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Booktube Love 

Part Two

I love watching Booktubers on YouTube and today I want to tell you a bit about my favorite ones. I am subscribed to a lot of Booktubers and I why love watching their videos and get inspiration from them. Since I want to share all my favorite Booktubers with you I will make this a recurring feature here on the blog so that I can not only share the links to their channel with you but also tell you a bit about them.

Catriona is behind the Booktube Channel Little Book Owl. She lives Down Under and I just love watching her videos. She does a lot of Tags and Hauls and the occasional Review. Her videos are always super entertaining and we share a similar taste in books so I discover some great books through her channel. She is also on Twitter.

Lisa is a lovely Dutch Blonde Book Bee. She's currently on a book buying ban but still her channel is filled with so many great videos and I love listening to her slight adorable Dutch accent. I hope I'll be able to meet her when I'm in the Netherlands this year. She's also on Twitter and talking to her is always great fun.

Raeleen, the mastermind behind Padfoot and Prongs 07, is a Canadian Book Tuber. Her videos are always wonderful to watch and every time I see one in my subscription box I cannot wait to watch it. I love her enthusiasm and have to laugh out loud whenever she tells you that she can't show a book because her camera is currently resting on it. Her tweets are also great.

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Booktube Love 

Part One

Today I want to share something with you. I love watching Booktubers on YouTube and today I want to tell you a bit about my favorite ones. I am subscribed to a lot of Booktubers and I love watching their videos and get inspiration from them. Since I want to share all my favorite Booktubers with you I will make this a recurring feature here on the blog so that I can not only share the links to their channel with you but also tell you a bit about them.

Alita is the Bootuber behind A Book Affair. She recently started university and even though she is faced with an enormous workload she is still managing to make videos. Her videos vary between reviews, book hauls, wrap-ups, giveaways, discussions and many more. I love her relaxed way of talking to the camera and if you want to know more about her visit her channel or add her on Twitter.

Kat is the bubbly mastermind behind Katytastic. Her videos are always fun and super interesting to watch. Her bookshelves are amazing and her taste in books is really similar to mine. After watching her videos I always have a huge list of books I need to check out immediatly and she not only does book hauls, reviews, TBR videos and other brilliant videos. Kat is also on Twitter if you want to add her.

The wonderful Sarah does brilliant videos on her channel. She lives in Wales and has one of the cutest accents. I only discovered her videos recently and I am so glad that I did. She has a quiet and direct way of telling you her opinion about books. Whenever I watch one of her videos I can feel her love for books and reading and I would really love to meet her one day. She's just great. Her Twitter account can be found here.

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Day 5

Welcome to Blogmas!

Every day from December first til Christmas Eve I will post one Christmas related post, giving you gift ideas, tips, recipes, etc. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Austria is not really big on amazing Christmas adverts. Of course we have the annual Coca Cola spot but apart from that they are either incredibly embarassing or not festive at all. But I found this super sweet Christmas ad from the British department store John Lewis and I just need to share this with you. 

Be warned: It made me shed a tear or two!

19 Days Till Christmas Eve

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I found this video on YouTube today and felt the need to share this video with you

my bookish friends. 

An interview with J.K. Rowling and some women of the Harry Potter films. 

If you like the book and films take 23 minutes of your time and watch this wonderful video.

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For all you readers out there!

Found via the Facebook page of Hippies, Beauty and Books OH MY

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Just a quick video - so beautiful!

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Today I would like to share some pictures I found online with you:

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Forget the picture of houses and reading nooks I posted here. 

Today I found THE house! 

The ultimate - perfect - most amazing house ever!

Well, I actually don not know how amazing or beautiful the house is but the staircase and the bookshelves ...

I am speechless and people who know me, know that this does not happen ofter (probably never)!

But take a look: 

Isn't this the most amazing bookshelf you have ever seen?

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Here a few pictures I found and wanted to share with you. 

