Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Top Ten Tuesday #96: Top 10 Things getting in the way of my reading time (or those ANNOYING Distractions)

 


Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme that was formerly created at The Broke and the Bookish but has now moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. 





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This week's top 10 Tuesday topic is Top 10 Things getting in the way of my reading time!


Man, do you ever want to read something, but there's so many things in life that distracts you from reading?  As someone who's constantly putting off reading books because of how busy my life tends to get, I have a lot of distractions in my life that prevents me from reading books (which is honestly a NIGHTMARE for me).

So, here are my top 10 Things getting in the way of my reading time (in no particular order of course)!








1. Video Games




As I mentioned before, I've been playing a lot of video games on Twitch lately and it has just been taking up a lot of my time.  So, I haven't been able to really read any books since I'm so distracted by video games.


2. YouTube




I have been on YouTube for many years and years ago, when I first got onto YouTube, I was able to balance out posting videos on YouTube and reading at the same time.  But, ever since I started putting more effort into my YouTube videos and I have actually started to edit the videos myself, it's been taking a lot of time out of my daily activities and I found myself not being able to read as much anymore as I used to.



3. Watching Movies and TV Shows




Another reason why I rarely read books these days is because I've been watching a lot of movies and TV shows lately.  Since I've taken such a huge interest in movies and TV shows lately, I rarely made time to read some books during that time.


4. Exercising





I've been trying to work out a lot more lately to lose some weight, so that pretty much cut into my reading time.


5. Cooking




I just love to cook a lot and whenever I'm feeling really hungry (which is all the time), I just get up and cook something and that usually cuts into my reading time.



6. Too Tired




You know when you want to read a book, but then all of a sudden, you start feeling so tired that you don't feel like reading (or doing anything) at that point?  That's how I've been feeling lately and unfortunately, every time I try to pick up a book, I immediately fall asleep while I'm reading a book!



7. Listening to Music




I love listening to music (like all the time) and sometimes, I just get so into the groove of the songs that I listen to, that I just get distracted and I rarely pay attention to anything else outside of the music that I listen to.



8. Instagram



I've been busy taking lots of pictures of the books I own and while I really enjoy taking pictures of my beauties, it takes away from my reading time constantly.


9. Freelance Work




So, I'm currently doing Beta Reading and posting up author's books on my Instagram account and because of that, I tend to be really busy with this work and it takes away a lot of time for reading for me.  If you want me to beta read your works or post up your books on my Instagram account, then contact me through FIVERR.


10. Twitch




So, you guys might have noticed that I've been talking a lot about Twitch lately and that's because I've been spending a lot of time on Twitch lately.  I've been playing video games on there, showing movies and watching other streamers and it's all been so fun!  So of course, this really distracted me from reading fully.




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Sunday, May 14, 2023

Cover Spotlight #55: May 14th 2023 - May 21st, 2023

Hey everyone!  I just created a new book meme called "Cover Spotlight" where you get to showcase your favorite book covers!  It can be a book cover from a book you've read years ago, a book cover from a book you just recently read or a book cover from a book that you've never read before, but you still love the cover!  You can also feature multiple book covers instead of one for this meme! This is a weekly meme, which means that the meme starts every Sunday, but you have until the Sunday after that week to post your favorite covers!


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#coverspotlight



So, from this point forward, I will be doing specific themes for my cover picks of the week!  You don't have to do this for your cover picks, but for me, this would be something really exciting for me to explore with!  So, this week's theme is:



Fire











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Book Photo Sundays #135: May 14, 2023

Hello everyone! Welcome to "Book Photo Sundays" where you get the chance to showcase photos of your books, bookshelves and book conventions you have gone to!  The goal of this book meme is to basically just post up a photo of the various books you have read or your book hauls on your blog and link back here so that way everyone can check out your wonderful book photos!  You can get your book photos through your Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, Iphone or any other account where you can get your photos!


#bookphotosundays


So let's get started!



Hey everyone! Welcome to another Book Photo Sundays!  For this week, I'm showcasing two books that deal with video games which are "Ready Player One" and "Warcross!"  The second photo is of my special edition copy of "Anna and the French Kiss" and it's such a gorgeous edition!






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Saturday, May 13, 2023

Stacking the Shelves #112: May 13, 2023

Stacking The Shelves is a book meme created by Reading Reality and it is about sharing books that you are adding to your shelves, whether it's physical or virtual.  This means including books that you bought from the store or online, books you borrowed from friends or from the library, books you've reviewed, gifts and ebooks!


Hey everyone!  I had a pretty good week!  Last week, I hosted my first ever Donothon on my Twitch account and it went pretty well!  I'm thinking about doing another Donothon for next month since next month is my 1 year anniversary on Twitch!  Meanwhile, I watched a really interesting movie called "Blood, Sweat and Cheer" on Tubi and I have to say that it was one crazy thriller film!




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From Illumicrate:


Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh





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Sunday, May 7, 2023

The Sunday Post Meme (217)

Hey everybody! I am participating in a book meme called the Sunday Post which is being hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer! The goal of this meme is to share news you have  on various books and things you’ve read or received and also talk about what is coming up for your blog! Book hauls can include library books, yard sale finds, arcs and bought books and you can share these finds with other book bloggers!


Hey everyone!  I had a pretty relaxing week as I took a break from streaming on Twitch.  But, the reason why I did that was because I'm planning on doing a Donothon for this week on Wednesday!  This is my first ever Donothon and I hope that it goes by well!  Meanwhile, my baby sister has been in Tennessee all of last week due to her job and she's set to come back home today!  I can't wait for her to tell us her little adventures at Tennessee!





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* This week's Cover Spotlight runs from April 23rd, 2023 - April 30th, 2023.  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE!


This week's theme is: Orange Color!








* This week's Book Photo Sundays runs from May 7th, 2023 - May 14th, 2023.  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE!






  

Book Photo Sundays Meme!





 

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One Word: EXCITED!!!






(HULU)

* So, I just watched this new movie on Hulu called "The Offering" and it was a pretty interesting horror movie!  I really loved the tension throughout this movie, although I didn't really like the ending of this movie as it plays out like your typical cliched horror movie ending.




 

How was your May so far?








*So, here are some good things that happened to me recently!



* I took a week off from doing any activities, so it was nice to relax for awhile!

* I'm trying to get back into exercising again and it's going pretty well!  It's always nice to exercise because it makes me feel so good and I want to get back into shape again.

* My baby sister went off to Tennessee for her job, so I'm really excited for her return and I can't wait for her to tell us her little adventures in Tennessee! 



⭐ Books, Bones and Buffy had posted up What’s On My Plate – May 2023

⭐ Metaphors and Moonlight had posted up a review on BOOK REVIEW: WITCH KING BY MARTHA WELLS [AUDIOBOOK] 

⭐ Dark Thoughts had posted up Freebie Friday




Well, that's the Sunday News for today and I will have more news for the various books I've read in the near future!



Posted on Sunday, May 7, 2023



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