Fourteen Years of Blogging

Oh. Suddenly been blogging for fourteen years today, ahh :D Where did the time go? Haha. <3 This past year has been difficult for me. And I have been reading a whole lot less because of it. I'm still not reading like normal. And that is okay. Reading will happen once I feel better, hopefully. But yes. It has been a hard year. Not going to share too much, just some small details. I mentioned last year that my grandpa was not doing that well. He died at the end of October last year. And it's still breaking us. We didnt think he would die. Not then. And it has been so heartbreaking since then. We are all doing okay, as we are such a close family. But it has been hard. He did not deserve that. He was supposed to have so many good years now with us. This sadness has affected the rest of me too. I have not felt like reading. Or playing other games. Or doing much of anything. I'm doing the best that I can, and trying my best not to think of it all too much. But it is hard. And so sad. And I miss him so much. Thankfully our small family is close, which helps a lot.

Anyway. I started the new medicine last year. It has not at all worked like I hoped it would. Ha. I have had less energy instead. Sigh. Which really truly sucks. And so I have not read much this year. Will not make my reading goal this time. Aw. But will make it to twenty books read this year, at least, I think. I'm still not losing any weight. Which has been bothering me for years. And so this summer I bought a treadmill. And I have been walking on it for almost one hundred days now. Thirty minutes every day. I am awesome. Ha. But I am not losing weight at all. And it still hurts to walk, even after a hundred days. Ugh. This is so rude. I'm not eating too much either. But it is my medicine that is to blame. Or my morbus crohn. I don't know. It is just highly annoying, either way. But I am not giving up yet. I shall continue to walk until it starts helping, ha. But not happy with my medicine. Might try a new one soon. I also removed my tonsils this year. It was so painful after to heal. And it took ages. But I survived, haha. And I am glad that I got them gone. I think.

I do not really have much else to share about this year. I have not travelled, so I have not been anywhere. But I have been doing okay. I still play pokemon go daily, going on short daily walks outside. I still play my daily one hour of animal crossing new horizons, which I love. And love the new Nintendo Switch 2. I also still play animal crossing pocket camp daily, despite it no longer being an online game. Then I bought the new iPhone 17 Pro Max this year, and I am so in love with it. I discovered pop mart and Labubu this year. Ha. And my obsession have been crazy since then. Bad for my money. Bad for my limited space. But so good for my heart. I love these little plushes so much. And my collection is the most beautiful and so big. Still post daily on instagram and I blog here as always. Have loved taking photos outside all year long for instagram. Though I'm not getting any new followers, which is a little sad. But I still love doing it. And I'm still going to continue blogging, always. Hoping to read more soon. Thank you all for still following me. <3

Thirteen Years of Blogging

My blog is thirteen years today :D Ahh! Where has the time gone? Gosh. Can't believe it's been another year already. Time is moving so fast these days. I have been reading more this year, though I don't think I will read that much beyond the same thirty as last year. But still. I am so happy with this amount of books read and so many of them were amazing. Which I am thrilled about. I have also gotten way too much mail this year, haha. So many amazing books. So many gorgeous pop figures. A health update. My health still sucks. Ha. I had a surgery earlier this year to test it. It will never happen again. It took months to heal and it was the actual worst thing. But at least I tried. I'm now waiting on a new medicine to start shortly that I'm hoping will work better on all of me. Fingers crossed, please. It has truly been an exhausting year with my bad health. But I'm doing my best :) Staying positive despite all the pain that I'm constantly in these days.

Plus side, gotten many spa baths done this season. Though it's now another six months until I get to take it back up again. How rude. We also had such a wonderful summer. So many warm days and just sun all the time almost. It was so nice. I also went to London in August with my mom and my sister. I finally got to see Taylor Swift in person, eee. Went to the Eras tour and oh, it was so special. Had my sister with me for that and we had such a great time. I loved seeing her live. It was a nightmare to get back to the hotel, and I got too little sleep before the flight home the next morning. But it was all worth it. My grandpa finally got his awaited surgery this spring. But it ruined the rest of him. And he's not doing well. Please do keep your fingers crossed for him. We just want him to be healthy. My sister got a puppy this summer, a chihuahua boy named Gizmo. We love him. And my cat fully hates him. Any tips on getting them to get along? Haha.

