Unfortunately here is another year that I couldn't make it to BEA :( Living in Texas and going to NYC is a bit too far for me. Especially going by myself. I just couldn't make the leap to do it. Next year tho I am MAKING my mom go. She'll be retired by then so it'll be ok lol But ANYWAYS, since I can't go, I will be bringing BEA to me.... And my armchair lol
EXPANDING BLOGGING HORIZONS
I'm not super huge on designing, so my backgrounds are usually premade. I'm more creative and try to strive to have new innovative bloggy type things. For instance, here's a feature that I began last year: Beyond the Book!
I mentioned this feature in my first Armchair BEA post. It basically features some of my favorite books, but me doing something to go beyond just reading it's pages. Sometimes it's personal, other times its just something fun! My favorite personal ones are the ones I did one about my real life womances after reading Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor, one that shows what my happy looks like after I read This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith, and another that shows y'all how big of a nerd I am after I read The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller! Some of my faorite fun ones where I told yall about what would be in my fear landscape from Divergent by Veronica Roth, how to change a tire after reading about Rachel in Crash Into You by Katie McGarry, and bookish things that make me panic after reading Panic by Lauren Oliver! When I go to signings and things, I find myself putting the recaps in this category as well as pairing books with other things.
It may be based off books, but it keeps my creative juices flowing and it serves as a way for my followers to know a little more about me. Even if it is only small tidbits. I run my Beyond the Book posts on Mondays! If you can think of a way to go beyond the book or just want to see what I have thought of for the next week, come by and see!
NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES
My favorite type of novels are companion series. I like them because I love for each charcter to have their own story, but I also want to see what other characters are doing in the future or have been doing in the past. Which is why I love novellas. They usually center on one character and talk about their past or into their future. But unfortunately, there are only a few that I have read. I can't stand spoilers or even just to be teased and I don't want to know what happened before I read the book.
The ones I've read and enjoyed are: No Place Like Oz by Danielle Paige, Glitches by Marissa Meyer, and The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer.
Some that I still want to read are: The Little Android by Marissa Meyer, The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens, and Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades.
The ones I've read I had to read EXACTLY in order, or else I never get to it. The ones I haven't read I read the first real book in the series first and I just never got to it. I promise I will one day. I refuse to miss ANYTHING written by Marissa Meyer!
What have you done to expand your blogging horizons?
What novellas and short stories have you read?
Which ones should I read?!
Join me tomorrow to see my GIVEAWAY and me stepping out of my reading comfort zone!