Pamela Nicole's Blog, page 8

How blogging helped me get my first job

 

I graduated form college a few months ago, and admittedly, I’d been kind of putting off finding a job. I told my parents I’d wait until January, let the holiday craziness pass, and then I’d begin actively seek something to do with my life. Even then I knew I wanted to put as much information as possible about my blog on my resume. And it paid off, because I’m pretty sure blogging helped me get my first job.

My ultimate dream is obviously publishing my book and having multiple sources of in...

2018 Reveries – A look back at the year where I took the most chances

 

If I had to say if 2018 was one of my best or worse years, I’d probably lean towards one of the best. So many things have happened! It hasn’t always been comfortable, but I think that is what has made it stand out so much. I did so many new-to me stuff that put me way out of my comfort zone. Not everything went like I’d have wanted, but well, you gotta acknowledge the mistakes, and do better next time!

 

Reviews (November + December)

I read some awesome books during the last two months of...

Our 5 favorite books of this year

 

It turns out adding subtitles to videos is… slow, tedious and complicated. But of course, being me, I chose to do it with the longest video my booktube friend and I had ever recorded. In the future, I’ll try to share more of our videos on the blog. I knew I had to at least share our last video of the year, talking about 5 books that blew us away this year.

 

Felix and I created Saltando Paginas around June, and now we have a little over 10 videos added to our channel. We’re so proud of our...

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor | A story about hate and love, and how both destroy people

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Series: Strange the Dreamer #2
ISBN: 9780316341707
on October 2, 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Epic, Romance, Social Themes, Friendship, Action & Adventure
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Source: Purchased

Goodreads

Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old.
She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise.
She was wrong.

In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, th...

Pack of Blood and Lies, by Olivia Wildenstein – An intense paranormal story with more questions than answers

A Pack of Blood and Lies by Olivia Wildenstein
Published by Olivia Wildenstein ISBN: 9781948463140
on March 10, 2019
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Werewolves & Shifters
Pages: 362
Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley

Goodreads

Three months shy of her eighteenth birthday, Ness is forced to return to Colorado. Even though it’s been six years, and the wolves of her all-male pack don’t recognize her, she recognizes them. People who shun others because of their gender are h...

3 Principios de la escritura creativa que debes conocer

 

He hablado mucho sobre personajes antes, pero hoy quería tratar sobre algunos puntos que conciernen a la narración en general, y que aplicamos en nuestra escritura todo el tiempo. 

Hace poco incluso comenté un poco sobre estos principios en mis historias de Instagram, y alguien me dijo que lo había estado usando en sus historias pero no sabía que tenía un nombre específico. ¡Quizá este sea tu caso también! De cualquier forma, estas 3 cosas están garantizadas a elevar tu historia y hacer qu...

Is Blogging Really Good for Introverts?

 

For a long time, people have been using blogs to express themselves in a way they can seldom do in their real lives. And this can be applied to all sorts of online interaction. For book bloggers for example, we’re able to connect with other bookworms and talk about reading.

It’s kind of perfect for introverts because we want to be heard, but we don’t always feel very comfortable speaking out. So blogging offers us a great way to bypass those pesky roadblocks that we’re hardwired to be wary...

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – Is this my favorite book read in 2018?

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Published by Penguin ISBN: 9780698172623
on February 2, 2016
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Historical, Military & Wars, Action & Adventure, Survival Stories
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Source: Purchased

Goodreads

World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises s...

Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven – Stockholm Syndrome? Maybe not!

Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven
Published by Penguin ISBN: 9780451489760
on September 25, 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal
Pages: 400
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased

Goodreads

Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital--her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her sec...

Why we need makeup positive YA literature too

 

I remember when I first started reading YA books. I was having the best time of my life with all those amazing stories. But there was something a lot of them had in common. The heroines of these adventures were usually girls who were often overlooked, thought themselves to be plain and boring, and sometimes to make the difference clear, the story placed other women around them who looked ‘better’ and were more popular.

I felt overlooked when I was a teen, and well, I still often do. I feel...