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The Secret Life of a Book Blogger

Nov 6, 2016

I was tagged my the lovely Ely over at Tea and Titles to do the Secret Life of a Book Blogger Tag. I haven’t done a tag in a while because I always forgot, so I thought why not.

Question Time:

This February it will be my 5^th anniversary, so next year I will be going into my sixth year of blogging.

I don’t really know when. I love blogging, it has been a big part of my life and it has gotten me to where I am today. But most likely when I get a full-time job, hopefully in the publishing industry.

There are a couple of things that I love about Blogger.

I able to talk about things that I love and people share that same love.
I have made so many amazing friends from blogging and some of those I have been friends with for nearly 5 years – which is crazy and amazing at the same time. There are some friends from the other side of the world that I may never meet, but I know that I can talk to them online. And then I have made friends that live 10 minutes away from me and we went to the same high school. Blogging is a crazy world.

Some of the amazing friends I have made are Ely, Michelle, Millicent, Lu, Eddie, Miranda and more.

Again there is a couple things that are really hard about being a blogger. I just want to say that not everyone is like this and I am not calling out anyone.

Rudeness and harshness. Going onto twitter every day and seeing that there is something new burning. I just want to close my screen and leave. I don’t like to fight, but I do believe in speaking up for what I believe in, so when I see someone saying mean and unnecessary things to people, I do have to step in.
Blogging takes up a lot of time and there are times when I can’t blog because of life or university and sometimes I cannot be bothered. But I hate that when I do that I lose followers, likes, conversations etc. Sometimes I need a break and I don’t want people to think that I won’t be coming back. I try and not feel upset about this, but sometimes you can take it personally.

I normally take my own pictures so depending on the weather from 10-15 minutes. Taking a couple at a time of different things, so then I have a stockpile waiting for me when I need to use them. I then have to edit them, which again it doesn’t take me long because I suck at it.

I do, however, make a fair few graphics which again I make myself and depending on how detailed it is can take up to 15 minutes.

This is really hard, but at the moment it has to be Julian Blackthorn from Lady Midnight. Just my heart and him – lord.

I have a fair few amazing authors on Angel Reads through a series I did highlighting Australian YA, but if I could have any international authors it would have to be either Cassandra Clare or Richelle Mead.

If I am at home, leggings and a T-shirt or jumper, but of I do it while I am in the city for University: jeans and a top or a dress.

Prepare for what? If we are talking about posts here. I am really bad and preparing posts and getting them up before they are supposed to. It’s not the first time I am writing a review the day it has to go up.

If we are talking about how long it takes me to write posts? It depends on what we are talking about here. If it’s a review maybe an hour, but then I need to edit, create graphics, links etc. If it’s a discussion, this might take days. I might have more things to say but might not know what when I first start writing it. And then edit, make graphics etc.

I have a love/hate relationship with the book blogging community. Most of the time I love it. I adore that we can post about what we love and people love it back or they might even disagree and that is amazing. There are some incredible people out there and I love reading what they write, their thoughts about books. I love to see different reactions to books and movies.

But I hate the cattiness, the hurtfulness. I hate that there is always fighting and name calling or talking behind each other backs. It’s like we are in high school again, and I hated high school. And to go on what Ely said – I dislike the divide between book bloggers and booktubers and the hate that it all brings – we all love the same thing, we all do the same thing, just in different mediums.

Be yourself, don’t let anyone tell you to be someone else. Let your personality shine through your blog – like I hope mine shines through. Have fun – don’t think about numbers, followers or ARCS. Do it for yourself, pretend you are the audience.

I hope that you liked this post, it was fun answering these questions. I normally forget to do tags, so if you have tagged me in something and I haven’t done it – please tell me. Do you agree with any of my response? Do you disagree? Let’s Chat.

I tag anyone that wants to do it. You can say that I tagged you and link me up when you have posted.

I’m Back! Uni, Life and Exhaustion

Oct 31, 2016

So, you might have noticed that Angel Reads has been a little quite the last couple of weeks. I’m a little sorry for that, however, I was in the last few weeks of my university course and everything was crazy. I had assessment after assessment, events, and my internship. I haven’t really had no time to rest, you might have even noticed I was not on twitter a lot as well – which was so hard!

Anyway, I have finished my course and I graduate officially on the 14th of December. I have 1 more assessment to go, but it’s due on Sunday, so I thought I would say hello early. If you didn’t know already I was doing an Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing.

What’s Next?

