Oh updates, I have a few of them. First, sorry for my absence, but I have some good reasons. I've been rather preoccupied with work stuff and also looking for a new job. Another rather awful update I haven't been into reading much lately. I've actually really been into a couple of new shows and binge-watching on Netflix. I just finished Nurse Jackie which was excellent and I've just started Awkward. Which I'm very much liking. As far as Summer TV goes I've been liking Braindead and two ABCFamily (I will never call it FreeForm) shows Guilt and Dead of Summer. Both are kind of good and probably made for 14 year olds, but what can I say they just speak to me. There has also been some great pre-Olympic action happening in National Championships and Olympic Trials. Huge Olympic fan, so that has also been keeping me from getting some reading in. I'm hoping that will all change soon, and I can kick my butt into gear and get back into reading & reviewing!
I have also completely abandoned my Popsugar Reading Challenge. Mostly because I lost the file that had all of the matching books to criteria. And honestly it was stressing me out a bit and there are books I want to read that don't match, so hence the abandonment. Other than that I have all of my Summer reading picked out and I've been chugging away at that. I've finished 2 books already, so look out for those reviews soon. I will tell you that the top 3 books I'm excited to read this Summer are the following:
I have also completely abandoned my Popsugar Reading Challenge. Mostly because I lost the file that had all of the matching books to criteria. And honestly it was stressing me out a bit and there are books I want to read that don't match, so hence the abandonment. Other than that I have all of my Summer reading picked out and I've been chugging away at that. I've finished 2 books already, so look out for those reviews soon. I will tell you that the top 3 books I'm excited to read this Summer are the following:
- The Girls by Emma Cline
- The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
- Descent by Tim Johnson
Seriously cannot wait to read those three! Especially The Girls because I've heard such great things about it and there are a ton of contests to enter and win the book. I'm guessing it's pretty popular. Descent also seems good and creepy which I love in a Summer read. There's something about staying up late with the crickets and reading a thriller that is just perfect to me.
While everything seems to be going great on the reading front my subscription box game hasn't been going so well. My July 2016 Birchbox will be my final one, as I am canceling. At the beginning of June they announced that they will be doing away with the points system. The points system allowed you to review the samples in your box and earn 10 points a sample and at 100 points you would then have $10 to spend within the Birchbox shop. Needless to say the points system was amazing and was one of the reasons I always defended and stuck with Birchbox even with lackluster months. Now that we can only earn points from making purchases within the shop and the CEO Katia thinks the sample business is "boring", it's time for me to bounce. They really want to be like Sephora or Ulta, which is fine, but why get into samples in the first place? It just gets shadier and its something I don't want to be a part of anymore. So after this month no more reviews on Birchbox.
Not to worry though my addiction isn't done there because I have 2 new subscriptions in Allure and Sephora Play! I probably won't keep both of them, but I'll be trying them out for another couple of months. Hopefully they stay awesome! Seriously I cannot stop wearing that Kardashian bronzer, it's the best. I should try a book subscription box, since you know that was my original intention for this blog. Perhaps I already have something in the works, you'll just have to wait and see. That's all for now!
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