I am ashamed of you (you being me.)

The post title is confusing, this is what's going on:

My inner voice: I am ashamed of you.

Me: Why? What did I do now?

Inner voice: It's what you didn't do.

Me: What do you mean?

Inner Voice: Think Jude, think really hard.

Me: ....

Inner Voice: Let me give you a hand; How many books have you read this month?

Me: ....

Inner Voice: Exactly. 

I read zero books in February. Worse, I had only 15% left of Hopeless by Colleen Hoover and 40% left of Willow by Julia Hoban. I didn't even finish those. What is wrong with me?

Inner Voice: Everything's wrong with you.

Me: Shut. Up.

I was gonna make videos, many posts, reviews and work and before I knew it it was Friday and I still have a ton of homework and studying to do. 

What is wrong with life? 

How do you guys organize your time? It seems like a ridiculous question, but I genuinely want to know. I feel like school is completely sucking my life lately, I haven't even been on Tumblr, this is serious. Do you guys read wherever and whenever? Do you read every day for a certain amount of time? I used to have a routine of reading at least 30 minutes at night, now I just skip it and jump into bed; I'm that tired. Tips, tricks, your reading habits? Let me know please!

Mixing it up a little bit.

On average, I read 3 books a week - well, at least this used to be my average when I was in High School, had no job and not much homework. Now, however, if I read a One Book in Two Weeks I pat my back and congratulate me. This is a problem, just look at the equation:

Books Read = Reviews.

See what I mean?

I love my blog, but I currently don't have a reading pace that can keep up a 'review blog'.

In Between will not be able to survive only on book reviews, so I will be incorporating more things to this blog, both more book related stuff and other little extras.

I am a book blogger, not a book reviewer. At least this is how I see it, book reviewers are those that really do an analysis of a book, they do a critic. That is not my style, I mainly talk about the book made me feel. Ashley at Book Nook made a whole post discussing this, which was brilliant because I had been wanting to discuss this myself for a while but didn't really know how to put it in words and she explained it all brilliantly (Her post can be found here.). My point is, I have always considered myself a Book Blogger, and I haven't exactly been acting like one. There is more to book blogging than just Reviews and Meme's. There's discussions, Read-a-longs, features, and more. I've been limiting myself without even realizing it.

I love books and reading, it is one of my biggest passions of all, which is why I made this blog, to share this passion, but there are other things I am very passionate about and that I would honestly like to share with you guys. There's music, movies, TV shows and videos I also enjoy. I am not changing the main theme of my blog, Not At All, but once in a while I'd like to share new and different things with all of you, like:

Youtube. More Youtube videos. I don't particularly enjoy showing the world my face, but there's something about me 'talking' to you guys that makes me feel more connected, and there are many emotions that I can not show just on writing - not even using Gifs. I'm really aiming to connect more with my followers and meet more people, so I will work on getting over my laziness at editing videos and just do them.

When I first started blogging I would feature songs and artist I really liked, not sure of why I stopped but I'd like to continue. There's so many bands and great songs and I'm usually discovering lots of little indie groups and artists as well as cover bands, and I think it would be pretty cool to get to share this with you guys.

This means more reviews, more discussions and simply more bookish things.

This is all seriously scary. I have absolutely no idea if it'll work, I personally am not familiar with other book bloggers that feature different content, but I think it is important for me to step out of my comfort zone and make In Between a much more active blog.

I really hope this little changes are for the best and in just ten days comes my Blogoversary!!!!! Let's look at this equation

Blogoversary = Giveaway

Oh yes, me is looking forward to this, two years guys. I am so exited! 

:) 

FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just finished and delivered my last final project and oh my god, there is light coming out of my pores, I feel like I can fly! This was seriously a tough semester, and I don't even want to think how the rest will be, but yay! For now I am done.

and now, some important tips for college students and recommendations (Mainly for myself, well they are all for myself but, if they do work for someone else, then great :3)

Advice for Bloggers who are in college (Me)

1. DO NOT sign up for blog tours. Just don't. Not even if it's a month away or two, because once you have the book you'll be in the middle of exams and evaluations and will have no time to read. none at all! And you will be in hysterics over the fact that you must finish it in time, therefore, you will not enjoy what you are reading and will make crappy reviews. 

2. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR BLOG TOURS. Yes, I am saying this twice. Just don't, because no matter how many times I tell myself not to I still do, and I get hysterical and it's just not fun. Just don't. Even if you want to read the book really bad or they offer you a million dollars, you just say No. (Fine, if they offer a million dollars you can say yes.)

3. Sleep is a luxury that not all of us are able to afford. Whenever you are able to actually sleep, appreciate it, it's a gift.

...speaking of sleep, I don't remember the last time I got a good nights sleep, so.... bye. I'm off to sleep, even if it's too early. This is so exciting, I can sleep :D! Goodnight!

