Highlights Of February 2018

 
   February is over, and we are apparently heading into the last month of the first quarter of 2018?

   Who condoned this madness.

The winter months are always pretty quiet for my family (which is normally fine by me because 1) time for reading 2) time for writing 3) SNOW SNOW SNOW oh wait I mean time for school work), and February was no different, just another great month in which we celebrated some birthdays, watched the icicles glitter like Christmas lights from the gutters, and I tried very hard to beat my siblings in the million card games we played during our free time xD.

And I got to work on blog designs for a few more people too, which was quite fun, I love doing blog design :D.

Writing? What writing? I've just been over here holding my breath until April 2nd arrives! (please don't trip on that unconscious being on the floor, it is me)

Alright, I'm kidding kind of. My brain has been churning out enough new story ideas that I'm being swamped! But I started plotting and zero-drafting a new-ish one this month that has been all sorts of fun (want to know which one? Well, go check out THIS POST - it's the story entitled The Chained Circus. It's a tough one to write, but I'm having a good time with it. Love/hate relationship, you know? xD). I think I've written about 10k words this month, so I'm pretty happy with that number! <3

At some point I should show you snippets - maybe do a whole post full of them? Let me know in the comments if this is something you'd like me to do!

 

Yeah, that's MUCH better than what I read last month, haha. And so many of those books were very good! Want to hear about them? 

- Allegiant by Veronica Roth. So I am very late in reading the last book in the Divergent trilogy ... but now that I have, I kinda wish I hadn't? I honestly liked the series a lot better when I had only read the first two books. The pace in this one was just too slow, and the characters were getting on my nerves. I honestly was planning on giving this book only 2 stars, but *highlight for spoilers* then Tris sacrificed herself, and I almost feel like her death made the book a teeny bit better? Or maybe it was because I was annoyed at her, I dunno *shrugs* *end of spoilers* but because of that, I nudged it up a little and gave it 2.5. So there's my take on that book.

- The Evaporation Of Sofi Snow by Mary Weber. After reading Shilo, I absolutely had to go back and read the first book in the duology over again. And guess what? When I first read this book, I only gave it 2.5 stars, but after reading Shilo Snow and then coming back, I'm giving it a 3.5. Because somehow this is one of them strange books that can get better as a reread xD.

- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I watched the Hunger Games movie for the first time last month, which meant that I badly needed to grab the book and reread it - because there's something in the book that the movie just didn't have. And a reread of this epic book has never disappointed me, so I'm giving it a shiny four stars again! I do not think my love for this book will ever die xD. 

I also reviewed Reclaiming Shilo Snow this month, so y'all can go check that out if you want more of my bookish thoughts ;).

Also, Mary Weber's book club started up this month (of course I joined it xD) and their first read was Renegades, so guess what author all of us book club people got to chat with as a part of that? Marissa Meyer! It was tons of fun to have her virtually there at the book club for half an hour (and I may or may not have felt a little starstruck because #majorfangirl xD) <3    

 
- Catching Fire. Because of course I couldn't stop after I watched Hunger Games last month! And Catching Fire was so. Good! I loved how they stayed pretty true to the book, it was all so epic. I'm going to give this one a shiny four stars! (and I may or may not have already rewatched some of it ... xD) 

- Alice Through The Looking Glass. So I didn't expect to actually like this movie - it seemed a little weird, but I thought I'd give it a shot - but I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would! The actress they picked for Alice was just perfect, and I loved the rest of the characters. Such a fun watch. I'd give this one four stars. 

- Mockingjay. AJSGLJHAGSLHSJK. So much love for the last two movie in the Hunger Games series <3. Personally, I think I preferred Mockingjay 1 (which I'm giving 4.5 stars) to Mockingjay 2 (which I'm giving 4 stars), because I wish they had ended Mockingjay 2 a little differently - but honestly, other than that I can't find much to complain about. I just love these movies so much. I probably could do a whole post about them, but for now I shall refrain from turning this monthly highlights post into a 'why The Hunger Games is epic' post xD.   

- The Sparticle Mystery (season one and two). So this was a random show that my sister and I stumbled upon when we were looking for something new to watch, and it actually was pretty good. The first season was better than the second, and the quality of the show wasn't the best - but the characters were good (<3), and the storyline was interesting, so I'm giving it three stars overall. 

 

- Victoria from Wanderer's Pen did a post on writing lessons from The Greatest Showman, which was seriously epic. (I'm still dying to watch that movie xD)

- Katie Grace did the bibliophile sweater tag and I CAN'T with her gorgeous book pictures <3. (she also did a hilarious post about all the cringe-y things that authors have put in their first novels that I joined in on. So much fun!)

- Rosalie from Penprints did a fangirl post about the Tales of Goldstone Wood which was incredibly fun to read, because I adore that series so much <3.

- Lisa did the epic Comp Title Challenge, and OH GRACIOUS do I need her books now or what.

- The beautiful award-winning novel Martin Hospitality turned one! So proud of that gorgeous work of art <3.

- The fabulous Audrey Caylin has become a freelance editor, so definitely go check out her services!

- Pursue Magazine revealed the cover for the next issue of their beautiful magazine - and my sisters almost died when they realized that Brennley Brown was on the front cover (needless to say, they are massive fans of The Voice xD)!

- Three EPIC books released just yesterday - The Traitor's Game and By A Charm and A Curse and Tess of The Road - all of which I am dying to read them all! The covers are GORGEOUS, and the stories look even more epic. Thus, my tbr list just got three books higher xD.

- Also, there's some very exciting releases coming up in March - Reclaiming Shilo Snow (a book that I thoroughly adore) and the movie of A Wrinkle In Time! I'm really curious to see if A Wrinkle In Time will be good because, contrary to popular opinion, I actually don't like A Wrinkle In Time? The book just ... didn't interest me that much when I read it awhile back. But maybe I'll give it another shot, what with the movie coming out and all ;). 

- The sequel to Renegades has a TITLE! And I cannot wait to be able to read Archenemies <3.  

 
Fun author interviews, an interview with an epic creator, a new edition to The Cliche Flip - there's tons of fun things that will be happening in March! (also, if there's ever an author/creator that YOU would like me to feature, shoot me their name and website over on my contact page, and I just might be able to make it happen!) I've got tons of fun stuff planned for the next month (*cough* plus something very special *cough*), and I can't wait to show you. 

   So - I'll see you in March, oh scribbling scribes! Keep being epic <3. 

~ Savannah Grace 

how was your February?

are you excited to see A Wrinkle In Time?

chat with me, my friends! <3