Week in the Nest - 11.01.15

Week in the Nest is a weekly recap feature to discuss bookish things from the past week or so. I've link to The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits, and Tea, as well as Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews :)

Blog Scheduling

Hello loves!

It's officially been about 6 months since I started this blog *dances* :D What I've noticed as a newbie is how difficult it is to stay active and post daily. I never had a plan. I pretty much winged everything the night before haha. But now I've read so many books, all of which I will review eventually, I have no clue where to start. 

What I'll Be Doing During The Holidays

Hii everyone!

I am happy to announce that my winter break has officially started.

I haven't been very active in the blogging world lately but I'll be using this time to catch up on a lot of stuff, blog-related things included! Thought I'd make this random post to share with you what I have planned for this winter break :D

1. Catch up on book reviews

Upcoming reviews on the blog:

Now that I look at it, I don't have much to catch up here haha. 

But I always seems to take forever figuring out what to say in a review *sigh*

I also read the first book of a novella series but I think I'll do a series review rather than individual ones.

2. Make a [tiny] dent in my tbr list

It was incredibly hard to decided which books on my tbr to dive into during the winter break.

Here are four that I will for sure read (in this exact order too):

And if I have the time...

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Finding Dandelion by Lex Martin

3. Catch up on tv shows

I have A LOT of catching up to do when it comes to tv shows. But there's always that dilemma of having to choose between watching my shows or reading books, and reading has trumped watching tv more often than not.

Here are the shows I'm actively working on getting caught up with:

I'm also thinking of starting/trying...

Scandal

Grimm

The Flash

Elementary

4. Work on some graphic edits

I have no doubt that I'll be making Amour Amour edits after I finish but here are sneaks at what 

I'm working on (both are Addicted series related):

I'm looking to start my Character Spotlights again (so much for doing two a month lol)!

I just need to figure out who and make the quote graphics :)

5. Do a little holiday baking

DON'T THESE LOOK DELICIOUS? (Click the image for the recipe)

My dad is allergic to cocoa so we'll probably switch out the chocolate for graham crackers in the cheesecake dessert,

 or make him something else entirely (he's not much of a sweets guy though).

6. Catch up on anime shows

I really need to try and catch up on these anime shows because the winter season is starting soon. 

I'm so behind on these *cries*:

I'll focus more energy with Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (2nd image) since that one centers around musicians and I loveee. 

Also, I only JUST started season one of Kuroko no Basket (1st image). 

There's no hope in catching up any time soon since I think season three starts this season.

7. Get a head start in next term's classes

I am determined to start the new year with my a-game on!

Here are the courses I have for the next school term:

Human Physiology

Environmental Plant Physiology

Cell Biology Seminar

Psychology: The Maladjusted Mind

Psychology: Child Development

The Roman Emperors: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I WILL SURVIVE *sobs*

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You'll be seeing this "On Repeat" business here and there in my future Jae Talk (aka randomness) posts! It's just so I can post the latest YouTube video that I can't stop watching hehe. Most of the time, it will be music-related :)

If you're not familiar with Us: The Duo, THEY ARE AMAZING. 

The fact that they're married and all heart eyes at each other makes my heart warm.

I'm so in love with them.