It's My Second Blogoversary!

On March 14, 2013, I began an experience of a lifetime that I would never take back. It started off with "That Girl With Her Nose in a Book," and then finally moved onto its real name, "A Thousand Lives Lived."

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TWO AMAZING YEARS, AND CHEERS TO MANY MORE!

As I'll probably tell this story many times over many years, here's the point during the year where I'll take the time to tell it again, hah. I guess it's pretty remarkable to say that I began blogging when I was 12. Most people don't do that, but I was probably a weird child who was bored and only liked reading.

Why did I want to make a blog?

I've always loved reading and writing, and to put them together to share to other readers is truly something special. I used to think of blogging as a hobby, but now it's seriously just a routine and one of the things that I love to do everyday and makes up my life. Blogging is part of me, hah.

Was it tough for me in the beginning to do this?

I guess I can say that it's STILL DIFFICULT for me to handle some things now. I've had moments and times where I felt that I should just forget about it all, though I never came to that moment where I just quitted. Sure, high school involves tons of stress and homework, but I can't just put the rest of my life away and forget about it as I need to have some fun. It was also difficult as I looked at the influence of other bloggers who were amazing at it, but my writing then improved and I learned the basics and made lots of friends.

Who would I like to thank for everything they've done for me?

There are tons of people, and I guess I'll be forgetting about some, but you're all included, and I love you guys!

Nikki Godwin, Eileen @ BookCatPin, Marta Szemik, Rachel @ YA Perfectionist, Amber @ YA Indulgences, Michelle @ Michelle's Minions, Sarah @ Smitten Over Books, Lilana @ Lili Lost in a Book, Michelle Madow, Cheyanne Young, Jess @ My Reading Dress, Pili @ Pili in Love With Handmade, Aimee and Faye @ The Social Potato, Ebony @ Daring Damsels, Zoe @ Zoe Reads, and all of you other wonderful people.

Without you, this would've never happened and I wouldn't be here!

It all started with a single noob-post where I was completely strange and uneasy...

And now we're stuck onto raving and ranting reviews where I truly let my real side out onto all of you with all of the passion that I can possibly provide, haha. I've made so many friends through this blog and I can't wait to make more and become a better blogger. 

Of course, there are things that we can all improve on, and I certainly need that push, but I will eventually catch onto it as things slow down around me. 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL BLOGGERS OF MINE! LET'S HAVE A TOAST TO MORE REVIEWS AND CRAZY RAVING DISCUSSIONS!

N is for Alyson Nöel

     Spring is finally here! Alyson Nöel's books' colours remind me that summer is finally coming, and that I have to catch up on more of her books! So... N is for Alyson Nöel, an extraordinary young adult author. 
   
   First off, lets start off with the single novels, Art Geeks and Prom Queens, and Kiss & Blog. Art Geeks and Prom Queens is about sixteen-year old Rio Jones, whose mother is a supermodel, who moves from bright New York to sunny California, where everything is about being popular. When she meets Kristi, a beautiful, rich cheerleader, Rio doesn't have one guess that she'll become her friend, but she does. At first as Rio is having a great time, she never realized that you don't cross Kristi...
   
   I've been wanting to read this one for a while, and here I did, and I really loved it! Rio was smart, fun and everything a girl would want themselves to be like. I really liked this book because Rio put confidence in herself and was independent. She stood up for herself against the stupid girls who think the world revolves around them. It's the perfect girly book that will keep you running away from those who turn your world upside down!

   Next off, we have Kiss & Blog, another single novel. Kiss & Blog features Winter and Sloane, two best friends ready for high school, where they make a pact that they will become noticed. When Sloane gets the real life, and ditches Winter, Winter needs to realize that friends should stick together, even in their times of need, and to get revenge. 

  Kiss & Blog was one worthy read. I enjoyed this book a lot, it was a fun, girly, chick-lit for any teen, lovers of The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. Winter was a really strong heroine, but I hated her Sloane! ! I knew she was up to something! Although Alyson Noel was stronger in Art Geeks and Prom Queens, I enjoyed this book as well.

  Radiance. Radiance is a four-part series written for a tween audience, by Alyson here. Riley Bloom has crossed into the afterlife, the Here, where time is always Now, because of her death in a car accident, that also took the life of her parents, but left her sister, Ever, behind. She's picked up a happy new life where she's been assigned a job, to become a Soul Seeker, and fight ghosts with her "teacher," Bodhi. This time around, both Riley and Bodhi have to find the mysterious Radiant Boy, a ghost that's been haunting a castle in England for centuries. 

   Radiance and the rest of the series made my heart literally swim, and fly, in this case. Alyson showed that she could write both fantasy, and romance, in one, to truly satisfy her readers. I enjoyed the series very much, and I hope that Nöel will soon start a series on a new concept. 

   Last but not least, Evermore. Evermore is about Ever, who lost her parents and her younger sister, Riley (Yes, there's a relation.) in a car accident. As she comes back into Earth, she realizes that she could see people's auras and know someone's life story by simply touching them. She is brought to a new high school where everything changes when she meets Damon. Damon draws Ever into his world of secrets and mystery and falls in love, when she finds he's like her, an immortal.
   
   Evermore was amazing. Damon and Ever truly showed physical romance, that you can't keep apart. Nöel wrote as if in a way that she takes Ever's role in life very seriously. GO EVERMORE!

   I chose Alyson Nöel because she's a great inspirational author for young readers, showing that you could be anything you want to be, and that dreams can simply come true. I adore her books, and will definitely keep on reading the rest of the Immortal series very soon!


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