My Expanding Bookshelf

The first Challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 Bookish Resolutions Challenge, hosted by Laura @  trips down imagination lane  and Michelle @  Because Reading . The challenge runs from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016 and you can sign up here before 1st March 2016. My 2016 resolutions are: Bookish resolutions Get Netgalley ratio up to 80% January - 57% Read 20 physical books I already owned prior to 1st January January - 2 Reread 5 books January - 0 Finish 6 series January - Finished/Up-to-date = 2 Reach my Goodreads goal this year (65 books) January - 8 Blogging resolutions Finish updating all blog posts to current layout January - A few updated this month Visit 4 blogs a week (not including memes) (by visit I mean comment on) January - 9 (Need to be better) Blog ahead - get to at least 6 weeks ahead January - 2 weeks ahead (I think...) Personal resolutions Start going to the gym again January - I'...

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share our news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

I've been blogging just under a year now and one thing (amongst many others) that has always conflicted me is DNF reviews. I'm never too sure how to deal with them. Luckily, I've only had two to contend with so far, but I'd be naive to think I'll finish every single book I pick up. On Goodreads, I don't even mark my DNF's as read because, in my view, it wasn't read. I gave up so why would I say I read a book if I didn't. I only attempted to read it. Of course, this means that I can't post these reviews on Goodreads. Source Because of this, I only post DNF reviews on my blog. And, of course, I still share links via Twitter and Facebook (and Netgalley if applicable). To me, (and I may be wrong) this means that there is less chance (probably not) of authors actually seeing these reviews. And I'm okay with this as I'm not cruelly waving all the things I didn't like in their faces. God knows what that does to an author...

Title: The Truth Author: Jeffry W. Johnston Published: 02/02/2016, Sourcebooks Fire Pages: 240 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 Lie, torture, kill - there's nothing Chris and Derek wouldn't do for their younger brothers... When Chris wakes up tied to a chair in a dark basement, he knows that he's trapped - and why. He shot and killed Derek's little brother. He had his reasons, but no matter how far Derek goes to uncover the truth about that night, Chris's story won't change. It can't. There is far too much at stake... Derek is desperate to prove his brother didn't deserve to die. And if kidnapping his brother's killer is the only way to the truth, then he'll go to extremes. But Chris's truth is far more dangerous than Derek could have imagined, and knowing could cost both their lives...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is a freebie. Therefore, I've decided (and I can't remember if I've done this before or not) to do my top ten series I NEED to start now! And there's slightly more than ten this week...

Title: Fangirl Author: Rainbow Rowell Published: 30/01/2014, Pan Macmillan Pages: 461 Source: Bought - Secondhand Format: Paperback Rating: 4.5/5 Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair any more - she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She's horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fanfiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life. Now Cath has to decide whether she's ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she's realizing that there's more to learn about love than she ever thought possible... A tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share our news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.