New look.. Also, I'm back!

Hey guys! *waves* 

Long time no see! Actually, it's been so long, that I don't even know where to start, what to say first... (I've been struggling with this for days now LOL)

*deep breaths*

I can't believe it's already July. JULY! And I can't believe it's been months since my last post. I never imagined that I'd be one of those bloggers who just disappear from the blogosphere, without any explanation and not coming back for... well, a long time, if ever, as if that was a perfectly normal thing to do. Believe me, I know it's not ok, and it was never supposed to happen. Now, I don't want to bore you with excuses and explanations and my dramatic story, but I do need to mention that disappearing for so long was never my intention. I love blogging, the community, the readers, the authors and most importantly, reading, too much to do that. 

So, when that dreadful thing happened in my personal life back in January, I knew I needed some time off, because not only I didn't really have the time, but I didn't have the energy to focus on anything else either. So I figured I'd take a break (a 2 weeks break, not a gazillion months break!) until the drama was over, get myself together, and then start over (if I ever learned anything from my favorite characters, it's that no matter what happens, life goes on, right? Yeah. Right. Easy to say that now). But days became weeks, weeks became months, and suddenly I was completely disconnected from the blogging world and it was so NOT OK. So... Here I am now, rambling away. :)) 

I know haven't been active around here, but I still read (and mostly listened to) books and tried to stay up to date with my favorite blogs and authors, bookish news (and drama - yes, I know all about that too) and stalked Twitter (and as of lately, Pinterest). I'm working on fixing that - being more active in the community, that is.  

And now that I got all that out of the way, I should also mention that I did a few changes on the blog (new header, template and stuff), I updated my review policy, I added a new page with links to free reads and I'm working on some recommendation pages (that's what I was working on when I had to go MIA). 

THANK YOU all for sticking with me all this time! 

I'll see you around!

xoxo