Anyway, I have finished my course and I graduate officially on the 14th of December. YAY! I am not going to my ceremony simply because I am planning on studying some more. Hopefully next year I will be enrolled in the Bachelor of Communication (Public Relations). I will know in the next couple of months if I am.

Books

I have been reading the past couple of weeks and that’s because it’s a 40-minute train ride to and from University. Public transport is one of my main reading times, as normally when I come home I sleep or study. Some of my favourite for the recent months are:

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake: Three Dark Crowns is dark and sinister. You don’t know who to trust or what is going to happen next.There were a couple of problems here and there, but overall, I really enjoyed it. The reader is left on their feet through the book, and even when it ends, you are left standing on the edge of a cliff. Full Review

Three Dark Crowns Aesthetic: All Images are from Pinterest

Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz: Such an important book that is topical. It was a refreshing and smart and that I think every teen and adult should read. Full Review coming soon.

Worldwalker Trilogy by Josephine Angelini: An enthralling and intriguing journey for both the reader and the characters. With wonderful character development and a riveting world of fantasy and science. This series to easy to fly through and you will be satisfied when you finish. Reviews: Trial by Fire, Firewalker and Witch’s Pyre

Witch’s Pyre Aesthetic: All Images are from Pinterest

I cannot wait to share my thoughts on books that I have read in the past couple of weeks, I love hearing what you think. If you have any posts that you think I might enjoy, leave them below and I will check them out.

What have you been up to the past couple of weeks? How has your year been going? What books have you loved? Let’s Chat!

Pokemon Go Book Tag

Jul 28, 2016

All the graphics were created by Aentee.

I haven’t done a tag in quite a while so when I was tagged by Julia from Picnic Reads, I thought why not. The Pokemon Go Book Tag was created by the lovely Aentee over at Reading at Midnight. Go check out both of the lovely girls.

I’ve loved Pokemon quite a lot as a kid, but then I kind of grew out of it for some reasons, the fact that it’s making its come back and even getting the younger generations involved puts a smile on my face. Anyway, less chit chat on onto the tag.

There are two answers to this one and you probably know both. First Harry Potter, Harry has been with me from the start of my childhood and my life would be a whole lot different if it wasn’t. I did a whole post on my journey with Harry, but I cannot imagine my life without it.

Then it’s Vampire Academy – VA started my love for reading again, during the late stages of primary school I feel a little out of love with reading, but then Vampire Academy came along and gave me a kick in the butt.

I read Vampire Academy back in 2009 and I really have not stop reading since. I cemented my love for Young Adult and books.

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, there was a movie that came out a couple of years ago and I feel in love with the magic, characters and story – so I had to pick up the book and it was just as magical.

Okay I am going to get killed for saying this, but any Sarah J. Maas books. *Goes and hides in a corner* Now if you follow me on twitter, you might have seen me say this before, but I haven’t said it here.

So yes I will not be continuing the Throne of Glass books or A Court of Thorns and Roses – now before everyone jumps. I have read the first book of both these series and loved them – quite a bit. And I was so excited to read the rest, until I read what happen and that pushed me right off.

The Hundred Oaks series by Miranda Kenneally. These books have quite a couple of tropes, but still they are fun to read. They all have something different, something fun and they are take you on an emotional roller coaster.

The Song of Fire and Ice Series by George R.R Martin. Okay so I have tried to read A Game of Thrones 3 times and each time I’ve put it down, each time because of the size. I will finish this series…sometime.

However, every time I go to read these books, I just stare at the books and stop.

Disruption and Corruption by Jessica Shirvington. I loved these books so much, As soon as I finished Disruption, I picked up Corruption. I could not put them both down. I wanted to know what was going to happen next, especially with the ending of Disruption. Plus it’s Aussie YA.

I ship way to many people for this question so some of recent-ish ones are; Arin and Kestrel (The Winners Trilogy), Maggie and Quentin (Disruption) and Emma and Julian ( Lady Midnight).

Ruined by Amy Tintera – holy crap; I loved this book so much – you can read my review. It has everything that I love in a novel and I could not stop. A couple of hours and I finished it.

You should all know this by now – but Cassandra Clare – I wrote a discussion about this sort of thing a couple of months ago.

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – this book was incredible. It was beautiful, captivating, extraordinary. Salt to the Sea is a gorgeous novel that brings to light a catastrophe that seems to be forgotten. With stunning writing and intriguing characters Ruta Sepetys brings a novel that tells a story that everyone needs to read. You can read my whole review, but basically I loved it.