tuesday of each month, and I haven't missed one yet. Let's hope I didn't jinx myself.
The other features are way more broad- like holidays, music, writing, reading, welcomings, and my life. You can visit them all by using the sidebar!
Features Goal for 2016: Post at least twice in each feature!
AUTHOR MEETINGS! I met two authors this year- P.J. Hoover, author of Tut: The Story of my Immortal Life and Lindsay Cummings, author of the Balance Keeper series. It was an amazing experience for me!
I WON AN ARC! This is the first you're hearing of this, unless you read HVF's blog, but I won the giveaway she had recently (the one I posted about). I know, right? I was so shocked and excited! (Yes, the book was beyond fabulous.) More about that later!
Bookish Events Goal for 2016: I can't exactly always control these, but I can hope they keep on happening!
February: 6
March: 6
April: 0 LOSER!
May: 3
June: 4
July: 6
August: 3
September: 5
October: 4
November: 5
December: 9 (counting this one) WINNER!
That's a total of 53 posts this year! I was temporarily proud, but I know I can do better...
Blog Posts Goal for 2016: 60 posts!
As far as writing goes, the most I've done on here is the Writer's Digest series. It's a possibility that I may begin sharing some of my writing on here...would you guys like that?
-Olivia