Author: Octavia

Read. Wait. Repeat. ~January 2015~

Happy Wednesday guys! A few weeks back we announced that we will no longer participate (formally) in Waiting on Wednesday. We’re still going to showcase our most anticipated reads, but now we’ll do it once a month on the first Wednesday of the month! Welcome to our first post in this new feature…. Our picks this […]

Posted January 21, 2015 by Octavia in Features & Spotlights / 0 Comments
Stop & Chat! ~Buddy Reading~

Stop & Chat! ~Buddy Reading~

It’s been a while since we chatted guys! I’ve been a busy mess but I am here with a topic I’ve been sitting on for AGES!!   Buddy Reads! I know this seems like an odd topic but I really just need to rant amongst my fellow book nerds! You see, I realized a while […]

Posted January 19, 2015 by Octavia in Features & Spotlights / 0 Comments

And The Survey Results Are In!!

A few weeks ago Shelly and I took a page out of Oh, The Books! book and asked our lovely followers to complete a survey telling us what they liked (and didn’t like) about RSR, how they follow the blog and overall suggestions and today the results are in! We actually learned a ton of […]

Posted January 9, 2015 by Octavia in Reviews / 0 Comments

On Creativity + Personal Posts

One of my resolutions this year was to write more personal posts. And I am the type of person who starts on my resolutions immediately. I followed a bunch of authors/literary agents/publishers/editors on Twitter. I caught up on my reviews and returned my library books in favour of personal books. I made a spreadsheet to keep […]

Posted January 5, 2015 by Octavia in Random Ramblings / 0 Comments
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

You’re not even going to give me a chance to explain are you?! You’re just going to come full force with your pitchforks and judgey faces?! Look I really REALLY liked Grave Mercy. It just didn’t blow me away or have me gripping the edge of my seat in suspense. I think this can easily […]

Posted January 5, 2015 by Octavia in Reviews / 0 Comments

2015 Challenges!!

2014 is just about over and you know what that means…time to announce what challenges we’ll be participating in for 2015! After talking to Shelly we’ve decided to tackle the following: Hannah over at So Obsessed tweeted about a possible “re-read” challenge and I had to jump on board! Re-reading is one of my all […]

Posted January 3, 2015 by Octavia in Challenges / 0 Comments

The Book Spending Debacle of 2014

I can’t believe 2014 is over! It’s been a year packed full of awesome highs and crappy lows but above all it was one full of some really awesome books! I decided to do this post separate from our recap survey thanks to my coworker that had the nerve to ask how much I spend on […]

Posted December 28, 2014 by Octavia in Random Ramblings / 0 Comments