Between Updates

In my absence a lot of interesting things have happened. First, I learned that nude models don't look like they do in movies, they do not have perfect bodies, they have human bodies [if you're wondering why I know this it's because of my Natural Drawing class] so yeah, don't let Hollywood full you and it does get awkward when you're the lucky person that has the model facing you... just saying.

Next, school this week was asdfhadskfhadsohgoeaj
Jesus, I had soo much homework and exams and I thought I wasn't gong to survive, lucky me I'm still breathing.

I became a reading maniac. To manage all the school stress I read and read on every little spare time I had, between classes, at lunch, whenever I could! I read 3 books in one week, me feels proud :3

and since last Saturday I have been sleeping after midnight and waking up at 5:30 am. EVERYDAY, so I look kinda like a zombie...just saying.

Just wanted to let you know that I'm alive and that I'm sorta kinda here, because my brain hasn't been able to connect with me after this harsh week and I'm not sure when will I find it again....

Summer Wrap-up Read-a-Thon Sign ups coming up! Blog tours coming up! Reviews coming up! and a special Giveaway coming up ;)

adios, arrivederci, adeus, au revoir, Goodbye :3 [Used Google Translate, hehe]

Between Updates

Hello Everyone! Remember that horribly impossible drawing I had to make? Well, just finished it. With a total of 15 Hours through the course of 2 days. Fun.

The Original One [Right] and Mine :) [Left]

Lines, Lines and Only Lines. And I got the highest score: 100% :D! Hope I made you guys proud of me ;)

BUT I still have a Programing test this Friday and I have to prepare a presentation for my Advanced Communication in Spanish class :/ so I'm afraid I'll be absent the rest of this week too :((

BUT... [yeah, another but] I have reviews coming up! because between all this craziness I've managed to read!

That's all for now, just wanted to take some time to let you know guys that I'm still alive :)

See you Next Week :D!

The Homework :) [Kill Me Now]

As many of you know I am studying to be a Digital Graphic Design Engineer, and most of my classes require lots of creativity and manual work.

and I have a drawing class.

and I'm no artist. 

Should I show you my latest assignment? 

This is what we had to do:

Look at the Details [Flowers]

All the little lines [click on picture for closeup]

Fun Fun Fun.

This is what I did, it took me 4-5 hours to make.

95% out of 100% Not bad I think. 

Now take a look at my Homework:

It's filled with THOUSANDS of Lines!!! Now THIS is Fun! Oh yes...

and the only think I can use is Drawing Ink. now pencils no nothing.  double fun. 

So yeah.... would someone be so kind as to murder me? I am no artist and that drawing is insane! my teacher is officially crazy >.<

Well, now I'll go drop out of college [kidding] No, but seriously, I'm not sure if you'll see much of me this week, not after that. This has been a fun semester indeed.

When Blogging Becomes Too Much...

February 13th I read a post by Trish from Just a YA Girl saying that she would stop blogging. She has been a steady blogger for months and I was one of her first followers and remember the transition of her blog, from beginner to an awesome book blog.

Her decision to stop blogging really got me thinking, I have many times felt the pressure of Blogging and having a book club and have taken some hiatus to focus on school and such. Never once did it actually crossed my mind to stop blogging completely. But when I saw Trish's post I thought about it, it would be easy to drop everything and just focus on school and reading, but, for me, it would also be sad.

When I started blogging I had no idea what this world really was, I was way over my head in this: Blog tours, review requests, keeping up, the pressure to have a lot of followers, deciding whether you are a Book Reviewer or Book Blogger [there seems to be a difference o_o]. I started blogging at the same time as many others did - A Cupcake and a Latte, A Work of Fiction, NightlyReading - These girls are just a few examples of who continued to blog steady, but many others decided to stop. I decided to continue. because even thought it was/is hard, it's worth it.

One of the things that took longer to understand was that I don't need a million followers to feel encouraged. I review books hoping that it will help someone decide whether or not to read something, to showcase less known titles and such, and if I am helping just one person, that's more than enough. I would rather have only three followers and know that the content of my blog is of value to them instead of six thousand followers that never visit my blog. Understanding this took me A LOT.

That you don't get review copies. You earn them. you have to earn the right to receive ARC's and such, you need to blog steady and prove yourself. I didn't understood this until the beginning of this year, which is when I started reviewing more steadily and also I have started to receive constant review requests. I'm still working very hard on this part. I want to proudly claim I'm a good book blogger, I don't think I'm bad now, but I can improve more, and I'll get there :)

It's hard work. it takes time to sit down and make a post, write down your review and also make time to read. Because we can get so caught up in blogging that we forget the main reason why we blog. What's the point of blogging about books if you are no longer reading them? It isn't and easy thing, it's not just some light hobby. It's a compromise. Anyone that blogs will agree with this, I'm sure. Not easy, but worth it, which is what keeps us going. Never underestimate a Blogger, we're seriously tough. Totally hardcore x)

I won't stop blogging anytime soon, I Love it. It has become a part of me and also one of the things that make me more happy. My Bloggoversary is this March [YAY!] and after a whole year of blogging, it wasn't until this January that I found a steady and comfortable blogging pace. I have time to study, read, blog and to have a life and I am not planning on stopping now.

