Blogoversary Day 5: Defining Moments

Welcome to Day 5 of my blogvesary celebration! It's been quite a year, and to celebrate, I've come up with a list of defining moments in my blogging expereince. Again, I have a giveaway below, so be sure to check it out! 

Thanks for stopping by.

1. Meeting amazing bloggers (in person and via twitter):

LAUREN @ The Housework can Wait
HANNA @ The Book Vortex
SHANNON @ Stalk in the Books
SHALENA @ Writer Quirk
MILLIE @ Millie D's Words
EILEEN @ **Singing and Reading in the Rain**
NIKKI @ Fiction Freak

2. Meeting amazing authors like: 

SARAH J. MAAS

STEPHANIE PERKINS (AHHH!)


MARISSA MEYER (EEE!)



THE LADIES OF PITCH DARK DAYS WINTER 2013 TOUR:
CYNTHIA HAND, BRODI ASTHON, TAHEREH MAFI, VERONICA ROSSIMARISSA MEYER 

  3. First ARC from publisher: 

The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson:: This ARC was TOTALLY unexpected, and I devoured it immediately. I will forever be grateful to HarperCollins for providing me my very first physical ARC for review.

4. First e-ARC for review: 

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry:: I admit, I just heard good things about PTL from early reviews, and it was up on netgalley. I requested, and was approved (much to my surprise). I was also surprised that I loved the book so much. I loved it so much, in fact, that I drove 3.5 hours to go to her book launch. Yeah. <3

5. Discovering new books: 

Some books I wouldn't have discovered without the blogger community: The Book Thief, Anna and the French Kiss, Shadow and Bone, The Fault in Our Stars, etc. Most of those ended up being a favorite of mine. Reading each and every one of these books, recommended and praised by other bloggers, was a defining moment.  

THANK YOU to my followers, my commenters, and all the friends I've made this past year. I look forward to seeing what the next year has in store. <333 I'll post a recap tomorrow, my blogoversary day. Be sure to enter the giveaway below, though!

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