I do not have that much else to share about this year. I'm still doing my regular things. Still daily playing pokemon go and animal crossing new horizons and animal crossing pocket camp. <3 Although the final one is mostly getting shut down this month, so I might stop playing it then. Aw. But I love my daily games. I badly need to start playing all my other ones, though, haha. Hopefully soon. If this new medicine works well, I hope to get lots more energy. Fingers crossed. I'm still blogging several times a week and sharing all that I get in the mail weekly. I still write the longest reviews :) I still share a photo daily on instagram. Would love it if you would follow me there too. Thank you all so much for following me and caring about what I share :) Details about all the photos below. A lovely sunset photo. My cat and the puppy. She still does not like him, a few months after. New book photo as my blog header. Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour in London in August. <3 A breakfast we had while there, family time. My favorite books of the year, Silver in the Bone and The Mirror of Beasts :D A stunning northern lights photo from earlier this year in the winter. Current giveaway that I'm having open worldwide on my instagram. Hope that you are all doing great. <3

giveaway on instagram here

Twelve Years of Blogging

How has it already been another year? Time is moving so fast lately. I started writing this post last night, just before midnight. So I did remember my blog birthday this year, ha :) But did not finish writing it before today, I was simply too tired. But anyway. Eee! My blog is twelve years old :D No idea where all the time has gone. No giveaway this time, as I haven't had the energy to figure it out, haha. But having one soon, hopefully. I'm still blogging each week. I'm still reading, though I am still not reading a lot. But so far I have read more than I did last year, so I feel that I am making some progress at least :) This has been such a busy year for me. I turned 30 years old :) And my sister took me to Disneyland Paris for my birthday. <3 Only one day, but it was enough :) We had such a great time. See my blog post about it here. And my cat turned 10 years as well. <3 She still behaves as if she is a kitten most of the time, haha :) I still use twitter daily, which is where I share all small details about my daily life. I have also started posting on instagram every single day, though that might become less during the months of no daylight soon. But I still haven't gotten many followers, ha, but I still love taking photos and sharing them anyway :) So I do not mind. <3

I don't actually have that much else to share about this past year. We had such a great summer, though I wish it had been even hotter. But we did have many great summer days, which was nice. Now it's so very cold, though, and it has started snowing too. Brrr. At least this means that Christmas is near now, haha :) But yeah. I'm mostly just waiting for summer to come back again, ha. My health is still bad, still have my four chronic diseases and still have problems with them all. It's difficult. But I'm doing okay. <3 This year have also been such a great book year for me. I got so so so many books. Ahh. So many precious ones to add to all my collections, eee. And I have read more amazing books this year than in a while, so that's good. I may have also gotten way too many funko pop figures this year. But oh. I have no room for more books or pop figures, yet I can't make myself stop buying any of them. Sigh. My love for it all is too much, haha :) I also still play pokemon go daily and animal crossing new horizons and pocket camp as well. <3 Anyway. I still blog. And I am not planning on quitting anytime soon. I still love reading. I still love writing super long reviews, ha. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope you are all doing great. <3

 

Disneyland Paris 2023

Eee! Last week I turned 30 years old, on May 3rd. I spent that day at Disneyland Paris with my sister. <3 Her birthday gift to me :) We only had a couple of days in Paris, and did not actually go to the city. But I did not really want to either, so I'm good with that. What was important was the Disneyland trip. It was all kinds of magical and amazing. Going to be sharing some of what we did today :) Sharing photos too. Did not take that many, as I was busy just being there, haha. It has taken me a week to get this post ready, as I got sick when I got home. But I was okay when we were there. I was worried, but went okay. Of course, all the walking killed me, and I'm still hurting, but it was so good, just being there. Worth it, I guess? Ha :)

