Sunday Funday is a weekly(ish) post I’ve started to recap the bookish (and sometimes not-so-bookish) happenings in my life the past week! Feel free to participate, just link back!
April 20-26, 2015
Life
Well obviously this week has been full of BIG CHANGES, namely that I moved from WordPress.com to WordPress.org! I’m going to do an in-depth post about my transition once I finally get all the bugs worked, and if you have any questions about how my move went feel free to ask me in the comments or email me!
Pretty much everything went smoothly with the move. All of my content transferred over smoothly thanks to the lovely Ashley of Nosegraze who runs the hosting service Bookhost, which is the service I went with to host my blog. However, I have been experiencing a small issue: my posts are not yet appearing in the wordpress.com reader for those who follow me via wordpress.com. I am working with the lovely folks over at wordpress.com to get this fixed ASAP, and I do intend to get it resolved shortly! In the meantime, here’s how you can ensure you see my posts:
-Follow me via email (either using the sidebar widget or if you follow me via wordpress.com, just go to my blog under “blogs I follow” and click “edit” and turn on email notifications)
-Follow me via Bloglovin’
-Follow me via Twitter (I tweet a link each time I post)
I have technically moved over all of my wordpress.com followers so as long as you’re following me over there you can get email notifications while I fix the issue with the reader!
Also, don’t forget to enter my giveaway for an ARC of Emmy & Oliver plus other goodies from YALLWEST, and you can gain entries by following me! (Enter soon! It ends Thursday! US only, must be 18 or older, winner must respond within 48 hours).
So aside from that, I’m loving my new home for my blog!
*Also a HUGE thank you to my followers who have been helping me troubleshoot my issue by letting me know how things are showing up on the wordpress.com end, especially Joey @ Thoughts and Afterthoughts, Anjie @ Love thy Shelf, and Becky @ Blogs of a Bookaholic!
Books
I’m currently about 60% of the way through These Broken Stars for my book buddies read this month with the lovely Lauren over at Bookmarklit! It’s definitely not what I was expecting, which is pleasing yet disappointing at the same time. (Am I the only one strongly reminded of the Titanic?) Also, it’s much more eerie than I thought it would be.
My next few weeks in reading will focus mainly on my ARCs of Emmy & Oliver, Making Pretty, and The Summer of Chasing Mermaids. I also have a lot of pre-ordered books coming in May (Crimson Bound, End of Days, Fangirl Special Editions, etc.) so I’m going to have a lot of reading material for the month of May!
Blog
What Happened Here This Week:
Tuesday: I officially move my blog to a new home.
Wednesday: Princess Diaries Reread Volumes 6-7
Friday: Princess on the Brink Review and YALLWEST Tips & Tricks
Saturday: Stacking the Shelves
Posts I Starred This Week:
Alina @ Radiant Reads asks: do you change your ratings?
Joey @ Thoughts and Afterthoughts deconstructs why love triangles aren’t actually a thing.
Emily @ Books & Cleverness talks about the perils of ARC envy.
Woop woop, well done for getting through all the massive blog changes! I know I’m looking forward to the blog about your experience moving over. Even if I can’t currently do it, I’m interested to hear about how it all works! And no problem on the help front. If there’s anything else you want me to check from my side pop me an email or a tweet and I would be happy to help. 🙂
Thank you so much Becky! It’s been scary, I’m not going to lie, but really fun too!
Your week has been a craze lately huh? Your blog move (which was just great, BTW), great great books coming your way, and Book Buddies! I have been meaning to get to These Broken Stars for so so so long. It’s so sad on how I haven’t read it and it’s been on my TBR for almost a year now… Is it good?
~Kaitlin
Thank you SO much Kaitlin! It’s been a bit of a nerve wracking process (especially hoping people will still read my posts while I’m having issues with the wordpress.com reader!) but I’m so thankful for all of the support and well wishes I’ve received! I just finished These Broken Stars tonight and I WAS NOT expecting how much it would impact me! The writing was so good, I would highly recommend getting around to it when you have a chance!
Glad you enjoyed it! I’m planning to get to it this year, don’t worry. 😉 You have handled this change so well and I hope you can fix your reader problem. Can’t wait to see what your blog has in store for the future!
~Kaitlin
Kaitlin I literally cannot tell you how much your support means to me (as I sit here at midnight trying to fix the problem, haha). Your support literally puts a smile on my face! 🙂
Congrats on moving to WP.org! YAYA. I moved about 5 months ago now and seriously? Best. decision. ever. XD I love all the features (although I moved from blogger, so it was definitely a breath of fresh air, ahha) I’ve heard These Broken Stars actually pitched as Titanic in space. So YES. You’re spot on there. 😉 It wasn’t what I expected either but I definitely enjoyed it. x)
Thanks for stopping by @ Paper Fury!
Thank you so much, Cait! Moving has been a tiny bit terrifying but I’m in love with all of the features and customization I can do! These Broken Stars left me emotionally drained in the best way possible! 😉