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I've always been someone who buys a lot of books. But I'm also still not able to buy as many books as I'd like to. Usually I'll get some money or have a gift card and buy a bunch and then not be able to buy any for a long time. I'll buy a book here or there from Amazon, but mostly that's it. I'm not constantly going to the bookstore the way other book bloggers always seem to. One reason for this is the fact that I live about an hour from the nearest book store.  Books can also be pretty expensive. Luckily YA books are generally cheaper than, say, literary fiction. This weekend, I went to the bookstore and picked up Lady Midnight  by Cassandra Clare. Normally YA hardbacks are about $18. It was only after I'd gotten to the register that I realized Lady Midnight is for some reason $25. I still bought it because I wanted to review it, but I almost didn't have enough money. This is why you haven't seen me doing any book hauls. I just don't hav...

I've recently allowed ads to be placed on my blog which I talked more about in the post before my most recent one. Bloggers can earn a small amount of money from ads on their blogs and that's ultimately my goal. But I think I only earn anything if someone actually clicks on the ad. So I was hoping that some of you might sometimes click on them and let the page load. That's all you have to do. You don't have to buy anything. Just click. It's also fine if you don't do this. I just wanted to let you guys know how this seems to work.

Today I received my financial aid package from the university other than my local one that was most likely to give me the most aid. And it still wasn't enough. This means that I'll almost definitely be staying in Birmingham for college. While my top choice school is all the way in Philadelphia, I'm not as bummed about staying in town ass I previously thought I would be. Over the past few months, I've been warming to the idea of staying in the city for college and now, having made this decision, I feel pretty good about it. I'll be able to keep my current job and be able to keep volunteering at the Birmingham Crisis Center. I also have a friend who will be going to the same college and another who might be my roommate next year, which is really exciting. This also allows me to graduate with as few student loans as possible. This may not be the most fun post with all the talk about money, but I'm excited! I graduate in 2 months and six days and prom is less th...

I know some bloggers bigger than I am work with companies and do promotional work they get paid to do. But I don't have a large enough readership to be contacted to do work like that. If I do, you will know when and if I've been paid to do something. While I haven't reached the point of making money from the blog that way, I have enabled AdSense which just means that sometimes ads will be on the sidebar or under posts. If you have adBlock enabled, then nothing will change for you and as someone who also sometimes uses adBlock, I don't blame you. There aren't very many of you (I appreciate every one of you) so it will take time for me to see any money from these ads, but I'm about to transition from being a broke high school student to being a broke college student and I could use all the help I can get. I hope your experience isn't impaired by the presence of ads and that you don't think less of me for putting ads on my blog. However, if you do feel ...

Unfortunately, my favorites are a little light this month, both because February is a short month and because I've been super busy (as always). Normally I would split my favorites into different categories, but this month I don't think I have enough to really do that. So here goes. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard Glass Sword is the sequel to Red Queen and I've absolutely been loving it. If you read my review, you know how much I loved Red Queen, but Glass Sword is, without a doubt, even better. It's better in every way. The writing in general is better because writers get better with practice, but I especially noticed a difference in the pacing. If you liked Red Queen , but weren't entirely sold on it, I would absolutely recommend picking up a copy of Glass Sword .  Here  by Alessia Cara One of my Valentine's day presents was an iTunes gift card and I'd been wanting to buy new music for a while, but didn't really know what I wanted to buy. The...