Oh LOOK the last month of the year! When shall we panic.
It’s that beautiful time in our lives where we look back at our list of 2017 goals and realise we did 2% of them! And glance at all those books we have to read / review before next year! And then ask ourselves: “WHY” in a slightly terrified tone!
So much fun!
Anyhow. Welcome to my November recap. It’s like a prepackaged existential crisis which is nice. Also I had a WILD month of writing which I can’t even tell you much about because #secrets. THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME EVENTUALLY BUT OH WELL.
Also not to alarm you BUT GUESS WHO MADE IT INTO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE @EPICREADS BOOK SHIMMY AWARDS!??
AHHHHHHHH. Please come vote for your favourite boots!!! AKA my boots. In case you have other boots, which you shouldn’t because you love me.
Also I’m up against people with like purely thousands of followers so this is intense. How did I get here. Why am I the only weird looking one.
- GRAY WOLF ISLAND: I think I heard it pitched as being like The Raven Cycle so…you know why I’m here.
- TIMEKEEPER: I read this last year, but I finally own a copy!! It’s so gorgeous in hardcover and I’m freaking out about the sequel next year! ★★★★☆
- THE WICKER KING: This was my “YAY YOU FINISHED NANO” reward and I’m so so excited!!
- DEVILS WITHIN: It’s apparently all violent and stabby so here I am.
(Thanks to Pan Macmillan, Walker Books, Hot Key Books, and Owlcrate!)
- LOVE HATE AND OTHER FILTERS: A surprise ARC! I kind of can’t believe I’m getting 2018 books?!? I’M NOT READY.
- THE GLASS SPARE: This is the book featured in @Owlcrate’s November book box and I am thoroughly heart eyes.
- CITY OF BONES 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: I now have 3 editions and I’m not even sorry omg look at it. ★★★★★
- RENEGADES: I’m sooo disappointed with how slow and cliche this was. ★★☆☆☆
(all covers link to goodreads)
I’ve already read The Thing With Feathers and found it to have some really awful undertones about disabilities?! The book basically said if you don’t tell people you have a disability, that equals you living a “fake liar’s life” and just…what. And no. You don’t owe people anything and it’s not their business.
ALSO FURYBORN IS MAYBE MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY?!? WHO CAN KNOW!!
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AND I JUST REACHED 35,000 FOLLOWERS SO I’M KIND OF EXCITED HERE.
Still doing ridiculous Stories…there is no stopping me now. Follow me for quality content such as this:
Don’t forget to scroll/hover over the covers! They flip around and will show you a mini review and star-rating!
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T O P P O S T S:
I N T R I G U I N G S E A R C H E S:
(These are things people have searched to find my blog and I’m helpfully answering them.)
- “affects caused by reading too much of fantasy books” –> sometimes you wear pointy hats and only answer to “Gandalf” but like that’s not a big deal. Don’t make it a big deal.
- “is it wrong to read books” –> absolutely. Much like cannibalism, it is frowned upon in some societies. Avoid at all costs.
- “if i post something and which is copied” –> STORY OF MY LIFE. Mostly just shout at the sun and ask why people don’t respect artists, UGHHHH.
- “i love reading romance stories but i didn’t believe on romance” –> Who hurt you.
- “what are book blogs” –> As Thor would say:
That’s it. That’s what we book bloggers are. - “why we need to carry a book every where” –> in case a HUMAN tries to talk to us ughhhh.
- “adam favorite character raven” –> NO IT’S RONAN RAVEN BUT I LOVE ADAM RAVEN TOO.
- “the problem with ya literature” –> is honestly that there’s not nearly enough dragons. Why are we even here.
I HAVE ACTUALLY (FINALLY, SHH DON’T SIGH) GOT NEW DESIGNS UP!
These are all available on totes, mugs, pouches, pillows, etc…so go wild, young fiend.
A collection of bookish news I find in my obsessive stalking lowkey travels across the internet:
- Becky Albertalli’s next book Leah on the Offbeat has a cover reveal!
- Cassandra Clare is writing a NEW SERIES AND I’M FREAKING OUT!! It’s called Sword Catcher and is an adult epic fantasy and jasdkladfd I am here. She also talks a bit more about it on instagram.
- Morgan Matson reveals the cover of her new book Save The Date!
- Heidi Heilig announces her new fantasy series which is about dead people and a bipolar shadow player!
- Sally Green does an interview about her new series The Smoke Thieves (I’M SO HAPPY SHE IS ONE OF MY TOP AUTHORS) and gives a sneak peek!
- Gayle Forman talks about her next book, I Have Lost My Way, which is here after years of writers’ block.
- Maggie Stiefvater talks about book piracy and how much it deeply affects them AND the industry and honestly could kill our potential to get new books from authors we love. This really breaks my heart that people do this.
- Here’s some stills of the Love Simon movie!
- Leigh Bardugo talks about writing disabilities into YA fantasy AND I PRETTY MUCH LOVE HER.
Just going to leave the cover reveals RIGHT HERE for you.
- The Wrath and the Dawn is optioned to be a movie!
- It’s not really bookish but oh wow come see the cast for the Lion King.
- Amazon is remaking Lord of the Rings because apparently there are NO new ideas around at all and why not wreck the old ones.
- Ah. The Infinity War trailer is here.
- But more importantly I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN THE LOVE, SIMON TRAILER. (Adapted from the book Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli!)
- Francina Simone does AMAZING vlogs and she did one on moral bankruptcy in the YA community that was 10/10.
- Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight did a post on the seasons of book blogging!
- Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction did a post on changing blog names.
- Sarah @ Writing Word Worlds talks about pop culture references in books.
- Mish @ Chasing Faerytales talks about what YA needs to get right about teens.
Also Alison @ Alison’s Wonderland Recipes interviewed me about my upcoming novel, A Thousand Perfect Notes!
I drop some secrets about my 2019 book too and talk pianos and cake. AS IS USUAL FOR ME.
Also holy heck it’s over 1,500 adds on goodreads. I LOVE YOU ALL. I mean, except for whoever rated it 1-star but I feel like a real author now so thanks for that.
I don’t generally have time to watch things, but since I’m on “writing holidays” I’M ACTUALLY WATCHING STUFF. WHO AM I.
SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING || ★★★★☆
I finally saw Spiderman Homecoming! I’m kind of a bit “eh” with Marvel at the moment (still <3 Iron Man obviously) but this was so good?! It was hilarious and Baby Spidey is ADORABLE. Also Tony should adopt him immediately is all I’m saying. And I’m proud of them for (a) 70% of the cast being diverse, and (b) actually not throwing in unnecessary romance?!
JACK OF THE RED HEARTS || ★★☆☆☆
As much as I like AnnaSophia Robb? THIS IS A REALLY HORRIBLE WAY TO TREAT AUTISTIC PEOPLE. The mum wants to cure the daughter and the fake/babysitter ends up teaching the (low-functioning) autistic girl using dog commands. Plus she gets left in dangerous situations a LOT. Plus the romance was awful.
