Weekly Wrap-Up (#41)

What’s Happening With Me This Week:

Right now I’m actually on vacation with my Dad! We’re in Bar Harbor, Maine visiting Acadia National Park and it’s gorgeous here.

Books I Finished This Week:

1. Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
2. Strange and Ever After (Something Strange and Deadly #3) by Susan Dennard
3. Sun Poisoned (Sunshine #2) by Nikki Rae
4. Sun Damage (Sunshine #3) by Nikki Rae

 

Awesome Posts from Other Bloggers:

Books & Authors:

• Bitches with Books muses about the 5 fantasy worlds she’d like to live in
• The Librarian Who Doesn’t Say Shhh tells us about her book-buying process
• Boricuan Bookworms talks about book-to-movie adaptations
• Lillian @ Books for a Delicate Eternity discusses preordering and price bargaining
• Book Munchies wants to know how you shelve your books
• Lit Up Review recommends 10 books about sports
• Rinn Reads distinguishes the difference between Teen Fiction and Young Adult Fiction
• Fluffy Reads tells us what to do when you love a book

Reading & Characters:

• So Obsessed With shares a beautiful post entitled “On Cultivated a Curiosity for Stories”
• Rinn Reads tells us about her favorite elements of fantasy fiction
• Books: A True Story asks how you deal with racism in classic novels
• Read Me Away confesses that she likes whiny characters

Blogging & Reviewing:

• Not Yet Read lets us know how Goodreads calculates top reviewer rankings

Other:

• I Read, Ergo I Write debuts her new feature in which she showcases fan art and their artists
• Pages Unbound raves about the advantages of the library

 

Giveaways!

New:

• Tempest Books — ARC of Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard (US only) (ends July 14th)
• The Midnight Garden — ARCs of The Young Elites, This Shattered World, The Iron Trial, The Young World & Ashes to Ashes (US only) (ends July 31st)
• The Midnight Garden — Heir of Fire tote & swag (Non-US only) (ends July 31st)
• Effortlessly Reading — Signed & personalized copy of any Sarah J. Maas book, including Heir of Fire (INT) (ends August 31st)
• Jenna Does Books — Kindle Fire HD 7″ tablet (INT) (ends July 24th)
• The Mile-Long Bookshelf — Signed copy of Eleanor & Park (UK/Ireland only) (ends July 12th)
• Books of Amber — The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (INT) (ends July 31st)
• On Starships and Dragon Wings — ARCs of The Kiss of Deception, Dearest, Lies in the Dust, and The Mime Order sampler (US only) (ends July 18th)
• I Heart YA Fiction — Love Letters to the Dead (US only) (ends July 20th)
• Readers Live a Thousand Lives — Lux: Beginnings by Jennifer L. Armentrout (US only) (ends July 20th)
• Pretty Little Pages — $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card (INT) (ends July 20th)
• Live to Read, Love to Read — Signed ARC of Heir of Fire (INT) (ends July 20th)
• So Obsessed With — After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (US/CA only) (ends July 14th)
• These Paper Hearts — Signed Ruin and Rising & Fierce Reads swag (US only) (ends July 20th)
• These Paper Hearts — Custom blog design for Blogger or Tweak Me WordPress theme users (INT) (ends July 20th)
• The Thousand Lives — $20 Book Depository (INT) (ends July 31st)
• @TheNovelHermit — When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney & signed Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas (US only) (ends July 13th 9pm PST)
• Reading Teen — Pile of ARCs (US only) (ends July 16th)

Reposted from Previous Week(s):

• Me and Reading — Kindle Fire (INT) (ends July 31st)
• Moonlight Library — $20 book of choice (INT) (ends July 31st)
• Effortlessly Reading — New release with a pretty cover (INT) (ends July 14th)
• Pink Polka Dot Book Blog — New release with a pretty cover (INT) (ends July 14th)
• Xpresso Reads — Cover Madness Giveaway Hop Host (1 giveaway and a link-up with 48 more giveaways!) (INT) (ends July 14th)
• Ventureadlaxre — Pantomime & Shadowplay by Laura Lam (INT) (ends July 19th)
• Little Book Star — 3 books from the pile (INT) (RT & follow by July 20th)
• Jenna Does Books — Landline by Rainbow Rowell (US only) (ends July 11th)
• Jellyfish Reads — Signed ARC of Fan Art by Sarah Tregay (US/CA) (ends July 14th)