Thanks for being so nice to an awkward and very autistic Scotsman. 🎉🎉🎉
@kristinasimmons330329 күн бұрын
I came early, then somehow I missed your sprints 😒Thanks for hosting today, Vivian!!😁
@thefigtreeboutique29 күн бұрын
Haha. We missed you! Hope you're doing great and having a good summer!
@kristinasimmons330329 күн бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique I am doing well...getting read for my birthday this weekend...Hope you are well too!!
@thefigtreeboutique29 күн бұрын
@@kristinasimmons3303 Oh Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful weekend full of love and laughing really, really hard.
@judyherling4163Ай бұрын
My book club is reading this now. In a few weeks we are meeting at an Indian restaurant to discuss it.
@thefigtreeboutiqueАй бұрын
That's exactly what my book club did!
@kristinasimmons3303Ай бұрын
Oh I missed your sprints 😞Watching them now ~ Hugged the Like Button!!
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner2 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh, so sorry I missed today. I accidentally fell asleep.
@lolaroo21002 ай бұрын
I love Colleen Hoover but I think I prefer her thriller type books. Such as Layla and Verity . I have also read Never Never series she wrote with Tarryn Fisher which I loved . But then I recently finished her debut novel called Slammed which is book one in a series. And I did not care for the last half of the book 😂
@thefigtreeboutique2 ай бұрын
Are you thinking of going to see It Ends With Us? I saw the trailer and was like, "Oh I think this looks good." What do you think?
@kristinasimmons33033 ай бұрын
Oh Viv, I am sorry I missed these!! I think I napped for too long...Hugged the Like Button & Watched the replay!
@thefigtreeboutique3 ай бұрын
Awww, that's so nice. I missed chatting with you, but I'll see you on Monday at Tina's for Hedgehoooooggggs!
@kristinasimmons33033 ай бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique I will be there!!
@alford47334 ай бұрын
Promo*SM
@kristinasimmons33035 ай бұрын
poo...I had to restart my laptop, and missed the end...Thanks for the sprints today, Viv!
@magueysunset5 ай бұрын
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” I also like the workbook called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels. Good books.
@thefigtreeboutique5 ай бұрын
That is one of my favorite lines and I think of it all the time. Thanks for the workbook recommendation. I'll check it out.
@richardpotenza36056 ай бұрын
Informative review. I agree that a timelime helps understand the story.
@avernion6 ай бұрын
Oh, the second pen looked super awesome!
@thefigtreeboutique6 ай бұрын
It was!
@avernion6 ай бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique I have added it to my “to read”-list :)
@icedcoffeeandbookss8 ай бұрын
24 books of Hoovers? Are you okay? 😂❤
@thefigtreeboutique8 ай бұрын
🤣I am! It felt like a lot of CoHo last year. I'm glad I read them. I actually enjoyed a couple of them. All Your Perfects in particular. But I'm also really glad to move on from them.
@thefigtreeboutique10 ай бұрын
It's Devi for me!
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner11 ай бұрын
Well, you’ve convinced me to read this book! I put a a hold for this book on Libby on both my libraries. Both are saying several months, so whenever it comes in I will read it or maybe we could read it for the reading Sprints book club. I can get it on Audible before then
@thefigtreeboutique11 ай бұрын
We would have lots to talk about. This is/was really good.
@nmartin509611 ай бұрын
Thank you for the book possibilities! Happy Reading!📚📚
@thefigtreeboutique11 ай бұрын
Thanks! Happy reading to you too! 😀I feel like these books were so different that I have a hard time choosing which one could possibly be the book of the month. Have you already read any of these? Do you have a favorite?
@nmartin509611 ай бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique I haven't read any of these books but I so want to read Snap Out Of It and There's No Coming Back from This
@thefigtreeboutique11 ай бұрын
They are sooooo good! Every book I've read by Maddie Dawson and Ann Garvin ends up being my favorite book of all time. The quotes tab in my reading journal is full of quotes from Maddie Dawson books because they're just so good. @@nmartin5096
@petitmuguet11 ай бұрын
I hope you love Legends & Lattes!! It's so, so sweet and I recommend reading it in a coffee shop with a nice baked good :)
@thefigtreeboutique11 ай бұрын
Thanks. I've just heard so many good things about it that I'll be crushed if I don't love it. Also, I have no doubts that I will love it. I will definitely follow your rec and find myself a cute little coffee shop with maybe a cupcake or a scone or a muffin or a ......
@yaz4311 Жыл бұрын
Oooooh what a fun list i need to read some of them here. 😊 my favorite was normal people by sally rooney
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Oh I don't know anything about Normal People. I'll check it out.
