Although it’s against my standards to let anyone know I have a life…look! I’m doing a life update!
Actually I have a confession. I’m considering doing #AmCurrently posts instead of my usual monthly recaps. I KNOW. This seems wild. I’m not sold on it yet, so I’m going to have you vote because, DESPITE BEING A GENUINE NIGHT TERROR, I do want to write a blog that’s fun to read! So hold onto your apple snacks. Voting is at the end.
I just wanted to make things a little more personal around here?! But I might also go back to the usual recaps if everyone misses the old features.
Basically I’m having a blog-life-crisis and it’s only 27 days into the year. #Nice.
Anyhow. Let’s bite something and get to it!
LOOK I GOT TO HOLD MY BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME!
(You can add A Thousand Perfect Notes on Goodreads!)
I’m just…I just…I actually have lost wORDS RIGHT NOW. Which probably isn’t comforting being an author and all, but shhh forget about that. Look my #1 dream in life has always been to have a book published. I’m actually HOLDING MY OWN BOOK. I know! It’s the ARC but…I just?!??
Ugh emotions. They’re everywhere.
MY NAME IS ON THE FREAKING THING. I MIGHT CRY. I’VE WORKED 7 YEARS FOR THIS WITH 700 DOUBTS AND 7000 DREAMS AND WE NEED TO STOP WITH THE NUMBER 7 NOW BUT OMG.
- Nooo there wasn’t an official cover reveal because things got confused, but HERE IT IS NOW.
- Well this is the ARC cover, but you get the idea.
- My copy actually got lost in the mail and took nearly 5 weeks to arrive and I think I possibly had a breakdown knowing my child was out there crying in the snow.
- (THERE IS NO SNOW IN JANUARY IN AUSTRALIA. But I’m a good liar. Look! I made up a whole book.)
- Did you see my name is on it.
- DID YOU.
- DIDDDDD YOU.
- Also this is my only copy so no I can’t give you one haha.
- But if you’re in the UK, you can inquire with Hachette Children’s!! Good luck!
- Release date is 130 days away!
- Also you know what? Preordering is amazing. Preordering will increase the chances of you getting many Cait-books in the near future and oh wow. You want that.
- So feel free to sneak over to Book Depository or Amazon or Booktopia!
- LOVE YA.
- LOVE HOLDING THIS BOOK.
- LOVE EVERYTHING.
- (And yes one of these days I’ll figure out how to sound like a professional author and not a fangirl but…not today apparently.)
And yes, knowing people are reading it is simultaneously amazing and also freaking me out.
I’ve read a few reviews (shh I will NOT keep doing that I promise) and had several people told me they cried, someone said it pulled them from a book slump, and someone made an aesthetic for it?! I just!?? I’ve lived with my books in my head for so so long and now seeing other people reading my worlds — it’s absolutely mind blowingly surreal. Of course not everyone is going to love it (that is life!! I well know as a blogger!!) but this has been nice. So nice.
I need to sit down now.
Maybe cry. Ahh!
I’M GOING AWAY FOR MOST OF FEBRUARY.
Things might be a little scattered on the blog, but I’m trying to schedule posts ahead! And if you’ve hung around me a while (ugh I feel your pain) then you’ll probably know that I (a) hate travelling, and (b) haTE trAVELLING. But my oldest sister has had a baby and I love smol floppy humans more than I hate travelling.
So excuse me while I spiral into an anxiety-induced hole, but at least there is a new cute nephew to hold!!
HOW’S THE READING LIFE BEEN LATELY?! I’M GLAD YOU ASKED.
Because not good. AH. I know! I am that infamous person who reads so many books and writes all the reviews — but I’m still struggling to figure out the balance since I’m crawling into the #Author #Life now as well. Being swamped with edits (for another secret project!) is eating my delicate life.
No I’m NOT behind on my Goodreads goal of 200. (Yet omg I’m struggling.)
But also I’m NOT interested in stressing myself out over reading this year.
I’m going to read less and hopefully panic about this less and try to remember no one is going to die (MAYBE?!?) if I am not the busiest reader we all know. Only my overambitious Slytherin soul is going to take a hit. Oomph. There I go. I’m wounded. Aghgh.
ME @ COPING
This is a HOT MESS OF A PILE but I’ll figure out organisation later. But some of these are ARCs (thanks Hot Keys, Allen & Unwin, Bloomsbury, Penguin, Tor Teen, and Macmillan!) and most of the rest are rewards for surviving 2018 BECAUSE I DESERVE THAT.
From Netgalley and Edelweiss!
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If you hover / scroll over these they’ll flip (aka — FLIP OUT which is what we all want to do) and you can see my mini-review and star rating! Click to go to the full review!
This year hasn’t been astounding for reading?! But I’ve been STRESSED (lmao no one knows why; not with my ARCs slinking into the world) so that might have something to do with it. But my reread of the Red Rising books has been LIFE and The Cruel Prince (and probably The Wicker King) are going to set the bar so high for this year. So d e a d with love right now.
And I’m still SO TORN whether I should review books I didn’t like. Should I?!? Should I not?!?
SO, WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO?
- My smol sister is up visiting from Brisbane so she’s basically distracted me intensely for the last 2 months. Very rude. Very much stuff very not done.
- But in honour of her being up here we have been eating Netflix and working through these shows:
- Let no one say our tastes aren’t varied?! We also tried to watch Jessica Jones but OH HOLY EGG IT WAS SO BORING. And only up to Season 3 for Brooklyn Nine-Nine and it’s the dumbest show ever and I accidentally love it ugh. (I am Rosa.) And Stranger Things 1 & 2 are the most perfect gift to this world. We’re also really addicted to The Good Place, but don’t tell anyone.
- My twitter has been freaking wild lately. I had a tweet go genuinely viral at 72,000 likes!?? Holy heck. And I basically got 1,500 followers in a week. I’m…I’m a little overwhelmed by my own twitter and THERE’S SO MUCH PRESSURE. Haha. But please. If all these people buy my book I’ll be okay with that.
- I wore out my laptop keyboard. Again. Apple is asking if I’m ok and I’m really really thankful for things like warranty because nO I’M NOT OKAY.
- I have words to write.
- So many words.
- Actually speaking of words I’ve been: (A) editing a secret fantasy project that is my actual heartbeat and I’m so nervous and excited about it. (B) I’m supposed to be working on a contemporary novel, but HAHAHA no I’m developing my Stranger Things x Peter Pan x Jumunji story, The Misery Rules, which is very bloody and amazing. It also announced it was a duology. This is. so. rude. But I swear naming the characters has been the hardest part. There are infinite names in the world and yet I?? Can’t??? Decide??? I have 1.5 novels planned and no one is named.
- Editing this Secret Project™ has been tough. This is what my wall of the wildness ended up like and let me tell you…I still have no idea how to write a book.
- Also I should be doing my last read-through of A Thousand Perfect Notes. (Cue distant screaming.) Did I mention it actually SMELLS like a book?!? It does.
- This is unreal, peoples, who even am I.
- However I say “should be” because I read one chapter and go “WHY DID I USE THAT WORD THAT WAS A TERRIBLE CHOICE” and my sister takes it off me and says go chill out.
- She doth not know me.
- Oh! And this is like the most amount of likes I’ve ever gotten on Instagram though!! LOOK AT THAT.
- I’m drawing a background for my Bookstagram photos! Because I love rainbow backgrounds and I usually use a ton of A4 sheets I’ve coloured but it’s very annoying. All the corners always peek up and I never have enough. “So, Cait!” I thought. “What if I drew a whole poster board?!?”
- I can’t even count how many regrets I have. DO YOU SEE HOW BIG THIS IS?!?? It’s taken me 3 weeks to do the pencilling and now I have to pen —> then colour. It better look freaking amazing at the end is all I can say. (Also I copied these patterns so don’t go thinking I’m an artist haha. I’m just a very cute and very talented fake.)
- Also my family has procured and ice cream maker and we make sO MUCH ice cream. It’s all dairy / sugar free too so technically healthy so technically I can add unhealthy chocolate chips AND IT DOESN’T COUNT. #WinningAtLife
TIME TO TELL ME YOUR HEART AND SOUL.
Just kidding. Don’t tell me that much, that sounds absolutely terrifying. But let me hit you with a bunch of polls, so vote away! Also tell me in the comments if you’re VERY passionate about something. I’m not leaving till Monday so I’ll still be here at all hours to stalk what you say. (ISN’T THAT NICE?!)
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AHHHH, your ARC is so damn beautiful! Now is one of those moments where I wish I lived in the UK so I could request one LOL. And I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again, BUT YOUR COVER IS SO BEAUTIFUL. Literally gorgeous. <3 <3 <3
I'm currently reading STRANGE THE DREAMER and it is actually one of the most beautiful things I've ever ever ever read. Laini Taylor's writing is just so gorgeous, and I can't wait to see where the story goes.
Currently working on a Norse myth-ish inspired book which I *intend* to query in a few months. It's off with a CP right now, so I'm internally freaking out, but also looking forward to going through & editing it (again) because I adoreeee the story so much. <3 That, and I've been planning another book which has caught my heart and won't let go. 🙂
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I’M SO FREAKING HAPPY I JUST WANT TO KEEP HOLDING IT. My sister was like: “no you’re not taking that on the plane” and I’m like “I can fit it in my jacket pocket”. 😂😂 I mean, for no reason. I just want to keep holding it ajfdkslafd.
Omg isn’t Strange the Dreamer the best?! It should probably actually be illegal how gorgeous it is though, I cannot even. Goals for writing like that. Utter goals.
Oh oh books being off with CPs is amazing and terrifying! I just got some feedback tonight and it was SO GOOD I’m practically crying. (Also have a lot to work on.😂 But still!!) I’m so happy you’re working on a ton of things that really have your heart too. That’s the best part of this career I think.😍😍
CAIIIIIT! I know I haven’t commented in ages and I’M SORRY CAN YOU FORGIVE ME PLEASE???
Anyway… I’m so ridiculously exited about your book, Cait. I’m SO SO SO proud of you and can’t wait to read it. I’m 10000000% sure it’s amazing and it will break me. It looks gorgeous!
I actually just started And I Darken because for some reason I was in need of bloody epicness and that came up in my mind and you liked it so yeah… Hope I like it??? But now I really want to read Blood and Sand (I got a copyy!!!) too and also The Wicker King.
And yes hahahaha Brooklyn Nine Nine is so dumb but it’s the best too for some reason. And Rosa is awesome and I still need to see Stranger Things season 2 omg…
ALSO I don’t know if you know this already since I posted it on Twitter but I’m expecting a smoll baby girl! I’m so excited I may cry.
Anyway…. Hope this makes up for not commenting in a while and I hope you’ll have mercy on my soul and you still love me. Kthxbye
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BEE!! IT’S TOTALLY FINE I KNOW YOU’RE BUSY!! I’m totally happy-crying over my book. I can’t even believe it’s real and I finally got here. *screaming softly* And I really hope you like And I Darken too because it is BADASS. Maybe a little slow but still perfect. Also Blood & Sand is so so good. Actually it is really similar to And I darken so they’d be cool to read next to each other.
(I think you’ll ADORE The Wicker King. I’m totally a sobbing mess. <3)
I'm so excited for your little smol girl bean!! AHHHH. 😍😍😍
CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS!! Omg I’m so happy for you, your book looks soo good! Youu goooo caiittttt!! Hmmm what secret projects do you have? Can I sneak into your house and have a peak? KAY IMA STOP BEING CREEPY HERE! (but seriously, can I? hehe) Anyyyywayyyysssss, really enjoyed this post! Lots of love. <3
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AHHH THANK YOU!! *gives you cake* And omg I have so many many secret projects it’s a little ridiculous.😂 Counting down till I can share more of them!!
I CANT EVEN THINK ABOUT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED, BECAUSE OMG. CAIT!! I STILL CANT GET OVER THE FACT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO PUBLISH A BOOK!!
You deserve all the cake, all the new nephew snuggles and all the praise!
I can’t wait to get my needy little hands on your book and then DEVOUR its greatness.
Enjoy your time away!
I CAN’T GET OVER IT EITHER, KAT. LIKE HOW DID THIS HAPPEN. I’M SCREAMING.😍 (Also it feels like ages since we talked?! How are you?!)
It doesn’t feel like ages – IT HAS BEEN AGES. But I’m good! So happy for you – and so excited to watch you read a million books this year, write a billion words and, casually, take over the universe while simultaneously taking Atticus for walks and filling my mailbox with your reviews!
