I just wanted to make a quick announcement to let you know that BookSass has officially moved! I've been playing around with the idea of moving BookSass to WordPress for a while now, and I've finally done it. The new link is booksassbookblog.wordpress.com and I will only be posting there from now on.
So why did I decide to move?
There are a few features WordPress offers that unfortunately, you just don't get with Blogger. And while I've been very pleased with how I've grown on this platform, I'm very excited to see how I continue to grow on WordPress. From what I've noticed, WordPress is more commonly used and, it seems, the more popular blogging host. WordPress also offers a more detailed look at your blog's statistics than Blogger currently does. I have experienced a bit of a learning curve in trying to figure out how to use WordPress, but I'm pleased with the results, and I hope you will all come with me to the new blog!
July 14, 2018
July 11, 2018
Top 5 Wednesday: Future Classics
Top 5 Wednesday (T5W) is a weekly meme created by Lainey (gingerreadslainey) and hosted by Sam (ThoughtsOnTomes). Learn more by checking out the Goodreads group here.
The topic for today is "Future Classics", so here's a handful of books I think will be just as well known in the decades to come.
The topic for today is "Future Classics", so here's a handful of books I think will be just as well known in the decades to come.
July 8, 2018
2018 Bookish Goals 6-Month Check-In
Today I'm doing a post to check-in on my bookish goals for 2018. I never did a post at the beginning of the year to announce what those goals were so this will all be new information to anyone reading this post, but at the end of the year, I'll have this post to refer back to when I wrap up my bookish goals for the entire year.
READING GOALS:
✿ Those are my goals for 2018, do you have any? Subscribe to BookSass for more bookish goodness and thanks for reading!
READING GOALS:
- Read 100 books total - On Goodreads, you can set a reading goal for the number of books you want to read in a calendar year. Goodreads is a pretty handy way to keep track of where you're at in your goal as the goal tracker can calculate how many books ahead or behind your goal you are. I set my goal to 100 and as I'm writing this post I am 25 books ahead of schedule. If I can keep up this momentum, I should end the year well above my goal.
- 100 Women Writers - In order to make sure I'm reading more women writers, I have a list of 100 which I would like to read works from. I don't expect to complete this challenge this year, but I did want to make progress on it. I have a post on this where I track my progress, linked here.
- Continue with series' I've started - I have a pretty bad habit of starting series, but not continuing with them or finishing them. I have a post with the list of series I've started (linked here) and one of my goals this year is to continue with some of the series and possibly finish a few others.
- Decrease number of owned TBR books - While using the KonMari method to purge my book collection, I decided to come up with a way to force myself to finally get through my owned TBR books. I explain this further in my KonMari post (linked here), but basically, my goal is to cut my owned TBR books in at least half. At the start of the year, I had around 60 unread books, so I'm hoping to get that under 30 by the end of 2018.
- Reading women year-long challenge - The Reading Women challenge is similar to the 100 Women Writers Challenge in that both make it a goal to read more women. However, the Reading Women challenge is year-long and has prompts to help you pick which books you'll read. I have an updated post on this as well, linked here.
- BookRiot read harder challenge - I do this challenge every year. It's a fun way to read outside of your comfort zone.
- Read 1 Shakespeare play a month - This goal is fairly self-explanatory. So far, I've kept up with this and I'm really enjoying it.
SOCIAL MEDIA GOALS:
- Start a blog - So obviously I've accomplished this goal. I did have specific things I wanted to do with this blog that I'll get into. Initially, I wanted to post once a week, but this has turned into twice as I've begun doing Top 5 Wednesday posts. Though this will be changing again as I plan to start doing weekly reviews on Fridays.
- Post 1 book review a month - I've followed this for the most part. There was one month I didn't have a review, but I made up for it by posting two the next month. Again, I'm hoping to post weekly reviews soon. I'm also hoping to diversify the types of book I'm reviewing and review books from different genres and at least one book by a woman every month.
- Start a bookstagram - I've also done this (linked here) and post 3-4 times a week, which is what I had hoped to be doing.
- Start a booktube channel - Clearly, I wanted to dive fully into the online book community. This is something I've been wanting to do forever, and I'm currently working on it. When I start my channel, I hope to upload weekly, with one video a month being a review.
✿ Those are my goals for 2018, do you have any? Subscribe to BookSass for more bookish goodness and thanks for reading!
July 4, 2018
Top 5 Wednesday: Best Books You've Read So Far in 2018
Top 5 Wednesday (T5W) is a weekly meme created by Lainey (gingerreadslainey) and hosted by Sam (ThoughtsOnTomes). Learn more by checking out the Goodreads group here.
Today I get to talk about a few of the best books I've read so far this year. I've read so many good books that this was actually a bit of a challenge to narrow them down.
Today I get to talk about a few of the best books I've read so far this year. I've read so many good books that this was actually a bit of a challenge to narrow them down.
July 1, 2018
June Wrap Up
June was an incredibly busy month for me. I'm still prepping for a move and all the craziness that comes with that. I also participated in the cramathon and Book Riot's #riotgram challenge. I read a total of 14 books, published 8 blog posts, and started working on a secret something that you may be seeing soon.
BOOKS WRAP UP:
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli
My Rating: ★★★★★
This is an account of Nyiszli's experience working under Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Because of Nyiszli's position at this camp, there isn't much information given about what life was like in the camp for the average prisoner, but this is the only book I've read on the Holocaust that gives a clear description of how the exterminations took place. I think this is a must-read piece of Holocaust literature if you're looking to learn more about how Auschwitz-Birkenau operated and the attitudes of the camp's leaders towards prisoners.
BOOKS WRAP UP:
My Rating: ★★★★★
This is an account of Nyiszli's experience working under Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Because of Nyiszli's position at this camp, there isn't much information given about what life was like in the camp for the average prisoner, but this is the only book I've read on the Holocaust that gives a clear description of how the exterminations took place. I think this is a must-read piece of Holocaust literature if you're looking to learn more about how Auschwitz-Birkenau operated and the attitudes of the camp's leaders towards prisoners.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
My Rating: ★★★★★
Full review for this coming soon. To make a very long story short, I absolutely loved this. I already know this will be one of my top 5 favorite reads from this year and if you've been thinking about reading it, I highly recommend you do so.
Full review for this coming soon. To make a very long story short, I absolutely loved this. I already know this will be one of my top 5 favorite reads from this year and if you've been thinking about reading it, I highly recommend you do so.
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