So basically I wanted to burn something down afterwards. (Except that the 11-year-old playing the autistic girl did such a good job.)
THE GOOD PLACE (NETFLIX) SEASON 1 & 2 || ★★★★☆
THIS SHOW IS SO SO SO DUMB AND CORNY AND YET I GOT REALLY ADDICTED. Plus the episodes are like 20mins?! That’s the kind of life (non)commitment I like. I know my IQ is dropping watching this but it’s funny and really good for just chilling?!?
MISFITS (NETFLIX) SEASON 1 || ★★★☆☆
This show is mildly crude and AWFUL (why can’t everyone just stay clothed) but it’s also mildly funny. Basically superpowers + teenage delinquents.
I’m struggling though because it’s British and every second person is also on Game of Thrones. How am I supposed to feel sorry for this overlooked smol poor dude WHEN HE’S A MASS MURDERER IN GAME OF THRONES. IT’S DOING MY HEAD IN.
- So the first exciting thing is –> I’ve been doing copy-edits for A Thousand Perfect Notes! SORT OF FREAKING OUT. It’s starting to feel like a real book okay!? I don’t even know what to do with myself.
- I shouldn’t be this nerdy about edits and yet here we are.
- OMG I PRINTED MY BABY. AHHH. First time!!
- Also what is my thumb doing? We all don’t know and are worried.
- I also worked on a secret project that excites me out of my freaking mind. I can tell you NOTHING except: eeeek. But I basically edited / polished a book in 9 days. It was intense.
- And then I did NaNoWriMo in two days. (Finishing @ 60,000-words.) Which is a new record for me, since last year it took 3 days.
- Obviously next year I’ll finish before I start.
- Snippets? Ok twist my arm.
- And now I am an exhausted local fish.
- Also if you’re curious, here’s a photo of my professional workspace:
- Because why sit anywhere comfortable when you can sit on 20 square inches of floor with a bookshelf digging into your spine. (I think I get a bit hyper-focused but OH WELL.)
- So I’m officially on “holidays” right now and by that I mean I’m pretending not to work on 34 projects in my head. I don’t do holidays?!? My brain doesn’t turn off! I’m trying to muffle its screams with watching Netflix and rereading (AGAIN) The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue because I love that book with all my heart. Also the audio is so excellent that I’m now narrating my life in a British accent. I’m sure this isn’t weird.
- Other fun and random things I’ve been doing include:
- eating quite a lot of homemade coconut ice cream
- because I’M WORTH IT
- doing a light edit on another book because I can’t stop apparently
- writing out lists of books I still need to read before 2018 and panicking recreationally
- having banana / chocolate smoothies because IT’S HOT IN AUSTRALIA
- RE-READING SO MANY BOOKS! I LOVE RE-READING! IT IS THE BEST!!
- squeaking when a tweet goes over 1,000 likes — look everyone i’m spweshul
- collecting mugs and never using any of them because why not just use ONE MUG over and over
- waiting for my smol sister to come visit for 2 months
- being insulted by said sister’s texts
- How rude.
- Anyway.
- It’s been a very busy / stressful month but, deep breaths, I’m calming down. (#Lies.) I’m excited to do some yearly stats and recap posts soon and then maybe take a week off blogging around Christmas so I can beat back those ARCs and then eat a cake or 9 or something.
- Also I have a new shelf! Which is two shelves staked on top of each other and no you can barely get into my room. My dog is 0% impressed with my life choices.
I can’t wait to read your book Cait! It’s going to be sooo awesome!! Congrats again! 😊
EEEP THANK YOU!! THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. <3
NaNo was pain, but I made it. And I only fell behind on, like, one module. (I can remedy that in the next five days. It’s fine.)
Netflix recs? *Cracks knuckles* *Leans in* There’s a couple of seasons of Blackadder on there if you like snarky historical comedy. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is hilarious. If you like animation, I can’t recommend Voltron Legendary Defender enough. And you’re already watching Riverdale, right?
AHHH I’M SO GLAD YOU MADE IT!! I AM CHEERING FOR YOU AND EATING CAKE ON YOUR BEHALF. (That’s how it works right?! I’m sure of it.)
Someone recommended Brooklyn Nine Nine recently and I’m like super curious now! I also watched S1 of Riverdale but need to get back.😂I didn’t *love* it but I was amused and I really like Jughead.😂
So exciting about your book! (as always) Also I have no idea how you write like that, I think my spine would get up, walk away, fetch a spear, and threaten to stab me with it unless I get up and move somewhere more comfortable. I’m so impressed with your writing! I sadly did not win NaNo this year *but* I’m really pleased with where my writing is at, I guess we can’t always force these things.
AWW THANKS, KIRSTIE. I’m still freaking out.😂 I’m sure I will calm down eventually…nope. Wait. Who are we even talking about haha I will never calm down ahem. But omg I don’t even know how I write folded in half. I mean, apparently being a contortionist while typing is also my aesthetic. Who could know.
I’m really glad you’re still pleased with where your writing at! That is STILL totally a win.
OMG, your new designs are GORGEOUS. And congratulations on being nominated for the Book Shimmy Awards!!! I knew you would be a finalist!
I cannot stop fangirling about the Love, Simon trailer, and I also think Francina Simone is such a smart lady. I am in the middle of reading Daughter of the Burning City, but unlike you, I’m not enjoying it much. The writing is fantastic, in my opinion. But the plot is moving really slow and I feel zero connection to the characters. Any thoughts on this? Did it get better after the midpoint?
I’m currently watching a potpourri of shows on Netflix and it’s the best. I would highly suggest Riverdale (gripping mystery and great casting. Also a bit cheesy but, hey, that’s all I’m here for), but I’m also watching stranger Things Season 2 and Friends. The binge-watching season is starting out soon for me!
P.S. your working space looks on point. I’m ALSO ON HOLIDAYS NOW! But I also cannot for the life of me turn the freaking brain off. I love reading your posts because I just resonate SO MUCH. When I’m working at full speed, my mind is racing and I can do anything (whine about vacations is included on that list too).
But once I’m finally done, I can’t help but search for MORE stuff to occupy myself with. I honestly have NO chill.
Have a great month, Cait!
AHH THE LOVE SIMON TRAILER IS SO GOOD AND CUTE AND AMAZING!!😍 I’m surprised it didn’t mention the blackmailing part though?! I hope that’s still in but afjdkslad it looks so good and I’m so excited ahh.
Aw sorry you’re not enjoying Daughter Of The Burning City! I was totally in love with it the whole way through.
Oh I’ve seen Season 1 of Riverdale but I should probably watch S2 right?!
I can’t turn my brain off at all…it’s impossible. 😫 I do NEED the break but like it’s so hard?! How do normal people slow down their brains hahahaha *dies* 😂😂
Season 2 started out pretty strong and I’m liking it a lot. I’m a big fan of the mood of the show. I’ll finish Daughter of the Burning City and see how it goes. I hope I end up enjoying it!!
