Samplers: What I'm excited for

So, today's post is a bit different to others that I've done - it's a bit short, and it's a post about the titles that I'm most excited for out of the samplers I picked up at YALC.

As you can see below, I got quite a few samplers in my time at YALC this year, and I've read through them all and come up with a list of which ones I will be buying when they come out!

(if you have any questions about any of the samplers or even the books I got at YALC, comment below or tweet me)

I've included release dates for anyone interested too, and Goodreads pages if available. Without further ado, this is my list of books I'm excited for!

1. Havenfall by Sara Holland - out 3rd March 2020 (my birthday so this'll be a nice present!)
2. The Library at the End of the Earth by S. M. Wilson - out April 2020
3. Devil Darling Spy by Matt Killeen - out March 2020 (another for my birthday month, I'll be spoiled!)
4. The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna - out July 2020
5. Wicked Kindred by L. A. Weatherly - out September 2020
6. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - out October 2019
7. Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan - out October 2019
8. Tears of Frost by Bree Barton - out November 2019
9. Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury - out March 2020 (and another for my birthday month, wowza)
10. Blood Heir by Amelie Web Zhao - out November 2019

Of course, there are so many more books I'm excited for, and I'm sure there will be many more I don't know about that I'll get excited for, but these are the 10 that really called to me out of all of the samplers I picked up (I, of course, did not add Queen of Nothing to this because it's one of the more obvious books that I can't wait for and loved the sampler)

Only two of these don't have a Goodreads page (from what I could find) but, if you can get a hold of it both number 2 and number 5 are in the Usborne sampler booklet, which is well worth a read.

If you can think of any other books that I may be interested in, please comment below so I can add them to my list and my Goodreads ready for when they come out!

Blogger Recognition Award!

Rebecca (the amazing girl that she is) was the one that tagged me for this award, so many thankyou's to her! You can find her HERE.

I know that a few people that I tag in this post will probably already have been nominated for this/posted their version of this, but I'm still going to tag them, as they're all amazing individuals that you should check out!

Anyways, here are the rules:

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.

2. Write a post to show your award.

3. Give a brief story of how your blog started.

4. Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.

5. Select 15 other bloggers you want to give this award to.

6. Comment on each blog and let them know you have nominated them & provide the link to the post you created.

How My Blog Started:

Well, as you may be able to tell, my blog is relatively new! In fact, it's barely a week old so far! But, I admit, I was following a few different book bloggers on Twitter, and I always thought, hey, I read a lot, why don't I make a book blog myself?

Of course, I never did act on these thoughts until it came round to a 24hr read-athon from Zoe at No Safer Place. She was so nice and interactive, and a special guest post about new bloggers made me decide to finally do my own book blog.

Then, my little idea bloomed from there!

Advice for New Bloggers:

1. Use social media. My blog mainly started on Twitter. And that is where I get most of my interactions from all the other bloggers and where I get my followers. I've even already had a few authors/publicists get in touch about reading their books, even after just a week of blogging! Also, Instagram can be very useful, I've been very popular on there, even though I'm not the best photographer. 

Most of all though, if you're using social media, use Hashtags. Some may think I'm hashtag crazy, but I think it really gets you out there on both twitter and instagram! And I think that is where I manage to get most of my page views from. So, yeah, use hashtags if you can!

2. Interact! I didn't have much interest from other people until I started to interact with other bloggers, and when I did it made being a bookblogger so much more fun! I even joined in things like the Sunday YA chat on Twitter, and I'm planning on joining in on many more of these discussions as I met some lovely people. Plus, if you interact with others, they'll interact with you more and it helps build up your confidence so much!

Essentially, use social media, especially Twitter, it's really helped me so far!

Here are my bloggers I suggest taking a look at, they're awesome and so friendly and I'm sure you'll love them (click on names to go to their blogs)!

Zoe - No Safer Place

Amy - Golden Books Girl

Liv - That Fiction Life

Elise - Roaming Reader

Eldrid - Bibliophilic Fox

Books and Belle

Danielle - Danielle's Book Reviews

Charlotte - Charlotte, Somewhere

I know I'm meant to do 15 blogs, and there are some many other lovely people I'd love to tag but I'd be here forever! These are only a few of the lovely people I've got to know in the bookblogger community!