New Blog Design & Book Haul #7! ♥

*Updated Note: Thank you for all the love and kind comments everyone!
I have added a simple script header in - I also removed the top black header bar as well, I'm still working on tweaking the footer and scroll.

Finally, I have a design that has clicked with me!

I've always wanted a dynamic kind of theme with more than one column.

However, they have always been more for wordpress. I even contacted blog designers, but it didn't work out for me so I took things in my own hands. I'm not a professional blog designer, although I have taken a couple of graphic art classes before - I can tweak around with a base layout and create something different.

I found a theme called GoGreen, and it WORKED on blogger. Usually other dynamic themes I've tried made my sidebar and header disappear for good, and I didn't know how to bring them back. This theme only had two columns with the sidebar AND header, and I decided to heavily edit it so they''re actually four columns now. I re-sized the post entry, the outer and inner wrappers - It actually looks nothing like the original theme now, the credit is still at the bottom. It had two navigation menus, but I only kept one of them. I removed my sidebar, and added all the important gadgets onto my footer instead. I actually removed the "tour hosts" or "blogger networks" icons- it would have been too much if I have kept them.

I really LOVE it now, I'm kind of proud of myself. I will probably keep this theme forever.. Well, for a couple of years at least. I'm not sure if I should add a header in? I can add a header in although, I have to tweak around it a lot. Maybe a slight logo or the name of the blog? I still need to tweak the footer and make it smaller in size, the percentage on the side still annoys me when you scroll but I'm planning on removing it. Overall I'm quite happy with the layout. What do you guys think of the theme, and should I add a header or no header? I like the simple yet professional look it gives off.

Here were the past themes I've tried before but most of them didn't work out for me.. I did love the second theme as well, I've used it for a couple of months but it was time for a change! I created these headers  from picmonkey. The actual gifs/and images aren't owned by me.

Now it's time for Mailbox Monday & my book haul over the last two weeks! 

Meme hosted by the original Mailbox Monday Blog.

These are the items that have popped up in my mailbox in the past two weeks. Happy Reading! :) These are all review copies sent free of charge via Flux Publishing, St. Martin's Griffin, Dutton Books, HNQ Books, Grand Central Publishing, and Scholastic! 

After Dark, Deep, Killer Instinct, The White Rose, and Instinct are unsolicited copies. I'm going to be busy reading these books for the rest of March & Spring break! My mailman thinks I'm a shopaholic.. One time a company wrote the wrong address, but he recognized my name on the package lol. Upcoming reviews of Killer Instinct, Deep, and None of The Above coming this week.

e-ARC's sent for review.
(how beautiful are these covers though!)

Personal Kindle Purchases

I bought(pre-ordered) a physical copy AFTER a whole year! It was of course A Court of Thorns and Roses.

• So many books, so little time. I'm so excited to read these all! Shukran for reading this! Leave your blog links in the comments & I'll be sure to check them out & follow :) Stay in tuned pretty creatures.. 
  
  
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