Where have I been?

Hello everyone,

I'd like to offer my sincerest apologies for my complete lack of updates for the past few months. My life took many changes in the past few weeks, both with my academics as well as my personal life. To put it simply, there has been a lot going on and I have had quite a bit of trouble at times trying to deal with all of it. At the risk of sounding whiny, I have been under a lot of stress lately. I had a few bouts of bad news and that coupled with my academic worries have taken over my life as of late.

I apologize for not being active with book tours, reviews, interviews, giveaways and responding to your comments. I hope all of you have been keeping up with the amazing books that have been published lately!

For anyone who has emailed me recently, I am very sorry if I did not get back to you; I've been having the hardest time keeping up with all the messages and I know I've missed some. I think for the time being it would be a good idea if I did not participate in any book blog tours. I do not like putting anything less than my best efforts forward and I do not wish to give any review, interview or participation in a tour any less than 100% effort; with all the amazing authors and books out there, you all deserve better than that! I thank everyone who has asked me to participate in a book tour lately, but unfortunately, I will have to decline for now. I'll be sure to start up again in full when I get everything sorted out!

To everyone who has sent me books to review; I thank you and during this brief break I've had, I've been reading and reading. I really hope to get some reviews up soon!

Best wishes to you all & happy reading!