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January 11, 2015
2015 Book Blogging
For a while now I’ve wanted to create more blog content here and so I have decided that 2015 is the year that it’s going to happen. I love reading blogs and I hope to share a post with a few of my favourites soon (because who doesn’t love finding more online eye candy?) but I’ve felt that there’s a lack of creative book blogs about. This may well be just because I’ve been looking in the wrong places (after all, the internet is a vast place) but even if that’s so, the challenge of gathering blog content that is both bookish and visually creative is something that sounds appealing to me.
This year my 2015 goals are very simple and clear because instinctively, that is what I feel I need. In the past I’ve created monthly challenges for myself and measured my progress in different ways, but right now, I feel simplicity is key. I will be posting a video from my youtube channel about my bookish 2015 goals very soon (in fact, I’m halfway through editing it right now). In my personal life, I’m centring this year around one word that encompasses what I’m aiming for: peace. One of my favourite bloggers, Elise Blaha, chooses a word every year and I was inspired by her to focus my goals in this way. Right now, peace is what I crave. For me this means finishing my second fantasy book, Feathers, without loading pressure on myself. It means completing a half marathon this spring (my first) with regular training that slowly builds up – not a last second freak-out (I think you might be seeing a pattern here). For me that means a thought-out, developed plan for my future career. For me that means growing in my faith as a Christian, yet learning to be at peace with my spiritual journey. For me that means the possibility of moving away from home.
Peace. It means a lot of thing to me this year but – crucially – it involves a lot of books! Because no year is a year in my life without books and I can’t wait to share them.
January 1, 2015
December 25, 2014
#vlogmas Week 3
Looking for some Christmas evening viewing? Vlogmas Week 3 is here!
December 23, 2014
Autumn Wrap-Up
I read some pretty awesome books in the last three months and in this video I rattle through them with a brief summary of my thoughts on each one.
#vlogmas Week 2
Apparently I had so much fun filming week one of #vlogmas that I went ahead and carried on ;). I’m still finding my feet with vlogging so I experimented with music and lifestyle shots in this second instalment.
Book Lover Gift Guide
This was on my ‘Things I Must Make Time To Do This December’ list, and I did it! No one is more surprised about this than me. So if you feel like getting festive/wanna discover some last minute present ideas for book lovers, then check out the video below :).
#vlogmas Week 1
Okay, so I have tentatively mentioned ever since having a youtube channel that I would like to try vlogmas one day and this December, I took the plunge. Not completely – I’ll be the first to admit that. I don’t think daily vlogging would suit my life right now (it was be tremendously boring to watch) so I opted for a weekly vlog instead and the feedback on this has actually been really good! It seems that people tend to prefer a weekly round-up of the ‘best bits’ and this takes some of the pressure off me a little too so I’m all for it. Below is the first week of my #vlogmas in which I attend the Penguin Women’s Fiction Evening and do many other not so glamorous things.
Penguin Book Haul
I was invited to the Penguin Women’s Fiction Evening in London this December and I had an AMAZING time. I also walked away with a lot of books as this video shows ;).
My First Writing Vlog
Hey guys!
So I tried a writing vlog for the first time below and I was very nervous about uploading to my channel. Editing it, I was concerned that it was uneventful and just generally boring. Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of excitement when I write (that’s not inside my head). But the comments from viewers were so positive and kind! As I mention in the video, I enjoyed the process myself – I was only worried that others wouldn’t – and it’s something that I would like to do again once the crazy vlogging that is #vlogmas is over.
