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Hello Hello! How are you all?

I was running around like a headless chicken running errands and grocery shopping yesterday, so I decided to go easy on myself and post a tag for today. Iโ€™m still going through all the posts I was tagged in during lockdown, but the good thing is, Iโ€™ve nearly done them all!

Todayโ€™s tag is the Behind the Blogger Tag that I was tagged in my Kat from KB Book Reviews, thank you so much for tagging me! If you donโ€™t know Kat or donโ€™t follow her blog, you absolutely have to, I love it and she is such a sweet person! This tag was created by Ellyn from allonsythornraxx. Now, on to the questions!

THE RULES

  • Thank the person who nominated you.
  • Answer all the questions down below.
  • Pingback to the creator.
  • Nominate 5+ bloggers youโ€™d like to know more about, to do this tag.

THE QUESTIONS

Why did you start blogging? & Why have you kept blogging?

Quite honestly, I started blogging because reviewing books on Instagram just didnโ€™t give me enough space to express my feelings about them, and I wanted to do more with my love and passion for books, I wanted to be in more of a community and have some more creative freedom. Iโ€™ve kept blogging because I love it, it takes a lot of work, time and effort, but I love it and Iโ€™ve met such wonderful people through my blog.

What is your favourite type of blog post to write?

I think I really enjoy writing my Down the TBR Hole posts, I also really enjoy doing my Bullet Journaling posts too!

What are your top three favourite blog posts you wrote?

Oh, this is hard but I think I will have to go with my latest Bullet Journaling post, my review of The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips because it was such a great book, and I really enjoyed writing my post about my new rating system!

What are some of your favourite things to do to relax?

I honestly donโ€™t think I know what relax means because Iโ€™m always doing something, I think I only relax when Iโ€™m asleep and even then my brain is whirring with ideas. But I suppose I really like watching movies and series (I donโ€™t really watch that many movies, I only watch them with my fiancรฉ), I love a good Netflix or Disney+ binge session but I try to not do that too much otherwise Iโ€™ll be hooked. I suppose that reading is a way to relax for me as well, so yeah, thatโ€™s about it aha.

What are three of your favourite things?

This is a no brainer, my three favourite things are books, food and being with my family and friends. I also really like pyjamas and blankets so Iโ€™ll make it count as well!!!

What are your proudest blogging moments?

Ohhhh, I love when I just see that my blog has had 1 more view, but I think my proudest moments were when Dave from @The_WriteReads featured me as a blog or review of the day. Iโ€™m also really proud of my little blog when someone tells me they bought or read a book because of my review and recommendation.

What are your hobbies outside of blogging?

I donโ€™t have time for hobbies outside of blogging and simply existing right now, but I really love photography and I must make time to do more of it, I love bullet journaling and anything creative that I can do (even though Iโ€™m not artistic in the slightest), I like cooking, and watching shows! Does sleeping count as a hobby?

Describe your personality in three words.

I think I might need more than three words and I always struggle with this one because I have the habit of degrading myself quite a bit, but off the top of my head I will say: organised, kind and chatty (very chatty).

What are your top three pet peeves?

Iโ€™m going to make myself look really crazy right now, but when something isnโ€™t in the place that I put it, something isnโ€™t folded the way I like or something isnโ€™t straight on my desk, etc, it drives me absolutely crazy and I could either rip the house apart or start crying if Iโ€™m having a bad day when I notice it. I hate taking too long baths or having my hands in water for too long because they go wrinkly and I just despise that feeling so much โ€“ this is another instance of me bursting into tears when Iโ€™m having a bad day (please donโ€™t judge me). And finally, people wasting food, it just makes me see red and I go on a really big rant if I see someone I know do it.

Whatโ€™s something your followers donโ€™t know about you?

I chat so much that you probably already know a lot about me and I probably donโ€™t portray myself as a great person with all my craziness. My dream job is to open a bookshop and/or indie publishing company. And Iโ€™d also love to start a clothing line for people who are disabled, have illnesses that make finding comfortable clothing a nightmare, plus size people who canโ€™t find proper fitting clothes that look good, basically, for anyone who has struggled to find comfy clothes that also look elegant, stylish and that suits their needs and fashion tastes โ€“ been there, done that, but I sadly havenโ€™t got the t-shirt, so instead Iโ€™m going to make it. My lovely friend Erika from And On She Reads put this idea in my head, so she gets all the credit if I actually pull it off!

MY NOMINEES

The Artsy Reader

And On She Reads

Holly Loves Books

Fiโ€™s Bibliofiles

Stephen Writes

Mae Polzine

Shelves of Starlight

Thatโ€™s all for now, I hope you enjoyed this post, I had a lot of fun answering these questions. As always, if I didnโ€™t tag you in this post but you would like to answer the questions, please do so and tag me so I can read your answers! If Iโ€™ve tagged you but you donโ€™t want to do this post, thatโ€™s absolutely fine too!

See you soon, stay safe,

Ellie xx

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15 Comments

  1. Love your answers, hun!! We love that you are chatty! Hehe so glad you decided to join the blogging community, it has been so great ‘meeting’ you! I also love your last answer – fantastic ideas! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ’œ

    1. Aww thank you so much darling, awwww hehehe, good because I’m very very very chatty! Thank you, I hope I can make them into reality! ๐Ÿ™‚ โค๏ธโค๏ธ

  2. I’ve already done this one, but thank you so much for the tag again, Ellie! It was great to know more about you, I love your blog and interacting with you, and I am grateful you joined the blog community ๐Ÿ˜Š. I’m not surprised you don’t have much time for many things besides reading and blogging ๐Ÿ˜‚ and I hope you don’t degrade yourself too often. You are an amazing person โœจ

    1. Oooops, sorry aha, I never know who I’ve tagged or who has done what! Aww thanks Stephen, you put a great big smile on my face, I appreciate you so much and love interracting with you too! Awwwwwwwwww, big big big hug for you, thank you!!

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