I don’t really have much to report for the week. I was sick and missed three days of work that I couldn’t really afford to miss if I’m being honest. However, I’m feeling better now! That’s what matters.

Now on to the topic I am excited for! Next week and the week after! Next week is Reading Rush! I’ll still be working during the week. I was going to take the next two weeks off to fully enjoy them. It’s okay. I’ll still be able to enjoy it.

After Reading Rush is over, I’ll be heading to Savannah for an event called LLS. This may very well be my very last year, but I’m not sure. This year will put a lot of factor in on that. And my finances over the next coming year!

Anyways, for those of you who don’t know, Reading Rush used to be known as BookTubeAThon. It happens for a week in July every year. Go to their website for more info!

My final reading list includes Book Of The Month books so that I can tackle challenges from that too. If you haven’t subscribed, I strongly recommend it. You get one to three books every month at a decent price!

The Challenges:

Read a book with a cover that matches the color of your birthstone.

My birth month is August. My birthstone is Peridot. I chose Mexican Gothic.

Read a book that starts with the word “The”

I chose The Guest List.

Read a book that’s inspired by a movie you’ve already seen.

The movie I chose is Clueless. The book I chose is Emma.

Read the first book you touch.

I went to a big stack of books, closed my eyes, and pointed. I had my fiance pull out the book my finger was on. It turned out to be Home Before Dark.

Read a book completely outside your home.

For this, I chose Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me.

Read a book from a genre you’ve always wanted to read more of.

I chose Contemporary for my genre. The book I chose was When We Were Vikings.

Read a book that takes place on a different continent than where you live.

I chose The Library Of Legends. It takes place in China.

I’m very excited to get the readathon started! Some of these can be doubled down on challenges if needed. I also have an audiobook for every single one except for Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me.

If you’re participating too, I’d love to see your TBR for it! Comment the list or link to your TBR! Happy reading!

Hello! This year has been insanely busy for me! It’s both good and bad at the same time. I’ve gotten a lot of reading done, but I still feel like I’m very behind. I have high hopes that I will remain caught up and take a huge chunk out of my back-list here soon. I hope everybody has been reading amazing books! I’m behind on reading blogs, but I will catch up on that too!

I’ve been rearranging things to figure out what works best for me. I stopped doing the daily page counts. I’m still adjusting. When you get used to doing something for so long, it’s weird to just not do it anymore. If it remains something that makes me uncomfortable, I may put the page count back in action. We all have our quirks.

I’ve also taken off the schedule. I don’t mind having a scheduled blog, but I was feeling pressured to post specific things at specific times. I’m a free spirit when it comes to planning. Don’t get me wrong. I try to keep routines going. But most of my routine is trial and error. It’s seeing what sticks and what doesn’t fit. I’m considering at least doing a book haul blog every Friday. If this is something you’d like to see, let me know.

I will make it a point to post a personal blog post every day from here on. I will browse daily memes. I actually am putting strong consideration into keeping up with the WWW Wednesday blogs. Those were very fun to make and I feel like it gave me more accountability on my reading. If there are any recommendations, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

Lastly, I’m strongly considering starting making TikTok videos. I’m not fully sure yet. I’ll definitely keep everybody that’s interested updated if I do. My main plan is to do book reviews. I’m considering doing lip syncs too. It seems like a lot of fun. And quite frankly, I spend a lot of time on the app, might as well make a use of it! Haha! If you don’t already, please follow me on my social media. The links are posted on the right. I follow anybody who follows me! I do that here too!

Have a great rest of the week!

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All book lovers have preferences. Some prefer a certain genre to other genres. Some prefer a specific point of view over others. Some prefer to read books that come in a series over stand-alone. Most of us will read out of our comfort zone and dab into everything anyways.

Today I’d like to talk about book series and book stand-alone novels. They both have their benefits. I used to not see it that way. I used to only read books that were in a series. I was a horrible book snob. Once I fully embraced the book community and all that it had to offer, my point of view changed. I will always prefer book series to stand alone novels, but I do enjoy stand alone novels now.

Reading a book series has many advantages. To start with, you have more than one book in order to read all about the characters and their world. To me, book series are like television series. You get to digest a little part of the story with each book. You can even binge read a series if you’d like. I guess length of series does need to be taken into account. I personally don’t mind how long a series goes on as long as it stays consistent. If it’s obvious that the series has come to its end, please end it. Other than that, the series can have 50 books and I’m cool with it. I’m sure this is a pretty unpopular opinion.

Now, I’m not an expert at stand alone novels. I don’t really read much of them. I do read them though. I can say that the stories are amazing. I can see the point that there are some stories that are meant to be told, but not in a series. The point of the story can be wrapped up in one nice little book. I do wonder if some books can be broken down. The first book that comes to mind is Gone With The Wind. Would it have been better as a duology? Or is it good as it is? I see stand alone novels as a movie of sorts.

In the end, both book series and stand alone novels are to give us book lovers a story to love and gush over. They are meant to entertain us and tell us a story. In some cases, they are intended to tell us several stories. I just recently discovered book series that are a collection of stand-alone novels that take place in the same world. I thought I’d hate that, but it’s really refreshing.

What are your thoughts on both? What are your preferences? When do you feel an author should stop writing in a series? When do you feel a stand alone novel should be turned into a series? What are your thoughts on duologies and trilogies?

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