Concert Filled Summer

There's currently less than a month until my friend Haley and I will be going to the One Direction concert in Louisville, and I'm seriously freaking out already.  To top it all off, we're now going to be seeing Ed Sheeran and Cher Lloyd in Indianapolis a few weeks later.  Plus, it's looking like I'm going to get to see Little Mix in Indianapolis just two weeks from now.

It's definitely going to be an eventful summer, and I'm beyond thrilled.  Getting to see all of my favorite musical artists so close together is almost too overwhelming for me to handle.  I think that's why I'm even bothering to write this post.  Yesterday I talked to my mom about seeing Little Mix.  It's looking like I'll get to see them, but there's also a signing.  I may not get to go to that because you have to get the wristband for it a week early, and I'm not sure if I can get up to Indy that day.  Hopefully we can work it out, but either way I'm extremely excited for the concert, which I should be able to go to.

My mom's yelling at me to leave to go driving, so I can't freak out anymore.  I'm sure I'll blog about every single one of these concerts later.  I'm so excited though!  They're all going to be so amazing!

Getting Back to Another Project

Yesterday I finally started posting a fanfiction that I'd been working on for months, so today I get back to work on a Hunger Games fanfiction that I've also been working on quite a while.  I set it aside for a bit to finally get finished with the other, but today I'm going to get back to writing it.  It's proving to be difficult for me to write.  I really like it so far, and I think it could go really well.  It's a struggle to write a lot of the time though.  It's completely different from anything I've written before, and I just hope it turns out okay in the end.

Other than that I don't know what I'll do today.  It's possible that I could end up having to drive today, since I need my license this summer and need the hours.  I don't really have any plans though other than writing and studying Japanese (like I'm still doing every day).  We shall see what happens.  Hopefully it's a productive day, especially where writing is concerned.

Finally I Feel Awake

Today is going pretty great as far as Mondays typically go.  I feel well-rested for the first time in days, and that's let me to getting quite a bit of writing done so far today.  Hopefully I'll get even more done later today as well.

Other than writing I really haven't done all that much, and I don't really plan to either.  I think I'm just going to watch Netflix and play Sims 3 after I write.  (I haven't played Sims 3 in a while...)  It's nice though because I've been so worn out recently.  Technically I didn't do anything yesterday but go to church, but I had a horrible migraine all day so it was miserable.  Today I'm actually getting a day where I feel good and can relax.  Plus, I'm getting more writing done than I have in about a week, which is awesome.

Book Review: The Sapphire Talisman by Brenda Pandos

ISBN: 0982903324
Published: December 10th, 2010
Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing
Read from May 8th to 17th, 2013
Synopsis from Goodreads:

With the local vampire coven decimated, Julia and Nicholas try to begin a somewhat normal life together. Bound by secrecy from a shape shifter determined to see Julia’s world-saving prediction come to fruition, Julia isn’t allowed to tell Nicholas the leader survived, ransacking her happiness with guilt. When Alora returns, bent on revenge, the reunion forces Nicholas and Julia to choose what they are willing to live and die for.

Review:

Sequels usually get a bad reputation, but I honestly liked this one even more than the first in the series.  I'm not entirely sure why that is, but I think it had a lot to do with the plot.  I found this book a lot more suspenseful, and I was more invested in what was happening to the characters.  I also grew a lot more attached to the characters in this book.  While I liked both Julia and Nicholas in the first book, I grew to love them even more in this one.  Their relationship was the same for me.  I liked it in the first book but loved it in this one.

I also really grew to like Phil and Scarlett, which I wasn't expecting.  They both added very interesting elements to the story.  Tyler and Katie did as well, but I'm not too sure how I feel about that storyline yet.  I'm interested to see what happens with Katie in the next book before I decide how I feel about her.

I absolutely cannot wait to read the next book.  I think that's the book I'm reading as soon as I get done with the one I'm currently reading.  The story just got so much more intense in this one, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it pans out in the last book.

Driving and Days Off From Writing

For a Saturday, I've been pretty productive.  Not only did I manage to write a blog post right before this one, but I also filmed a video (that will be uploaded tomorrow).  I also worked on learning Japanese, which I've been doing every day.  I'm really enjoying it, even if it's though.

I'm giving myself a break from writing today.  Before I was writing every day of the week except Sundays, but now I think I'm going to extend that to Saturdays.  Primarily because things tend to happen on Saturdays.   This particular Saturday I'm just going to Owensboro with my mom to go shopping and visit my grandma, but other Saturdays stuff like wedding showers (like last weekend) happen and I'm way too exhausted to write.  (Although I guess I'm not going through Saturday completely without writing.  I am writing my second blog post for the day.  I'm also currently reading a book about writing, if that counts at all.)

I haven't been shopping in ages because it's one of my least favorite things to do, but hopefully this trip with my mom won't be too bad.  I wouldn't go except I really don't have a choice.  I have to drive since I really need to get my license as soon as possible, so let's also hope I don't wreck the car.  Driving still scares me, even if it's not quite as terrifying as I used to find it.

I'm going to get back to reading my book.  I'm hoping to finish at least another chapter before we have to leave.  It's a really great book, even though I'm only on chapter three.