Welcome, 2017! Last week I was here wishing you a Merry Christmas and now it’s time to wish you a Happy New Year. I can’t believe how quickly 2016 went. It was like I was here yesterday writing this new years posts.

2016 has been a hell of a year. I started my second year of uni, Angel Reads was going well and I was feeling good. And I was ready to read all the books coming out in the year.

Reading for 2016 wasn’t the best year  5-star wise. I only have 14 that were 5 stars or close, while I read about 100. It’s the most that I have read in a really long time, and I loved reading so much. I just wish that I had more that I loved.

This year also had some ups and downs both personally and YA community wise. I managed to graduate from my first uni course, get into another one and do my first internship. The internship was incredible – I was in a publishing house working with publicity and marketing.  Not only did I have an amazing time, it also cemented that publicity in the field that I want to work in. I can’t wait to do more internships and hopefully in the future work here, in the publishing industry.

The community this year has been hard sometimes, there has been lots of drama and plenty of misunderstandings. I think that we do need to talk about the issues that arise in the community. But I also believe that social can be hard to get issues across.  I hope that 2017 isn’t surrounded my fights that break out every day.

Lastly, I would love to thank YOU. 2016 has been a great year for me here at Angel Reads, I have loved every minute of it.  Thank you to my followers who have been here, commented on my posts, and talk to me on twitter.