[vlog.001_24] new year, new obsessions, 5 star romantasy, habit chit chats 🌶️📕

[@kaesinfinitelibrary]

The waves crashing against the stairs and shore is so beautiful oh my gosh!!! The English and History degree/lover in me completely understands the love of writing all over book pages 🥰🏰🏰🏰

[@mochi.kitkat]

"screeching in the coffee shop, which is the sister of panicking at the disco" made me bloody snort

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

It’s become a running joke I can’t stop 😭😂 anytime I say a sentence like [insert noise] at the [place] it’s all I think about ahahaha

[@dolphinsrock09]

January has been a very stressful month but I really related to what you were talking about the go go go life style I just graduated with my 2nd masters last year so it's been hard to slow down. I have during this time found diamond art and that's helping but my job has been stressful where I have not been reading a lot. I think we all need to take things slower this year and enjoy the times of piece that we get even if there small.

[@janet5123]

🏰 I look forward to seeing you scheduling “time out” for yourself this year 😁 Happy 2024!!!

[@lizz3639]

I love your videos so much!! all the books you talked about sound so interesting 💖🥰🏰

[@beiramilagros622]

Your channel brings me comfort and happiness. ✨🍁🌿📚 ☕ 😊✨

[@ThePaperbackFairy]

Winter vlogs need to be full of cozy days inside reading and talking about books, love it! I'm currently so into a non-fic book called To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger. This year I'm making an effort to learn about my Celtic roots and this is a fantastic start, I am learning so much! 📚☕

[@JesseOnYoutube]

THIS BOOK SOUNDS SO GOOD

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I might have to look into that myself!

[@ReadingNymph]

🏰 i love the chatty updates, its like catching up with a friend 🧡 Im currently rereading House of Sky and Breath

[@AmbWitch]

Toxic productivity seems a hard problem to overcome. Currently I'm finding that my mood is tied to how productive I am. Scheduling time to just relax seems a good idea, especially in a busy life. Though I know I have a bad habit of going 'oh I could just do a bit of this' and do something like write a book review

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

For suuuure feel you on the “oh I’ll just do this” and ending up in a never ending cycle 😅 it’s hard to escape!

[@Italianamuneca]

I buy a lot of Body Shop shower gels and lotions, too 👀🧐😝

[@LisaK1075]

🏰🏰🏰 I’m always fascinated by your rings as you’re talking 😂 They’re so beautiful and my favorite type of jewelry. Would love for you to show us all your rings some time! Your vids are always very calming and bring me peace. ❤

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you so much! All of the silver ones are from Shop Dixi if you’re interested 🥰

[@LisaK1075]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction thanks! I bookmarked the site and put several on my wishlist 😂

[@yokoumi7983]

lovely video 🤍 i am also a habit stacking girly, i watched this vlog while doing my night time routine :) my one and only big goal i have set for myself this year is actively working on my mental health and seeking the help i need with that, which i already started doing. you got me intrigued about the lady of darkness series, not an avid fantasy romance reader but might give it a go!

[@reading_faerie]

Screeching! At the coffee shop 😂😂😂😂😂

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

(Ashleigh’s Version)

[@dg_reads]

love the catch up! look forward to seeing how the buddy reads go!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

🥰🥰 here’s hoping many good books in 2024!

[@JesseOnYoutube]

So excited for this

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

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[@tawnyachristensen7310]

Just finished The Quiet Tenant last night, it really got my heart pumping. 😳Loved that green sweater!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you! Gotta love a book that gets a physical reaction out of you 🤭

[@Liamcb93]

🏰 Happy new year, Ash! I’ve been reading Ship of Magic since the 1st, which I’ve nearly finished - also, no patterns as a teenager? 😯 did you have no mushrooms either 😂

[@inkdrinkerhana]

I just started Lady Of Darkness last night because i can't sleep. And i'm glad that i did, i am enjoying it. Thank you so much for talking about it ❤

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I’m SO glad you’re enjoying it too!

[@ruthsamworth5077]

I'm graduating this year and I cannot wait to start living slow and living small, I'm very much a nature girl, and whilst I'm an overachiever and massive academic-lover, I think this will be a really good break for me. It is scary, but it's the healthiest thing for my future, I think. On a less serious note, you've convinced me to pick up the lady of darkness series, and I can't wait 🤣

[@anikamercier2651]

Happy New Year!! So fun to watch. 🏰

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Happy new year!!

[@allier1940]

My first read of 2024 was The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young and I gave it 5 stars. It was so good! Loved it!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Oooh that’s on my TBR, glad to hear it was a 5 star!

[@lekofo]

🏰what a great start to the reading year! Yaay!❤ My year started with 4 different short story collections (3 of them about animals, and 1 is memories of a sailor). Don't even know how I ended up with these books, but they all will be 5-star 🌟

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I love that for you. Sometimes it’s the ones you really don’t expect that take you by surprise 🫶🏻

[@JacksAnnie]

I'm also having it as a goal for myself going forward to have a non-fiction book (outside of true crime) going at all times. Like you, I also miss reading the way I did at uni, both with fiction and non-fiction. I miss it.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

It can be such a strange feeling, especially if you didn’t even enjoy the books that much at the time 😂

[@JacksAnnie]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction haha yes. Though there's also books that I feel like I might have liked more if I didn't have a deadline to read them for haha

[@Jurassicqueen50]

If you want to try something different, I like to ‘mind map’ books when I read them and then put little notes at the end for reminders for either just the story or the important bits for the next in the series.

