February Craziness

Sooo...you may have noticed I've been a little absent the last few weeks on twitter and the blog. My life has taken a turn for the crazy this month, so I'll probably continue to be sporadic throughout February. Hopefully, some school and internship things will then settle down a bit so I can be more consistent. Sorry for the blog and twitter silence on some days, but I hope y'all will just bare with me this month until I can get things back on track. :D

Happy reading!

Holiday Break

Happy Holidays all! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season, regardless of which holiday(s) you celebrate (if any). I'm taking the time to catch up with family, friends, and my TBR pile :). For this reason,  the YA Book of the Day Blog and twitter will be quiet from now till the new year.

Happy reading!

Welcome!

Last week, I made a plea for a few fellow book lovers who were interested in writing reviews for the site. I'm happy to say I got some responses from truly great people who will be adding their reviews soon. Today, I'd like to introduce Emily, who will be posting the most regularly.

Emily Bedwell is a lover of all things written. She can quote Shakespeare and Maureen Johnson in the same sentence and not think a thing about it. All of her earliest memories involve reading books, writing stories and sharing those stories with others. When she was a teenager, all she wanted to do was read “grown up” books. Now that she’s an adult, she loves nothing more than sitting down with a YA book and getting lost in another time, another place or another world.

Let's all give Emily a huge and warm welcome! I've already read her first review, and let me tell you, it's good stuff. ;) You can reach her at reviewsbyemilyb [at] gmail [dot] com or @emilyrbedwell.

Over the next couple weeks, I'll introduce other reviewers and add a Biography page with all our information. If you are interested in become a reviewer, check out this post, and shoot me an email. 

August Posts

As some of you may know, I'm currently a graduate student in clinical psychology. Seeing as I'm towards the end of my program and only have a few more (HUGE) hurdles to jump through, I'm eager to get those over with (plus, let's be honest, time is running out). With that in mind, I'm officially declaring August as Finish-the-First-Draft-of-my-Dissertation Month.

So, what does this mean for you? Uh, it depends. I know I'm not going to be able to post five new recommendations every week, but I don't want to go silent either. Here are the options I'm currently considering:

1) Post whenever I have a chance, anywhere from 0-3 times per week.

2) Make it a YA Book of the Week for August, with me posting one book each week.

3) Make each week a series week. Each week I'll post about a series I'm in love with, posting about different books on different days. Depending on how long the series is, I could be posting everyday or posting just a few times a week.

Option three will have me posting the most, but it will be easier since I've already read the series books. Usually, I try not to post about books in a series too close together so interested parties have time to read it when I mention the first ones.

Thoughts?

PS - I'll still be keeping up with the giveaways.