I vanished off the face of the universe for like…a year? (Ugh. It was bad.) BUT IM BACK and SO READY to read all the posts I missed while away!
*makes you a big I-missed-you-and-your-blog-and-am-so-happy-you’re-publishing-celebratory cake*
*eats all the cake and even shares like 1 or 3 crumbs with you* Well it’s so awesome your back and congrats on finishing highschool also!! And IDK if I’ll be able to keep up doing aLL the things forever…but definitely the world domination part is top of the list.😂😂
EEEEEEEEEP I LOVE POSTS LIKE THIS!!
About your poll on what you should post #AmCurrentlies or Recaps I honestly can’t decide which is why i haven’t voted. I love #AMCURRENTLY because it feels really fun and personal and less “DUMPING EVERYTHING ON YOU OVERLOAD” however I love recaps because of your search terms and bookish news. So maybe you could…somehow mash them together? I kind of rely on your blog for all bookish updates so I’d be super sad if you stopped that and your search terms are such a highlight. I totally understand if you get rid of recaps and do #AmCurrently’s because I absolutely LOVE these posts too!! They’re so enjoyable to read.
AND HOW COMES YOU ONLY GET ONE COPY OF YOUR BOOK. I’ve seen authors have like whole piles of their ARCs?? Hmm, does it depend on the publisher? And when there are FCs do you get a massive pile of them??
AND GOSH CAIT YOU DRAW YOU BACKGROUNDS!!? All this time I thought you BOUGHT it or like it was a cover mat thing and?? YOU ARE SO TALENTED WOW (even tho your copying) ITS SO PRETTY and I approve of the ice cream maker by the way! I AM THE ULTIMATE QUEEN OF ICE CREAM and its sad that I don’t have an ice cream maker?? Hmmm.
I’m really considering lowering my Goodreads goal to 100 because I dont think I can get to 150 and ITS ACTUALLY STRESSING ME OUT LOADS but then i feel like I’m sort of letting myself down? WHY AM I LIKE THIS.
AND EEK OBVIOUSLY I VOTED FOR ACE OF SHADES. I mean DUH.But I’ve heard amazing things about Children of Blood and Bone and Reign The Earth. I think you’ll find An Enchantment of Ravens disappointing? So yeah.
what books have you been reading / collecting lately?!? –> HMM I have been collecting The Wicked Deep, THe Astonishing Colour of After, Caraval, Everless, Wonder Woman Warbringer. I’ve been reading City of Brass and I really want to DNF (even tho I NEVER DNF) because ITS SO SLOW AND BORING AND UHHHHH.
and what do you think of my book’s cover?? –> ITS BEAUTIFUL AND EVERYTHING I EXPECTED MORE. I’ve seen a review froM Zoe and she said it like fit in perfectly with the message of the book so EEEPP.
also if you’re a writer, tell me what you’re working on this year!! –> I’m working on the novel I wrote in NaNoWrimo “To Shatter A Shadow” and Im going to be rewriting editing revising MAKING IT ONE HECK OF A REAL BOOK OKAY and I am suppperrr excited!!
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GEE, ILSA YOU’RE NOT HELPING ME DECIDE HERE ah hahah. 😂😂 I actually thought maybe I should do both? I don’t want to overload people though, but agh I was getting really worried my recaps were SUCH an info dump. So maybe I should do the personal post and then the recap the next day to do the actual links and bookish news things…because I do enjoy sharing them all!!
Honestly I have no idea about the ARCs.😂 I’m assuming things might be different in the UK? Or maybe it’s different because I’m Australian? I’ll get a sheer ton of author copies though so those I will do plenty of giveaways with.😂
Dude, I have so may regrets about the size of that thing and smart me was like “Oh let’s make the drawings so detailed and small!!” *slaps self*
Honestly I’m scared about Enchantment of Ravens buuuuuut I have hopes? Little hopes. They’re crying but they’re still there.
DUDE THAT IS AN EPIC ROUND UP OF BOOKS! I’ve heard a lot of people say City of Brass was disappointing which sucks, ugh. I have it but it’s scaring me with how huge it is.
(Zoe’s review practically made me cRY. She like totally got the book 100% and that’s all I’ve ever wanted as an author. 😍😍)
I’M EXCITED FOR YOUR PROJECT and may I just say that title is fABULOUS.
IM SORRY CAIT. I’m SUPER indecisive too? So like,, polls are really hard for me haha especially when I HAVE TWO REALLY GOOD OPTIONS! 😂 I OVE YOUR RECAPS and I think doing both would be cool but don’t stress yourself out!
I quite liked An Enchantment of Ravens but it didn’t well ENCHANT me? I look forward to gobbling your thoughts on it.
THE THING IS I GOT *SIGNED* ARC practically from the author so I feel REALLY bad about not liking it. i was super excited for the rep as well BUT I ALWAYS SEEM TO BE DISAPPOINTED WITH BOOKS WITH MUSLIM REP and why?
AND THANKK YOU!!
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Ahh ha I was just teasing!! Don’t worry. 😉 And I’ve heard people say The Cruel Prince was what they wanted Enchantment of Ravens to be…sooo. I’m worried.😭😂 But it’s pretty and I freaking love faeries so we’ll see.
Ugh that would be so awkward not to like it! But it *totally* makes sense why Muslim books keep disappointing you. You’re after good and right rep (as you should be!) and people aren’t quite getting there. I feel the same with most autism books. 😭😭 WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS. NOTHING WRONG WITH US. *flips hair*
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK CAIT I’M SO PROUD OF YOU. I find the cover so pretty. I don’t only love murder, I love butterflies too can you believe that?
Anyway, I’m having a sloooow progress in my reading I hate it. Well there’s school that’s making all my reading plans crumble then there’s Twitter. I just can’t get my arse off Twitter sometimes I’m crazy hahahahah I’m still reading Jonathan Stroud’s ‘The Whispering Skull’ (have u read that yet?). I enjoy reading it but it doesn’t offer too much excitement but that’s probably because there’s not enough blood and murder in it (there are a few bloody scenes though so yeah).
I’m planning to put up a blog but I don’t know yet when I can start writing. I can’t decide a blog name yet too so kill me now. Can you give me tips for my first blog post? I promise I’ll give you some cakes in return 😉
CAN’T BELIEVE I’LL WAIT FOR ANOTHER 130 DAYS FOR YOUR BOOK. I WISH YOU ALL THE SUCCESSES THIS STRESSFUL WORLD CAN OFFER. GOOD LUCK xx
-R
THANK YOU RAIN. I’M SO HAPPY WITH THE COVER. Like it’s a cute butterfly BUT ALSO RED AND BLOODY. Literally my entire book’s aesthetic. ❤️
Agh school is very very rude when it comes to reading and like, achieving all the fun stuff. (Also twitter is an addictive problem. IT’S NOT OUR FAULT.) And I haven’t read anything by Jonathon Stroud yet but I own like 3 of his books?!? So what’s wrong with me. We may never know.
Oh my first blog post was crappy hahah. But I think maybe a cool idea would be to do a little bit about yourself? You could find some “about me” questions to answer! Or talk about your favourite books/authors or what you plan to post?
Thank you so much for this! I’ll keep your tips in mind 😊
The only thing that I can say is to take care <3 Having a life – we all have – and managin blog isn't easy. Plus reads. Plus stuff as writers. Like reading thousand books for researchs. Or even managin the study (okay, that's me). But yes, it's not easy and you totally deserve to relax.
I'm so happy you liked the Falconer and The Wicker King. Oh, and Cruel Prince too. I'd a little up and down relationship with The Wicker King but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to buy every other novel by the author.
Talking about reads, I'm soon starting To Kill a Kingdom and meanwhile I'm reading an italian sci-fi book (Revolution – The Stars' Song , roughly translated) but it's awful 🙁 Oh, and a book about Hindu and Buddhist mythology. This one is also related to my writing project. I realized that I did not a good job with one of my character's identity and since I'm probably going to set of the sequel in a India inspired nation… well, right now I'm doing researchs.
N’aww you lovely bean!! I admit I’m prone to absolutely overachieving haha, so this year I really need to settle down! It takes a LOT of time to edit *glares at self* and I have to remember to not rush that.
(THE WICKER KING ABSOLUTELY WAS MY FAVOURITE. I just finished it. 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️)
Oh oh I hope you like To Kill a Kingdom! I’m SO excited for that one because the author used to be a book blogger! And ugh that sucks about the badly translated one. I can imagine how frustrating that would be. (Also research is hard but so important and worth it. Good luck!!)
Oh, about the italian book, is not the translation. Since italian is my mother language I’m reading the “original” one. Is the plot and the whole story to be bad. Plus the author clearly didn’t do any research, especially about different cultures and race. He constatly described asian people as “almond shaped eyes”.
I’m just…. I can’t -.-
Ohhhhh I misread sorry about that. But uhg ugh that sounds really problematic and downright insulting?!? I hate it when books are like that and it seems like they just don’t care about respect. 😒😒
Sadly here in Italy diversity isn’t a thing, not even with indie authors (erotic books everywhere). Sometimes I even wonder why I try to write for Italy. I’m not gonna indulge in details but even in the so called movement that should support intersectional people… well, is not going well.
I can just imagine how I’m gonna roast the novel on Goodreads. I’m ready for butthurt italian readers, since the books is really well praised XD
I love this #AmCurrently format! (that’s not to say I didn’t love your recaps!). Great to read what you’ve been up to and all the things.
I’m excited you got to hold your own book! I can’t even imagine what that must be really like, other than 10000% amazing. It looks great and I am really looking forward to reading it :D. Flail all you want!
I hope you will enjoy being away in February and seeing your family (and a new nephew!). I am going to miss you, so I’m happy to hear there may be some scheduled posts (though I’ll miss your replies to my comments!). Good luck with the travelling, I hope it won’t be too difficult for you (I always get anxious when I have to travel, too).
Sorry to hear your reading life hasn’t been great recently. I hope you’ll not feel too much pressure *hug*.
I love your flipover covers thing and read all the short reviews. You don’t have to review books you didn’t like, if you don’t want to. I do enjoy reading your reviews, though I generally only comment if I have something ‘worthy’ or interesting to say. If you don’t feel like writing more elaborate reviews for books you didn’t like, you don’t have to. Are you worried about the author or publisher reading it? Or do you find it more enjoyable to write reviews for books you love?
It’s nice you’ve been having fun with your sister :).
Your drawing / colouring looks amazing, I look forward to see the final finished product. I have done a bit of colouring myself but not recently.
Books is the thing I’m passionate about. I suppose I can get a bit vocal too if there’s an issue related to autism in any way. I guess it depends on what you mean by passionate.
Books I’ve read recently,are Love and F1rst Sight by Joshsundquist (YA contemporary about a blind teenage boy) and Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel (YA contemporary about a teenage girl whose face gets partially burned). I’m re-reading The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan, which is the 2nd book in The Wheel of Time series (adult fantasy, epic story), and I’m currently reading In the Hope of Memoiries by Olivia Rivers (YA contemporary with lots of diversity, about four characters going on a scavenger hunt set out by their friend Hope who passed away recently).
Books I’ve bought… well, let’s not go there. I buy a lot lol. But I made a lot of pre-orders at the end of December, so that kind of doesn’t count for this year’s statistics right?!
I love your book’s cover!!
Have fun with your family and good luck with all the writing things you do!!
I’ve been spelling In the Hope of Memories as ‘In the Hope of Memoiries’ not just in this above comment but also in my personal notebook (where I list what I’m reading). Clearly my brain isn’t working too well today!
I’m glad you like this format too!! I still totally can’t decide what to do. haha.😂 Maybe I should do this for a while and see how it goes?!
Aww I’m so glad you want to read my book!! I honestly can’t even with how lovely and supportive everyone is being. (Mildly terrified I’ll let you all down BUT OH WELL WE CAN HOPE.😂) And I’ll definitely have post scheduled for while I’m away! I meant to have a ton written up but considering I only have ONE review scheduled *rolls eyes at self* What have I been doing all this time? No one even knows, definitely not me. But I will blog between stealing my nephew off for holds!!
I am a bit worried about authors reading my negative reviews if I AM to be an author. You know? Like I’d feel really weirded out if I saw my favourite author hating on a book…(not to say I’m famous enough to matter yet, but I like to think in advance haha). But I just don’t know if I will be allowed to accept ARCs without reviewing negatively as well?! Yikes. LIFE IS COMPLICATED.
