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December 15, 2014

Retrospect #50: December 14

December 15, 2014

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In My Life

Lately I’ve been so caught up with work, I don’t know which day of the week it is anymore. The only difference between weekends and weekdays is that I can approach my work more leisurely on weekends. Other than that, I’ve been extremely busy. This also explains this retrospect post on a Monday rather than Sunday.

On the Blog

Featured Elsewhere

Miss Bookiverse featured Word Revel on her blog, albeit in German. She basically started a new feature where she aims to show her latest discovery of book bloggers, bookstagrammers, book tubers etc. She discovered Word Revel via Instagram and I’m happy to know that she enjoys my Photography feature.

Book Reviews

In the past week I reviewed Shooting Yourself by Haje Jan Kamps. It’s a book on self-portraiture and while it wasn’t entirely what I expected, it was still a wonderful find. A definite recommendation for photography enthusiasts! I also reviewed Free to Fall by Lauren Miller. It’s a YA Sci-Fi book that revolves around complete reliance on smartphones and the potential repercussions.

Blog Posts

For all ye bibliophiles struggling with keeping on top of your TBR piles, I put together my Advanced Guide to Managing TBR Piles. I explained how to put exclusive shelves on Goodreads to good use and provided plenty of exclusive shelf ideas. There are 19 examples to be exact since I have 22 exclusive shelves and 3 of them were the default exclusive shelves that all Goodreads users have.

Bloggers & Blogging
  • Abria @ Bee Splendid listed the WordPress plugins she uses.
  • Jess @ My Reading Dress lamented that blog ideas strike at the oddest times.
  • Mel @ The Daily Prophecy reflected on how blogging changed her life.
  • Crini @ All About Books explained her bookish spreadsheet for 2015 and also made it downloadable for personal use.
Reviewing
  • Tabitha @ Not Yet Read engaged in a social experiment, trying to convince her loved ones to write book reviews. Her experiment bore mixed results, which she shared one her blog.
  • Rachel @ Fiktshun considered the term ‘compelling’ in book reviews.
  • Hazel @ Stay Bookish shared about her difficulty in expressing her love for particular books.

What do you most look forward to this week?
There is so much information that I come across each day, I sometimes find it hard to process it all. This is why I decided to post a weekly recap post of what’s been going on here on my blog and with me in general, in the blogosphere and also about books as a whole. Retrospect has been inspired by none other than the lovely Asti @ Oh, the Books! when she used to do her weekly Bookish Recaps on her original blog, A Bookish Heart.

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  1. Jess @My Reading Dress says

    December 16, 2014 at 21:31

    I can totally understand being swamped with work. Hopefully you get some rest soon, Joséphine! And thank you for the link to Crini’s post! I loved that and her system looks amazing!
    Jess @My Reading Dress recently posted Let Me Overwhelm You With TagsMy Profile

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  2. Missie says

    December 16, 2014 at 06:32

    The Free to Fall book sounds interesting, I will have to check it out!
    Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
    Enter my blog birthday giveaway!

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  3. Tabitha (Not Yet Read) says

    December 16, 2014 at 03:20

    Thanks for including me – I enjoyed your walkthrough on the exclusive shelves. I think I might have to break mine down even further now!
    Tabitha (Not Yet Read) recently posted The Twelve Nightmares Before Christmas: Nightmare 3 & GiveawayMy Profile

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