@rolandobuddicom4272 Жыл бұрын
😘 *promosm*
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
I love that you also have books in there that are not talked about everywhere.
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I have read some great books that nobody is talking about so I feel like I gotta give them a shout out. Mostly because I want people to read them and then talk to me about them. 😂
@PamsShenanigans Жыл бұрын
most of your best reads so far are books on my TBR and ughhh i need to pick them up soon!!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Which ones? Please say All the Ugly and Wonderful Things because I'm dying for someone else to read it and tell me what they think.
@PamsShenanigans Жыл бұрын
YES!!!! Mystery/Thrillers are my jam ✨ Looking forward to seeing you read more of thrillers 👀
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
I know. I'm excited for that part too.
@PamsShenanigans Жыл бұрын
"unless US politics scare the heck out of you then its a little bit scary" 😭
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on 57 subscribers 🎉🎉 that’s is my favorite number
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
When are you planning on starting the hopeless series? That’s really the only Colleen Hoover series I’m still interested in reading
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Those five are in my August library. Wanna read them with me?
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique yes I would like to read them with you!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
@@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Let's do it! We can discuss in the Wednesday Sprints.
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
Thank you for tagging me ❤ i’m gonna start figuring out my answers today or tomorrow!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Yay!
@BooksInTheVoid Жыл бұрын
Oooh nooooo😂
@icedcoffeeandbookss Жыл бұрын
Hi! I got off as soon as I wrote my comment but ty, the visit with my mom was great. I’m also scared af to try out the trampoline 😂
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Have you tried it yet? No broken bones?
@BooksInTheVoid Жыл бұрын
I missed yestetday. I was so sick! See you next Wednesday
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
The only reason I use Goodreads is NOT to keeep a record of my read books, but to interact with other readers! For record-keeping purposes, I prefer digital reading journals like yours (and my blog, of course).
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Some of those other readers made me want to run away though. 😂 Hahahahahaha.
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique Yours is awesome, no doubt about it.
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
@@mikkareads OMG I'm just seeing this now. I'm so pleased that you are loving your FTB reading journal. Thanks for letting me know!
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
Whoops. I've deleted my Facebook accounts! Oh no. I've completely moved to Discord by now when it comes to challenges and book clubs.😮💨
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
Ok, it's a good thing that Facebook gives you a grace period to change your mind after you delete your account. This was close. I'm coming back to Facebook just for this!
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
May is going to be the first month in A long time that I’m doing a TBR, I think my first book is going to be “when the grits hit the fan” by Maddie day. Also the summer Reading challenge sounds really fun
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you're in for the Summer Reading Challenge | Book Club. It does sound fun, right? Although I don't really think the challenge part is much of a challenge for you. Are you going to do a TBR for the Summer? And what made you do a TBR for May?
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique i’m gonna have my TBR for may and then do a separate summer TBR for the read-a-thon
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
@@Tinasbookandcraftcorner That's what I'm doing too. Have you picked your summer books yet? I haven't, but I seriously am having to hold myself back from jumping ahead. I have to remind myself of the great books I'm reading in May and not get ahead of myself. 🤣
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
I read it ends with us by Colleen Hoover but I haven’t read it starts with us yet, I really loved it ends with us when I read it a couple years ago
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
I'm actually pretty excited about reading both of these. And excited about reading them back to back. Are you thinking of reading It Starts With Us since you loved It Ends With Us?
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
OMG so much fun you guys! See you next time!💃
@gemzyg2125 Жыл бұрын
Hi I am the 1st like😊
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Woohoo! Thanks. Have you read any of these books?
@nataliemora4502 Жыл бұрын
i just discovered you. but youre such a sweet soul!
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
Yay, I'm glad you liked Addie LaRue. Such a clever book. And I really need to read "All the Ugly and Wonderful Things", I only hear good things about it. My library doesn't have it, but Scribd has!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
When you read "All the Ugly and Wonderful Things," let me know. I totally want to know what you think because I am stiiiillll thinking about what I think.
@lukasj601 Жыл бұрын
Based
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Oooohh...how long have you been trying to read it?
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
Hi Vivian, I'm using Wondershare PDF Element and it works for the planner. It just messes up some of the clickable areas, like the "buttons" left and right that bringt you to pages 2 and 5, respectively. But it's an easy fix. When I try to click something and it doesn't work, I just have to quickly go to edit mode and adjust the area, takes only a few seconds.
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
@@thefigtreeboutique Yes, I can, but I think you need the paid version for that, as I believe the unpaid one does not have the option to add images.