I think it’s important to be passionate about our knowledge when it comes to books! I get super passionate about autism rep in YA (particularly since it’s so lacking ugh).
Oh oh I want to read Faceless!! I had it out from the library but it had to go back before I got to it (shame on me). Is it good?
(Preorders totally don’t count as like over-buying or anything. Toootally.😂)
It makes sense about authors reading negative reviews!
I liked Faceless, yes :). It’s not one of my new favourites but it taught me things I had not read about before. It was a fast read and I liked most of the characters. I hope you get to read it some time :).
Kind and excitable though I am, normally authors talking about their books can get old pretty fast.
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And yet I honestly do love how every second post you get distracted by your own book and start screaming! It’s fun! ;D
In non-Thousand-Perfect-Notes topics, people claim that colouring-in is very calming?? [not for me, but] It looks like you will be vERY CALM after finishing that lovely-looking background. IS IT CALMING, CAIT. IS IT.
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Aww thank you, Jem! I will attempt not to do it ALL THE TIME THOUGH.😂 Just like some of the time but omg it’s so pretty and minnnnne. *runs after own cover madly because has no chill*
And honestly if colouring-in is calming I should be the actual most chill person after that stupid poster board I decide to do.😂 Although it probably cancels out how I’m listening to super stressful sci-fi audiobooks?! WHO CAN SAY THOUGH.
I’m also having a blog life crisis right now! Can’t believe you’re also having one. For me it was like… I built these two quite big communities and they’ve taken off, and I find myself suddenly lost and wondering, why am I even blogging? Why all this work? I’ve been reluctant to even come back to the blog to answer comments. I’ve had days when I wanted to drop it all. That was right after huge growth on my blog, so yeah, I just don’t understand myself? But I guess that’s what a crisis is all about, huh?
Oh my god, your OWN copy got lost in the mail 😂 this is SUCH an international problem I can’t even… but when your own copy of your own book gets lost! It’s just too much 😂 I’m glad it finally reached you though.
I’m torn between wanting to read your book and fearing that it will somehow change out bloggish relationship or that what happens if I don’t like it, cause I rarely read YA xD maybe one day.. but I’m still incredibly excited that you’re releasing it. And it’s just so pretty. Hey, is the original cover going to be different from the ARC copy? Because this one’s so pretty, I wouldn’t want it to change!
Brooklyn 99 is great and Rosa rocks. I am Amy though. I am so thoroughly Amy, it’s ridiculous. Even the teeth overbrushing.
Wow, you got how many follows on Twitter? XD I feel like if it happened to me, I would just slowly move away and pretend this never happened, cause OMG anxiety!
Can you share a good ice cream recipe? I have a maker, but none of my recipes ever work T_T
I don’t think my phone allowed me to vote, but I am Amy, and thus a stats nerd, and thus I miss the stats too xD maybe a cross-type post?
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Oh GOOD. Let’s have a crisis together, this is excellent timing. We can cower in the darkness and eat cake and have so many regrets.😂 It’s actually weird to see your own blog grow though, right?! I always get cold feet if I get a sudden like surge of new followers or something. So this is probably nORMAL. Don’t quit!! Just let yourself have space because it is daunting. I seriously didn’t want to go on twitter ever again after I went viral and I’m like…how is this the normal reaction? ah haha😂
Dude. I know. How many authors get to say their own book went missing. THIS IS MY FIRST BABY UGH.
Oh that’s okay though, if you don’t want to read it! I do understand. (But seriously if you want to read it and then hate it, tHAT’S OKAY. I have no hard feelings.😂 Just don’t tag me for the review lmao.) And the cover will be pretty similar, just around the right way hhaha.
Rosa is everything. Amy is wonderful too though. My sister says that Amy is basically Hermione and I’m like: YES.
Oh yes sure! Remind me and I’ll send you a picture! It has alternative sweetener in it though, so I’m not sure what you use? We don’t use real sugar or anything (except in those controversial chocolate chips but I gotta live).
A crisis is only a crisis when you see me replying to your comment NOW xD but I know you’re traveling, so it’s k 😀
Yeah, we can totally cower together. Plus, you’ve got all those awesome non-wheat cakes your mum makes!
Ditto, it’s SO weird to see your blog grow, especially when you’re not sure how it should translate into feelings?? Cause a blog is.. It’s not a limb. It’s not a dance you do. It’s so intangible.. At least for me, it’s like… This ghost that I pour so much work into, and yet, what even is it? It’s so hard to understand that it’s being loved by others o.o
But seriously, I’m so glad it’s not just me. I’m not sure EVERYONE reacts the way we do, but at least there’s two of us xD
OMG yes, Amy is Hermione!! Omigod, I AM HERMIONE. And I’m curly too!! REVELATIONS O_o ignore a stray tweet you might have gotten tagged in. I tweeted and realized nobody will understand AT ALL 😀 oh well, it is 20:50 and I’m still at the computer, so that would be understandable xD
Ah, I mean I can replace the sweetener with normal sugar 😀 that’s a minor problem. I will DM you on Twitter about the recipe 🙂
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(So much travelling awk. And now I have little tiny humans demanding attention all the time so my blogging is getting very scared.😂 But hopefully I’ll schedule some posts up while the kids are off at swimming lessons.)
YES. A blog is totally like our little ghosts that we work so hard on. <3 It's definitely possible to love it to death and yet feel overwhelmed.
(Hey I loved that tweet though.😂It made sense to two of us and we're clearly the important ones here. 😉 😂)
And I'll def send you that ice cream recipe when I get home! (I just realised the original had honey, so if you use honey you'll be fine.)
Congrats on your book Cait! I am in the UK, so if I can get over the sheer anxiety of having to contact publishers, I may try to request an ARC (they are gorgeous!). Otherwise definitely preordering! I am reading The Fandom and By A Charm and A Curse lately, I will hopefully finish both soon though. I’m trying to buy less books this year, although realistically that’s probably unlikely to happen! As for my writing, I’m currently working on my NaNoWriMo project from last year, Underground Magicians, which I’m hoping to finish by the end of the year. I’m looking into querying agents, but I probably won’t actually do it for a while because I think the project I’m currently working on is the one I’d like to query and it’s not even done yet! I do have a complete first draft of another project which I’m working on editing but I prefer Underground Magicians.
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JO!! THANK YOU!! I kind of hope you might be able to score an ARC haha! It’s like terrifying and also so exciting to have people I actually know read it. Also good luck with the buying less eep. There are so many books coming out this year that look so good though?! 😍 I’m doomed.
Oh oh querying coming up! SO EXCITED FOR YOU. I mean, I think that’s the most nerve wracking stage of the whole publishing journey, tbh, because that’s the first time a professional gets to take us seriously. I nearly died. 😂😂 I’m being so encouraging here ahah *coughs* I BELIEVE IN YOU. I hope you finish the book soon!
The cover is beautiful, Cait! Congratulations, again.
Yes, I’m a writer, I’m working on… uh…. ummm…
Thanks so so much!! That makes me very happy! I hope your writing behaves for you soon. 😉
I’m so happy you finally got your ARC and so sad I don’t have one! I can’t wait for the final copy. 😍
Totally relate to wanting to read less but not knowing how to be okay with it.
Please read Children of Blood and Bone so I know if I should. 😂
I’m glad you’re enjoying B99. It’s so great. And Stranger Things, YAY.
The keyboard again, seriously? Only you.
Your drawings are so amazing. 😍
What do you make your ice cream out of? I love coconut milk ice cream! Sadly, we don’t have an ice cream maker here. We also don’t have room for the container in the freezer, lol.
I like this new style of post!
I seriously wish I had more and could send you one!! 😭 It’s possible I’ll end up with 2 but my oldest sister (with my new nephew) currently has it so I’ll see if she’s going to read it. Literally half of everyone I know on the internet would love to read it, and yet my sisters all have access and not one of them as even asked to read it. I WOULD LIKE TO SELL MY FAMILY AND GET A NEW ONE. 😂😂
I will report back on Blood & Bone directly! I’m going to take it away with me. Why is it so huge though.
So the ice cream is basically egg yoke, natural sweetener (I think you can use honey but we use like a stevia mix) and I think there’s like vanilla essence, coconut cream?? I made it last time and I can’t remember.😂 Fitting the container in the freezer is the hard part. But oh! it makes the ice cream actually TASTE like ice cream with the ice cream maker, instead of just using a blender or whatever! It’s so amazing.😍
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM?! (Although very pregnant/newborn is a good excuse, at least.)
Yay, that’s a good idea!
The container wouldn’t fit in our freezer even if it were empty, lol. It’s so tiny! But I have an ice cream maker back home and my dad and I used to make ice cream with coconut milk, agave syrup, vanilla, and then usually some sort of fruit or almonds and chocolate chips. I miss it!
Awww this is so cool! Congrats 🤗
I’m totally checking your book out, just saying…. #nostalker
AWWWW THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. STALK ALL YOU WANT.😂
1. Regarding the new format- I like it, except I miss the bookish/interweb news and the funny search results. Overall, though, it’s good.
2. YAY FOR THE BOOK! I look forward to the day I get to hold one of my books; I’m glad you’re enjoying yours.
3. Also yay for new small ones in the family. Enjoy them while they’re little, that’s all I have to say.
4. The writers-know-random-facts bit your tweet is 100% true and has actually saved my team in trivia a few times. That said, I’m not sure if it’s just because I’m a writer or if it’s also because I tend to retain random stuff from all the education-turned-into-fun videos/books I used to read as a kid.
5. I am impressed with the time and effort it took for you to draw that whole poster board. YOU GO, CAIT! (And, for the record- I’m growing steadily more certain that 50% of graphic design, which is a legitimate career field, is just copying things? So yeah. Not a fake. Just smart.)
6. YES review books you don’t like. PLEASE. If an author is going to review books, but only reviews ones she likes, I tend to trust them a little less. I’m not sure why; that’s just the way I think. And I think that as long as you’re reviewing stuff respectfully, I think you’re fine.
Part of me wonders if I should still do the recap but just do an #amcurrently post separately?! Like I did have lifey things IN my recap post but I hated how long the whole thing was. It was way way too overwhelming.😂 But I also don’t want to flood everyone with two posts so. I will gnaw my nails and think about it haha.
I’m basically the saddest ever that I live so far from my new floppy nephew. HE’S SO CUTE ALREADY AND I WANT TO HOLD HIM ALL THE TIME. By the time I get to see him he’ll basically be 1 week old.
I have so so many regrets about that poster board.😂 I mean at the time it seemed like a nice project and now I just realised I will be literally DOING IT FOREVER.😂 Especially since I’m drawing so small and detailed?! At least no one will ever accuse me of vbeing a genius haha haha. Ahem.
And I totally get that with the reviewing. I mean, I’d never give good reviews to books I DON’T like. But I feel like I don’t see other published authors negatively reviewing books?! Is it like criticising your peers? What if I meet one of these authors and I salted their book all over goodreads. IT’S SO NERVE WRACKING. 😭😭😭
I think that if you just added in the news+search things to the #amcurrently posts, it would be a good length. But that’s just my opinion.
At least your poster board will look really awesome when it’s finished, though. And you’ll NEVER HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
I get that . . . but at the same time, I think it’ll be fine. If they’re intelligent, they’ll realize that different people have different opinions, accept it, and move on.
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Currently I’m reading The Maze Runner and The Young Elites series book 3 The Midnight Star and don’t have any books I’m physically working on but mentally I have a lot in development such as a fairytale that breaks all the fairytale clichés and maybe a book about Ragnorak (I may have a lot of research to do, darn me and my creativity). Out of the books in your tbr I think Markswoman sounds cool, that or Everless. Also yES!!!! REVIEW BAD BOOKS!!!! DESTROY THEM AND SEND THEM BACK TO THE FIRE HENCE THEY CAME!!!!!!! And super excited for your book, definitely in my top most anticipated books of this year.
Ooh research is hard but so worth it and Ragnorak would be an AMAZING book premise!! I also work on a ton of books mentally before I get to the outlining stage! And I hope you’re liking the Maze Runner! That’s one of my favourites.
