Sunday Post #20

• Happy Saturday, everyone! I hope y'all are having a wonderful week. I say this every Sunday Post, but it has been a good week for me. 
• On Wednesday, I went to Kansas City with my best friend/roommate to see Kian Lawley and Jc Caylen (YouTubers) on tour. It was incredible! I love love love them, and it was so surreal to see them live. I rode in a car for 8 hours (4 hours there and back) and stood on my feet for 5 hours. I got really angry at someone else there so I told her off, but I also made some new friends. My feet were aching by the end and I thought I was about to die of dehydration, but it was still such a fantastic experience. 
• That same day, I got a ticket to see Twenty One Pilots (my favorite band on the planet) August 3rd and I almost cried tears of joy. I was supposed to have an internship this summer in Florida, so I wasn't sure if I would be back in Arkansas in time for the concert, so I didn't buy tickets. By the time I found out my internship had fallen through, tickets were sold out, so I was incredibly lucky that one of my friends was selling an extra ticket. 
• Then, on Thursday, another friend invited me to go see Bill Maher (a comedian) in Kansas City on the 7th. All of a sudden my summer got adventurous. 
• However, I would really appreciate it if you could send some prayers/positive vibes my way. I've faced some dilemmas with my financial aid paperwork, and if I don't get it turned in on time (August 1) I lose my academic scholarship...which means I have no idea how I would pay for college. Fingers crossed that it all works out. 

(Sorry that was so long. I didn't mean to give you my entire life story)

Reviews: 
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
- Paper Towns by John Green

Misc: 
- Top Ten Books That Have Inspired Me
- Summer Blog Promo Tour #5

Reviews:
- You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross & Mike Perini
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Memes:
- Top Ten Books I'd Buy Right This Second If I Had Unlimited Funds
- Sunday Post #21

Features/misc:
- July Recap
- The Eclectic Corner: Scary Movies
- Summer Blog Promo Tour #6: Valerie @ He Said Books Or Me

I stopped by The Cozy Little Book Nook to talk about blogging slumps. I usually wouldn't link to my own guest post, but I think we don't talk about blogging slumps all that often, and I think this could be really useful for some of you out there. It's just some tips & inspiration to help you get through it!

Emz from Paging Serenity posted an extremely interesting discussion about adaptations of books. I think every book lover out there can relate to at least some aspect of this post.

Jamie from The Perpetual Page Turner shared a really amazing post with us called If We Were Having Coffee. This is unlike anything I've seen in the book community before, and I love that it gives us the opportunity to get to know Jamie a little bit better.

Here are some highlights from my instagram account this week. Give me a follow if you want to see everything I have posted/will post! 

I feel like I've never seen anyone talk about Andrea Cremer's steampunk book. I don't even know if I like steampunk, but I know I like Andrea Cremer, so when I saw it in Book Outlet I was all over it. ● ● ● What are your favorite steampunk books??

A photo posted by The Left-Handed Book Lover (@leftyreads) on Jul 25, 2016 at 4:38pm PDT

I discovered Morgan Matson's incredible books this year and my life hasn't been the same since. I also found out that she writes more books under the name Katie Finn and I'm so excited to have more books by such an incredible writer. ● ● ● What awesome new authors have you discovered this year??

A photo posted by The Left-Handed Book Lover (@leftyreads) on Jul 28, 2016 at 2:01pm PDT

I'll be (ideally) posting twice a week. Make sure to subscribe to me if you want to stay updated on when and what I post! If you have a youtube channel, send me your link because I wanna see whatchya got! Here are my videos from this week!

What has your week in books and blogging looked like?