Sunday Salon: Newbie Edition

At This Moment// Watching the season finale of OITNB.

Happening// This week I launched this blog!! I appreciate all the love and shares I’ve been getting from April, the Steadfast Reader, and Monika at Lovely Bookshelf, my IRL pals who encouraged me to get started.

Feeling// I was a mixed bag of emotions this week. Early in the week I was deeply upset after not being selected for a job over which I’d been pining for the last couple of months. I was in full-on sad panda mode, avoiding the gym but not the potato chips. But I channeled my energy into getting my blog domain registered and my site all set up (with an ENORMOUS amount of help from Monika). It’s been a lot of fun and a great distraction. I also scored a pile of books when Monika and I attended a book swap this week. So, despite some bad news, I go into this week feeling pretty good.

11430329_10152869486181937_1826120427784460570_n

Reading// I’m working on The Undead Pool, Book 12 of The Hollows series. This particular series is special for me because Book 1 (Dead Witch Walking) was the first ARC I read. I also downloaded Blue by Kayce Stevens Hughlett from Netgalley and plan to start it this week.

061514SundaySalon_bbb

Writing// My thesis is the only thing that stands between me and my M.A. at this point. Fortunately, I’ve gathered 153 participants, which is fantastic considering I didn’t use a college student population. Now to actually start writing the document.