(I’m sooo happy you’re excited about my book tHANK YOU.)
yOUR WELCOME!!!!! (And yes I’m enjoying The Maze Runner a lot)
if you open your book, does the cover look like a whole butterfly? *ponders*
and babies are so cute i need pictures <3 (my smallest sib is 5yo. how rude did i give you permission to grow I DID NOT)
i've been reading the Pendragon series, (no dragons, unfortunately) and the shipping is so frustrating like NO B, stop falling for L, what about C? she REALLY likes you, no never mind, C got a new boyfriend you're good B go ahead…WAIT HOLY HECK C'S BOYFRIEND IS THE VILLAIN IN DISGUISE I HATE THAT I WAS ACTUALLY SHIPPING YOU TWO B COME BAAAAAAACK C IS IN THE HOSPITAL ALMOST DEAD SHE NEEDS YOUUUUUUUU
its crazy.
I've got a snippit which i'll send you later with a question, but I've been pondering this: so you swing a sword at someone's arm, and it cuts right through them (duh) but stops at the bone, making a small nick, so its very painful pulling your sword out. but what sound would it make when the sword is cutting through their arm? hmmmmmmmmmm, what do you think? (I asked my sibs, and they said it would sound like screaming, and then asked about my sanity. very helpful, they are.)
Most crazily, ~Olive
Oh I answered your other comment before this one. haha! Sorry about that. Do you think it matters what sound the sword makes cutting through arm? I’m guessing it’d be similar to cutting through a chicken bone, but on a bigger scale. (Sorry that’s gross, but just putting in context since us cutting chicken bones is probably going to happen.)
(And yes my cover is a full butterfly when it’s open!)
I’m so glad you’re watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine because it is pure and good and hilarious and I knew you’d love Rosa, she’s exactly your kind of character
Also I don’t really have opinions on styles of updates because I’m honestly not a regular enough reader of your blog to notice the difference (sorry) but this was cool. The “hover over” book cover/reviews were a little tricky on mobile as I kept accidentally clicking, so that’s something to bear in mind maybe? But the concept is v cool.
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It IS so pure and hilarious! (Although I admit the Captain Holt – his nemesis…I can’t spell her name. Wunch? THAT makes me so uncomfortable how she keeps kissing him and stuff ugh.) But otherwise it’s perfect and Jake has actually matured a lot of over 3 seasons AND ROSA IS A GIFT. 😂
Oh haha don’t be sorry! I feel bad that I don’t get over to your blog as much as I’d like! After I finish commenting-back to my comments, I tend to forget to check my bloglovin’ feed. I could seriously spend like 9 hours blogging and STILL not get it all done. (Which is…not going to happen.😂)
And ohh yeah I did wonder that about the flip cover thing for mobiles. That’s good to know!
Brooklyn 99 is FRICKING HILARIOUS oh my gosh, me and husband LOVE it. And we’ve been watching the Good Place so.. oops I may have very quickly fallen in love with Kristen Bell, but can you blame me?
Mate, I can’t believe you broke your keyboard AGAIN… I bet Apple is just like PULL IT TOGETHER CAIT HONESTLY.
Small cute humans, social media going VIRAL, exciting book release and dairy free ice cream? You are living the life.
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Brooklyn 99 IS SO HILARIOUS. 😂 I seriously can’t stop laughing at how dumb but good it is. (Although seriously worried how they never get any police work done lmao.)
Apple actually had to replace my keyboard…again.😂 I mean. My dad says I should get an external keyboard but I’m a bad writer and write on my bed or the floor so it wouldn’t work. I’M DOOMED.
CAIT YOUR BOOK
*FLAILS MYSELF INTO OBLIVION*
I saw it on twitter like a week or two ago and I STILL HAVEN’T STOPPED SCREAMING IN EXCITEMENT FOR YOU (and also for me because I GET TO READ THAT EPIC THING). And sadly I am not in the UK so I can’t get an ARC of it (*smol tears*) BUT – I can’t wait to get my hands on it after it releases!
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*FLAILS SELF INTO THE VOID WITH YOU BECAUSE AFJDKSALD* I CAN’T EVEN. I’M ACTUALLY HOLDING SOMETHING I WROTE WHAT IS THIS LIFE.
I’ve read Heir of Fire (very heartbreaking), The Neverending Story (it’s literallly neverending) and now I’m finishing Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (my fav author in the whole universe). I feel like I’m reading slow, I don’t know why. It’s horrible.
The ARC looks SO FREAKING AWESOME. Why do we have to wait until June????
I’m working on my nanowrimo project from last year, a YA fantasy about a badass girl who has dragonfly wings, she’s a soldier (I don’t know why, but I love writing about soldiers) but she scapes of the base to find her brother, who’s dying. And I feel so evil because I want to hurt them all though I love them all. I hope to have it finished by April bc there’s another story in my head (one among all of them) that is asking me to be written.
We’re going to miss u in February !!! And congrats for the new nephew!
I’m reading slow too so we can be slow little peapods together in this. *hi fives* Also I really want to read The Neverending Story!? I kind of feel bad that I haven’t yet.🙈
agh JUUUNE. So long away honestly *gnaws nails*
DUDE DID YOU JUST SAY DRAGONFLY WINGS. *slams fist on the table* I am a fan. Also I really love brother/sister stories so thanks for basically writing this book all for me.😂
Ohh yes! *hi fives* Don’t feel bad, I hope you enjoy the reading whenever you start it.
My phoenix! I’m glad you like it. If I ever publish it you’ll be the first one to know 😉 (I don’t know when that will happen he he….)
m’kay cait, her is my snippet, with the question at the end.
The weapon flies out of her hands and she falls to her knees, chest heaving. I’m breathing just as heavily as I slowly advance, adrenaline racing through my veins, my sword pointed at her heart. I stop a few feet in front of her, hardly daring to believe that I’ve won. She glances up at me, a smirk on her face and a glint in her eye. This can’t be good. I think. As she stays silent for a moment longer, I begin to wonder what to do next, but then she opens her mouth. “You can’t do it.” She whispers. “You can’t kill me, you’re the ‘hero’ aren’t you? You heroes are all the same. You’re too ‘pure’ to do wrong, too ‘good’ to kill, too weak do anything that needs to be done, besides stealing glory!” She was practically spitting the words out, her voice laced with mockery, and her sharp eyes were glaring at me, a dark storm of bitterness. “Look at yourself, and you’ll know. You can’t do it.” In that instant, many thoughts filled my mind.
I’ve seen this before, the villain says something like that, the hero realises that they are right, and they lower the weapon while the villain make a break for it.
So cliche. Sorry lady, but I know that trick.
Owwww, my everything hurts, and I’m hungry.
Why does she sound triumphant? She hasn’t won yet.
But she could, that little speech sounds a whoooole lot different when it’s being said to you, and not somebody else.
But one thought drowned all the others out with a loud defiant
EXCUSE ME?
I swung the sword.
(chapter end)
Now, there is a choice to make. When she swings the sword, she either hits the villain with the flat of the blade on the side of the head, knocking her out and letting them lock her up, and later the villain’s top general will break her out. OR, she hits the villain in the arm, giving her a wound that’ll leave a heck of a scar, and the villain is so outraged that she gets away. And I can’t decide. So, what do you think?
Most crazily, ~Olive
Hey Olive! I totally get the pain of not knowing which direction to take, but I really can’t be the one to tell you. 🙈 I guess my advice is to figure out what repercussions you want from both the actions. Knocking someone out with the flat of a sword would be *very* hard to do without mortally wounding them (blade slipping would be very likely to happen) and any sort of head wound really would end up with you unable to run because you’d be dizzy/disorientated and losing a LOT of blood. Head wounds bleed a lot. So I guess figure out if you’d prefer the villain unconscious or escaped and how that impacts your later story!
ok, thanks!
New baby!!! AGHGHG, my sister had a baby but I won’t see her for a long time. Because other side of the country and school. Ugh. But, you have fun! Give lots of kisses!
Your cover is AMAZING. And I’m totally freaking out over it! I want to preorder so bad, but I’m moving to an Apartment in May and I don’t yet know my address!!!! As soon as I know where on earth I’ll be living, I’ll order the book. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Also, I think you should do reviews for books you don’t like. Because I think it’s more realistic, like we all wish all our reads were 4 or 5 stars. But they can’t be? So reading meh reviews would be nice, because we all struggle with meh books. And I super enjoy hearing why people don’t like a specific book.
Hope that helped???
I feel that pain.😭😭 Worse is I used to live like 5mins from this sister anD NOW I LIVE 4 DAYS AWAY. 😭😭 Mind you I’m flying os that’s significantly less time travel but also expensive so like I can’t do that ALL the time. But I already want to go and smoosh this smol baby forever ahhh!!! 😍😍
Aww I’m so honoured you want to preorder. 💖💖
And oh yes obviously I don’t think all books are ever going to be good reads for everyone! But I just literally know NO other authors who’d give low-star reviews? It’s a bit like insulting your peers I guess? It’s really hard to be in the middle of the book blogger vs author life. What have I done Watson.
Ah, that makes sense. I hadn’t thought about the difficulty of reviewing books as an author. Wow, that would be hard!
I guess author life can’t be all unicorns and rainbows. 😭😮😭 And then add a blog on top of writing stress…… YOU ARE MY HERO, CAIT.
I’m literally crying out of sheer admiration.
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Congrats on the smol offspring! Babies are wonderful and terrifying things. And also plague-bearers. Don’t let it give you the plague.
Your book is so pretty and wonderful and I can’t wait to hold it. *flails* I knoooow we’re not supposed to judge books by their covers, but I’m a very judgmental person, and it’s so prettyyyyyy. <3
I'm excited about your TBR list, because I see some books on there that I really want to read this year. And since you'll likely get to them before I will (because for some reason, my husband won't let me spend all the money on books … because he's mean, obviously), I look forward to hearing what you think of them. 🙂
Actually, I just finished reading the first two books in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series this week, and they were AWESOME. I just regret not being able to get my grubby hands on the third, because my library is tiny and always behind on prints. Although at this point, I'm considering just buying the hardback and then donating it to my library because everyone should read this series. xD
Also, I am a writer! How'd you know? *gasp* ARE THERE CAMERAS SOMEWHERE? I've just started querying my YA contemporary fantasy novel, which is exciting and nerve-wracking and exhausting in and of itself, and I can't even imagine what will happen if some poor, unsuspecting agent actually were to decide to represent the thing. Which means I entirely support your fantasy side project because fantasy is the place to be. 😉 I'm also currently writing a mid-grade fantasy. I don't know why. I guess because I like banging my head against a desk and being frustrated about word choices.
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Omg I do not want the plague. Actually my sister has 3 older kids (I mean, they’re all under 7) and they’re vomiting currently so I’m like 100% rethinking my wish to visit them. ABORT ABORT.
AFJDKSLAD I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKE THE COVER THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY.
Aww, what is wrong with your husband not wanting to spend all your money on books. For shame.😂 I’m really hoping I enjoy this lot too! I’m excited!
Omg you’re querying!? *sends all the encouraging cake* Querying is totally one of the most anxiety-inducing things ever. Like I found submission to publishers was terrifying too, but querying is like that FIRST step where someone takes you seriously. So much pressure! But best of luck!!
My oldest will be seven next month. Bring a HAZMAT suit. I speak from experience. ((On a positive note, if you catch the plague and die, you’re guaranteed to be a bestseller, and I’m sure someone on this blog has figured out necromancy by now, so, you know, all hope’s not lost.))
My husband was dropped on his head when he was young. Repeated. So really, it’s not his fault, the poor dear. But fear not! RA Salvatore comes out with a new book soon, which is good for two books of my own if I buy it for him. xD Because I have become a pro at this marriage thing and know how it works by now. 😉
I KNOW, WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING? *hides inside pillow fort* Thank you for the luck! I’m sure I’ll need it. I’m just in the beginning stages, so I imagine it’ll get slightly easier and less nerve-wracking as I get into it. (Ha, yes, I’m clinging to that idea for my sanity. Don’t ruin my delusions!)
AHH HAHA you know that’s EXACTLY what my family just told me.😂 I’m like “what if the plane crashes while I’m going down there” (I am a wondrous person of anxiety) and they’re like “oh well your book will sell better.”
I mean. Thanks family.😂😂
I can understand why you are stressed. It sounds like you are doing EVERYTHING right now. It’s so cool that you got to hold your own book! Also, I would never have the patience to color a whole poster board. I’d probably go insane and end up starting the board on fire.
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I am totally going insane already.😂 WHY DID I DECIDE TO DO THAT POSTER BOARD WHAT KIND OF AN IDEA WAS THAT. I also ran out of blue already so that’s terrific. *runs into a wall*
Argh! Your cover is beautiful! I love it so much. Does the butterfly have significance or is it just pretty?