To all the Steady Blogs out there: My respects and I admire you, I seriously do.

To those debating whether to continue blogging: If It makes you happy, do it. If it doesn't, then don't.

To those who stopped blogging: I understand :/

To Trish: I'll miss you along with many more of your followers.

Trish's Goodbye Post

The Homework :(

Just wanted to make a quick update telling everyone that I'll be super busy this week, so I'm not sure if I will have any posts up the rest of the week :(

It seems all of my teachers got together and decided to leave as much homework and all the tests this week, so here's hoping I'll survive and that you shall forgive me for this.

BUT the good news is that March is almost here... and my Blogoversary is in March.... and that I'm not that far away from 1000 followers.... does anyone know what this means???? GIVEAWAY!!!!!! Coming soon guys! Coming Reeeaaally soon :D!

side note: I have a TON of reviews that I need to do! So I should be posting the really soon and also a Lot of designs I've been working on! I have a huge waiting list also and an official design page coming soon! Eeek! Can't wait to give everyone more details! I'll see you [Officially] all again next week! Wish me Luck!

Oh and Happy Valentine's Day Forever Alone Day :D! <3

My First Design!

As you guys know, on Friday I started promoting that I could help you our with making your Blog Button or the Design of your blog. And today I finished my First Blog Design for Delphina Reads Too Much and I am supper exited!

Her Blog Went from This:

 To This:

Change of Background, Header, I installed it and I also did a button for her blog:

I'm really happy and Delphina is really happy with her Blog :D!

I also made a few Buttons for Obsessions of a Bookaholic:

What do you guys Think?

If you're interested in me helping you out with your Blog or Buttons send me an e-mail! This is FREE! I'm studying to be a Digital Graphic Designer so this is really helping me out to practice and I just LOVE it!

Between Updates

I'm in the middle of a Book Collapse. I've been trying to read 5 Books at the same time and I am mixing all the plot-lines and driving myself nuts.

So here's my reading schedule and I'll compromise to it. really compromise.
*Clockwork Angel & Clockwork Prince
*Cut [only 30 more pages]
*Wandering Stars
*Where She Went
*Perfect

Problem Solved.

onto something actually interesting:
There are some GIVEAWAYS coming soon!!! More like Tomorrow! [Wandering Stars is on Friday]

So make sure to stop by :D! and speaking of Giveaways, I'm planning by Blogoversary Giveaway and I'm also planning a giveaway for when I reach 1000 *Squeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!* They will be awesome and you'll want to enter because of reasons.

and speaking of awesome, I'm sure you guys know I'm a music freak so this is my most recent playlist. Most of the music there is super weird but I Love it, you should give it a try :)

Sky Ferreira - One & Obsession
Take That - Love Love [this one is soooo addictive.]
Ellie Goulding - Lighs
Jessie J - Domino
Ron Pope - A Drop in the Ocean, Never Let You Go & Wherever You Go
Jason Walker - Echo
Daughtry - His new album. ALL of it. It's pure genius. especially Who's They.
The Script - Break even.

Between Updates

Zomigod, I just HAD To make a post about this! I Won 50 Dollars on Paypall over at  

Full Moon Bites

For her 1 year Blogoversary :D! This is AWESOME

Thank You Luck!

and YES, I am conscious that my TBR Pile is HUGE, But Full Moon Bites is a Book Blog, so it is my obligations to spend it all in books :D!

I Think I'll be getting:

 So exited!

and I also won a copy of Her Dear & Loving Husband

Looks, scary, I do hope it's reeeallly scary, I Love a good scare :D!

I'm so Happy that my mind is not working right, so I can't remember what other updates I had to give, but, meh, I'll remember later.

Now if you'll excuse me I'll go do a Happy Dance

Between Updates

 What I'm Reading:

So fat it's not bad. Good actually, except that I wish Katie - main character - would have more dignity. If a guy treats you like crap and shoves you across the room you don't go swooning after him! Seriously, that guy - Peter - is Bipolar. Period! *sigh* we'll see how it goes later....

 I'm Loving the Writing style! I thought it was going to be impossible to read, but no, in fact it is quite beautiful and simple, the story is reeeally getting under my skin :)

I've discovered some Blogs that I Loooove! You Must check them out:

Kindle Fever: I've know about this blog for a while now, but since last week I haven't been able to stop visiting!

Her Blog is super cute and she's a hopeless Romantic <3

Blog Love right here, she has great reviews, she supports other Bloggers and she also has random giveaways all the time! be sure to visit!