Honestly I need to know if Archie’s dad is okay. 😭😭😭
So i enjoyed this post IMMENSELY.
NOVEMBER ACTUALLY FLEW BY WHAT THE HECKKKKKK. How is it already December? AND OBVIOUSLY, I VOTED FOR YOU in the book shimmy awards. YOU ARE MY FAVOURITE!! Aside from myself of course. hahahhaha
I still haven’t read TImekeeper…hahahahahahah. LIKE I NEED TO READ IT because the publishers sent me an e-copy of the second book and well…
I…hope you enjoy Love, Hate & Other Filters? Um.
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I mean sure it was #ownvoices book but I really REALLY didn’t appreciate the Muslim rep and felt some of it was so inaccurate and harmful. but hey, that’s just me. I just…SO MANY PEOPLE are giving this five stars and are like “This is the book all Muslim/Indian” teens need and sure maybe the Indian part (i’m not Indian myself so idk) but I honestly didn’t feel represented as a Muslim? So…? I’m looking forward to what you think of the book! (it’s not like people are completely ignoring my thoughts on the representation. mhmhmm.)
AND EVERYONE IS SCREAMING ABOUT FURYBORN so I obviously I voted for it! AND CONGRATS ON 35, 000 followers on INSTAGRAM. Your photos are addictingly pretty and I’m considering making an account just so that I can get a dose of your masterpieces.
I STILL HAVEN’T READ SIMON VS. KILL ME NOW. The trailer looks. SO. GOOD.
and YOUR BOOK YOUR BOOK YOUR BOOK (i’m dead i need it now)
I started watching Stranger Things. I KNOW I am abou 5000 years late and am only on episode 6, season ONE but hey IT IS A START.
AND I NEED TO FIND ABOUT MORE OF THIS SECRET PROJECT.
I love the snippets. I love your dog.
AND I WON NANOWRIMO. *dies* *realises I am already dead* THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME and I finished on the 30th and GOSH IT WAS STRESSFUL AND NOW I NEED 67 cakes *hint hint*
N’aww THANK YOU FOR VOTING!! *gives you cake* I always feel like a small nerd amongst like those big name booktubers. 😂😂 And omg you must try Timekeeper!! And SImon Vs!! SO MUCH READING WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ALL THIS TIME. (I mean, like living your life…pfft. Clearly ridiculous.) 😂
Aw I’m sad you didn’t like Love Hate and Other Filters! I totally get that sometimes it’s hard to read a book you should relate to but then don’t! I’ve had that happen. What I have to remind myself though is that when a book is #ownvoices and an experience I *should* relate to but then don’t — I have to remind myself that everyone has different experiences. That author’s experience isn’t invalid because it’s not mine. One minority experience is never going to encompass everyone. I’m sorry you feel your opinion is being ignored on the rep, but if the rep works for other teens, then isn’t that a good thing? 😔
And omg I need to watch Stranger Things S2. I’ve seen so many spoilers though already. WHY CAN’T PEOPLE NOT DO SPOILERS?!??? It’s only been out for a little while!!
My dog is EVIL and adorable and I love him.
FJADKSLD CONGRATS SO SO MUCH ON NANO. I’M SO PROUD OF YOU, KYOU INCREDIBLE BEAN!!! *gives you all the cakes of ever* 🎉🍰🎉🍰🎉🍰
*eats cake* I KNOW SO DESPICABLE OF ME. Why do I even care about LIFE when there is READING TO BE DONE?!?!?!? *scoffs*
Yep! I totally get what are you saying about not being represented in #ownvoices books and I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO UNDERMINE THE AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCES! It’s just…so HARD?! ANd yeah I’ve seen other Muslim teens enjoy it AND I AM SO GLAD FOR THAT! Thanks for saying that, I think I just caught up in all my own opinions and anger. Oops.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CAKE CAIT. WELL DONE ON DOING NANOWRIMO IN TWO DAYS!
READING > EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS IS THE OBVIOUS TRUTH!
Aw, no I totally get that it’s hard! I’ve gotten really upset at a book dealing with anxiety before, and I’d honestly have said it was a horrible rep. But then I learned the author had anxiety and TONS of people really related to it. So it’s like a thing I have to remember too that we can be under one minority umbrella but still experience it so different. (It’s honestly super hard?!? Don’t be too tough on yourself! I hope you find a book with Muslim rep that really hits home for you soon!)
Thank you sooo much Cait! this was such an eye-opening discussion! i guess it’s just difficult when you receive your first physical ARC and it’s an #ownvoices Muslim book and you can’t wait…and then it lets you down! Looking forward to your thoughts on it as well. I think it was a good book but not AMAZING
eh, i dumped nano to finish making christmas presents. and if you’re looking for something to do, take the opertunity to read eragon! it won’t disapoint! I promise! you can hit me with the book if its below 4 stars!
*regrets that*
*reminds self that book is amazing*
*desides to hide under pillows just in case*
Most crazily, ~Olive
I will NOT be hitting anyone with Eragon!! IT’S HUGE AND I WOULD SQUASH YOUR SMOL SELF!! 😂😂 I promise I’ll read it in 2018 okay?!😂
Stabby: Peaky Blinders
Funny: Brooklyn 99
I kind of half tried Peaky Blinders? I think it’ll be too slow for me. 🙈
I don’t know how you get so much stuff done every month! Sometimes it feels like I get out of bed and eat breakfast, and then a whole month is over. I followed you on Instagram because I finally have Instagram. I love your photos. Have a great December!
Honestly sometimes I feel that way about the month too.😂 Either i’m super productive or I just lie on the carpet and stare at my bookshelf for far too long. There is no in between.😂😂
aww thank you for the follow!! YOU ARE THE BEST. <3
1) You definitely deserve to be Shimmy.
2) Never change your profile picture.
3) The Good Place is amazing, stop making fun of it.
4) I’m assuming you’ve already boarded the Gilmore Girls/Parks and Recreation/Stranger Things trains?
5) I got somewhere around 10,000/11,000 words on my already-in-progress draft, but that’s the most I’ve probably written in a month and I got A LOT of plot stuff moving, so I’m not crying about it. Except the one time in the closet with the cookies.
6) And I’m trying to finish my last course for the year, YA Lit, which requires me to read 34 YA novels I’ve never read (How is this college?) from select genres plus the entire textbook and two other educational books (oh, that’s how it’s college). We shall see.
1) THANK YOU.
2) IF I did no one would know me, right?! It would be a tragedy.
3) I’m literally making my sister watch The Good Place which means I’m rewatching it which means I’m sitting here whingeing about it but I love it obviously.😂
4) I love Stranger Things! But I forgot about Parks and Rec! I should see if Australian Neflix has it?!
5) DUDE THAT’S A GRAND WORD COUNT I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!! Also living in dark corners with many cookies is a good way to exist.
6) Omg that sounds like an absolutely amazing requirement for your college course.
OKAY WHAT IS THAT QUOTE ON YOUR WALL THAT SAYS “THE SEA” AT THE END. is it a scorpio races quotes. Also SCORPIO RACES REREAD <3333333 I think I might reread it myself soon, as part of my battle plan to destroy my reading slump.