I’m really hoping to finish my steampunk with super powers WIP by March, but I have been working on it for two years and I’m only a third of the way there, so I better get off my lazy butt and write or there is no way I’ll finish this before I start college and then my neglected characters will come to life and murder me.
I mean I taught myself how to write fast? I can do 550 (terrible, awful, mispelled) words in 15 minutes, but that’s only if I actually try, which is apparently my weakness. So wish me luck!
I like both the recaps and the #AmCurrently posts, but I’m fine with this so long as you keep sharing those ridiculous search things where people type the weirdest stuff and somehow teleport to your blog. I love reading those.
Yes actually the butterfly has significance! *dances evilly with all the things I cannot say* 😂😂 Also there’s a lot of darkness in the book and the fact that the butterfly is sort of bloodily red IS ACTUALLY SO PERFECT AWK.
Oh oh steampunk and superpowers!! That is such a unique combo too!? I’m so excited for you. And honestly writing is a lot of hard work and requires so much stamina but WORTH IT. Get those characters onto their journeys! Good luck! (And hey my books are absolutely 90% typos ah hahah. SO I hear you.)
I do miss putting in the search term results so I should bring those back at least.😂
Your book cover is gorgeous!!! I’m passionate about writing, food and anime. Just start me up on any of them and I will talk your ears off. If I read a book I love I tell everyone I know about it and if someone says they don’t like it… I kill them in my mind… Lol but I know everyone is entitled to have their own opinions. I love this post, it makes me feel like I am having a conversation with a friend..you should definitely do more of this.
How did you make those photos flip and reveal your review… TELL me!!! I am like a total nerd so such stuff interests me a lot.
Phew… Okay I’m done blabbing…
P. S if I wrote a book I would be shouting it from the rooftops so you are allowed to also.
Aww thank you!! I’m so glad you like it.😍 And omg isn’t it hard to handle when people don’t like our favourite books hahah?!? I obviously KNOW we all won’t but it’s so hard when I’m so passionate about a book! (Aka the Raven Cycle fjdksalfd.😍)
Also I really like that this felt more like a discussion with a friend! That makes me happy. <3
Oh! So I just use a widget for the photo-cover-flip. It's called "image caption hover" and was just a free WordPress one. It's SO much fun.
AHHHHHH YOU HAVE AN ARC OF YOUR BOOK. OH MY WORD I MIGHT CRY FOR YOU. THIS IS AMAZING CAIT. I’M SO SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU
I really liked this new format for recap//life update! BUT you know me. the search terms and your responses are MY LIFE so please maybe include those in these new update posts? seriously those were the best.
BUT I LOVE THIS NEW SET UP AND UPDATE POST IT’S LOVELY. also you poor stressed bean please go see your nephew and eat ice cream and don’t worry about reading all the books and your own book is wonderful and lovely and no one else will noticed that one word of doom that you hate.
plz go be a chill bean.
I CAN’T EVEN, LISA. IS THIS REAL LIFE. I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE I MADE IT.😍😍😍 And omg I actually thought of you when I realise dI wouldn’t do the search term results anymore?!? I’m not sure we can live without them tbh. They’re also my favourites. Maybe I should do an #amcurrently post AND the normal recap? Ugh decisions decisions.
(HOW DO YOU CHILL. CAN I SIT IN THE FREEZER WILL THAT WORK. Ohhhh there’s ice cream in here. I am good with this.)
UMMM YOU COULD DO AN #AMCURRENTLY BLOG SECTION? AND THEN DO SOME BLOGG-Y TYPE STUFF AND ALSO THE SEARCH TERMS? also no you don’t need an #amcurrently PLUS a recap. I said CHILL THE STRESS not fan the flames. (also AWWWW you thought of me. But SERIOUSLY the search terms are the bestest and if YOU loved doing them too then you definitely need to keep doing them. For your own sake.)
I mean I kind of was in the recap? But it got SO LONG. I felt really bad at how long it was and that’s like way too much information for one post. 😭 I feel like maybe if I did 2 smoller posts it would help? Or idk, just fan the flames. I usually say I’m cutting back and then directly add in more things ahh HAHAHAH.
*stressed look*
girl if the whole reason you changed to this #amcurrently is because you thought the other post was too long IT’S OKAY. The uber long recap posts were ALWAYS my favorite. I don’t care if they’re 2k words long. JUST GO FOR IT GIRL.
Wait, you didn’t like Jessica Jones? CAIT. HOW COULD YOU. I love Jessica Jones (but I think maybe you also need to be a fan of the noir-inspired detective genre which I am, and I don’t know if you are). But I am very proud of you for watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Good Place, both of which are in the top ten of my favorite shows (have you finished season one of The Good Place yet? If you have we need to talk). Now all you need to do is start watching Wynonna Earp because it is my Favorite Thing and it is SO GOOD, CAIT. Every single person I’ve made to start watching it has loved it.
It’s so cool that you get to hold your actual book in your actual hands. YOUR BABY, CAIT. It’s so pretty, even if it is an unfinished copy.
I’M SORRY AINE. I forgot you liked that one. I maybe didn’t watch enough but it was really slow? And I apparently have no attention span. 😭😭I’m definitely going to watch Wyonna Earp though! I’ll have to pause Brooklyn 99 when my sister goes back to uni (tomorrow *sobs*) so I’ll probably watch Earp by myself. I’m really excited eeep.
And holy heck what even is going on with the Good Place. S1 WAS A WILD RIDE.
fajdsfklad it’s my baby Aine. MY BABY. 😭😭😭
I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOUR BOOK CAIT! It’s perfectly okay to fangirl & be an author at the same time, because I said so. *pat pat*
Yay smol floppy human! I hope travelling is good to you. And AHHH Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the best. I just started season 5 — and unfortunately can’t binge without the boyfriend because he’ll gET MAD AT ME. Rosa is the best.
I’ve been inspired to write my own book, too! It’s kind of a sci-fi alieny book, that has the barest of bones right now, but I’m trying my best to act like an author (spoiler, it’s not working out so far, send halp!)
Oh GOOD. I have permission. I will continue.😂 I mean, let’s face it…what are the odds of me actually stopping using allcaps and emojis!? Pfft.
Oh oh Brooklyn 99 has a S5?! Excellent! 😂 My sister is going back to uni soon so we’ll probably have to break until Easter but it’s so much fun ahhhh. ROSA. And Captain Holt and Gina also are a gift.😂
(Also scifi alieny sounds incredible and bare bones is like a really exciting but nerve wracking stage. I hope you have fun building it!!)
I really liked this new recap! Honestly, I will read any kind of recap you do. 😉 JDFLAFJALEIUCNALD YOUR BOOK IS SO BEAUTIFULLLL I cannot wait until it is released and I can hold it in my hands.
I’m currently reading this book I randomly found in the bookstore and decided to buy. (Risky move, I know.) It’s Because You’ll Never Meet Me, by Leah Thomas, and I’m not far in yet but so far it’s pretty good!
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OLIVIA. AREN’T YOU TOO LOVELY TO ME. <3 And afjsdklafd my book looks LIKE A BOOK. I can't even get over this!! I've dreamed about this so long but I didn't think I'd actually get here.😍😍
Oh oh I've read Because You'll Never Meet Me!! I wasn't keen on the sci-fi twist but like otherwise it was such a good book and Olly is literally the most precious thing ever!!
The books looks incredible, congratulations!!! <3
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Aww thank you!! That’s so nice to hear!
SECRET PROJECTS, HMMM???? fine. have your secrets. Just know that your minions are eagerly awaiting the announcement or MORE BOOKS (despite the fact that your first one isn’t even out yet. We are in impatient breed of people).
UGH I KNOW. I HATE SECRETS. But I literally sit on so so many secrets it’s ridiculous. And I’m impatient too, hence all the ice cream eating.😂
OMG Stranger Things x Peter pan x Jumanji sounds amazing!!!!!! I really like these new recaps 🙂 And your book cover is awesome!!!
AWw thank you!! I’m so glad you like the new format! We’ll see if I decide to keep it ah ahhaha. 😂😂
It’s so exciting that you have your book. I knew you would be published one day, you’re brilliant!
I will definitely have to add it to my TBR list.
Aww thank you, Skye! I had a lot of doubts lmao but so glad I didn’t quit!!
The cover of your book is so cute and pretty!
I liked the recap but if you feel that you want to change the format and share more personal things then I am aboard too for that. 😀
Also, so jealous of the ice cream maker though if we had one I’d probably never use it because *lazy*
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Aww thank you!! I’m so glad you like it!! And omg you’re not helping me decide between the recaps vs #amcurrently posts.😂 Possibly I should just do two?!
Our ice cream recipe is actually really easy, surprisingly…I’m like the WORST cook ever but I managed to survive making it last sunday because the family was all out. Which obviously means I get to eat it as it beats too. SHH NO ONE KNOWS THAT.
OH MY GOD YOU’RE LITERALLY LIVING MY DREAM RIGHT NOW!
but that’s extremely off-topic from these questions so…
I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT OF BOOKS (or at least trying to). I’m really starting to regret buying all these books. But only a little bit. Not enough to make me not read these AMAZING books. But enough to make me regret adding all the rest of the books on my to-read list for the year.
YOUR BOOK’S COVER IS AMAZING OMG!!! It must be so surreal to be able to hold yOUR VERY OWN BOOK! I know it’s kind of unrealistic to ask, but did you design that yourself? Or did you at least have that kind of mental image of it? Because it looks absolutely amazing and I’m super jealous because this looks so amazing and I’m super excited to read your book!
Right now my two WiPs are kind of crashing and burning. I’ve had major writer’s block since December so I’ve just been rebooting an old idea and having fun with that train wreck,
But did I mention that you’re actually living my dream and I’m super jealous because THIS SOUNDS SO AMAZING AND I’M SO GLAD FOR YOU TO HAVE THIS CONGRATULATIONS FOR LIKE THE MILLIONTH TIME!
CAN I HUG MY BOOK FOREVER. SILLY QUESTION OF COURSE I SHALL. Haha no, I’m publishing traditionally, so my house (Orchard / Hachette) does all the work there with the cover design and everything.
Ooh that’s awesome you’re getting a ton of reading done! At least one of us is.😂😂 But hey no regrets for books! You can always build an igloo with them and live in it. #QualityLifeAdvice
Nooo I feel for you with the writer’s block. The project I’ve been editing had me SO STUCK for most of January it was actual torture. Clearly we need to eat more ice cream and this will fix it.😂
Yes, ice cream sounds fabulous and delicious and I shall enjoy ice cream and too many books for the rest of my life.
THE BEST KIND OF LIFE TO LEAD.😂
After becoming J.K. Rowling, of course.
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Surely all the ice cream is exactly how we DO become JK Rowling!?!??!
Surely that is the answer. I will proceed to invest in 10 pounds of ice cream.
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The cover looks absolutely beautiful. I love the butterfly’s wings <3
I'm working on 3 projects:
1) my WW2 novel which I SHALL finish this year;
2) editing my contemporary Snow White retelling (short story);
3) hopefully getting started on my 1960s historical novel which I just got the idea for and am soooooooooooooooo stoked about.
Ahhh I’m so glad you like it!😍 Also oooh you do a lot of HF writing?! That’s amazing I’m in such awe! I always fall apart for knowing how to do proper research hahaha. And editing is hard but WORTH IT so good luck for the retelling!!
I do!!! It’s my favorite kind of writing! I don’t know how to do proper story research EITHER, lol . . . but I have a ton of background knowledge already in place from being in the field of professional history; so I just kinda roll with it??? #amnotprofessional *dies laughing* But we have fun . . . we have fun.
Eh that seems professional enough to me.😂😂 GOOD ON YOU! AND GOOD LUCK!
Love the new #AmCurrently! 🙂 As for the questions, I recently acquired all the Saga volumes, so now I just have to read 6-8, and I got Unearthed and Nice Try, Jane Sinner, oh and Wild Beauty. I’m not currently reading anything besides being in the middle of The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and I plan to read them through-out the year. The last book I finished was Monstress Volume 2 and i’m really enjoying Monstress ^_^
Also, your book is GORGEOUS. Can’t wait to read it!
And alas, I am not a writer, just a reader. 🙂
Ahhh I’m so glad you do, Stephanie!! THANK YOU. And omg Wild Beauty is gorgeous and incredible. I’m still reeling with how amazing it was. 😍😍 AND YAY GRIMM!
