From Mah Youtube - Book Haul #29

Since I don't really keep up with the whole In My Mailbox/Letterbox Love memes anymore I just tend to do book hauls as and when I get a reasonable amount of books over my Youtube Channel RayReads. I did a vlog the other day so I thought I'd cross post it over here for you guys :) If anyone is interested in the preceding 28 book hauls there's a playlist of them on my channel page.



Books shown in haul
Eye of Minds by James Dashner
Rebel Heart by Moira Young
Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead
The Masterful Mr Montague by Stephanie Laurens
Three Weeks with Lady X by Eloisa James
Have a Little Faith by Candy Harper
Dictionary of First Names by Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges
The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier
Seeking Crystal by Joss Stirling

A mixed haul of various goodies, as you might tell from the vlog it's the Joss Stirling book that got me super excited because ever since I kind of ruined my copy of Seeking Crystal right after I bought it, I have been wanting to get a new copy. Now I have one and it's so beautiful I could cry.

So that's it for now, there may be something else I'll post about tomorrow... but you'll have to keep an eye on twitter for that... :P

Night folks
Ray x

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YALC Haul - from mah Youtube

Since I don't know how many of yous guys watch my Youtube channel (you're not missing much I'll grant you) I thought y'all might be interested in seeing the video I made after YALC and dang if I didn't actually edit it a bit too! *le gasp*. It's basically just me going through all the books I bought and acquired while at YALC, along with the cool swag and signatures I got in the books I specifically took with me.



Books Bought/Acquired
The Manifesto on How to be Interesting - Holly Bourne
Landline - Rainbow Rowell
The Memory Keeper - Natasha Ngan
The Illusionists - Laure Eve
The Falconer - Elizabeth May
My Invisible Boyfriend - Susie Day
Glimpse - Kendra Leighton
You Don't Know Me - Sophia Bennett
The Shadow's Curse - Amy McCulloch
This Book is Gay - James Dawson
Naomi & Eli's No Kiss List - David Levithan & Rachel Cohn
Heart-Shaped Bruise - Tanya Byrne

I did also film a bit of footage while I was at YALC but nearly all of it was updatey stuff when I was in the hotel so I have not got round to editing that together, if I will at all since it's not exactly riveting stuff and y'all have surely had enough of me waffling at you about YALC.

As I have previously mentioned I am *hoping* to get to writing reviews of the YALC titles that I read this summer, providing that I don't have another freak-out about my writing abilities. So maybe you'll get to see some of those soon-ish.

And in additional addendum to my post on Sunday - the slightly special don't-mind-me-I'm-just-wigging-out post. I am either gonna post what I wrote post-freakout on a separate page on my blog (so it'll be accessible via the page bar) or to my Wattpad account. If you wanna give it a read that's fucking great but after I initially post it and tweet it out I ain't gonna mention it cos I don't want to feel like I'm forcing something y'all don't want onto you. *Edit* Above link now goes to the story snippet ^_^

Enough nattering though
Ray x

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Sorry about the tumbleweeds

I fell off the grid a bit there. Didn't plan on doing it but my brain decided it didn't want to focus hard on writing this month so instead we went on a reading binge. That was pretty fun I'll grant you but since it was almost entirely re-reads it has further sunk my intentions to read more new books than previously read books. *quelle surprise*

I am trying to claw my way back onto the writing wagon, but real-life things have kicked me in the teeth somewhat and I may be looking at a much grimmer end to 2014 than I previously imagined. But I do still want to finish my book, damn it I will finish it this year; come hell or high water. It won't be as soon as I had hoped unless I can make June a lot more productive than May was but it *will* be done.

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet because I doubt y'all fancy reading a massively long spiel about my writerly woes. I should be doing an end of May reading post soonish and perhaps another post of as-yet-undetermined subject matter. I have done a couple of book haul vlogs over on my Youtube channel so if you fancy watching those then feel free :)

Anyways hope y'all have a good Sunday and Happy Bank Holiday to the Brits.
Ray

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New Name, New URL, same old me

In the interests of not panicking folk who may come looking for old blog posts (surprisingly it still happens) I thought I ought to post so there something with this new URL and hope like hell that you can still reach the old posts by searching.

During my horrifically long absence from the blogasphere I have mostly been based over on my Youtube channel doing mostly Books Read and Acquired vlogs (Playlist of those videos here) but recently I have also changed the name of channel due to Youtube's incessant nagging about having a proper name to the less confusing Ray Reads!

Now I am not saying that this post is foretelling a return to blogging, god only knows why I am tinkering with all this stuff anyway but because I have meddled I had better let you guys knows in case some people see a new name pop up in their blog readers and wonder "who the hell did I follow?", that's if this shows up at all what with the URL change.

Gah now this is getting rambling and non-sensical (I'm super sleepy and in need of my bed) so I shall finish up here.

Never say never to future posts but I can't make any promises.
Ray

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Books Read and Acquired - Blog the First!

Good afternoon my chickies! Just to prove that I wasn't having a one-day burst of blogenergy I have decided that it's about time that my Youtube Channel reconnected with my blog. During my long blog absence I was still making vlogs over on Youtube, there I started doing a little thing I called "Books Read and Acquired" where on a Saturday I would plonk myself in front of my webcam and witter about all the books I'd bought/borrowed/been given and also what I'd read over the past week. My own little one-woman meme.

Up to now I've done 12 of these vlogs (occasional gaps where I've not made a video for a while) and today I thought beforehand "I should totally post this on the blog as well" and here I am. I gotta warn you these videos are usually pretty lengthy (I can talk a *lot* when I put my mind to it), so if you can make it through the whole thing then the congratulatory cookies are on the table for you *grins*. Do excuse thumbnail pouty face.

 

Books Read

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Re-Read)

The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

The Second Book of General Ignorance by Johns Lloyd & Mitchinson

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

*Also Re-read* Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - REVIEW COMING SOON!!

Books Acquired

The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint (From the BHF)

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (From awesome Antique shop in Alfreton)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (From the Works)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (From the Works)

*Not Mentioned* The Second Book of General Ignorance (Also bought in the Works)

Unrest by Michelle Harrison (From Waterstones)

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (From Waterstones)

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (From Coventry Waterstones)

Slated by Teri Terry (From Cov Waterstones)

Saving June by Hannah Harrington (From Cov Waterstones)

Revived by Cat Patrick (From Cov WHSmiths)

Myth & Magic: The artwork of John Howe by John Howe (From The Works in Derby)

The Illustrated Jane Austen Library by Jane Austen (From the Works in Derby BLESS YOU) 

So there yous go! If you want to catch yourselves up on the previous vlogs then please feel free to head on over to the Tube of You-ness and watch the playlist I will shortly be creating (link).

And now I shall be dashing off to go do a prodigious amount of ironing (which seems to be almost my occupation these days). Keep your eyebulbs peeled for the Review coming later this week. I may also post any vlog reviews I did during my hiatus.

Domestically Yours

LadyV

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