Sharing a few details about our trip, and what we did there. Left for Paris on Tuesday, spent Wednesday at Disney and went home again on Thursday. Just a short trip, but it was amazing. We stayed at Relais Spa Val d'Europe and it was such a nice hotel. Their shuttle to and from Disney was the best. They had a good pool too. And their breakfast was amazing. Ha :) It was a short walk to a huge mall right next to it, Val d'Europe. But that was beyond disappointing. They had so many stores, but not truly anything for me. I bought a few small things, but nothing big, like I had imagined I would. And it was so, so dirty. Shudders. And had so few sitting places, considering it was huge to walk through. So, yeah. It was not a good mall, ha. The village of Val d'Europe right next door was way more pretty, though. Nothing there for me, only designer things, ha. But beautiful. We also visited Disney Village, the free place. So so many people. We ate at McDonald's, which was also dirty. Sigh. I did love looking at the stores. But, again, nothing for me to buy. I thought there would be a lot of Disney stuff. I had a wishlist. They had none of it. Uugh. But I did buy a few things, but so little. Aw. So that was disappointing. Still. I loved just looking at everything. <3

And now finally going to talk a little about what we did at Disneyland Paris :D Only one day there, for both parks. But that was enough for us. We did so much walking. It was exhausting. But good. The day was sunny at all times and around 20c, which was nice. A little cold wind, but we weren't freezing. And I got such a bad sunburn on my face and chest. Oops. So, yeah. Do wear sunscreen. I did not think of it. My trip had been planned and ordered since December, when my sister gifted it to me. And yet there was something I did not learn until about a week before learning. About the Priority pass. I did not know this existed. And that I had what was needed to get it. I'm so thankful that I learned of it before leaving, as I would not have gotten much done at Disneyland without it. It helped so much. We didn't have to stand in lines for ages at all. At most 10 minutes, usually just 5 minutes or less. It was the best and helped me so much as I cannot stand for too long without sitting down. So, yes. The Priority pass saved my trip and I am so glad it was possible. Even got a photo with Mickey because of it, haha :) Oh! And I got a birthday pin as well, which was so pretty. Did not really do anything at all, but many staff members wished me a happy birthday, which I so loved :) Also, people in Paris were nice and always said Bonjour. Loved that.

Now sharing about the rides we took :D Did not do them all, and may have missed out on a few we did not go to, so we did not see them. Oops. Another time. But loved the rides we did take. Sharing about them in a random order. We took Crush's Coaster. Which we thought would not be too bad or scary, as many children were waiting in line. Ha. Yeah. That one was all kinds of scary. Hahaha. Oh. But it was a little fun too. But made me nauseous. It was almost fully dark inside too, so we didn't see anything. Rude. And went so fast. Ahh! We took Peter Pan's Flight. Which was good, yet also pretty boring, and wouldn't have been worth it standing in line for about an hour, like most people did. Oh. We took Dumbo the Flying Elephant twice, and so loved that one :) A safe one, yet fun and a little fast too. We took Le Carrousel de Lancelot, which was boring, but pretty. We took a Cars one that went pretty fast and was fun. We took the Autopia, driving around in cars. It was fun and pretty. We took Mad Hatter's Tea Cups, which was fast and all kinds of fun. Loved it. We took Orbitron, which was a little scary, as it was hard to hold on and it went fast. But fun too. We also took Ratatouille, which was so boring and the worst of them, I think. Hated the 3D glasses. Ugh. But was good enough. I think that were all the rides we did :) All of them pretty fun. <3

