April: Return from Radio Silence

Hello Sweeties! 

Forgive me for abandoning you for a month and a half.  Things have been rather hectic and not all the best for me the last month and change.  A depression spiral, and my slow, perpetual return to the light has been a struggle.  However, I am back, not fully into the light, but better than I have been the last few weeks.  This month's reading has been slim, but otherwise decent reads.  

WHAT I'VE READ:

1. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
2. Locked Inside by Annette Mori
3. Slathbog's Gold (Adventurer's Wanted #1) by M.L. Forman
4. Just One Day (Just One Day #1) by Gayle Forman
5. Independent Study (The Testing #2) by Joelle Charbonneau
6. Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) by Leigh Bardugo

Beyond that, the month has been fairly calm aside from various little things that rear their ugly head to simply drive me absolutely crazy.  My hope, my sincere hope, is that with me now bullet journalling, and forcing myself to keep better track of things I will stop allowing the things that I love to be set aside in favor of staring at the screen and doing nothing.  

My intent over the coming months is to turn the months that remain in 2016 into something to be positive about.  

I don't have much more to include in this update, because life has been just that boring and nothing of importance has happened (aside from my trip to St. Augustine earlier this month....during which I bought 3 books). 

APRIL'S BOOK HAUL

Covet by J.R. Ward

Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

And, with that I'll leave you for the month of April! 

Bring on May!

Radio Silence: November Edition

Right, so I'm guessing you've figured out that I've been somewhat quiet this month.  Well, for me, that's kinda the norm.  Simply because I usually try my hand at National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and usually end up at least hitting my 50k word count goal.  Is the story complete, usually not, but at least I think it's a decent story.  

This year I'm currently re-attempting a story idea from a couple of years ago.  This year, however, I'm actually liking how the story is going, and while I did not get hit with the week two blues, I'm currently fighting them this week, as week 3 rapidly comes to a close and I find myself about 6k shy of where I should be.  How will I be spending this weekend? You guessed it: writing. 

As you can also see, by my currently reading list, I have greatly diminished the amount of books I am reading this month.  Simply because my focus is on writing my own story rather than reading the stories of others.  Rest assured, that things will pick up again for Christmas (including new decorations and perhaps a new look for the confessional) and the new year.  I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things, once November is over. 

I love you all and miss you all!