Quick update on 2016!

Hey everyone! Its been a really long time since I've done a blog post! I've sort of been doing most of my "blogging" on my Facebook Page and my Instragram...honestly its a lot faster, and I like the picture format. But, I don't want to let my blog die, so I'm going to try to get a post up at least once a week for 2016!

I also haven't been writing too many full book reviews, mainly because of time issues. I've really gotten back into my art over the last 2 years, and that takes up a lot of my free time. What's left is reading time, and I actually want to use that time for reading! You'll see lots of artsy things in the picture above--that's what my favorite bookshelf looked like at Christmas! I lot of those are papercrafts I received from other artists. Fun!

Anyways, I thought I'd do a quick update on what I read in January. I read a total of 18 books: 12 YA books, 2 nonfiction, 3 adult, and 1 children's book.

The Opal by Jennifer L Armentrout          4 stars
The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin        5 stars
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray          4 stars
Erased by Jennifer Rush                                                    4 stars
The Human by Keary Taylor (reread)                             4 stars
The Sketchbook Project                                                     4 stars
Rogue by Julie Kagawa                                                      4 stars
Nikki Powergloves and the Power Trappers by David Estes  4 stars
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore                                        4 stars
The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa                                   4 stars
Erebos by Ursula Poznaski                                                 4 stars
House of Pawns by Keary Taylor                                       4 stars
After Alice by Gregory Maguire                                         3.5 stars
Origin by Jennifer L Armentrout                                       4 stars
Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young                                           4 stars
The Conjurer's Riddle by Andrea Cremer                        4 stars
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)  5 stars
Soulless by Gail Carriger                                                      4 stars

Not bad for January! These are my yearly goals, and my progress so far:

Read 20 adult books

1. After Alice
2. The Cuckoo's Calling
3. Soulless

Read 10 Nonfiction reads

1. The Sketchbook Project
2. Wildflower

Finish 30 series I've already started

1. Mara Dyer
2. The Iron Fey

Read 80 books off my bookshelves

1. The Retribution of Mara Dyer
2. Ten Thousand Skies Above You
3. Erebos
4. Origin

My yearly goal is 200 books total read


So as you can see, not doing too bad so far! Wish me luck the rest of the year :)