Bookish Talks ~17~ Fairs, Updates and Coffee Breaks

Hey, all! 

Welcome to a new Bookish Talk! I realised it's been since last August since I've written one and, naturally, I have a lot to talk about, both about things that have happened and things that are to occur. So, without further ado, let's jump right into it! I just checked and the last one I wrote about was about moving to Nijmegen and YalFU and a lot has changed since then! 

1. YAlTival
I'm going to another bookish convention! YalTival is happening on June 31st somewhere in the Netherlands, where I'll be meeting, among other unannounced authors, Stephanie Garber! I'm guilty of not having read any of her books yet, but I'm still looking forward to the event, and it gives me motivation to get into Caraval soon! I'll be going with some friends I met at YalFu! I'm super excited about this as whenever I go to these little conventions in the Netherlands I meet up with the same people regularly and I absolutely love that!


2. Livres Paris
Although I did write a whole post about it here, I went to Livres Paris two weeks ago, a huge French book convention! Although French is one of my mother languages, I have a little bit of a harder time reading it than English, so I don't know many French authors well enough to have gone for a signing. However, I met some incredible indie authors, who have written books I can't wait to delve into once my ARC-TBR is reduced! 


3. Bookstagram woes 
So I think I've mentioned this somewhere before, but I re-started by instagram account from scratch back in January. I found myself stuck in a vicious corner of the internet where people follow people to be followed back, and that just generally had an uncomfortable vibe going around. In the space of 24 hours I saved my favourite photos, deleted my account and started fresh. Same user name @justanotherbookishblog, but a slightly different way of doing things. I'm now doing whatever I want, not limiting myself or giving myself a fixed schedule. If a creep decided to follow me I have no problem removing them from my follower list. It's been refreshing! 
I reached 600 followers just today, which I'm very proud and impressed by. But I feel more comfortable in bookstagram now, so I'm glad I made this choice. 


4. I followed the advice of Will Traynor
If you know me well, you'll know that one of my all-time favorite contemporaries is Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes. Now, the other day when I was visiting my parents in Paris, we went to Le Marais for falafels. Now, this is the area that Will tells Lou he would go back to if he could. So what did I do? I looked up what exactly he said about it, and where he suggested her to go. 

Sadly, the cited café doesn't really exist, however it was inspired by one called Le Voltigeur that I had the absolutely greatest time at! Look out for a full post about this soon! It deserves a full one!


5. D&D 
I love Dungeons and Dragons. My dad started showing me how to play in middle school, and I played off an on through high school up until now. One of the people I met at YalFU actually introduced me to her group, so we've been playing together. I have my main character Lila who I have been playing with the longest that I sometimes bring into their campaign if I can, and I'm DMing my own game, based on the Legend of Zelda! Those games are all written up as my Trials of Time stories, which I would love for you to check out! (My players are _very_ hopeful for fan art, too, in case that's your thing!)


6. ARCs
I just received an influx of ARCs that shall, for now, remain secret! I'm super excited about some of them, so make sure to stay tuned for reviews, release dates and reactions!

7. Blog Updates
And finally a small segment - I FINALLY took the time to update my tabs on top of my blog! Now every review is present in the reviews tab, and I made a new one for this series! I am very proud of myself, though the amount of work that took and the constant switching between screens did give me a headache, oops! 


Stay bookish!