It’s actually NOT but I wish it was.😭😭So I just pretend so I can live my dream and be Sean Kendrick. 😂 REREAD IT, LISA. THERE IS ONLY A GOOD TIME TO REREAD IT.
CONGRATS ON NANO! I hope I’ll be able to do it one day but school. Ugh.
Netflix recs? I have too many 😂
GLOW: A bunch of badass ladies get roles in a show where they’re pro-wrestlers and there’s so much female friendship and the writing is great and super funny!
iZombie: A girl works at a morgue and helps solve murder cases. She’s also a zombie and has to deal with all the other zombies living is Seattle. The most underhyped show! It’s so funny and they have the best (stabby) villains of ever!
The OA: Kind of like an adult Stranger Things. Only one season (so far) about near death experiences and angry teenage boys and it will definitely give you more than a few existential crisises.
The Magicians: My favorite show ever and not nearly enough people watch it. Like Harry Potter but the characters are college aged and total snarky assholes. From one of Supernatural’s showrunners, it’s all around fantastic.
IZOMBIE IS THE BESTTTTTT!!! I’m obsessed with that show and I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEW SEASON!!! It’s pretty much zombie Veronica Mars, which means IT’S AMAZING!!! 😍
I’m so excited for season 4 as well! The cast has been hyping it up and calling it the best season yet, so I can’t wait!
REALLY??? I haven’t heard anything!! *immediately googles iZombie*
I can’t wait either!!
Eeep I hope you get to do NaNo one day too!! It’s not really a great time of year for a lot of people right?!
OH. I’ve heard of iZombie…that one really sounds like me honestly. And The OA has me immediately if it’s like Stranger Things…I adore Stranger things. 😍 And I want to see The Magicians but it’s not on Netflix Australia. 😭😭
Netflix Recommendation – Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. It may LOOK like a cheesy kids’ show, but it is awesome, and, well, sometimes you need the cheesiness.
Books to read before 2017 ends … all of them? Although, my brain keeps getting ahead of my and thinking that it’s already 2018 (though that would be awesome, I have some grand plans for 2018.)
Um, and YES! I did NaNo. I creamed it out in 17 days, which is also when I finished three years ago. But, since I’m working this year, and I wasn’t in 2014, I think I’ll say that this year was my record. I’m quite pleased with myself. Now to just make the last five chapters materialize.
I will look it up! Sometimes I do cheesey because the Good Place and Riverdale are both SO cheesy but I liked a lot of parts of them.😂
Omg your brain has already skipped forward to 2018?! Noooo! I totally am NOT ready for next year.😂 It’s going to be so full on. *collapses in a puddle*
CONGRATS ON WINNING NANO, YOU WRITING WONDER!!
EEEK!
Your months are so eventful? Like all I did was sit around and write. And sob uncontrollably. I honestly don’t know how I possibly won Nano. ACK that thor gif is freaking perfect.
oh and I neeeeeeeeeed that I am a unicorn writer please give it to me NOW. Added to my christmas list. XD
no netflix reccomendations here. I’m far too busy writing to watch TV. XD
I have a shortage of books?? Pretty much just waiting for Chrstmas so I can get a ton (aka too many) booksss. Omg my nano went so well. KIdding. But I won so that’s something??
HOW DO YOU DO IT IN 2 DAYS CAIT. EXPLAIN YOURSELF.
haha I know you already have BUT it’s not working!! XD jk
~Sam https://redheadwithabook.wordpress.com/
Writing and sobbing is also a great way to spend the month. I hope there was like cake in there as well? BECAUSE YAY FOR YOU WINNING NANO I’M CHEERING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW CONGRAAAAAATS!!!
(Also I’m usually too busy writing to watch TV so I hear you.😂)
Also a shortage of books is a true horror story so I hope that gets fixed soon. *panics quickly for you*
SPIDDEEEYYYY! I personally like Team Cap better, so am waiting for them to get together again so that Spiderman can be on the same team I like! 😭 In the movie, they said that Peter was 15, and I was like, “Hey! There’s finally an actor that’s in Marvel that’s close to my age!” Then I found out that Tom Holland is actually 19. So he’s also an adult? 😂 (Fun fact: that pic for the movie poster was taken when he fell asleep on set in between filming scenes 😂)
I totally voted for you. 😉
You might like The Flash. Lots of action and plot twists and jokes and it actually exercises my writerly mind muscles when I try and theorize stuff. (IT’S HARD) (my excuses for watching this show are good, you’ve gotta admit 😜) I mean, personally, I don’t agree with all the stuff they act like in there, but I’m there for the cool storyline. 😆
Omg I can’t stand Captain America hahhahaa so I’m all for Iron Man keeping his baby Spidey.😂 And I know right?! I’m excited they had a teenage superhero who actually LOOKED like a teenager even though he’s…like…not. I think he was 18 when they filmed though at least? (I didn’t know that about the poster that’s so awesome. HE’S SUCH A CUTE DORK.)
awww thank you for voting for me!!
Oh I’ve heard of The Flash! I haven’t seen any other DC movies though, do you think it would matter?
😆 I think I’m more Cap team because he was the first Marvel show I ever saw? idk. And yeessssss 😆
np 😃
Yeah, the TV series is like his backstory, but now I think it’s turned into its own storyline entirely? 😆 It won’t matter at all. The actors in the TV series and Justice League are actually two different guys. (From what it looks like, Justice League guy is more like teenage Spiderman than adult Flash)
It’s always so, so crazy to me when I see people stack furniture that high. Aren’t you afraid it’s going to tip over and kill you!?!?! Don’t you ever get earthquakes???
Bah, anyway, congrats on the copy-editing!! How exciting! I’m sure you’ll race through it in your sleep or something 😉
Also, I actually won NaNo this year!!! Looks like all the writing during the year really did pay off! The novel itself still isn’t completely finished, it probably needs another 10-13k, but let’s overlook that for now. Happy holidays!
Yes I totally think it’s going to fall over and kill me.😂 😂 But no to the earthquakes! Australia doesn’t ever get them, I don’t think? At least not that I know of hahah. I’m more scared of falling into it and knocking it over which I have…nearly…done…twice. Ahem. Let’s move on.
I’M SO NERDILY EXCITED TO EDIT IT’S SO AWESOME.
AHhh all the CONGRATS FOR WINNING NANO!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I hope you celebrated!!
I got netflix this month and I think you’d REALLY like Brooklyn Nine-Nine (funny and somewaht stabby) and maybe Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? My month was strange. I spent the first half living in a slum and now I’m panicking about PACKING UP MY WHOLE LIFE AND LEAVING INDIA AAAAAGH (but my books are almost all coming to nz so that’s good and I’m so excited for uni) I survived Nano! I’m not entirely happy (but considerably surprised) by the novel I wrote, but I feel faaaaairly good about it because I have some ideas for revision which is good. Unlike some of my other books I can actual handle the ploe (as in, it has one AND I know what the mystery is instead of never really solving it myself whoops) I want to read Words in Deep Blue and a buuuuunch of non-fiction before the end of the year!
