2019 is done, and I’m praying that 2020 is a better year for my personal life, but also for reading as well. If you’ve been following me on Goodreads, Twitter, or on my blog, you will know that my reading year has not been good. AT ALL. BUT, let’s let the stats speak for themselves. Here we go. Here are my stats and all of the books that I read in 2019. …
2019 was a bit of a shit year, to be honest. You can read all about the shitty times here. But there were a few good things that happened as well.
However, it really hasn’t been a good year for reading or blogging, and I’m quite disappointed in myself for how little I’ve read. But, I’m blaming that on how much I’ve been struggling this year with my mental health.
Anyway, let’s get on with the post.
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I’m actually writing this two weeks after YALC has finished… It took me so long to do this blog post, from taking the pictures, to including the links! Anyway, as the title suggests, this post shows you all of the things that I got whilst I was at YALC in London this year. I didn’t actually BUY a lot. Most of the things that you can see in this post are free things that I managed to pick up whilst I was there.
So without any further ado, let’s get on with the haul! …
This is my second year at YALC and I was so excited to go so that I could see all of my friends again and some more amazing authors. If you want to read about what I thought of YALC last year, check out my blog post.
I can’t believe that it’s a second year of YALC that’s been and gone. The tickets are available to purchase in January, and it seems like you’re waiting forever for July to come around, and when it does, BAM, it’s already over.
I feel like an opinion piece for YALC is so important, because people need to raise awareness of things that could be improved and the things that are doing well so that the organisers can improve on them next year. …
Welcome back to ANOTHER Fairy Loot unboxing!
If you weren’t aware, this Finale box is the first time that Fairy Loot have done a special edition box for just one book, so all of the items included in this box are inspired by the Caraval series.
Let’s get on with the unboxing… …
I absolutely loved YALC last year, and I knew that I definitely wanted to try and make it every year. I had a bit of a stressful time this year with booking my tickets for YALC, as I soon found out that YALC and my graduation are happening on the same weekend. But I decided to defer my graduation until January and make YALC the priority.
It is an expensive weekend, to be honest. It was £60 for the ticket and then I had to book a hotel for the three nights, and then obviously there are going to be stalls where I’ll want to buy things, so it’s going to get very expensive. BUT! It only happens once a year, so I don’t mind. Anyway, here is the full overview of what I’m looking forward to, and my reading plans.
Okay, so last year, I only did a TBR post, but since YALC released all of the authors for 2019 at the same time, I thought that I would make it slightly easier for me (and you) to figure out which authors are going to be on which days. The full schedule for the weekend will be going up on the London Film and Comic Con website on Friday 3rd May.
Let’s get down to business!
Welcome back to ANOTHER Fairy Loot unboxing! If you don’t already know, I now also have a YouTube channel where I have also filmed an unboxing as well as writing this blog post. So, for this month the theme was ‘Dark Magic’ and when the theme was announced last month, I genuinely had no idea what the book was going to be. I scoured Goodreads for even a little clue, but I couldn’t find anything!
Let’s get on with the unboxing… …
Where to begin with this review?! It’s not going to be as long as my other reviews as I know that I’m probably going to find it really hard to review this book without letting on to any spoilers!
I am so happy that Muse of Nightmares is FINALLY out, however, I’m gutted because it’s only a duology and I NEED MORE of Lazlo and Sarai. I mean… I guess that I could just keep re-reading the books, right?
Why am I already doing a March book haul? This shouldn’t even be allowed. This year is going too fast, and I can’t keep up with everything… *cue having a mental breakdown* …