Highlights Of December 2017

  
   So according to my calendar, tomorrow starts 2018.

   *squints at my calendar suspiciously* Nah, I don't trust it.

I took my ACT test, which was ... hard, but not too bad xD. But otherwise, this month was a whirlwind of fun - I love the holiday season so much! We did our usual traditional of making heaps of cards and cookies for neighbors (... and got sick the same day we made them, so those poor cookies never got handed out. I guess we'll have to try again later? xD), which is always lots of fun.

Christmas was a blast - full of lots of gift-opening and video chatting with relatives. And of course my sisters knew exactly which book to get me - a massive, gorgeous copy of Renegades by Marissa Meyer (which I promptly finished in two days ... oops?)! I love it <3. And it snowed a ton! I was very happy to have a white Christmas :D.

And since a lot of the month was taken up by Christmas break, December also involved a whole lot of just chilling, hanging out (and playing video games, which always involves laughing until we cry xD) with my siblings, and WRITING. So all in all, it was an amazing month to end 2017 with!

Well, I'm done with Asher Grey (which got renamed Forgotten)! But I didn't get terribly much actual writing done this month ... I'd say about 5k words worth of editing + random scribblings. But it was still a super fun, productive month!

And I also just hit 'send' on my Rooglewood writing contest entry about two hours ago, so WE SHALL SEE how that goes! Smol Asher Grey is no longer in my hands *cries because I miss working on it already*. I'm really excited, and I'm hoping that this will go better than the last time I entered a Rooglewood contest. Let us just say that my contest entry for the Sleeping Beauty contest was more than embarrassing. I cannot think about it *goes and hides in a Hobbit hole*.

But besides all of that - this was a great month for writing! It was epic to have so much time to just sit and edit. And now that I'm almost done with Forgotten, I'm starting to think about what I'll be working on after that, and my brain is whirring with ideas - which you guys will probably hear more about next month :D.

- Nightfall by Shannon Messenger..I'd been waiting to get my hands on Nightfall since it came out (I think I've kept up with this series since the third book, which means LOT OF WAITING for the next one!), and it didn't disappoint! Nightfall is a massive tome, and I finished it in maybe two days xD. It was a great read, and I'm giving it four stars. (also THE COVER. 'TIS BLUE. Of course I love it <3) 

- The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led The Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente. I was looking for a book to read around Christmas time that was kind of whimsical and nonsensical and all sorts of fun, so of COURSE I went with a book from this series! And I adored it as much as the first time I read the book, if not more - I might have to make reading this one in December a traditional! It gets a great big 4 1/2 stars <3.

- Eyes Wide Open by Ted Dekker. So I was reading the Circle series by Dekker ... but I got a little bored in the third book of the trilogy? I never ended up finishing it (I will! I will!), so I was a little unsure about starting another book by Ted Dekker. BUT Ariel (my sister) started reading it, and RAVED over it, which meant I had to read it, because when ARIEL raves over a book, it must be good. She's not a super bookish girl, so when she raves, I listen xD. And I actually ended up LOVING Eyes Wide Open - I can't wait to get the next book! A full four stars for this one.  

   And I would give you all my jumbled opinion on Renegades right here and now ... but I'm doing a review of it in a couple days, so you'll see all my scattered thoughts about that book quite soon!

- Evangeline Yackel posted about her book's characters and I AM DYING. I need this book pronto.

- Christine Smith shared snippets from her lovely novel, The Nether Isle, and they are GORGEOUS <3. (and she also DID A VLOG, so check that out, too!)

- The Song Of Leira cover reveal happened - and is it not the most beautiful thing? I love it!

 - Deborah O' Carroll shared snippets from The Siren And The Skyship, and OH <3.

- Abbie announced that she's going to be releasing an EP album in 2018, and am I excited or WHAT.

- The cover reveal for Worlds Beneath also happened, and IT IS STUNNING <3. 

   Also the finale for Bright Eyes is tomorrow? TOMORROW?? I can't decide whether to be excited, terrified, or dissolve into a smol puddle of tears - someone tell me what to do! xD

   A review for Renegades (which should be up in the next couple days!), and a best of 2017/year in review sort of things, and perhaps an interview with a special blogger? We shall see ;). But until then ...

HAVE AN EPIC NEW YEAR'S DAY, MY FRIENDS! I hope this year was a great one. <3


~ Savannah Grace 

who's ready for the Bright Eyes finale? 

did you get any books for Christmas? 

who's pumped for 2018? (ME. I think. but maybe I should be scared)