A ton of people have said Brooklyn Nine Nine so I’m definitely going to check it out! I’m forcing my sister to watch The Good Place now so that will take me a little while.😂 Adn ohhh no I hate slumps. I feel sorry for you. 😭 ALSO MOVING OUT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL SO LIKE I CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE ANXIETIES THERE. Exciting but like so much change!! I hope the move goes well!!
And hey I think Nano is for writing things we mostly hate but are happy with the 4% of potential.😂
Congrats on the Book Shimmy nomination!! I was so excited when I saw you on there and was definitely one of the people who put your name in.
!!!!!! Every little bit I see about the “Love, Simon” movie makes me squeal. I CAN’T WAIT. It promises to be a really good, thoughtful adaptation.
Thanks so much for sharing Francina’s video. I totally agree with every point she made. In some ways it’s become easier to talk about hard, important topics, but in other ways, it’s become so much harder, especially if you’re not part of a certain community and don’t have personal experience with those topics. There’s got to be a happy medium, even if we haven’t found it yet.
THANKS, KATE!! I’M SO HONOURED.😂 I mean I know I was nominated last year but I don’t generally get past the semis so I just flail like a dorky nerd over here in my smol corner. 😂
I just hope they still have the blackmail part in Love Simon BUT OTHERWISE I’M SO FREAKING EXCITED. And I don’t even usually get hyped for movie adaptions!?? But this one and THUG just have me so keen, eep.
Honestly I’m terrified to even touch the topics that Francina does…I’m so in awe of how clearly and well she speaks and just every time I Watch her vlogs I spend the whole time nodding and then howling because I wish more people in the book community would listen instead of rant/attack like they do!?
Well I am currently on Series Two of Sherlock and it is funny (because everyone thinks John and Sherlock are GAYYYYYY for each other) and also mildly murdering (not necessarily stabby) because “We solve mysteries, I blog about it and he forgets his pants.”
And honestly, I don’t have any specific books to read, I just need to read 13 before the end of the year because 2017 READING CHALLENGE!
I did do NaNo and it went horribly because I didn’t even top 4.5k and i’m so proud….
I have seen Sherlock!! Except for the latest season? But it’s not on Netflix so I’m stuck haha.😂
GOOD LUCK FOR YOU AND YOUR 13 BOOKS I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! And honestly hey ANY NaNo words are better than none, right?!
Wow Cait, you read the Dream Thieves again. Wow. such a surprise.
XD That’s okay, I’m rereading the whole series because HONESTLY WHO CAN GET ENOUGH??? It’s like a drug. well then sign me up for rehab because DANG am I addicted.
I KNOW RIGHT. I like to shock everyone. It’s not like I even care about that series much. *shrugs* It’s just like…eh, whatever.
*reads it obsessively every year*
I VOTED FOR YOU! Because…duh, of course! xD And congratulations on your 1,500 adds on Goodreads – that’s absolutely amazing! (Although I’m not at all surprised!)
BTW I’m reading Renegades right now and I wish I got it after I read your review because we’re twinning yet again (surprise, surprise). I’m about 100 pages in and I feel like literally nothing has happened. 😭 It’s like it’s written by a completely different author than the one who wrote The Lunar Chronicles. What happened to the action and the spaceships and the banter? AND IKO?!? *cries in disappointment*
P.S. I noticed you added a link to your navigation bar for “Books” and I think I squealed a little.
AWW, ZOE YOU’RE LOVELY!! I am surprised about all the adds so fast hahah.😂 I’m so excited for everyone to finally read what I’ve been harping on about for so long omg.
Oh noooo I feel for you so bad with Renegades. Isn’t it like so boring?! I don’t even understand. The Lunar books were so fun and quirky and original and everything after has just been so bland.
(EEEEP, I SQUEAKED WHEN I PUT THAT UP. It doesn’t look very good yet but I’m working on it.😂)
I’d to drop NaNo because of real life stuff and since I’m my own person I will do my own version in December *delusional me is talking*
I read your review of The Thing with Feathers and, as an epileptic, I can totally relate to what you said. I’m quite open to tell other people my condition, also for safety reasons, but only with whom I feel that I will be friend. But also is not like I go around saying hi to everyone and adding my whole condition list. Just WTF.
Btw for this December I will try to read Golde Son, Siege and Storm, Cruel Prince, Prettyboy Must Die and THUg along with One Dark Throne
Aw, I hope you get to do some more writing in December then!! It’s always frustrating when NaNo doesn’t work out, but hey any writing is better than none right?!
Also I REALLY appreciate you telling me about your view on The Thing With Feathers. I’m not epileptic so I feel nervous/anxious about being so hard on it, but I do have a disability and it totally horrified me that people view that as their RIGHT to know 100% of the time? Like no. It can be a personal thing! And if we don’t want to tell people, we aren’t “liars”?!? I agree: wtf. I was so upset with that book.
OH GOLDEN SON! I’m rereading that trilogy in preparation for Iron Gold.😂 Also THUG is so so good. <3
The Blacklist is both funny and stabby!
Oh I shall look that up then!
Cait. You’re watching tv shows. I”M SO PROUD. I adore the Good Place; it’s quick and clever and funny and it doesn’t drag at all. THey burn through plotlines REALLY QUICKLY, but I feel like sometimes sitcoms especially stick to one plotline for two long and it starts to get a bit…dull. Also Chidi doesn’t deserve any of this.
Next tv show: WATCH WYNONNA EARP. It’s my favorite, Cait. MY FAVORITE. It does have longer episodes and I know you’ve said before that you have a hard time focusing on movies and tv shows because you get bored, but Wynonna Earp is great. I’m sure you’ve heard me screaming about it. It’s funny AND stabby with an actual diverse cast??? Who look like real people???. WITH QUEER GIRLS WHO ARE ACTUALLY TREATED WELL??????
Anyways, your NaNoWriMo schedule exhausts me just to think about. I don’t know how you do it. Or how you turn out something that you get snippets like that out of because I reread through my draft and I’m like oh. This is AWFUL. ALso, copyediting. ON YOUR REAL ACTUAL PUBLISHED BOOK. It’s so cool. SO COOL. Even if I keep calling it Tremolo in my head. And I have friends at a local bookstore and I told Holly, the head YA bookseller about it and she said she’ll keep an eye out for it.
I’M SO PROUD TOO!! I am actually making a huge effort to chill out.😂 It’s not working, but I’m trying?! And honestly Chidi deserves a wonderful life he is very precious and doesn’t deserve all the anxiety stomachaches. I’m forcing my sister to watch it now.😂
I hear you talking about Wyonna Earp so much?! WHY DIDN’T I THINK TO LOOK IT UP. Shame, Cait, shame. I’m going to go see if it’s on Netflix Australia!!