Aw such a fun post! I love hearing about other blogger’s lives… it makes it seem like I’m their friend and not some odd stalker…
And I want to read The Falconer soon, I love that you think it’s good.
I cannot wait to see your book on the shelves… like I’ll be that strange fangirl in the bookstore all excited with everyone watching me and calling to have me committed…
Marissa
Aww thank you! And ah ahaha I totally know what you mean.😂 I feel like personal posts are great now and then?! like we aRE humans woooo. (Also The Falconer is AMAZING and highly recommend. I basically howled for 24 hours straight and went and got the 2nd book immediately.😂)
Imagine me if I can see my book in a bookstore. 😂 I’LL BE A MESS.
I have a few blogging writing buddies publishing this year and I feel like a proud auntie getting to have all the fun of waiting see everyone’s books on shelves
I love your book’s cover! It’s so pretty. I’m kind of in awe of cover designers; I’ve dabbled around with doing that sort of thing myself (I had to create a fake book cover years ago for a Photoshop class) and it’s freaking hard to make something that doesn’t look like it was created by a kindergartner with MS Paint.
I’ve hit the halfway mark on my Goodreads challenge (and I’ve already upped the goal once!) and it’s not even February. What am I doing?! Oh, yeah… Reading graphic novels and picture books, that’s what I’m doing. Oh, but I did read The Wicker King earlier this month; it was good, but not the best thing I’ve ever read. I had a few problems with it, but it was certainly an interesting story.
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Oh that’s so awesome you were doing a bit of cover designing there! I always had like wishful thinking of being able to do better designs but I haven’t ever tried to properly teach myself.😂 I’m the kindergartner with MS paint alllll the time.😂
Oh oh congrats on your GR goals! So it’s looking to be a good year for you, yes?!
Hi Cait!
I’am very passionate about your book in the moment. 😀 As soon as it will be available to be ordered from Germany – which amazon tells me is in june – I’ll get it. I hope I won’t forget it. So you better keep up the posts about it. 😉
AHHHH THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! That honestly makes my day. <3 And it comes out June 7th yes!!
Ahh! Congratulations! Your book is so close and I’m excited for it and for you!
Omg only 5 months to go!! I’M EXCITED AND FREAKING OUT!!
I can’t wait to get my hands on your book, Cait! It sounds really good – I mean – you wrote it, right? And it must be unreal to actually hold a book you have written in your hands! Well done, you 🙂
LEXXIE. THANK YOU!! <3 I'm really hoping it doesn't let anyone down ah hahah.😂
DUDE Cait, it’s YOU! You could write a post about cardboard boxes and I would still read it! There is NO WAY you could not be entertaining. 😀
And PLEASE don’t sound like a professional author, we need more people like you! XD You are perfect the way you are!
I haven’t pre-ordered your book yet, but I PROMISE I WILL! (Just as soon as I get a job because I’m broke. D: ) At least I have six months. XD
You are so artistic! And don’t worry, everyone thinks I’m talented but I just copy things from Pinterest too. 😛
AND OMG I WANT AN ICE CREAM MAKER! 😛
I’m currently reading Shatter Me, (I’m 75 ish percent in and I still can’t decide if I like it or not) Ivy Introspective by Kellyn Roth, (She runs her blog over at Reveries and she follows you too I think. I’m going to beta read the next book in this series, At Her FIngertips, for her next month and I’m really excited! I’ve never done anything like that before! Yay for the book blogging community! I feel more connected now! 😛 ) And I’m also reading The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse for my blog’s book club that I emailed you about. 🙂 It’s going pretty well so far! Other than me I have 11 members! I didn’t expect to have that many in the first month.
I didn’t like your book’s cover at first, (but only because red is my least favorite color) but I love it more and more every time I see it! The backwards cover kinds bothers me, but oh well, it’s still really cool! 😀 I’m so happy for you!!!!!!
And ha…..I had a bunch of writing goals for this year, but so far I threw them out the window to work on my blog and reading more. (and also other life stuff.) Oh well, as long as I get my butt in gear before Camp Nano again in April, I’ll be ok. XD
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THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS, HEATHER, BECAUSE MY NEXT POST WILL OFFICIALLY BE ALLL ABOUT CARDBOARD BOXES. #Winning 😂😂 And omg imagine me sans all-caps and emojis?? Like we wouldn’t even recognise me ugh. (And aww you lovely bean. <3 No pressure for the preordering haha! You can always ask your library to buy it too!)
Shatter Me is an interesting one.😂 I didn't *like* it super much but ADORED the sequels and now I think I'd like the first one more?! I'm going to reread before Restore Me comes out! And oh oh congrats for betaing that book!! That's SO exciting. (Also I'm so so happy for you that your book club is going amazingly! YOU DID IT YOU CLEVER BEAN YOU.)
The cover won't be backwards for the final, I promise.😂
Oh right. Libraries are a thing. I kind of forget sometimes because I like building my own library. XD.
THANK YOU! It’s really fun to read the same book with other people for once. XD I’m always so behind. I just hope I can be a good moderator and keep up with it as it grows.
Yeah, I saw you say it would be fixed on twitter. Phew. 😛 Not that I’m a perfectionist or anything (ha ha sadly I totally am)….but it would be totally fine the way it is, I would just have to get used to it. It’s YOUR book after all. 😛
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OMG!!! CONGRATS ON YOUR BOOK!!! It looks so pretty!!! <3
And I just finished The Cruel Prince. It was very dark and devious and stabby, and I quite enjoyed it too. I thought the pacing was a bit slow at times, but THAT ENDING! JUDE!!!!
THANK YOU AMANDA!! 😍😍 I’m so freaking excited hahaha. And ahhh I’m so glad you also loved The Cruel Prince. Isn’t it just the best?!?😍
OH MY GOODNESS YOUR BLOG POSTS ARE QUITE LITERALLY THE BEST PART OF MY DAY. They are wonderful and magical and full of fangirl tendencies that I deeply relate to. I really like this new way of posting! But of course, monthly recaps or not, your blog is always amazing! I only just recently found it a few months ago; I can tell I will be basking in all its glory for a very long time haha.
Your book is absolutely gorgeous might I add. Will hopefully pre-order soon.
Also, I started a fantasy novel and am terrified!!! I fear it won’t ever be good enough. . But alas, I will keep going. I love reading and writing, and I hope that one day I can be published! So many ideas for it just hit me spontaneously and there are journals filled with my messy handwriting. These characters I have begun to love, and they make me excited to write.
Again, wonderful blog! Thanks so much for posting and congrats on your novel! I hope all goes well with your future book endeavors and that there is plenty of cake to be had!
OMG MARY YOU’RE TOO NICE TO ME.💖💖 This is actually the most encouraging comment ever so thank yoooou for this!! I’m also glad you like these new versions too. According to the polls they’re winning! So that’s fun haha.
And I so hope you will be published someday too! I want to cheer your book on!! (Also characters that we fall in love with make the writing journey the b e s t.)
I am just so, so happy for you. What an incredible accomplishment! Flail away, my friend. WOOOOOOOOO!
(Also, would love a post about your book/publishing journey in the future, if you ever felt like doing one. Would be so interesting to read!})
AHH HANNAH THANK YOU!! I still can’t believe it’s real mostly hahah. And I definitely want to do a book/publishing post! Probably closer to my book’s release in June!
CONGRATULATIONS CAIT!!!! Your book looks beautiful, and I’m sure it smells amazing too! I always thought I wanted to be a writer, but I’ve realized that I’d much rather read the story than be the one creating the story.
BTWs…I LOVE Brooklyn 99!!! It’s silly and goofy, and it always makes me laugh. I have the darkness of Rosa mixed with the nerdiness of Amy.
AWW THANK YOU!! It does smell amazing I mean. Afjdskald obviously that was one of the first things I did was sniff it.😂 (Totally normal I’m sure.) And Brooklyn 99 is the bessst. So dumb but so funny and actually just pure and good right?! Rosa is my favourite but Amy cracks me up.😂
OH MY GOSH YOU GOT A COPY OF YOUR BOOK!!!!!!! That’s so exciting!!! I may possibly have squawked when I saw the title of this post… 😂
I’M SO FREAKING HAPPY IRIS, I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF.😂😂
I have to say that your posts my day a little bit better Cait! I love your writing style, and it always entertains me. One of my favorite things is to see a behind the scenes type post every little while and see what other fellow book blogger’s lives look like. It’s interesting to compare and contrast, and it also gives me the motivation to do better with MY blogging life. Good post as usual Cait! SUPER excited about your book!
Ahh I’m so glad you enjoyed this, Jared!! I agree it’s super fun to know blogger’s behind-the-scenes posts too, so I think I should probably do more of them. 😂😂 And yesss, I’d love to read yours too if you do some!
Honestly, you getting published has motivated me to write even more, because it’s like I’ve seen someone do it so it’s obviously possible. I hope you get lots of excellent reviews. 🙂
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is GLORIOUS. I can never work out if I’m Amy or Rosa. I know. That should be impossible. Yet I relate so hard to both of them. I always come out as Rosa on quizzes though. (Yes, I’ve taken quizzes. I am a geek. You know this.)
I totally feel you on the cleaning to procrastinate thing – my flatmate and I have just had a bunch of deadlines and, honestly, our house has never been so clean. :’)
My Gothic story is only slowly plugging along 🙁 because I have to write a story for my dissertation (which isn’t even moving, if I’m honest) and I’m also maybe going to enter a competition so I’m working on that right now (if any of this is incoherent, it’s because it’s gone midnight…). Oh. And I have a 900 page book to read for class, plus several other books before that. AND I have nothing scheduled for next week. *Mild panic* I need a schedule. One I’ll actually stick to…
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Aww THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. 😭😭❤️ Honestly I need more of my blogging friends to get published too so I can flail and shout with you!! And I really reeeeally hope someday you’re holding your book and I can flail and wish for it on my shelves!!
Brooklyn 99 is LIFE. 😂😂 Like everyone is completely terrible and I fear for the American streets if that’s their police force but pfft, IT’S SUCH A GOLDNE SHOW. I obviously need to take a quiz though omg how have I never done that.
Good luck with the dissertation though, that sounds super hard. 🙈 Also 900 page book?!?? YOU ARE REALLY A MAGICAL CREATURE OK. DON’T FORGET THAT. *sends cake*
LOVE these new recaps!! (and yes u can talk about your book all the time bc its YOUR BOOK and u deserve it) Definitely think you should read Ace of Shades next…. I am literally SO excited to read it myself I cannot even! (your so lucky to have gotten a Net galley copy!) I really like when u share your viral tweets with us!
Great post and happy reading 🙂
Eeep thank you, Jamie!! I CAN’T STOP SQUEEING ABOUT HOW I’M SO HAPPY.❤️ I just want to pet my ARC forever haha.
And YES. So lucky to get that arc of Ace of Shades!
Oh my gosh, your book is so BEAUTIFUL! SQUEE!!!
I’ve been reading this blog for a little while now and I’m so proud of you Cait for getting your book published! That’s like my dream. Also I love butterflies and this has the most beautiful design and I LITERALLY CAN’T EVEN. I honestly can’t wait for 130 days though, it feels like a century!
I’m reading Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth at the moment, and it’s really good but it’s a bit confusing and slow. I’m mainly reading it because I absolutely LOVE the Divergent trilogy and it’s everything to me and obviously I had to give this book a go!
Also congrats again, I’m super excited to read a Thousand Perfect Notes! 😁
Aww thank you so much!❤️ I totally can’t stop staring at it ahhh!! I still have to pinch myself to remind myself THIS IS REAL AND I DID GET HERE!!
I hope you enjoy Carve the Mark! I still haven’t gotten to it haha.🙈
um.
you just made my whole entire LIFE.
i thought i was the only person in the world that thought What to Say Next was problematic?? judging by the comments i get on my GR review everysingleday???? sweet relief i am not insane.
BUT ALSO AGDGAHJDGSHASJGDHJAS YOUR BOOOOOOOOK AHHHHHHHH (cue me nonstop freaking out for the next 130 days and then also the rest of time)
ugh I AM WITH YOU THEN. I’m so…I’m just…sometimes I read books and think how the heck did the author think this storyline was a good idea. About 70% of books I read including autistic characters just treat them like trash. It’s beyond wrong.😭
THANK YOU ABOUT MY BOOK, THOUGH. ❤️❤️ I’M SO EXCITE.
