Book-Tube-A-Thon TBR

Hello friends! Today is August the 3rd and it is also the start of Book-Tube-A-Thon 2015!! So if you didn't know, Book-Tube-A-Thon is basically an annual readathon. It lasts a week till the 9th and it is huge in the book community. Every year, book tubers, bloggers, readers and book clubs will participate. They will pick 7 books based on the challenges and we will basically read as much as we can.

This is my first year participating and I'm going into it straight from the #TBRTakedown 2.0. So I know this is late but here's my TBR for this week:

1) Read a book with blue on the cover

More Happy Then Not by Adam Silvera

2) Read a book by an author who shares the same first letter of your last name 

Something Real by Heather Demetrios

3) Read someone else's favourite book

Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruitz Zafron (This is my brother's favourite book)

4) Read the last book you acquired 

Red Rising by Pierce Brown (This is my bookclub's BOTM)

5) Finish a book without letting go of it

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Niel Gaiman

6) Read a book you really want to read

The Storied Life Of A.J.Fikery by Gabrielle Zevin

7) Read seven books

Well that's my TBR for this week. I'm super duper excited for it and I hope you are too if you are participating. Tell me what books are on your TBR for this exciting week!

I'm In The Top 21 Blogs For YA Book Lovers List!

Hi guys! This is just a short post to let you all know that I've been listed as one of the top 21 YA Book Bloggers! I'm really excited about it because the people in the list with me are amazing book bloggers themselves and so it's so exciting to be put up on a listing with them.

Do go check out the listings here.

This is my first time getting listed like this and it means the world to me so thank you so much!

It would be great if you could check out some of the bloggers, follow them and read their posts. By the way, I'm listed as number 7!

Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

If you are reading this, then you should know that I'm still in Bali. I've been gone since the 26th and I'll only be home on the 4th of January. So I'm spending New Year's in Bali with my mom and brother. I was worried about the internet connection there and also I wasn't bringing my laptop with me so I actually wrote this post on Christmas morning (at 2am) and I scheduled it to go up while I'm away.

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So it's 2015. Wow. Time really flew didn't it? Seemed like just yesterday that we were starting 2014 doesn't it. It's such a cliché thing to say but it's true. I mean time really does fly.

This year has honestly been one of the best years of my life. It was the year that I finally got to be truly happy and to be in a place where I could learn things I love alongside people who ran on the same wavelengths as me. This was the year that I said yes to many things. This was the year that I pushed myself out of my comfort zone to the best of my ability. This was the year that I got to help people and hear their stories. I have made so many friends both online and in real life. I have gotten so many opportunities with this blog. I have grown into myself. I am finally so so happy.

I know that many of you out there may not have had a very good year. But I wanted to tell you that it's okay. It's okay if you screwed up something this year. It's okay if something bad happened. It's okay if you aren't where you hoped you would be. You know why? Because you get a clean slate today. Today you get the chance to start over. It's back to day one.

You may think to yourself, "Oh well I've already screwed up so royally, nothing can help me so I might as well give up." But no. It's never too late to pick yourself up and try again. You can do it! If you didn't have the strength in 2014, trust me, you will find it in 2015.

It's your choice. It's your choice if you want to lay down and let life walk all over you. It's your choice if you want to stand up and smile and laugh at life. YOU and only you have the power to make 2015 count.

To end of, I thought I would take some time to share with you three of my New Year Resolutions in the hope that they might inspire you a little.

1. Say yes more often. 
2. Be confident. I am not an ugly person and I have no reason to feel that way.
3. Don't let anxiety and worry control you.

I would very much like to hear what some of your resolutions are and I would love it if you posted them in the comments.

Thank you for sticking with my blog for the last 6 months and for contributing to making my 2014 such an awesome one. Once again, happy new year and I hope that each an everyone of you reading this has an amazing, dynamic and awesome 2015. See you when I get back from Bali!