I swear my NaNo book is such trash I actually started crying about it.😂 2 snippets is the only thing I would dare show anyone of ever. Haha. I think it’s the outlining that keeps things semi-intelligent though?😂 Or luck.
(I KEEP CALLING IT TREMOLO TOO I CAN’T STOP!!😂 Also you are so lovely to tell your bookstore about it ahhh. I’m flailing!!)
Happy December! Sounds like you had a great November. 🙂 AND I VOTED FOR YOU!! I would have voted x394830948 times if I had that many different computers. Also, I’m so excited for your book can it just come now please?
AREN’T YOU LOVELY, OLIVIA. THANK YOU. <3 I feel like a smol dork amongst all those big booktubers, but it's kind of fun.😂😂
AHH I can't wait till I can talk more about my book afjdsklafd.
I’m sorry The Empress was so dissapointing. I was worried about that. And I thought The Goblins might not be your cup of tea….
I have Furyborn to read as well so hopefully this month!
Good luck with your break, haha. If you can keep it up. 😉
Bahah I don’t even know WHY I requested The Goblins. I thought it was YA to start with. *facepalm* But oh well. 😂 It did make me want to write about creepy forests someday though!
Isn’t Furyborn such an epic name though? I’m totally biased but it’s awesome.😂
Your sarcasm game is strong in this post and I love it. Also, I VOTED!! I hope my favorite wonderful, eccentric, intelligent, regal, dead pair of boots wins! And if it makes you feel better, I also have two book cases stacked on top of each other and I haven’t been squashed to death yet. Who knows what the books are plotting though. My tbr may really be out to get me and waiting for a moment to strike. *shifty eyes*
No Netflix recommendations from me. I just finished binging Stranger things which is amazingly creepy with smol precious boy nerds, but I’ll stop before I gush too much. The only other thing I’m trying to catch up on is Shadowhunters because my life is apparently lacking in drama and angst???? Magnus and Alec are still the best though! ❤️
Right now I’m finishing up Dividing Eden, which is honestly meh. Not a huge fan. But I’m going to be reading Reign of the Fallen next, which I’m super excited about because it sounds wonderfully stabby and awesome!
MY BOOTS APPRECIATE THE VOTE SO MUCH. (I’m laughing how I’m the only one with a dorky photo instead of a professional one. 😂😂My aesthetic.) And omg this is good news for both of us that our favourite hobby hasn’t killed us yet. I’M SURE WE’LL BE FINE. *edges carefully away from precariously balanced shelves*
Oh looved Stranger Things S1!! I’m going to watch S2 with my sister, but we’re accidentally watching The Good Place first.😂
Agh I still need to read Dividing Eden but I haven’t heard any good things so I’m unenthused. REIGH OF THE FALLEN IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
Have you ever watched Merlin? I’m super late to the game but I’m watching it now and the dynamic between the two leads is FANTASTIC (even though the magic and dialogue is kinda cheesy).
I haven’t but I want to!! I’m really sad it’s not on Netflix. 😭😭
It’s on American Neflix. Maybe they don’t have it in Australia. That’s sad 🙁
Nooooo I’m so annoyed!! I would really like to watch that.
I’m kind of disappointed that Renegades didn’t work out for you, but hopefully I’ll enjoy it.
After watching the Infinity War trailer, I just had to have a few minutes to take it all in. The trailer was too much to take in all at once. And now my brother has all these theories and I’m not prepared for all the deaths.
I’ve been watching Arrested Development on Netflix recently, so if you haven’t watched already then watch it! It’s so funny. Also Brooklyn Nine Nine is the best.
I really want to finish reading Before She Ignites before the year ends. It’s taking me a very long time to read it. It’s been very slow.
I hope you enjoy it too!! *fingers crossed* And omg like I don’t even understand the plot of Infinity War but the trailer looks so intense.😂
I’ve had a few people mention Brooklyn Nine Nine so I should definitely try it right?!
OMG I’m so excited for the Love, Simon movie I LOVE the actor that playing simon! (did you see him in Everything, Everything? SO cute!) Glad your finally able to get some tv watching in as well as reading. its seems nowadays I Netflix over reading ( I know I’m being a bad book blogger but blame Gossip Girl not me) Also congrats on finishing NaNoMo! YAY! Looks like you’ve had a very successful month! Happy reading 🙂
I haven’t seen Everything Everything yet because I have a few problems with the storyline and the kind of ableism undertones, buuuut, I also really love both actors in it so I might see it at some point.😂 And it’s like really nice to get in some TV watching?!? I’ve been reading/writing a LOT this year so I don’t feel too guilty watching Netflix.😂😂
The 100 is delightfully stabby! I feel like I can convince you one of these days? It’s my life goal, because apparently I aim low 😉 I cannot even with your NaNoing. I didn’t, we discussed this, and I think it was a good choice because this month hit me HARD, and I never would have finished and then I would have cried. No one wants that.
Also, your shelves look wildly unsafe, the mom in me needs to be sure they aren’t going to fall on you, so are they secured? Please? Dog is cute. So very cute. I feel like our book tastes are opposite this month, which is quite sad! I liked This Mortal Coil a lot, and while I didn’t like The Empress quite as much as The Diabolic, I still did like it- though I agree that it could have been a standalone. And Three Dark Crowns is my jam! AND I hated Half Lost, which you REloved hahah. That book makes me so stabby haha!
I am excited that you are in the EpicReads thingy again! I voted for you several times already, obviously. As my favorite boots though, it’s a special category. I kid, I kid. It must be SO amazing to be nominated for that! Also, love your new designs!! And I am excited about you editing your book too because, hello, it’s going to be REAL!
I NEED TO SEE THE 100 FOR SURE. Then I might be able to know what everyone is talking about.😂
And agh, I’m sorry it was a tough month for you though? *sends cake anyway* NaNo will treat you nicely one day!!
Also: total certainty those shelves are going to kill me.😂 I LIKE TO LIVE ON THE EDGE APPARENTLY. The trick is getting the vacuum cleaner in between all my shelves?
DUDE I LOVE HALF LOST SO MUCH MY HEART ACHES WITH LOVE FOR IT.😂 So I’ll leave you to The Mortal Coil and I’ll just cuddle Half Lost.😂
(AND THANK YOU FOR VOTING. <3 I'm like…kind of embarrassed that I'm always the one with boots and everyone looks professional. So me.) (Also how the heck do I get enough nominations to even get there!?? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I AM A SMALL SQUID.😂)
I only made it to 31,000 words for Nano, but I beat my personal best by 4,000 words so I guess that’s something. XD
And all the books I have to finish this month are The Mother-Daughter Book Club, Jane Eyre, All Fall Down, Daughter of the Pirate King, Ruby Red, Uprising, Atlantia and Shatter Me. I am going to be very busy. XD.
YAY HEATHER, I’M SO PROUD OF YOU!! *sends all the cake* Honestly any words are good progress, because they’re something to work off! (I also really need to read Daughter of the Pirate King.😂)
A long and wonderful post Cait!
I loved the mini reviews. It gave me some books to add to my tbr list.
