If you're reading this, I graduate high school today! I'm so happy to be done with 4 years of stress and am ready to start 4 more years of stress! But in all reality, I am looking forward to a new start in university.
What I Read:
The Mousetrap by: Agatha Christie: 4/5 stars
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by: Jenny Han: 5/5 stars
When Dimple Met Rishi by: Sandhya Menon: 5/5 stars
Death of a Salesman by: Arthur Miller: 4/5 stars
The Book of Air by: Joe Treasure: 4/5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by: Margret Atwood: 5/5 stars
Alex and Eliza by: Melissa De la Cruz: 4.5/5 stars
Favourite book: Always and Forever Lara Jean!!! I'm so upset that my favourite contemporary series is coming to a close and I know I will always turn back to it when I'm feeling down :((((
What I Blogged:
My favourite blog post this month was probably my review of The Virgin Suicides. I enjoyed ranting about the dangers of this book and I was happy to get out a lot of the disgusted feelings I had.
Favourite Blog Posts:
Ruzaika rants about How to Write a Problematic Book
Charlotte talks about Compulsive Skin Picking
Kate re-reads The Book Thief
Life Stuff:
Well, I had exams, and I survived four years of high school. It's kinda bittersweet because I don't typically enjoy change, but I do think I wasted away my high school years worrying too much about little things, and I really want to start fresh in university. How easy that'll be, I have no idea.
There are some changes coming to the blog for the next couple of months. All of July I'm going on vacation to Europe, so I will be limiting my posting to one post a week. My apologies if I'm kinda distant on commenting or on Twitter, or if I miss a week of posting, but I'll try to update when I can. I also won't be doing a July month in review, so August and July will probably be combined.
Speaking of August, I'm not sure how much I'll be posting then either. I have a lot of things going on that month as well, such as my driving exam that HOPEFULLY I will pass, as well as other things. If I miss a week of posting, again, please don't be alarmed.
I don't know what September will bring. Moving into university and my first semester of my first year could go very bad or very good, but I hope I can keep this blog up during my University years. I will try my best, and I'm sure I'll be able to pull through. This is gonna be a crazy journey :)
All this being said, how was your month? Are you guys done school?
Emily @ Paperback Princess
Looks like you've had an awesome month for reading! So glad you enjoyed Always and Forever and When Dimple, I've been looking forward to those two for what feels like eternities. Big congrats on graduating! Enjoy Europe, Emily, I hope you come back with lots of pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brooklyn! You have got to read both of those books, they're fabulous! I will definitely take lots of pics :)
DeleteGood luck with whatever comes next! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Cee :)
DeleteI'm sure we're both going to have great first year's at uni! Purely because we get to study something we've chosen and therefore have an interest in :) I was just sent The Book of Air to review and I'll actually be hosting a Q+A with the author! Pleased to see you enjoyed it so I hope I will too! And if you're worried about missing posts, you can schedule them to post automatically if you've got them written up already: just set the date and time before hitting publish.
ReplyDeleteThanks Charlotte! Hopefully we'll both have an awesome time :) I hope you enjoy The Book of Air! I have been scheduling some posts, but I got really overwhelmed with having to write so many so I thought it would be wise to skip a few days lol :)
Deletewowww, it seems like the rest of the year will come with a lot of changes for you, emily! i wish you all the luck to go through that. but, for now, i hope you have a lovely summer!
ReplyDeletei'm glad you've also enjoyed always and forever, lara jean. i also feel like it will be the perfect read, for whenever i'm feeling down. this series can instantly make me feel better!
i hope you enjoy your upcoming trips and have a great july! :)
Haha yes! It's kinda scary but also quite exciting. Thanks Lais! I will definitely bring the Lara Jean series around with me wherever I go haha.
DeleteCongrats on graduating from high school! What do you plan on studying in college? Girl, we will not blame you if you disappear. College is tough, and balancing everything on top of blogging is hard, believe me, that's my current struggle. Focus on what's important and we will always be here when you have time.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sierra <3 I know it will be hard but all we can do is do what is right for us. I'll be studying English and Creative Writing, something that I've always taken quite an interest in, haha!
DeleteI'm still very, very, VERY sad that Lara Jean ended- I'm so not ready to say goodbye to those adorbsable characters omg. I'm glad you enjoyed it too though!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on enduring 4 years of high school, and good luck with college and everything else! <3 Also, thanks for the shoutout, Em :))
I know :((( it's so upsetting! Thanks Ruzaika :)
DeleteCongrats on graduating!! So glad you loved When Dimple Met Rishi - I'm dying to read that one :)
ReplyDeleteHope you have fantastic July, Emily, and all the best for university!
Amy @ A Magical World Of Words
Thanks Amy! I hope you love WDMR :)
DeleteCongratulations Emily!! I started my postgrad this month and boy I've been busy! While Undergraduate degree was pretty awesome and I had a lot of free time, it's been just one week into postgrad and I'm already so exhausted! Only today I managed to get stuff scheduled and got some reading done! I hope you do find the time to blog during your Uni years :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Uma! I wish you good luck with your degree as well! :)
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