Month End Update: March’16

Month End Update: March’16

Hello guys,

It’s been a long month and I hope that you all were able to do the things you wanted to do for this month.

My month in:

Writing

  • I wrote a fresh outline for Sinister Town and presently I’m tweaking it.

Reading

  • Baggage by S.G. Redling – 4/5
  • The Eighth Day by Joseph John – 5/5
  • Perfectly Broken by Lane Prescott – 1/5- DNF
  • Dying To Tell by T.J. O’Conner – 5/5
  • The Most Magnificient Thing by Asley Spires 4/5
  • Journey To Death by Russell Leigh – 1/5- DNF

I also did Beta Reading for a friend who needed help with her book. So far I’ve read only 1 chapter and because of my schedule, I’m going to take it slow next month as well.

Movies

Latest Releases:

  • The Revenant
  • Zootopia – My favourite so far!
  • London Has Fallen
  • Superman Vs Batman- The Dawn Of Justice

Old Ones:

  • The Dark Night Rises
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy
  • The Conjuring

Instagram:

  • I participated in  a month-long book challenge and did pretty good for the first 11 days. Lol. After that, I kinda lost the track and went int hibernation mode (overall.) But the days I did post, were awesome!
  • This month my Instagram profile was literally on fire! I received tons of likes on almost all my pictures and I even got my first 100 likes on one of my pics (second one- My bookshelf). Other pics came quite close, some had 90+ likes, some 80+, etc. and I’m really happy for it 🙂
  • Here are some of the best ones:
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My reading nook… well, it’s actually my creative nook 🙂
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My bookshelf 🙂
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A series I recommend (highly!)
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Book and socks.

Check out all my pics on my Instagram.

Miscellaneous

  • Attended Vishal’s best bud’s marriage – it was really fun! I got drunk (for the first time in last 1 year) and had a really bad hangover.
  • Made a new friend at the wedding. She’s really fun and, get this, a psychologist, who’s agreed to help me with my book’s research.
  • I completed Sly Cooper #3 – Thieves In Time (PS3) with the help of my super cool brother.
  • I also watched the 2nd and 3rd Seasons of Game Of Thrones. Started watching the 4th (2 episodes already down!)mysnooop2
  • Star World Premiere has announced that they’ll be airing Game Of Thrones Season 06 from 26th April (the day after it’s release!!!)
    After watching the last season, I can die happily… no, wait, I can die happily after reading  Winds Of Winter. Yeah, that’s more like it 😀

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  • I’m joining Camp NaNoWriMo next month!

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  • My book blog, The Reading Bud, turned 2 years old this month! 🙂

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    TRB’s Instagram birthday graphic (designed by me, of course.)
  • My Twitter followers have reached 1,500! Thanks a lot everyone for following me (if you don’t already then visit the link below and follow if you’d like to be my Twitter buddy.)

There were so many other things that I did this month, but I don’t wanna bore you’all. If you want to know more about me then follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (links below) as I’m always posting on these three sites. And yes, I love interacting there as well. (A lot of people love my personal Fb timeline as I share a lot of sarcastic and witty photos <3)

What about you? How was your month? What all books did you read in March? And how’s that WIP coming along? Please share about your month in the comments section below. I’m all EARS 😀

Here are my links:

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Have a great day guys!

Ciao ❤

42 responses to “Month End Update: March’16”

  1. Mabel Kwong Avatar

    Wow, sounds like you achieved so many things this month! Congrats on getting your book draft done, and hopefully the editing process isn’t too painful. That’s the time to question if your story makes sense 😀 That is a cozy reading corner you have – it looks soft and warm 💕

    This month I’ve been working on editing my first book, about a third of the way through. I think I need to make more fun times for myself 😀

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Hi, Mabel. So good to see you 🙂
      And thanks for your wishes. I’m mostly busy with the release of my first novel but I really need to get the second book’s draft done and then have to revise it 🙂
      And that’s great. Hope you’ll get through the editing soon (it took me months to get my first book’s editing done.)
      And you are right about that, fun keeps the brain fresh, so we really need it from time to time 😀

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      1. Mabel Kwong Avatar

        Good luck with your first novel’s release. Almost there now 🙂 I look forward to reading it at some point ❤

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

          Awww… That’s really sweet of you to say! Thanks. Appreciate it 🙂

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  2. transhaan Avatar

    Lovely post ! 🙂 I loved Zootopia too ahhaha its a must see for eveeryone. All the messages in that movie alone was goldd !

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks! Same here… I REALLY loved it!!! I wasn’t expecting much when I went in the theatre, but within a few seconds I was hooked and now I’m planning to go for it again! 😀
      Thanks for dropping by. appreciate it 🙂

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  3. Jerrod Avatar
    Jerrod

    It looks like you did many things this month! WOW!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks a lot, Jarrod 🙂

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  4. Teherah Avatar
    Teherah

    Congratulations a very productive month. 🙌🏾

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks a lot, Teherah, for your kind words and for visiting and reading this post. Appreciate it 🙂

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      1. Teherah Avatar
        Teherah

        No worries, I’ve spilled enough thoughts since creating an account. Now I just want to read what others have written. 😊

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

          I’ll be visiting your blog today itself to read all those thoughts 🙂

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          1. Teherah Avatar
            Teherah

            Lol 🙈

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        2. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

          Can you leave a link to your blog here? I tried to visit your blog, but it says that it no longer exists.

