Adventures of Andrea

I see these posts on blogs a lot, and I love the positivity behind it. My friend Nicole also makes blog posts like this, and you should read hers because they're really cute. Anyway, I like the idea, so I figured I'd try them out! I don't think I'll do them every week, but I will do them occasionally. I also think I will talk about things that have recently happened that week and also things in the next few weeks that I'm looking forward to.

1. Painting our kitchen.
My boyfriend and I recently bought a house! And with that has come a lot of projects. We are slowly making the house our own, and our latest project is painting the kitchen. I sadly don't have any pictures on hand, but we're changing it to a nice, happy yellow color. It was a brown color, which was just a little too dark for me. I'm looking forward to buying decor for the kitchen and really making it ours.

2. Labor Day weekend.
My family always goes out of town for Labor Day weekend, and it's always fun to spend time with family and enjoy our lakehouse. This year we went to the nearby town for some shopping, took a golf cart ride and enjoyed the last of summer! Then yesterday, we spent time with my boyfriend's family for their annual Bean Bag Tournament, and even though neither of us won, it was still nice to enjoy the awesome weather and eat some good food.

3. Wedding time.
My boyfriend has a friend getting married next weekend and so we are going out of town to see him get married! It's an outdoor ceremony a couple hours away and it's casual, so I'm looking forward to a fun night with hopefully great weather!

And that's a wrap! I'm hoping to get back into blogging more frequently, so here's hoping for more blog posts!

As someone who reads quite a bit, sometimes I run out of books that I actually want to read. Usually, I solve this by watching Booktuber videos or searching through Goodreads, but a few months ago, I got the idea to read my way through the NYT Bestsellers List...specifically the Young Adult Best Seller List, since my heart lies in YA Fiction.

I do sometimes peek at the regular ol' Fiction Best Seller List and if something catches my eye, I'll read that too. I don't discriminate with my books.

I wanted to write about this, because I think it's always good to broaden your horizons with reading, and pick up books that you otherwise might not read.

Of course, there are some books on the Bestsellers list that I would have already planned to read, but there are also sequels, new standalones, new series, and I've also read some just plain horrible books too.

It's just one way that I've tried to find more books that I like. I know some people have some complaints about the way the Bestsellers list works, so I don't just rely on it for my book recommendations, but it kind of kicks my butt into gear when I fall behind on my reading.

Most recently, I've picked up the beginnings of two series, which I had never heard of before seeing them on the list. Maybe I would have eventually come across them on Goodreads months later, but I like staying on top of what's trending in the book world. :)

I'm not sure how many books I've read doing this, but I would estimate about 30 to 40, since sometimes the list doesn't introduce new books, or they have books I've already read.

How do you look for book recommendations? I'm always so curious to find out what people are reading, so let me know!

I love spring time. There's something about it that just makes me happy, and it just seems like the world is a brighter (literally) and happier place once winter ends. I don't have a lot of plans this month, but I would like to spend some time outside once it gets nicer.

Doing: 
I'm hoping (fingers crossed) to take some sort of quick vacation this month. My boyfriend has his spring break at the end of the month, so I'm hoping we can go somewhere! It would most likely be a quick trip to the next state over, but still would be fun!
I honestly can't think of anything else I have planned for March, although I'm sure that will change as the month goes by. I feel like March is sort of a transition month before the business of spring/summer really kicks in, so I'm okay with just taking it easy.

Watching:
Since I've been reading more, I haven't been watching as much TV. I feel like that's always the case. I either watch more TV and don't read, or read more and watch less TV.
Anyway, one show I have been keeping up with is MTV's Are You The One. Nicole got me into it, and even though it's pretty trashy, it makes us laugh. If you like any sort of reality show, you'll probably like this one. It's also really weird to me how most of the people in the show are actually younger than me now...but it's still amusing to watch.

Reading:
I read lots of books in February, which made me really happy! Owlcrate, a book subscription box that I get, did a daily readathon for part of this month and I knocked out a ton of books. A readathon is usually hosted on Twitter or Facebook, and people read for "sprints" of a certain amount of time and you can interact with other readers and it's just really helpful. I had three past Owlcrate books that I hadn't read (one that was from September!) and I finally got around to reading all of them! My TBR stack is much more manageable now. I don't think I have any planned reads for March, but I'm just looking forward to crossing off more books on my TBR list.
A February book post that will talk about all the books I read last month will most likely be coming soon. :)

Looking forward to: 
FabFitFun comes this month, which is always exciting. I really like this subscription box, and even though it's a little pricier than other boxes, it's only quarterly, so it's not too bad. The products are always full-sized, and I just feel like I always get my money's worth.
I just started a new job, so I'm looking forward to settling in at my new position. I'm really loving it so far, so I hope my first full month there will go well. :)

What do you guys like best about March, and what are you up to this month?