Sharing only a little bit more. We did not eat very much at the park, as there was not really anything we wanted to try. Though we did go to Bella Notte to get the Mickey pizza. It looked pretty, but didn't taste all that well. Oops. We spent most of the time at the Disney park, and only a little at the Walt Disney Studios park. As that one was smaller and kind of boring, haha. But we did take some rides there, which I loved. But didn't really visit the Marvel parts, were too exhausted by that time. Just walked around and watched things :) We did leave for the hotel around 5pm, as we needed a break and to order some room service. Then we went back to the park around 9pm, so we could see the special light shows at the Disney castle at 11pm :) It was such a full park by then. Gosh. It even said full capacity when we arrived back. Ahh. So it was hard to find a spot to stand in to wait for the show. We did not know at first where to find the Priority pass special place to be, so that took a while. But we did find it, which was closer to the castle and closer to see. But no places to sit, which sucked. We had to sit on the cold ground, which wasn't very good at all and too hard for me. If I go back, that will be planned better and I will bring something to sit on. And rent a wheelchair, as that is needed for me. The show was pretty, but not really worth it to spend so long in the cold waiting for it. But I'm glad I saw it too :) But anyway. I have now shared all kinds of details about our Paris trip, haha :) It was such a magical place to visit. <3 I'm still exhausted, but so worth it. I'm sharing a few photos. Did not take many. Took a few photos of myself, but I'm not happy with them, so not sharing, ha :) Though I must share one Mickey photo, despite not really loving it. But loved getting to meet him :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And that is all the photos I had to share :D Not too many, as I did not have the time to take photos, ha :) But happy with those that I got. <3 I took a few videos of the show at night, but it so did not look pretty to share here on my blog. So I will share those on my instagram, so visit me there, if you want to see them :)

Eleven Years of Blogging

My blog turned eleven years old this year :D Feels like I have been blogging forever. <3 And still doing it. And not planning on stopping anytime soon :) I may have forgotten about my blog birthday, again. Oops. Which was October 11th. Ack! I remembered it last month, then it just went away, ha. At least I managed to remember it again while it is still October :D And get a post up. <3 This time I'm not doing a giveaway, but hoping to share one sometime soon anyway :) I have had a few giveaways on instagram this year, for funko pop figures. I have been taking a lot more photos in the past year. Of both books and pop figures. I'm loving it. Much more photos outside too. This year have been so long yet also gone by so fast. Next year I'm turning thirty years old. What even. And my cat will be ten years. We are getting so old, haha :D

I will not be sharing very much this time, just a little update on what I have been doing this past year. My health is still pretty much awful, and I still have so little energy. No catching up to anything yet. Not really. I'm spending time with my family every day, and love that. I still play animal crossing every day and love it the most. Started playing the pocket camp version as well, and may be too addicted. Oops. And I still play pokemon go as well. I'm reading more, but only lately. Started very slow this year with reading. So I have not read many books this year. But those that I read were good. I am happy about that. I am doing okay :)

I hope you are all doing well :) And reading lots. <3 Thank you all so, so much for reading my blog and for still following me. You guys are the best. I'm hoping to be able to catch up more soon. And read more too. I have been reading a lot more lately than I had done before, so I'm feeling positive that I may actually get back into reading again, at last :) I cannot believe it is almost Christmas time again. I'm so very excited :D

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone :D Here in Norway today, the 24th, is the most special Christmas day. <3 Stocking in the morning, then Christmas movies on the tv, and turkey for dinner. And opening presents with family starting at five pm :) I'm so, so excited that it is finally Christmas, eee. <3 Best time of the year, for me. I hope you are all having the most wonderful Holiday time. <3 I know that I am, ha :) On this day, I have posted a Best Four Stars of the year for the past years. But not this year. Because I have read way too little. And would not have enough books to share for two posts. So only doing one Best of post, next week. I'm excited about that, though. And I am still happy that I did read at all this year, despite how few books I read. I did my best. I do hope that next year will be a better reading year for me. Fingers crossed. But today, for me, is all about Christmas :) This final week of the year is the best, with all of the best food and family time. Can't wait to open presents with my family this evening :) Merry Christmas to you all. <3

