June 1, 2017 – A Haven for Book Lovers

So Long May…

Here are a few highlights about what happened in my life in the month of May.

I finally defended my thesis proposal last Friday. My presentation didn’t go so well because I was too nervous. I sat in front of a panel of 11 and a crowd(fellow students) of about 50 and suddenly, my mind went blank. My throat felt constricted like I was struggling to get the words out. I ended up rushing through the presentation and used only 3 minutes out of the allocated 10. Luckily, my written work was good and in the end, overall feedback was also good. A few corrections to be made but I can now proceed with the data collection and analysis.

The Cliques by Diana Gitau – A few of you may know this already,I published my first book last year. There was a bit of confusion at first and I didn’t even know that the book was on sale until three months after it had hit the book stores. By then it had sold 651 copies. I felt left out and but I have now decided to take a more active role in publicizing and selling the books. I started making direct the sales in May. The publishers continue to distribute the books too so its a combined effort. I am trying to work out the publicity bit now. I will share more about the book on a post scheduled for this Sunday.

On reading, I read 8 books in May. I am still behind with my ARCs and 5 books have already been published so I need to get to them soon.

When Light is Like Water by Molly McClouskey
Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor
The Girl from Tyne by Melody Sachs
The Darkest Lies by Barbara Copperthwaite
A Criminal Defense by William L. Myers, Jr.
The Nazi’s Daughter by Tim Murgatroyd
Lies by T. M Logan
Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta Elsworth

Books that I didn’t manage to read in May

A Mother’s Courage by Renita D’Silva
Teacher’s Secret by Suzanne Leal
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner
A Daughter’s Courage by Renita D’Silva
Justice Delayed by Marti Green

I hope to read these books alongside the June list.

On blogging– I reached 1,000 followers on wordpress this week. I am currently at 1,004. I do appreciate the fact that so many people decided to follow my blog. I wish that the interactions were more though. I think they are limited to about 30 people right now but will see what the future brings. Thank you all the follows.

June TBR

I have 10 books on my June TBR right now. I hope to have more reading time in June especially since my defense is now over so I hope that I will read all these 10 and the books that I didn’t read in May. Ambitious I know but no pressure.