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
But it's more affordable than Adobe Acrobat Pro. The perpetual "forever" license of wondershare is $129.99, I think that's less than Adobe Acrobat Pro costs in one year?
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
When I started my bookblog, I mostly read YA fantasy and mysteries. But I wanted to "better myself" and challenge myself, so I started reading books that were deemed more serious and literary. And for a long time, I truly loved that these were books that I needed to work for, so to speak, because many of them were their own reward. I felt less and less drawn to the kind of books I used to love, but how much of that was a false sense of good books vs. bad books? The German Bookprize picks 20 bookbloggers every year to be the official "Bookprize Bookbloggers", who talk about the books and review them. My dream was to be one of them someday, which prompted me to read and review mostly literary fiction and turn my blog into something that would be "worthy". Was it fun? Yes. Did it kill my enjoyment of books that were "unworthy" of literary regard? Yes. Well, I was one of the Bookprize bloggers last year, and it was fantastic. But I have to admit: When I attended the award ceremony, there was an overwhelming sense of freedom. And guess what I'm reading now? Right. Books that "serious" literary critics would scoff at. Because they are fun. Because they are worthy. /soapbox
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
This is how my bookblog started in 2012. Just me writing down my notes and opinions about the books I was reading. It was basically my reading journal and I wasn't fuzzed about followers.
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Yep. 💯
@mikkareads Жыл бұрын
I started using Goodreads in 2011 and tracked my reading with it for more than a decade. Lists, numbers and tracking just appeal to my autistic brain. But I see what you mean about 'consuming books'. For me, challenges are even more dangerous in that regard, because then I read to tick off the challenge prompts.
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Yeah...I don't usually do challenges for exactly that reason. I guess I forgot about that when I decided to do the All by Colleen Hoover challenge this year...I do feel some pressure to tick those off a list or to not fall behind and end up needing to read 20 Colleen Hoover books in December just so I can say I did it. But so far, I'm not sorry I'm doing it, even if "Two More Days" almost did me in. 🤣 If you hear me talking about doing a reading challenge again for 2024...please remind me about this. 🔔
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
Yeah I agree, the pressure of reading books that people think are “more acceptable” and “better” is really there especially when you’re talking about romance. When I started reading I thought I should be reading YA Fantasy because everyone was reading that but I started getting interested in romance and first I felt bad. Like there was something wrong with reading romance or any book you want to read but if you think it’s acceptable and better than it is because you want to read it
@Tinasbookandcraftcorner Жыл бұрын
I feel the same way especially about that “consuming” books part. I’ve been using Goodreads since I started reading 4 years ago and marking a book as “read” is for lack of a better word addictive. I won’t allow myself to read a book that is not a goodread, which is upsetting because that’s happened multiple times. I really wanted to read a book but it wasn’t on Goodreads so I don’t let myself read it.
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Yes. This. "Marking a book as read is addictive" and I feel like it shouldn't be because then I'm not really enjoying the actual book--I'm enjoying ticking it off the list. Also, I didn't realize that there were books that weren't on goodreads. That would really be annoying if you were using goodreads to track your reading.
@harperprince Жыл бұрын
I’m currently reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. It’s really good so far!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Cool! Have you been wanting to read it for awhile or was it a spontaneous pick?
@heavenlydusk Жыл бұрын
Could you be a little more original? Seriously, If there was a contest for this, you'd get a special trophy that just says "MOST ORIGINAL" with a sarcasm warning as a ribbon. So, just take your ideas and leave. Really, I would bite an electric string just so these twenty are never repeated again.
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for your comment. So, I can't guarantee that these 20 will never be repeated, since they're sort of classic in the love story genre, but please please please don't bite an electric string. That would be a tragedy. And if you ever hear about an actual contest for this, let me know because I will totally enter. A special trophy with a ribbon sounds cool. Happy Valentines Day.
@terrik8577 Жыл бұрын
I have 13 new year’s resolutions and the only one I’ve done every day is write my thoughts into my 5-year diary that I bought from your shop. I love it so much and it’s easy to write something short every day. I’ll read this book and hopefully it will get me started on my other 12 resolutions!
@terrik8577 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informative and very cute video. Great job! You obviously put a lot of work into it, especially with the book club questions that you wrote! How helpful!!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I know most book clubs read fiction, but I feel like this would be a great book club book or a great book to read with a group of friends.
@icedcoffeeandbookss Жыл бұрын
I tried Atlas of the Heart and Addie and both were dnfs but I hope you like them!
@thefigtreeboutique Жыл бұрын
Oh noooooo! I hope I like them. Especially Addie because I've really looking forward to it. I'll definitely let you know. Hey, did you finish the book you needed to return the other day?