AAAAAAAAAAH! Your arc is beautiful! Honestly, if I had a beautiful arc like that (or any book that made it past the Second Draft, lol) I would probably carry it around 24/7 and show it to random strangers like some people show off baby pictures.
I can’t believe it isn’t coming out until this summer. I’LL BE OLD AND DEAD BY THEN, CAIT! (Maybe they’ll read it at my funeral?)
Also, I saw “Reasons to Keep A Writer Around the House” floating around Google+, but I had no idea it was yours until now!
Congrats again on the book!
Aww thank you so much!! I’m so glad you like it!! And honestly it was a struggle not to just carry it with me all around the house all day. 😂😂 My babbbby. (Hey there’s still edits on it to do haha so I’m glad it’s not out *quite* yet.)😂
Omg I’m glad my tweet went that fair! Kind of wowed honestly.😂
Caaaaiiiiiiit, I am so excited for you and your precious book baby!! I legit got teary reading about you holding it and looking at pictures of you looking at it. And honestly you just deserve it. You work hard, you’re an awesome writer, and a fabulous human. Like, I can’t even be jealous, which says a lot because I am always jealous. OH and the cover is so pretty, too!
I think this kind of recap is good! Like, I was thinking about it when taking your poll (in which I said “I’m actually fine with whatever”) and I think all my favorite Cait-related stuff is here, so I mean, you have my seal of approval 😀 And YAY for new babies! They are so fun then, before they have opinions and when they sleep a lot 😂 I hope you get to cuddle and poke at this new human a lot!
I don’t even know WHAT I have been reading lately. I feel like the year started off strong, but then moved into some more “meh” territory. Val is making me read The Handmaid’s Tale right now. But Cait, I committed THE biggest book sin, and watched the show first. And the book is… less shocking because the show is SO brutal. Obviously I have learned my lesson 😀
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THANK YOU SHANNON. I get teary too omg. I still can’t believe I actually got this far. 😭💖💖 Somebody pinch me. (I’m also super nervous for all my blogging friends to read it because expectations are so high hhahaha, but ahh! I hope you like it!!)
Aww thanks. <3 I've basically still got ZERO idea if I should do this one or the old recaps OR BOTH!??!?! Life crisis intensifies.😂
And babies are great without opinions EXCEPT they puke on you. A lot. Seriously what is this.
Pfft I've committed that book sin so many times.😂 No judgement here. I kind of want to see the Handmaiden show? (Also not read the book yet wHOOPS.) But also not sure I'm ready for it?!
OH MY GOD YES THE WICKER KING IS FABULOUS. Ahhhh, It Looks Like This is so beautiful. You simply must read it soon <3
AHHH GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR LAST READ-THROUGH!! And I hope the traveling goes okay :/
I just finished Artemis by Andy Weir! It's not as good as The Martian (what could be, though), but it was still an awesome read. Now I'm reading The Princess Bride!
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IT IS FABULOUS AND AMAZING. I completely loved The Wicker King. 😍😍 Definitely going on my list of all-time favourites too eep. I actually have Artemis! I will need to read that at some point haha. And The Princess Bride is one I also need to read. (I mean I love the movie, but shame on me for not having read it too.)
YOUR ARC is absolutely stunning, I am so happy and proud of you, it has to be incredible to hold your book in your hands, well, the ARC. I can’t wait to see you screaming about the finished copy of your book hahaha. It sounds like such a great story and I’ve been seeing people getting it and reading it already and loving it, this makes me so happy for you. CAN’T wait to read it. Also, you are forever and always allowed to scream and fangirl about your books 😉
The Dangerous Art of Blending in sounds SO cool, I’m so happy you enjoyed it! 🙂 and YAY for watching the good place, I am obsessed and it is so frustrating now having to wait a whole week for new episodes, especially since they insist on finishing every single one of their episodes with a damn cliffhanger!
As a writer, right now I am currently working on re-reading my WIP before edits. It takes a looooooooooooooong time, but I didn’ t cry just yet so I’m guessing that’s good? 😛
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THANK YOU MARIE!! I’M SO FREAKING EXCITED AHH!! 😍😍 And it’s ridiculously amazing know it’s this *real book* that people are actually reading and reviewing. It’s beyond surreal. I’m just hoping lots of people like it haha.
Also the Dangerous Art was AMAZING. Total top read of this year. <3 The Good Place is so hilarious right hhaaha. I'm actually so sad there's only one episode left...what is life. 😭😭
Good luck with the edits. (And omg I always cry before editing so you're amazing.)
I just read an article that said many people forget books after reading them, especially if they read them quickly. They’ll only remember the experience or how they felt. Not plot details. Very apt after your last post. (Plus I haven’t read any books lately, so I had nothing else to say…except that I have some non-fiction books about helicopters and pilots from the library…that I haven’t been reading. :/ )
Your book cover is very pretty and I love that it’s a wrap-around butterfly!
I was trying to write a side story of my sci-fi fantasy dystopian story, and then it got to big and complicated and it needed a break. So then I tried working on a magic school story. Run by dragons who can detect good and evil in people. The school is perfectly safe. Very well guarded. There is no villain or conflict. Thus I determined it was turning into a simulation game about shiny dormitories and random magic instead of a story with a plot. So. That’s fun.
Possibly my Word Goals are dying, or I am simply an imposter bookworm who comes here to gaze at the shiny rainbow pictures. (It’s both. #Rebelwithsunglasses)
Also, I really like voting in the polls, especially if they’re silly! xD
OH GOOD. I’m not alone then with my completely dead memory for reading.😂
Thanks so much about my cover! It’s really cool when you put two copies together because it also makes the full butterfly. 10/10 to my designers ahhhh!
Writing is definitely hard haha but I hope you have good luck with your ideas! Sometimes it’s difficult picking which idea to properly pursue so I get that pain.
I am so excited for you, your book looks stunning as a proof copy and I cannot wait to see the final version, and I’m even more excited to read it! I am glad your babies got to you in the end even though it took 5+ weeks!
You should definitely read Children of Blood and Bone next, it is so excellent and I love all the POV characters and their development!
I’ve had my eye on The Wicker King for a while now because COVERRR, I love it so. And this is like the third time I’ve heard great things about it in this week alone. The universe is sending me a sign??
I love this format, but I also adore your previous recaps, so whatever works for you! I will be here to read it <3 Wow that was such an unhelpful answer…
Ahhhh THANK YOU. 😭😍 I’m basically happy-crying myself through this whole thing. Like I seriously didn’t think I’d ever get this far aND HERE IT IS IN MY HANDS. (Also I’m definitely going to read Blood & Bone ASAP. I feel like it’s one of the most hyped books of the year?!)
The Wicker King is AMAZING. I think we all shouted at you on twitter enough and you got it right?😂 No regrets. It’s so gorgeous fjdksald.
(I feel like I might need to do two types of recaps haha. Or just continue my life crisis.)
I got Markswoman as an ARC from a NaNo write-in! Now I HAVE to read it if you are, too.
Oh yay!! I hope we both enjoy it! That cover is completely badass. 😍😍
NOICE!!! I’VE BEEN WATCHING BROOKLYN NINE-NINE TOO. (If Hitchcock and Scully aren’t me then idk who I am) It’s literally eaten up all my time; there is an Ericka-formed indentation on my couch and I have completely abandoned all prospects of doing anything else. Personally, I love any update posts, which I know doesn’t help you make any decisions, but eh. I would like to see what’s new in the Society6 store, though. Good luck on all the amazing projects–especially that background drawing!
Omg Brooklyn 99 is the best.😂 It’s so freaking hilarious the entire way through hahaha. Rosa is just eVERYTHING. And aww, don’t worry.😂 I’m still having a total crisis about the updates. I might do both?? I don’t even know. Blogging is hard.😂
I love love love “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” I want to be Jake Peralta’s friend. xD I got my whole family addicted to it and we binged every episode until we got caught up. Now we have to wait once a week for new episodes like a bunch of peasants.
Eeeeee, that’s exciting you have ARCs! Now just imagine what it’ll feel like to have the real thing soon!
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ISN’T IT AMAZING?!? Jake is hilarious. 😂😂Actually well so is everyone and ROSA IS LIFE and Terry cracks me up. I only just don’t like Charles haha. (Or Scully and what’s-his-name…ugh they’re annoying.😂) I’m sad though because I’ll have to wait until my sister is on holidays again to continue!!
I CAN’T EVEN WITH HOLDING MY BOOK THOUGH, KATE. IT’S SO SURREAL.
I am reading Carve the Mark and The Refugees, recently finished Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda and My Name is Victoria.
Your cover is pretty I love butterflies!
So my project is about two twins, Phil and Sophie. Phil is non-binary but struggling to figure out exactly how they identify. Sophie was the mean girl in school, but she’s trying to make amends. She’s finding school hard, and since being good at school was a big part of who she is, she’s trying to work out who she is now and what that means for her future. The idea of finding out who you are is a big theme in my book, and something I feel teenagers especially would relate to.
Ahh Simon Vs is one of my favourites!! And I’ve read My Name Is Victoria too and I still need to read Carve the Mark.😂 So many boooooks hehe.
I LOVE that theme for your book, because it’s super relatable for sure (and I think for any age honestly)…finding and understanding one’s self is really hard. 🙈
Oh my god, that COVER. It looks so beautiful, congratulations! 😀
I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT!!
I absolutely love all the support and love for your new book coming out this year! That’s absolutely crazy to imagine!! The covers are amazing and I wish I could have one in my hands! SOON!!
I am currently working on a Rapunzel retelling that has bohemian aspects and wonderful human beings and a very sad beginning and ending.
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Omgggg I’m thoroughly and utterly amazed by how lovely everyone is being!! IT’s SO SURREAL. I finally have a book coming out for you all to read *screaming softly*
Oh oh that twist on Rapunzel sounds AMAZING (also sad beginnings/endings are the best😂 And yes I’m terrible for saying so, but they are!!)
OMG I did not know that your book was “almost” out there!!! I am so excited for you!!! And I am excited for myself because I will finally get to read your book 🙂 I am running to goodreads to add it to my TBR list and to Bookdepository to add it to my wishlist right now!!! (sorry for all those exclamation marks but I think situation requires them right now)
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AHHH THANK YOU LUCIA!!😍 Basically 5 months to go and afjdkslafd that’s absolutely so soon!! I’m going to be freaking out when it’s super close hehe.
Congrats! Must be such a crazy moment to hold your own book! Secret project?? Oh now I am so curious… sneak peak please?
SO SO CRAZY. I can’t even with how surreal it is to hold my book!! 😍😍 And haha, no sneak peeks. 😉 But hopefully one day you’ll know what the Secret Project is all about!
I THINK THE CRUEL PRINCE killed my reading as well. Like every other book I’ve read has been 1-2 stars following it. COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT. I’m super proud of everything you have achieved both with your book and your social media Cait! Hey it’s okay to switch off every once in a while. Every now and then I use this app called OFFTIME which blocks notifications and app access for an hour and a half. It’s pretty calming!
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UGH GOOD BOOKS ARE ALSO THE WORST. I MEAN. HOW DARE THEY THO. I loved The Cruel Prince way too much and I just want the sequel and to know mooooore.
I actually don’t have any of my social media sites send me notifications.😂 I only engage when like I choose to, if that makes sense? But I DO need to be careful not to just check all the time because it can get overwhelming and consuming.🙈
I love your books cover! It looks so pretty and I can’t wait to read it when I comes out. Recently finished A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess and OMG I loved it and yet I’m also super annoyed that my library doesn’t have the sequel *sighs*
I’m hoping to outline a new story in February – I’m torn between it being fantasy or paranormal haha since I do have unconditional love for all things paranormal it’ll probably end up being a paranormal book. And from there we’ll see as I’ve also got college *face palms* who invented education? I hope they had to suffer like we did.
Also I’m super torn since I live in the UK – do I request your ARC or not? I can’t decide because I know I’ll end up buying it when it comes out and I can’t decide…
Ahhh!! Thanks so much I’m so glad you like the cover!! (And I hope your library gets in that sequel for you soon *fingers crossed*)
Also paranormal is FABULOUS and I’m excited about your story!! But pfft. College is just here to get in the way of writing isn’t it?!😂 (Good luck balancing the two though, I think that’s super admirable!)
Sadly I don’t think it will get in the sequel anytime soon – BUT I decided to just request like 12 books in one go for me to be able to go in and pick up haha.