[@andra7481]

🏰 you maaaay have convinced me to pick up Lady of Darkness like... asap 😂💜 I also started my 2024 with a 5 star - I reread Skyward and liked it just as much as the first time I read it!

[@leighdanielle]

Omg it’s beautiful where you live!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Each area has such a different vibe - this is a lesser shown part of Edinburgh!

[@leighdanielle]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction it’s gorgeous

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Lady shadows sounds so fun!

[@AbiofPellinor]

Crafting out time for yourself can be *so* difficult but is incredibly important. Best of luck with it! 🤎

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you! 🥰 and very true ahahaha

[@h.eather.e.lizabeth]

ahhh the lady of darkness serie was my favourite series of last year!! (personally I think book 5 is the best) it's so good, it's also amazing on a reread as you pick up on so much foreshadowing that I did not pick up on the first time!! Once you've finished lady of darkness series there is also another series the author is currently writing (first book is out) which is so different but it has the same magic structure!!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Yusss I have her other series saved for when I’m done! Will just blitz through it all 😂

[@carrieicanhasbooks]

The Women Who Run With the Wolves have been on my wishlist forever

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Careful, it’ll start haunting you too 😂

[@Mariak82]

🏰 Just trying to get back into reading more after the holidays. I'm currently buddy reading The Outsiders and after finishing Fourth Wing before Christmas i want to get started with Iron Flame. 🙂📚

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Hope you enjoy it! It’s such an addictive series

[@seonarella]

Please tell me where you got your green jumper/cardie with the leaves on is from. I love it!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I thiiink Zara but it was years ago now!

[@bookschocaholic]

What about an almost bujo approach to annotated books? Like a flick through and commentary? That way there’s no pressure while you’re reading to stop and film?

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I think it will be similar yeah! Though I’d love some clips of me actually doing it so I might do a bit of both, unsure yet!

[@MilenaReads]

I read the first 20 pages of Women Who Run with Wolves years ago and this reminded me that maybe I should try again 😅

[@annikareads_]

I had a similar experience in December as I had lumbago 🥲 I‘ve never had lower back pain before and I had to take it easy for a few days. My body clearly told me that I was doing too much at once as December was a busy month for me. So my intention for 2024 is to set healthier boundaries and to make sure that I rest enough 🫶🏻

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

A worthy cause! Hopefully we can both stick to it 🙌🏻

[@tanninsandtales5682]

Southern Hemisphere Folks setting up goals in the middle of Summer don't do much better than us lot. :) Shorter timeframes are probably better for accomplishing resolutions. So much can happen in 12months, that some of your resolutions might not even be relevant anymore 10, 11 months onwards.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Summer is also not the best time for new goals etc because there’s *so* much going on aha, it’s like the opposite effect! Agree about the shorter timeframe though, life never looks the same after 12 months and goals quickly become irrelevant

[@msellenandrea]

Here's to more rest! :D

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

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[@RandiLynnK]

🏰 I had a late start to my new year reading so I not yet finished my first book of the year.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

That’s fair, january is for slowness!

[@ninar7040]

hey ashleigh (and anyone reading this) - I just recently moved to edinburgh 🦄for my master's and would absolutely love to hear about your favorite places in the city, be it a particularly pretty part of a park or a lovely café, a beautiful building or a scenic walk. the areas you show in your videos look so gorgeous, but i'm not familiar enough with the city yet to be able to figure out what you're filming at any given time! it's hard to get myself to explore on my own and I haven't made any local friends yet, so having specific destinations to look forward to would help a ton. thanks in advance to anyone who can help out! 💕

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Welcome to Edinburgh! 🫶🏻 In this video You see mainly Leith Docks - if you google map Mimi’s Bakehouse by the docks/shore it’ll take you right there (and this is a fab place for cake aha)! I love Stockbridge, and it’s worth seeing where your closest access point to the Water of Leith Walk is as this is the river walk that runs all the way through the city! You can access it from both places I just mentioned. For bookshops and coffee shops, Leith Walk has loads (3 bookshops, a million coffee shops aha). Portobello beach if you fancy water, anywhere in Old Town for old buildings! 🤎

[@ninar7040]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction thank you so so much! aside from the neat tips, the welcome also means a lot 💕

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

@@ninar7040 anytime! I hope the city treats you well 🫶🏻

[@JesseOnYoutube]

“That’s just your sign you’re about to die because… you’re not getting out of it.”

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I mean…what a way to go

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[@melanieandbookstacks]

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[@morganarosana]

🏰 I didn't finished any book yet, but I 'm totally ok with that for once. Starting the year slow 🖖🏼

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

You should! Its the best time for slowness 🫶🏻

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