1 year BLOGVERSARY

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Snowflakes & Spider Silk turns 1 year old today - hooray!

I can't believe I've already been blogging for a whole year. I feel like there's still a lot to learn and improve, but I think I'm finally getting the hang of it! When I first started blogging, I'd been writing reviews for books on goodreads for a couple of years, but I had no idea how blog tours worked or what blog memes were. Now that I've gotten a few of those things under my belt, I feel way more prepared to take on even more blogging adventures.

My goal for this year is to continue posting reviews, Top Ten Tuesday, and Fantasy Friday posts, but I'd like to do more blog tours and more random posts about books and blogging. I finally got on the twitter bandwagon a couple of weeks ago, and I'm hoping to expand my network of fellow book bloggers and bookish people on that front too! Twitter is so much fun - I can't believe what I was missing out on :)

I have made a lot of blogger friends and gotten a lot of great recommendations from fellow bloggers over the past year - thank you all for making this so much fun. All of your comments brighten up my day, and it always cheers me up when I can chat about a great book or series with you all.

In honor of my blogversary, I'm hosting a giveaway of an excellent fantasy book - Mistborn: The Final Empire (paperback, US only) by Brandon Sanderson, and a $10 Amazon giftcard (US & international). The giveaway is open until the end of April, so enter away!

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I absolutely love the Mistborn series - it's the series that got me back into reading fantasy after a couple of years of stepping away from it. It's brilliant and mind-bending, a lot of fun, has excellent characters, and is just generally awesome. The third book of this series BLEW MY MIND. I just cannot even begin to comprehend how much planning and thought goes into creating such epic and brilliant and intricate stories. If you haven't read it already, you're in for a real treat!

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  1. NobodyApril 15, 2014 at 2:40 AM

    My top recommendation is always Cinda Williams Chima she's a fantasy author of the Heir Chronicles and The Seven Realms series, she is seriously awesome.
    P.S. Congrats!

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  2. Michelle {Book Hangovers}April 15, 2014 at 2:40 AM

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE Brandon Sanderson! Have you read Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard series? I heard those were AMAZING!!!

    My favorite series right now is Daughter of Smoke & Bones trilogy!

    PHENOMENAL!! xoxo

    Michelle ~ Book Hangovers Blabs Books

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  3. Jessica @ a GREAT readApril 15, 2014 at 6:28 AM

    Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking! This was one of the first series I read in the "adult" books. Love it!

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  4. Dre @ Sporadic ReadsApril 15, 2014 at 3:41 PM

    I recently won Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson and is looking forward to reading that one. I'd recommend Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness, but I think you've already read that one. I also loved "All Our Yesterdays" and "Removed by SJ Pajonas" :)

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  5. Nicole HewittApril 15, 2014 at 4:26 PM

    I would recommend Robin Hobb's books if you haven't read them. LOVE her!!

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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  6. KritikaApril 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM

    I've heard of her books but I haven't actually read any of them. Thanks!

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  7. KritikaApril 15, 2014 at 7:38 PM

    I have! I'm reading the third book right now haha (it really is amazing!)
    I love that trilogy as well. I'm just waiting for my copy of Dreams to be shipped...

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  8. KritikaApril 15, 2014 at 7:49 PM

    I haven't read much UF, so thanks!

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  9. KritikaApril 15, 2014 at 7:49 PM

    Yes, I have! Chaos Walking is one of my favorite series. Thanks for the recommendations!

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  10. KritikaApril 15, 2014 at 7:51 PM

    I haven't! I will be sure to try those :)

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  11. JillianApril 15, 2014 at 8:07 PM

    Yay congrats on keeping up with your blog for a year! I hope you can continue to another year and still keep up with the posts! :)

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  12. Ricki GinsbergApril 15, 2014 at 8:09 PM

    This looks fantastic. Thank you for sharing!!!

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  13. NikkiApril 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM

    Ahhh! Happy Blogiversary, Kritika! Congratulations!! I can't wait to see what the coming year will bring to your blog. :D (Also: YAY MISTBORN!)

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  14. KritikaApril 19, 2014 at 5:41 PM

    Thanks!

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  15. KritikaApril 19, 2014 at 5:41 PM

    Thanks for stopping by! :)

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  16. KritikaApril 19, 2014 at 5:42 PM

    Thank you! yessssssss Hero of Ages blew my mind and now I just want to spread the Mistborn love everywhere!

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  17. Lanaia M.January 4, 2015 at 2:23 PM

    I'm currently in the middle of Mistborn and I love it!! Congrats on your first blogoversary! :D

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