Slowing Things Down and Taking a Step Back

Hey everyone!

I've been having some health concerns for the last three weeks, and I finally managed to meet with my doctor a few days ago. Apparently, all of my current health problems are being caused by stress, and I was told to take it easy and try to cut out as much stress in my life as possible. 

Unfortunately, since I can't exactly take a break from all of my school/college stress (darn it), I'm going to have to slow things down with the blog instead. While blogging may be so much fun, it can also be extremely stressful for me. It bothers me to have to push blogging to the side, since I love it so much, but I need to focus on my health right now.

So, I'm going to be slowing things down and taking a step back from YA Book Queen for the rest of October and possibly November (we'll see). However, I will still have my posts for the Silk and Paper campaign (and my contest) each Monday. But, for the rest of October, those posts are likely going to be the only ones going up on YA Book Queen until I start feeling better. I'll hopefully get my stress level down and health back in order soon!

Also, out of curiosity, do any of you have any de-stressing tips?

Hope you all are having a fabulous October so far,

Blogging Break: Be Back Soon

Life has been extremely chaotic lately, but I should have the blog back on track in a week or so. However, I will have a giveaway for Julie Kagawa's The Immortal Rules posting sometime in the next few days (regardless of any blogging inactivity), so be sure to check back for that!

Hope you're all having a fantastic week,

Image from Free Use Photos, by IamOgi

Just One More Week Off (I Promise!)

All right, so I've seriously been slacking on the blog, but I promise once I get my last presentation/essay assignments done, then I'll be right back on track with posts.

I promise to start posting again on either this Saturday night or sometime on Sunday with an IMM (and a BUNCH of reviews I'll have to schedule for the next few weeks!!) post.

I hope you all haven't been stressed too much with work/school! And to those of you with finals, good luck! :)

-Lea

In My Mailbox 25

IMM is hosted by The Story Siren.

This IMM is for the last few weeks...and I think I may have forgotten a few books but I'll add them in next time

For Review:

Shade by Jeri Smith Ready (arc, signed to me...thanks so much Jeri!)

Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus (OMG! Thanks Anastasia/Egmont/RH)

The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen (thank you Ksenia!)

The Pack by LM Preston (Thank you Lanita!)

The Golden Spiral by Lisa Mangum (thanks so much Leigh!)

Bday Gifts (late arrivals from Amazon):

Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (I've been reading some of this, and it's AWESOME!!)

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantasky

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan

The Luxe by Anna Godberson (This series is so addictive)

Won from Edifying and Edgy (Thanks Karen & Julie!):

Life as We Knew It

The Dead and the Gone

This World We Live In (all by Susan Beth Pfeffer)

Won from Books out of the Bookshelves (Thanks Raila!):

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

And just as a note, I'm now officially off of hiatus (YAY!) and back on the blog! I'll be starting to catch up on emails for the next week or so, but expect to see a lot of reviews popping up for the next few weeks! :)

-Lea