Thursday, February 27, 2020

My SVT Story [2 Years Post-Ablation]

For previous posts, click the label "SVT" at the end of this post or at the bottom of my blog.

It's been 2 years. TWO YEARS!!

I'm kind of in shock. I think since my ablation in 2018, I've been waiting for the ball to drop. It's always been in the back of my mind that even though my ablation was successful, it's possible that my SVT could come back, that my burned node could possibly reform. As time passes, I get a little more comfortable that it won't. I think that's good for my mental health for sure.

Monday, February 10, 2020

January Book Haul

January Book Haul | Check out the books I hauled this month #bookhaul

My first haul of 2020 and I was trying to be better and then...oops. I did haul a majority of books from the library. I had gift cards and used those to buy the rest of Lara Jean trilogy. I received a book from Netgalley. I purchased 2 books - one was a preorder, one was under $1 on Kindle. I spent a total of $13.18 and saved $153.72 :)


PHYSICAL BOOKS
  1. P.S. I Love You by Jenny Han - purchased paperback from Target with giftcard
  2. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han - purchased paperback from Target with giftcard
  3. The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury - preordered hardcover from Amazon for $12.19
  4. Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis - received paperback ARC from Goodreads giveaway
KINDLE BOOKS
  1. Lab Partners by Mora Montgomery - gifted eARC from Netgalley 
  2. Pucked by Helena Hunting - purchased from Amazon for $0.99
LIBRARY BOOKS
  1. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan - borrowed audiobook from my local library
  2. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - borrowed audiobook from my local library 
  3. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - borrowed Kindle edition from my local library
  4. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake - borrowed audiobook from my local library
  5. Dear Girls by Ali Wong - borrowed audiobook from my local library

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in January?
Have you read any of my books?

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Top Ten 5 Star Predictions

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. More information here.

Update 6/26/21: I haven't read all of these but decided to give an update on those I did and you can see if they were 5 star ratings below :)

Update 1/25/22: I'm at 5 out of 7 being 5 star reads.

Last updated 3/4/22: 6 out of 8 are 5 stars! Only Darkdawn and Strange left to go. 

5/12/22: And I'm done! 7 out of the 10 were 5 stars. Biggest shocker was Strange the Dreamer not being a 5 star :( 

I don't think I've ever made a post like this or compiled a list of books that I think I will love and rate 5 stars. I'm pretty excited about it and I definitely want to revisit this post when I've read them all. Most of them are from authors I've read from. Nevermoor, Mystwick, and Darker Shade are the three from new-to-me authors, so they are my wild cards :)


Saturday, February 1, 2020

February TBR & Monthly Challenge

Monthly TBR and Challenge Update | The post where I share what I plan to read and how badly I'm doing on my yearly reading challenges :)

Today is the start of my masters program in accounting. I only have 10 classes to complete but I'm sure they will take up an insane amount of time. My goal is to try and finish these two books this month and they are two that I had on my list for the Contemporaryathon. I'm kind of a bit of a spot where I'm getting frustrated because I want to read EVERYTHING and I cannot do that. I can only read so many things at once. It's about putting me into a slump and I don't think that college will help with that.

My Tentative TBR for February:
  • Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
  • Lab Partners by Mora Montgomery
2020 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 8% 
Goodreads Challenge: 8/50 books - 16% AHEAD!
Series Challenge: 0/10 series - 0% BEHIND!
Netgalley Challenge: 1/12 books - 8% AHEAD!
Owlcrate Challenge: 0/12 books - 0%  BEHIND!
Owlcrate Jr Challenge: 0/6 books - 0% BEHIND!
 
What are you planning on reading in February?