I think college and any form of education is totally here to get in the way of writing, aha thank you. I’ll do my best to try and balance them both, we’ll see though.
i’m so excuted for june so i can get a thousand perfect notes! and please do more reviews of books you didn’t like, i always love a ranty review, haha!
Aww thank you!! I hope you end up liking my book! (Although unfortunately I’ll be phasing out the ranty reviews.😂)
this was such a fun wrap up to read 🙂
ive gotten in contact to grab a copy of your book too, its v exciting and im so proud of you!!
good luck on the colouring project, it looks v daunting haha
Aww thanks, Lauren!! I hope you get an ARC then!
I just finished Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills which was 100% excellent and my first five star of the year. I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump otherwise though :(. I like your cover so much! The blood butterflies are brutally perfect. I don’t really know what I’m working on this year….My life kind of feels like its super unstable and weird right now which, to be fair, it sort of is. But I’m hoping I can use the next few weeks to start editing Lighter Places, my contemporary novel, and maybe write a short story? We’ll see.
I hope that you get to see lots of your new adorable nephew! That’s pretty special, but it is weird being away from home. Good luck with that <3 (and I really like the am currently post! it's cool to know about your life)
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Omg that makes me happy because I have Foolish Hearts to read too!! But ugh to the reading slump…and also I kind of relatable. Although mine is self-inflicted by just not having time and then feeling tired/slumpy when I do have time. But yes you’re doing such big life changes right now! I can imagine it’s hard to focus on books? (Best of luck with your edits though. I hope that works really well and all the words behave!!)
aigh your book is so pretty and I’m looking forward to reading itttttt (when is it going to be released in the US, btw? it’s not the same as in the UK, right?)
also that coloring posterboard thing looks so cool I might steal that idea XD
As for styles, I like recaps better with some #AmCurrentlys scattered in…if that’s any help XD
So far no US release date, unless they buy rights! So you’ll have to get it from somewhere like bookdepository.com which ships INT. 😉
And yessss the posterbaord is going to be AMAZING…if I ever finish.😂 Sometimes I have these grand ideas for projects and then like 2 seconds later I’m like “what have I done”.😂
And I appreciate the feedback thanks!
The cover is amazing. The description reminded me of an anime series my brother told me about only there i think he couldn’t hear the music anymore or see color until he met this girl. (hope that wasn’t rain on your bubble) Sounds like a thrilling story. I’ve been reading Mississippi Roll and It’s not how you look, it’s what you see by Lisa Bevere. I have a list of stories that I started during my undergrad years and this year I’m working on one about a young woman running away from the her boyfriend. Very Lorelai Gilmore – let’s get in a car and drive across the country instead of actually dealing with our feelings. I’ve written the start and the end and the easy scenes in between but I’ve been too afraid of opening door number 2. I suppose, like my character, I choose to avoid dealing with those feelings.
Aww thank you! And no I’ve been told a million times it’s like some anime thing, but I never watch anime. Mine is inspired by the life of classical historical musicians.
Yay! I’m glad it’s on Book Depository because I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get a physical copy in the US. I’M SO EXCITED CAIT. I’m going to preorder ASAP. 😀
I really like the cover, but I’m honestly kinda gonna miss the preview cover. I got so used to seeing it in my list!
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YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW AMAZINGLY SURREAL IT IS TO KNOW PEOPLE ARE TRULY PREORDERING.❤️❤️ YOU’RE SO FANTASTIC I’LL THANK YOU FOREVER!! (The preview cover was really nice with the rainbow clouds! But definitely a bit too fluffy for my dark little story. 😂)
Pre-ordered! Can’t wait until it shows up- I will eat cake while I read it in honor of you. 😉 (Might be a Little Debbie cake, as never have time to bake, but cake is cake!) Also, terrific, fantastic, cover!!!
OMG YOU MARVELLOUS CREATURE OU. <3 <3 And it definitely includes cake in the book. 😂😂 As it should haha.
Hiya Cait!
Sorry if what I said last was rude, I didn’t mean for it to be.
So, is a Canadian ARC possible? I really want to get one, however…I live in Canada.
Hi Sarah, I’m not sure why you think I thought what you said was rude?! You’re fine. I definitely didn’t think you were rude. Alas no, ARCs are only in the UK and Australia. But it releases June 7th if you want to order a copy. 😉
I LOVE your cover!! It’s so freaking cool! This week I finished Kathleen Glasgow’s GIRL IN PIECES and it shredded me to pieces. My next book (YA sports romance) comes out in March so I’m very busy with last minute things. Then onward with more books!
Omg totally agree that Girl in Pieces was SUCH an emotional one. 😭😭 Talk about heartbreaking omg. And I’m so so glad you like my cover! THANK YOU.
I think I accidentally just voted for you to go back to your old month wrap-up format because I am a chicken and randomly pecked at the screen before hitting the vote button. I actually love this way of doing things. Sorry I’ve been missing lately, but I’m super excited about your book and I will be off to read a million of your posts now!
Ah haha, no worries!! 😂😂 It’s winning anyway! I feel like I might *possibly* do two but then I also don’t want to overload anyone with posts so I’m basically just going to continue having a life crisis over here.😂
“…my family has procured and ice cream maker and we make sO MUCH ice cream. It’s all dairy / sugar free too so technically healthy…”
How wonderful. Super jealous.
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Ice cream makes life infinitely better!
AAAH, holding your precious book baby for the first time is THE BEST THING EVER! Allow me to cry with you <3 I'll have to ask Hachette Children's for a copy right away!
Enjoy your stay with your sister and her tiny human! I hate travelling (my parents somehow love it and don't get that I don't appreciate sitting at an airport for five hours while I wait for a connecting flight? Who has time for that??), but I hope her baby makes up for it 🙂
Cait, I read five books last month and thought I was doing pretty well oo You always amaze/stun me with all the reading you somehow do! I knew you were magic!! 😀
Can't wait to hear more about the secret fantasy WIP! <3 There's always room for another fantasy book on my poor dying shelf 😀
I’M JUST FLAILING ALL OVER THE PLACE I CANNOT EVEN. 😍😍
Ugh travelling is awful. I especially hate car trips, but at least I got to fly this time but stttttill. The baby is cute and makes up for it for sure haha.
I read far too fast haha. 😂 I am trying to read less this year though so we’ll see how that goes hehe.
OH MY, I LOVE YOUR BOOK’S COVER!!! Also, I really like your recaps, but I think I loved this post more! What I miss the most from the recaps are the search term results 😂 I HOPE YOUR TRAVELLING IS BEARABLE AND MAYBE EVEN NICE!!
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AHHH I’M SO HAPPY YOU LIKE IT!! I’m also really glad you liked this style too. <3 Also many people have requested the search terms back so I should totally bring them back at least.😂
Your book is beautiful, you should be very proud of that, especially since I’ve heard a lot of horror stories from traditionally published authors and ugly book covers, so you should definitely be proud of your book-baby, flail away. The #AmCurrently posts are great, the post showcases a wide variety of your different life aspects, it’s interesting. But you should definitely take a break and make sure to take care of yourself, no one is going to suffer and/or die if you read fewer books, your author career should take priority. Don’t make me come up to Queensland (I’m fairly certain you moved to Queensland?) :D. I hate the heat and it will not be pleasant. Have fun visiting your sister and her little cherubs.
Aww I’m so so glad you think so!! 💖💖 Also honestly ecstatic at the cover! I’m so happy with it (and it also look totally good on bookstagram hahaha…ahem). I’m really lucky I got an amazing cover teh first try. <3 Flailing always. And I'm also glad you like this style of post! I feel like I can probably be a bit distant these days? So I want to make sure I have personal posts up here too. If that makes sense.😂
(And yes must remind myself that hiatuses are FINE and not the end of the world! So far I've taken a whole week off and it's been very relaxing.)
And I'm back in NSW for my visit to my sister, but yesss I did move back to QLD (Far north too so you'll have a bit of a walk depending on where you are😂) I'll behave!! I promise!! (Also smol baby is so cute it's easy just to lay about and cuddle him.) 😍😍
You should be proud of your gorgeous book. In my personal opinion, it’s not just a responsibility, but an obligation of a Publishing House to make sure their book covers are aesthetically pleasing. No one wants to purchase an ugly book and they are in the business of selling as many books as possible. Although, in saying that, I would purchase your book even if it was ugly.
A new style of posts makes sense, as a writer, you’re going to change and grow and your writing should reflect that. There’s also the fact that writers don’t exist in a vacuum (even if we wanted to at times), and the different aspects of our personal lives are going to have an effect on us and our writing.
A whole week off? Good job, you deserve some cake 🙂
*Shudders* Urgh, Queensland. I can’t stand the heat, let alone tropical heat *shudders*
AW! Squishy babies are the best to cuddle with, and occasionally poke, excluding when they puke up on you (I do not handle that well)
I guess the hard thing is, what’s “ugly” to one person isn’t always to another, right?!😂 I’ve thought some covers are horrific but see people totally adoring them haha. So I’m just glad my tastes matched up with my house’s!
(QLD is ridiculously hot right now. SAVE ME.)
AH YOUR BOOK SO PRETTY I SO EXCITED FOR JUNEEEE 😆
THANK YOU, SIMI!! I’M SO EXCITED THAT YOU’RE EXCITED!!
I currently don’t have internet at the house where I’m staying (thank goodness for phone data–but we can’t use it all up, say the Parentals), so I #amcurrently reading this in a thoroughly over-lit library that luckily has free wifi. I love free wifi. It is the best.
Also… I admit that I stalked your book on the Hodder website a few weeks ago and saw the cover then?? It is GORGEOUS, and I can’t wait to find out what the symbolism of the butterfly is all about!!
I read a measly 7 books in January. It’s rather sad, especially since last January I read a whole 18 or something. Ah well, it is what it is.
I really like the #amcurrently style of post! I guess I’d say it has the potential to be more chill and less of a task to put together?? BUT please, please, please reply to your search terms because YOUR SNARK IS SO NECESSARY TO THIS WORLD.
Also, a SECRET PROJECT???? A SECRET PROJECT? Now I’m super intrigued yet I do not know heellpp.
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Free wifi is best. I’m currently leeching off my sister so I understand the wifi struggles when not in one’s home cave. AHhhhh I’m so glad you like the cover! It’s such a huge relief everyone’s a fan 😂 because I know how hard we all cover judge haha. (And the butterfly is a line in the book!)
Hey but obviously January just wasn’t a wild reading month right? I mean I know I read a *lot* but for me it wasn’t much and I also really struggled to even fit them in whoops.
And yes this was WAY more chill to put together but I miss the search terms!! 😂 So I don’t know, maybe I should do this AND the recap?! Although that seems like I’m doubling my workload instead of making it easier (so so like me).😂
SECRET PROJECT WILL BE SECRET FOR SO LONG UGH. I WANT TO TELL.😂
Personally I really love reading your writing updates! I really enjoy hearing about how writers become published authors and how they feel about the whole thing. And just their writing style and works in progress in general.
That’s what I like reading on your website the most!! But I also love everything else too. 🙂
Keep it up Cait! 🙂
Aww thank you, Poppy! I’m really glad to hear that! I enjoy doing writing updates, so I hope I’ll always be able to do them. 😍
OMG CAIT YOU GOT TO HOLD YOUR BOOK!!! WITH YOUR NAME ON IT!!! THAT’S SO AWESOME AND I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU 😀 AND THE COVER IS SO PRETTY!!
ALSO YAY FOR B99!! I’m currently rewatching it I love it so much. It just always cheers me up and really helps when I’m not feeling great mentally. And The Good Place!!! I need season 3 now I need to know what happens next ahhh
Anyway the poll is closed but I love this new recap! But if you want to go back to the old one that’s fine too 🙂
I’m hoping to finally finish the contemporary I’ve been working on for about a year and a half now, but ugh life gets in the way (also my mental health isn’t always happy). Mostly I just hope to write and have fun doing it though 🙂
IT’S SO FREAKING SURREAL, MICHELLE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF AHHHH.😍😍
And Brooklyn 99 is just so freaking funny. 😂 We’re only a few episodes into S3 and we’ll have to break until April when my sister visits again from Uni. But like it’s just so good?! And dumb, but GOOD. And tHe Good Place ended in such a terrible cliffhanger how dare they tho.
Also thank you for the input about the recaps! I’m still a *little* unsure because people seem to like both?!😂 Now back to making hard decisions haha.
And BEST OF LUCK with your writing! I do understand about the mental health sucking enthusiasm out of writing though…*sends encouraging cake*