Those designs!! they are sooo pretty.
Netflix reccos : Riverdale (it is going amazing right now)
What am I planning to read : Girls made of Snow and Glass, Turtles All The Way Down, Let It Snow…. but I have to add more books since i am 17 books away from 2017 goal! 🙁
Aww thank you!! I know these posts are way too long haha but I’m still unsure how to make them less. 😂 And Ahh, I need to watch S2 of Riverdale! I liked Season one! And Girls Made of Snow And Glass and also Turtles are all so good!!
I can’t understand why Amazon thinks it’s a good idea to remake the Lord of the Rings into a serie. It’s not like the Lord of the Rings movies were awful. I don’t know, why not pick something else? Speaking of movie! I didn’t read Simon VS the Homo Sapiens (yet!), but I’m so excited for the movie! 😍 Anyway, I’m here because I HAVE TO tell you: Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix! It’s more gory than stabby, but it’s fuuun! Perhaps you will have to cover your eyes through some scene, but nothing traumatic. I survived.
Oh, and congratulations on your book! 🎉 I didn’t get the chance to tell you yet.
I know right?! And they’re not even THAT old yet. *shakes head sadly* It’s insane. Make some new content, peoples. 😫😫
Eeep, I hope you get a chance to reread Simon Vs!! IT’S SO CUTE AND PRECIOUS. And I’ll definitely look up Santa Clarita Diet then!
So I told myself that after I finished NaNo I’d take a break from writing for the rest of the year as well, but for some reason, I literally just opened a project that’s practically BEGGING to be revised. So yay? Haha. I 100% understand the brain not turning off thing—mine does not either, and it’s the most infuriating thing EVER. Omg. But I am reading LORD OF SHADOWS and loving it because I seem to adore everything CC writes, and am mildly FREAKING OUT (in a good way?) about her new series, because as much as I love the Shadowhunter books (which is a lot) I’m super-psyched to see her branching out into different stories.
Omg I hear you so much.😂 Why is taking a break so hard?!? I’m like halfway through planning out this old book I want to rewrite. *facepalm* It’d be nice to take a break but ahhhh *collapses in a pile of self-inflicted work*
LORD OF SHADOWS IS BRILLIANT AND PAINFUL. GOOD LUCK.
I’ve been struggling to find stuff I actually want to watch on Netflix at the moment, I’m waiting for The Crown Season 2 to be released next week, I’ve been excited for that like all year. Stuff I’ve watched that I’ve really liked this year has been IZombie, Orphan Black, Reign, Land Girls, Have you ever watched Merlin? There’s magic and dragons and it’s really funny! My reading plans for December, I’m reading The Crown’s Fate at the moment, I have two e-ARCs to read, Beasts Made of Night and Chainbreaker & I’m hoping to read the second Lunar Chronicles book by the end of the month too. I’d also like to at least start the latest Throne of Glass book before the year is over. I did NaNo, didn’t finish, but I got over 44k so I’m pretty happy with that anyway.
Omg I forgot about The Crown. I kind of wanted to try that! And I waaaant to watch Merlin, but it’s not on Australian’s netflix? Disappointed so much agh. ALSO OMG I LOVE THE CROWN’S FATE, DO YOU LIKE IT!? It’s so magical. 😍😍
Also 44K is AWESOME for NaNo!! So much congrats!
Cait, do you know if your book is going to be available on Amazon? I really really want to read it, and I would have preordered it by now, but I order all my books off of Amazon, and it hasn’t showed up there yet…
So far I think it’s only coming out in the UK! I will give more news on that when I know for sure. So I think the ebook is on Amazon US, but otherwise it’s only on Book Depository and Amazon UK!
YESSS for finally buying Timekeeper, Cait! It’s so beautiful and lovely, although I am sad that the hardback of the sequel will not have the same design??? I need my books to MATCH, OKAY.
Also, I approve of your congrats on finishing NaNo present to yourself because I honestly think The Wicker King looks AMAZING AND DISTURNING AND WHY HASN’T MY LIBRARY SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING IT IS READY TO PICK UP YET?
I am so excited that you’re doing copy-edits! And that you have fun secrets to keep (and eventually share!). This author thing is happening for you so YAY 😀
I think you should use the beanbag thing or your chair? And not the tiny square of floor? YOUR BACK, CAIT.
Also, if you’re looking for Netflix shows I suggest Slasher (the most stabby thing I have ever watched; maybe google to see if suits you) and Alias Grace (which I only have ONE episode left of and HOW is it going to end???)!
I’M SO FREAKING EXCITED TO OWN IT AND I WANT TO PHOTOGRAPH IT ALL THE TIME. 😍😍 I also preordered Chainbreaker but hahah I can’t tell if the editions match? I assume they do because they’re the only hardcover editions? Anyway…nervousness waiting for it to come out. 😂 Also all Tara’s tweets are about making her characters suffer SO I’M CONCERNED. MY CLOCKWORK CHILDREN.
And eep, thanks about NaNo! It’s going to be a hot mess to edit but I’m also looking forward to it.😂My copy-edits were MUCH more fun haha.
Omg I know right? I need to get my life together with my writing space.😂
Oh I hadn’t heard of Slasher and Alias Grace! I will look them up! I’m currently forcing the smol sister to watch The Good Place with me!
I love your Instagram stories!! (And I will never forget the time that you wielded a knife).
AAAAAH, I’m so excited for your novel to come out… Will there be ARCs???? Please???????
Aww thanks, Lara!! I want to do more like my knife-wielding one but I can never think up ideas haha.😂😂
And I *think* there will be ARCs so if you live in the UK you can probably request to the publicists?
I’m exhausted just reading what you’ve been up to. I honestly don’t know how you do it, sitting in the tiny space to write I do because you’re pocked sized, but how do you find the energy? We’re all stoked for A Thousand Perfect Notes, it must be surreal to image you sitting on all our bookshelves. I’ve voted in the Book Shimmies. Honestly, if you don’t win this year I’ll personally riot. I’m not saying the others don’t deserve it but I’m sick of seeing the same over the top booktubers win shit.
Viva la smushy!
I must truly be pocket-sized….THE SECRET IS OUT. And honestly I just don’t have an off-switch. I’m one of those little vacuum cleaners that is broke and can’t turn off so I just keep running around the house screaming. It’s a good life.
AJfdalksd It’s so surreal to be copy editing!! I know I usually whine about edits but I LOVED this round.😂 It’s starting to look like a BOOK, Kelly. What is this world.
(And haha, I never make it past the semis for the Book Shimmy awards, but I’m honoured I even get THERE?! Like more than 2 people like me. This is amazing.)
I actually liked Renegades! I am a bit of a sucker for a couple of those tropes that are common in the superhero industry, but ADRIAN IS AMAZING AND THERE IS A FREAKING POWER SUCKING CHILD. AND IT’S A BIT GAY. So I’m happy with it. Marissa Meyer’s books are all beautiful and Heartless still is at the pinnacle of my list of favorite books.