When people ask me about my life plan I normally say that I would love to have kids but that I don't want to build or move into a house. I love living in apartments and these are expensive enough here in Vienna. But after seeing these pictures I am seriously overthinking this whole building a house stuff.

a bookshelf door - how awsome

would take the library and the dog but I would like a (purple) couch instead of the chair

OMG a reading nook - I would kill for one

also a nice reading nook

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It is freezing cold right now in Austria and until two days ago the cold wasn’t that bad because we had a clear blue sky and lots of sunshine but right now it is foggy and cloudy and cold and windy and that is not a good combination.

I went grocery shopping today and bought three bars of chocolate just because it is cold and grey and all I am doing right now is watching TV, browsing the internet and reading. I currently read so much – oh, how I love holidays. Well they will soon be over because I’ve got some exams coming up at the end of February or beginning of March and I need to start studying if I want to enjoy my holidays and be prepared at the end for the exams.

Anyways, right now I would like to share a wonderful video with you because the best thing in winter is wearing scarf. I love love love love love them. I am a huge fan of scarves in all kinds of colors and materials.
This video gives you 25 different ways to wear a scarf in just 4.5 minutes and afterwards you can click on one stile you liked and get transferred to the tutorial. Great video!

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Today I want to share some wonderful bookaholic quotes and pictures I found online with you!

                

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Look what I found:

So perfect!

This is the link to my photochallenge 2012!

Come join me!

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As I told you in yesterday’s IMM post I have one more exam in 2011. That will be on the 19^th of December. Until then I am supposed to study hard because I don’t think that it will be one of the easy ones. Come to think of it; I never had an easy exam at university. Are easy university exams an urban legend?

Anyways, I should study hard but instead I am reading, going to concerts, going out with friends, sleeping a lot and so on. Which I think can be summed up in PROCRASTINATION! I hate hate hate it! But on the other hand; I had some awesome days this past week!

I know there is still more than enough time to study and I am able to learn all I need to know in just one week but there is not that much time this week due to work, two Christmas parties and a friend of mine celebrates her university graduation on Friday. But I will manage it all – as always!

The thing I wanted to tell you was that during my study time I was surfing the internet and found a really cool youtube-channel by Aily where she talks about organization, study skills, time management, …

I am not sure if this should mean something to me?

I think her channel is so amazing that I want to share it with all of you here:

You so need to watch her videos - just awesome stuff she is telling. But maybe that's just me and my fascination with time management, planning and stuff.

One of Aily’s major study skill-tips is to shut down my internet while studying and this is exactly what I will do now. So that’s all for today folks, see you all tomorrow for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday – hopefully – and until then I can be found between books, paper, highlighters and also at work. Yeah!

This is the link to my photochallenge 2012!

Come join me!

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Look what I found online a few days ago.

The following are different answers given by school-age children to the given questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Think about it. It was the best way to get more people.
3. Mostly to clean the house.
4. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. He made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mom?1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

What ingredients are mothers made of?1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world, and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string. I think.

What kind of little girl was your Mom?1. My Mom has always been my Mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

How did your Mom meet your dad?1. Mom was working in a store and dad was shoplifting.

What did Mom need to know about dad before she married him?1. His last name
2. She had to know his background Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer? Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your Mom marry your dad?1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.

What makes a real woman?1. It means you have to be really bossy without looking bossy.

Who's the boss at your house?1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dads such a goofball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms and dads?1. Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just got to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power cause that's who you gotta ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.

What does your Mom do in her spare time?1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What's the difference between moms and grandmas?1. About 30 years.
2. You can always count on grandmothers for candy. Sometimes moms don't even have bread on them!

Describe the world's greatest Mom?1. She would make broccoli taste like ice cream!
2. The greatest Mom in the world wouldn't make me kiss my fat aunts!
3. She'd always be smiling and keep her opinions to herself.

Is anything about your Mom perfect?1. Her teeth are perfect, but she bought them from the dentist.
2. Her casserole recipes. But we hate them.
3. Just her children

What would it take to make your Mom perfect?1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know her hair. I'd dye-it, maybe blue

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.