It has been a long time....

Hi friends! It has definitely been a long time that I have been active on my blog. I had to take a while to step away and explore other venues in the bookish community. I felt like the love of sitting in front a computer writing post was getting lost and I didn't want to force myself to continue to do something if I didn't love it. That makes the process boring and eventually the love of reading would feel like it is mandatory. I took a leap and join the booktube community and I love doing it. I still post videos and have my monthly live show.

Since the fall of last year I had been a blogger for Red Hot Books. I had always wanted to be a part of a team of bloggers. When I had got the position of associate blogger I was over the moon. Unfortunately, the blog is no longer active but it got me missing the blogging community. I love sitting in front of a camera and filming youtube book videos but I want to be active behind the camera too. For the sake of not having a long post I want to get back with my original blogging roots and start back posting.

My reading style and preferences have changed but that is the beauty of being a reader. We get to explore all types of genres. When I first started blogging my go to was paranormal romance and it still is one of my favorites but I am into fantasy, sci fi, and a lot of new adult contemporary.

It feels good to be writing this post and it makes me feel nostalgic.

I'm back......

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