Also: you start by saying MY TBR LIST IS OVERWHELMING and then later say that you are rereading books? I’m confused now.
My family is SO ANNOYED when I keep focusing on things I COULD BE WRITING when we’re on vacation, but our minds are similar: they never turn off of writing mode.
And what do you mean, only answering to “Gandalf?” *shifts eyes* I’ve NEVER done that before….
I’m super glad you liked Renegades!! I’ve been a bit disenchanted with Marissa Meyer’s work after Winter? I wasn’t even really keen on Winter *cries* But super glad you’re still a huge fan. (I admit, JEST WAS ADORABLE THOUGH.)
Writers’ minds are brilliant and cursed, let’s admit it.😂
Omg sorry to you, THE ONE TRUE GANDALF.
A PRINTED NOVEL IS EXTREMELY EXCITING!!!!!!! As for Netflix, I’ve been enjoying Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, because it’s funny and cheerful (although not a fan of the latest few episodes), and Shanti, our brother and I have been watching a few episodes of Brooklyn 99 every nights (it’s so funny yet also nice). There are so many books I want to read I think listing them will be too scary. I’m stuck between ‘I’m young and have all the time in the world’ and ‘I’m going to suddenly become a non reader uni student helllppp’ and then panicking. To be honest, I vaguely panic all the time. Also, yes, this is late, but in November I read 10 books and enjoyed most of them. 🙂 😀 Are copy edits fun or boring?
I’M SCREAMING JUST A BIT, SHAR. WHAT IS THIS FUN AND LOVELY WORLD.😂 Also I’ve had a ton of people recommend Brooklyn 99 and I’m totally going to try it because it sounds hilarious.😂
Eeep, I imagine uni is going to swallow quite a lot of time for you. Your TBR will probably start crying. I mean, mine is crying and I don’t even have uni to blame.😂
(Copy edits are NERVE WRACKING because there’s a lot of pressure to be catching these final mistakes!)
The panicking has already started. 😂
How about a big NO to The Thing with Feathers. I didn’t vote for a book because I don’t know any of them, but I am curious if Gray Wolf Island even SLIGHTLY lives up to that outrageous claim, lol.
I really need to watch The Good Place!
I miss the homemade coconut ice cream my dad and I used to make!
The panicking NEVER STOPS. It’s basically my entire aesthetic.
(And let’s hope Gray Wolf Island doesn’t let me down because I need some good books in my life.😂) I’m still raging at how entitled The Thing With Feathers was…like what the heck people need to just stop.
Also do watch The Good Place!! It’s so funny and I’ve actually watched it twice.😂
Umm…Mindhunter on Netflix is all about serial killers!! I am curious Misfits. I kind of love British shows, like Skins. 🙂 Congrats on your book by the way! I’m not sure I’ve told you that yet, but it’s very exciting!! I wish I was able to write/edit as quickly as you do. Man, that’s intense! LOL I hope you have a nice break, even if you are doing a million things still. 🙂 Spiderman Homecoming is amazing and i need to own it like now. I also need to get my own copy of Timekeeper because it’s awesome and I can’t wait for the sequel!! Also, The Wicker King is awesome.
-Lauren
AWW THANK YOU SO SO MUCH, LAUREN!! I’m so excited about this little book of mine too.😂I’ve waited so so long to share some of my writing with everyone!! IT’s nice being up to the stage where all the edits are just little tweaks too. Not too stressful.😂
Spiderman is ADORABLE and Timekeeper is also adorable and a little bit feels-thumping.😂
I love the snippets!
Also, coconut icecream! I was just thinking earlier today that I really want to make that. Homemade icecream is the best.
I love the way you do your recaps of the month :). So many interesting links to follow!
And of course I voted for you! Gladly just in time I think :).
AWW THANK YOU!! THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. <3
And coconut homemade ice cream is LIFE. We're planning on orange/chocolate this weekend and it's honestly all I'm living for.😂 Also thanks so so much for reading/enjoying this post. *sends you all the cake*
EEEEEKKKK!!!! What an awesome month you had and your new book just came out!!! I’m adding your book to my “books that need to be read ASAP” right now (well, right after I get off this page. Too much BOOK LOVING here!)
Aww you’re LOVELY!! My book isn’t out till June though. 😉 😂
Yessss it makes me so happy that you enjoyed Timekeeper! That’s one that I need to read because I requested it earlier this year, oops.
I VOTED FOR YOU OF COURSE. Why are your designs so beautiful though. Cait please lend me some of your writing power because somehow I’ve scared my WIP into submission.
Oh it’s soooo good!! I’m going to re-read it as soon as Chainbreaker is closer to release!! AND THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR ME. YOU ARE VERY NICE. <3
I will send you some of my extra words, yes?😂😂
Imagine how it felt for those of us who watched Misfits before Game of Thrones. Heartbreak and utter confusion.
Omg I hear you there. That would’ve been hard.😂
GHAHGAHGHAGHHA I HAVEN’T COMMENTED ON YOUR BLOG IN SO LONG, CAIT!! I miss it, talking to you ahaha. Anyways, copyedits for your book sound so amazing and fun but also extremely difficult?? I wish you the best of luck! I honestly cannot WAIT till your debut comes out aghahgag. 😍😍
Your Stories & texts & snippets are all hilarious (the snippets are so well-written too) omggg. And ooh, I’m so glad you enjoyed Wild Beauty! I want to read that one soooo bad but I’m holding off because I know a friend is getting the book for me for Christmas. I have no doubt that I’ll love it! And oh god, Renegades was such a disappointment?? It was so SLOOOOW. Glad you enjoyed Daughter of the Burning City! I personally found it boring, and Sorina didn’t have much of a personality to me, but I’m in the minority here. 😂
Congrats on winning NaNo in 2 days!! I’m just laugh-sobbing over here!! 😂😭😂😭 But I’m really happy I managed to hit 1K — even if it was on the last day ahaha. Hope you have a great December!
AHH HI MAY!!! I HOPE YOU’RE DOING WELL. 😀 And actually copy-edits are really not difficult.😂It’s mostly looking for typos…okay fine that’s actually really difficult because apparently I am the Typo Queen. *shakes head a self*
Oh I hope you like Wild Beauty! It’s really slow but just gorgeously aesthetic and ajfdklsad it just made me feel like running off to eat a moon and write magical realism. Goals for next year?!😂
Totally recommend ‘Mind Hunter’ or ‘Once Upon a Time.’
Both are so amazing! Take your pick – psychos trying to understand psychos or fairytales. LOL!
Oh I’ll look those up!! Thanks for the recs!
I’m glad you shared my view of This Mortal Coil. I wanted to like it so much but I just couldn’t get past how I’d seen the same plot in so many other YA dystopian novels. Also I love The Good Place, it’s such a great show to watch at the end of the day when you’re tired and don’t want to have to deal with anything.
I’m also glad you weren’t enamoured with This Mortal Coil.😂 I mean, I feel bad for saying that…but everyone is RAVING and I don’t get it?!? It was so cliche.