New Books
Outside of my BEA haul, I got some awesome new books over the last week! These are all from Edelweiss/NetGalley and I’m super excited for all of them!!
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
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Remember Me by Romily Bernard
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Catalyst by SJ Kincaid
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The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
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The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O’Brien
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I’m glad I got The Vault of Dreamers because it was on my BEA wishlist but I missed it!
New domains
I bought some awesome new domains this week! I have no idea what I’ll be doing with them though.. I think I got a little trigger happy. Here’s what I got:
- http://bookblog.directory — redirects to bookblogging.net
- http://yabook.reviews — redirects to nosegraze.com
- http://ashley.tips — redirects to nosegraze.com
These are some examples of the new gTLDs (alternatives to .com, .net, etc.). I literally have no idea what I’ll do with them. I JUST LIKE TO HAVE THEM!! #domainwhore
The most delicious hot chocolate
I got a bag of “Burdick Blend” hot chocolate mix for my bridal shower, which was basically just shaved bits of chocolate. I finally made my first cup on Thursday night and it was fabulous!
A hectic week!
This week has been SO hectic. I have a ton of client projects to work on, plus emails to respond to, plus a wedding website to finish up, plus moving apartments. Coding God and I currently have three apartments. THREE! One in London, which I’m trying to get rid of; one studio apartment in Cambridge, for which our lease ends later this month; and our new 1-bedroom apartment in Cambridge. This weekend consists of:
- Going to London to pack up everything in the apartment (today)
- Meeting the moving guy to load everything into his truck (tomorrow)
- Meeting the guy back in Cambridge so he can unload all the stuff from London into our new apartment (tomorrow)
- Moving everything (bed, sofa, tables, etc.) from our old Cambridge apartment to our new one (tomorrow)
That’s one fabulous cup and it looks delicious! 😀
Thank you! 😀
Oh wow, busy, busy, busy. I knew you would get Catalyst. You are telling me about this series when we first met in person.
LOL, all your pretty domains. I actually decided to buy extra domains when we do my new website. Better safe than sorry.
Aww, good times! I totally remember that.
It’s just fun to have a lot of domains. I have way too many.. lol.
Okay, I saw your BEA photos, and then I saw that cup and bag of hot chocolate, and it is thus completely official. I’m in love with tour camera.
Lol thank you! 😀 I’m in love with it too!
I hope you’re getting enough rest, Ashley! 🙂 Your schedule does sound hectic!
Mmm I love hot chocolate. And I love your cup!!
A Thousand Pieces and Remember Me has gorgeous covers <3
Tho I haven't seen Remember Me before 🙂
I love that mug!
After all that work you totally deserve that cup of hot chocolate (and that awesome cup!)
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Thanks Stephanie! 😀
OMGosh!! I would die if I had your schedule. I complain if I have more than two things to do on my weekend off. (I’m in no hurry for my stuff I hope you know that.) 😉
BTW I love your HP mug of the map. So cool. That HC sounds devine. Yummy.
I really like the Marauders Cup. That cocoa looks delicious. I got A Thousand Pieces of You as well. It seems like your like the locomotive train that just keeps going and going.
Oh man! That hot chocolate looks so good and I want some now, but all I have is Quik! And I LOVE your mug BTW 🙂 Good luck with the moving -I hate it and I typically am just going from one apartment to another!
Yeah I hate it too. I think we’ve done most of the hard bits now, but we still have a lot of unpacking to do. EW!
Wow, you have been really busy. I hate moving, and really don’t want to move again for along time.
That’s interesting how you bought those domain names and had them redirect to your site. I never thought of doing something like that.
Yeah I actually have a ton of domains that redirect! Like nosegraze.net, nosegraze.org, and nosegraze.co.uk all redirect to nosegraze.com. It just means no one else can try to steal my domain by registering nosegraze.net and starting a whole other site with the same name! It’s a great way to protect your name/brand. 🙂
Oh, you’re getting married? Congratulations! Just remember to take enough time for yourself and to relax beforehand (speaking from experience) 🙂
Nice book haul, too!
That hot chocolate looks amazing.
It was! 😀
I know a lot of coding savvy people who are #domainwhore too. LOL. This is the first time I’ve heard of gTLDs and they sound waaaay cooler that .com/.net etc. but they are also very long domain extensions which can be a real pain when typing a web url/site. 😀
Your Marauder’s Map mug is to die for, where did you get it? 😀
Yeah some of them are super long. And after so many years of only having com/net/org/etc., they don’t actually look like websites! I think people who aren’t tech-savvy won’t recognize them as real links and might type in like:
yabook.reviews.com
instead of
yabook.reviews
Just because they don’t realize it’s a URL! I think it will take a few years for people to properly adjust to this change, which is understandable. 🙂
I got the mug from the Harry Potter Warner Brothers Studio! I love it!!
I MUST HAVE THIS MUG. That is all.
Okay actually that’s not all. I’m glad I clicked through because your formatting is super cute! Feedly strips out the pink behind the headings, so I didn’t realize quite all the fun stuff you’ve incorporated into the new design! It’s lovely, as expected. 🙂
You have had such a busy week! I’m telling you that you handle it completely well! I love hot chocolate but only when it’s cold. I live in the MidWest US so that’s about 5 to 6 months a year. 😉 Now I’ll have to be on the lookout for some of the good stuff!