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              1. Teherah Avatar
                Teherah

                I’m so grateful, thank you for following me. Lately I haven’t had much time to offload…I mean write lol but I’ll get back to it as soon as the cherubs go back to school.

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                1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

                  I’ll be waiting to read your posts 🙂

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  5. Shiva Malekopmath Avatar

    Its March and its hectic
    On top this month my Quotes & my Post ‘Open the Door..I have Come ‘ is being received very well, go check.
    Thanks
    Shiva

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Same here. Thanks for visiting 🙂

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  6. Dagny Avatar

    Love your little nook!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks, Dagny 🙂

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  7. ArcaneHalloween Avatar

    Hi Heena, I finally got to see my two biggest heroes on the big screen (Bats and Wonder Woman!) so it’s been a dream month for me. 🙂 Hope you’re well, have a great day.

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Bruce, I was just about to drop by your blog and tell you that I’m a new member of the Wonder Woman fan club! God, Gal Gadot was like a real Greek/Amazon Goddess!!!
      I LOVE her and Bats…. well, I’ve always loved him, but Ben Affleck​ really pulled it off. The last scene, where Bat is shown standing​ behind Lex Luthor in jail in the red lights, God! That really gave me chills. I mean Bat is looking so stud in this movie… God, if only I could marry him ❤
      Anyway, I'll try and get my hands on some Wonder Woman comics.stories ASAP! I can't wait to know more about her!!!

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      1. ArcaneHalloween Avatar

        Glad you enjoyed the film Heena, It really was amazing. Ben Affleck really was fantastic as Batman, and Gal Gadot turned out to be the perfect choice as Wonder Woman.

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  8. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
    phoenixgrey85

    Quite a productive month. 🙂 Mine hasn’t been too bad. A few setbacks, but I’m keeping going. Looking forward to NaNo starting tomorrow. I think I’m about ready. A couple of last minute things to do. Are you ready?

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks! Wow, you’re really preparing.
      I’m also ready, NaNo has already begun here and thankfully last night I was able to get the outline of my novel straight and a few character traits.
      Rest I’m going to plan as I go.

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      1. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
        phoenixgrey85

        Yeah, I’m planning a certain amount as I go. I just have the skeleton of the outline done. I started too late to get it done properly. 🙂
        NaNo has now begun in the UK as well. But I won’t be writing while later. Nervous and excited to be begin. 🙂

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

          Same here. Now it’s already the 3rd day and all I’ve written is 1000 words. Lol. All my break days are over I suppose. Will have to start writing now.
          You got around to writing much?

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          1. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
            phoenixgrey85

            I’ve got a couple thousand words written. Today’s not going so well so far. I’m finding far t many ways to procrastinate. 🙂 But, after doing this, I will get back to writing. Honest.

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            1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

              I hope you got more words written. I didn’t write anything at all. I got a little caught up with redesigning my book blog and creating its new Instagram profile. Lol.
              But I’m going to try and catch up tomorrow.

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              1. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
                phoenixgrey85

                I did get some more written, but then yesterday was a loss, and today’s not going well either. I’m determined to catch up though. I hope you do too.
                It’s so easy to get distracted, especially by creating new pretty things. 🙂

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                1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

                  Hey, Phoenix! I hope you’re doing great with NaNo’s word count now 🙂

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                  1. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
                    phoenixgrey85

                    I’m doing okay. Just on schedule. 🙂 How are you doing now?

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                    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

                      That’s nice!
                      I’m doing surprisingly great! Lol! I got sick and missed 2-3 days completely, so when I started feeling better I went into overdrive. Pulled a 10K day once and the next day I pulled a 9K day. So I’m well ahead for now.
                      But my cough is rebounding again. I just hope it won’t be bad this time around.

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                    2. phoenixgrey85 Avatar
                      phoenixgrey85

                      Wow, 10k and then 9k in one day!That’s impressive. Well done. 🙂 I hope your cough isn’t too bad as well. These things just don’t respect our writing time! 🙂

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  9. J Avatar

    Glad to hear about your month 🙂 mine was rather boring!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Thanks. 🙂 Hope you’ll have a few fun things planned​ for the next month!

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  10. macjam47 Avatar

    I am always amazed at how much you accomplished during a month when I read these updates. I’ve had a lot of interruptions this month so I am behind in all my readerly-writerly activities. Glad to hear you had such a fantastic month.

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      Awww, thanks a lot, Michelle for your kind words. 😀
      I’m sure you’ll catch up on everything in the coming month 🙂

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  11. Beaton Avatar

    will look up your instagram and twitter 🙂
    soon as I finished pressing post this comment lol

    here is to a productive April showers and May flowers

    ~B

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar

      I remember following you back on Instagram, but I’m not sure about Twitter. I’ll check and do if I don’t already 🙂
      Great connecting with ya! 😀

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