I definitely got some things accomplished this week compared to last week. This week I was super busy reading, reviewing, cleaning, and packing. I wanted to get through most of the books from my mom's library so that I wouldn't have to take them with me — but, alas, yesterday when I moved back to school I did have to pack the last two (Eighth Grade Bites and Ninth Grade Slays).I also packed up all of my review books (I think there three or four), the books I've won but have yet to read, and of course the books I'll be giving away here in the coming weeks — "My Name is Will ", "Dancing with Ana", and "Boy Toy".
This week I finished Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, and On the Bluffs. I also had an Author Interview with Nicole Barker (author of "Dancing with Ana"). I went from fourteen followers to 26! I am super excited — welcome everybody to my little world of madness!
This week I sent "On the Bluffs" off to Sheila.
I am all moved into the dorm as of yesterday and begin RA Training on Tuesday night. So I'm spending these few days with my best friends and enjoying my last bit of summer. This week my goal is to get through "Eighth Grade Bites" and "Ninth Grade Slays" and start "Frozen Tears". I'm not quite sure how much time I'll have for reading this week (and next) — but it'd be awesome if I could get all three of these finished in a week. I also have a surprise scheduled for Thursday — so stay tuned!
This week's Guest Review was "Suite Scarlett" by Megan from WriteMeg! If you're interested in submitting a Guest Review — please find out how.
Last (but definitely not least), it's official. I made it into the Harry Potter class. It was completely full and I was number four on the waitlist — but I didn't really expect three other people to drop out. So I emailed the new professor (it's her first semester teaching at the college level), and was like "Are you going to be accepting more than forty students?" If not, I'd completely understand — that's a lot of papers to grade for a new teacher! But it is my last semester to take a Lit class (I'll be student teaching in the Spring) and I need another Lit class to fulfill my Literature Specialization. I played it up that it was cool if she wasn't going to take more students, but I'd rather know now so that I can look into alternatives. She replied (a week later — but better late than never) sayin that since it was my last chance to take a Lit Course she'd sign my add slip right away! I'm super pumped! Very VERY excited. Best part — I don't have to purchase any more extremely overly expensive books because I already own the HP books (we will only be covering the first four though). I'll make sure to keep you all posted with what we talk about!:)
Happy Sunday everyone!
What did you finish this week?
OH and just a heads up — ignore my posts on Tuesday. I'm adding a 'box' to my side bars to help students find out the order of books in popular series (Harry Potter, House of Night, Blue Bloods, Sookie Stackhouse, Twilight). To you and I, many of these things are second nature. But to struggling readers, it might not be so obvious that Eclipse comes after New Moon. So I'll be posting several (probably five) of these posts — simply with the order of the books in the series — so that students who are unsure of which book to read next can find it quickly. Sorry for filling up your Reader — but it is necessary. Thank you for understanding. If you know of any other awesome series I should put down... please comment!:)