MERRY CHRISTMAS. <3

Ten Years of Blogging + Giveaway

Ten years of blogging today. Gosh. How is this even possible? Feels like so much less. Time is moving too fast these days :) This past year have been pretty hard for me, to be honest. I have read so, so few books. I have done almost no catching up. And yet I feel so busy all the time. Busy with family, busy with my bad health, busy playing Animal Crossing. I have so little energy these days. Yet I am happy. And I'm pleased with what I am able to do. But oh, how badly I wish I could be reading more. There are so many books I still need to read. So many books that I still buy, all the time. I'm still blogging. I am still here. Just reading less. I still love reading, of course I do. And I want to read so badly. Just cannot make myself start anything. Which completely sucks. When I do read, I love the book so much. Hope to read more shortly :)

If you are reading this, thank you so much for following me and my blog. I still fully love blogging. And I'm not planning on stopping anytime soon. I do miss talking with people, though. Feel like I get so very few comments these days, and so few replies on twitter too. So many people are gone and not here anymore as well. I miss everyone. But so thankful to those of you that are still here, and that do still talk to me :) It means so very much to me. I have not been affected much by corona, thankfully. And I hope you are all doing well too, and staying as safe as possible. I hope the world will be back to normal soon, when it is safe. Are you guys reading the same? Would love to know more about you all and how you are doing. <3 

Giveaway details. I have an extra signed paperback copy of The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater. So that is what I'm giving away today. It is open to everyone, everywhere. As I will be shipping it out myself. It's such a beautiful book and you are all going to love it. Photos below. Giveaway will end in four weeks.

Rules.
International.
Will be one winner.
Must reply within 48 hours.

UPDATE! The winner has been chosen and contacted and have responded. But rafflecopter refuses to show the winner, even though I have tried clicking in many times. Ugh. Winner is: Zsanett :)

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Nine Years of Blogging + Giveaway

Hi there. I cannot believe I have been blogging for nine whole years already. My gosh. Time moves way too fast. This time I did not forget about my blog birthday, ha. But I did wait until the last day before it to put together this blog post. Oops. But I did not forget this time, at least. And this time I am actually having a giveaway too. Which I have not had for so very long. I hope you will all enter it. I have been blogging for so long now. And it is still so amazing to me. I still love reading and reviewing books. I love sharing books that I'm waiting for and books that I get in the mail each week. I so love reading comments from you guys, though those have been so few. But thank you for visiting. It means the most to me. I'm still so far behind on everything, but slowly trying to catch up. But I am here. Still blogging, still tweeting. Always reading :)

I just peeked a little on my post from last year. Where I shared about going to the Taylor Swift concert in Oslo this year. Sigh. My heart is still breaking over that. I mean, we had everything ready. Plane, tickets, hotel. And then that damn Corona arrived. And no concert for me. Which is so heartbreaking. I know, it's small, compared to what everyone else is going through. I am lucky with where I live. But I am still sad that this concert had to be cancelled. Hoping there will be another time for it. Thankfully, Taylor did then release another album. Eee. Which is perfect. Anyway. I have been doing mostly good this year. Health is still the same as always, not very good, but I'm dealing with it. And doing the best that I can. I hope you are all doing okay too. Would love to get a comment with a small update from all of you too. All the hugs.

Giveaway details. I am giving away two pre-orders to one winner. A hardcover of Thornlight by Claire Legrand and a paperback of Foxheart by Claire Legrand. Coming out in March and April. I will pre-order both for one winner, from book depository. Open to everyone. If they do not ship to your country, I'll send you an Amazon giftcard for the same price, so you can pre-order them yourself. That way everyone can enter. Giveaway will last for three weeks. Winner to be contacted when ended and have 48 hours to reply to my email. Many ways to enter, all in the rafflecopter below. Best of luck :D I loved these two so much.

Foxheart review. Thornlight review.

Rules.
International.
Will be one winner.
Must reply within 48 hours.

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Eight Years of Blogging

Once again I managed to forget my blog birthday. I don't know how I managed to forget it, but forget it I did. Ha. My blog turned eight years old on October 11th :D Eee. I have been meaning to write this post for days and days now, ever since I found out I had forgotten about it. But I keep having no energy, and so I keep putting it off. Ack. This past year have not been easy for me. My health still completely sucks, worse than ever, and because of this I have gotten so few books read this year. Okay, I've read 47 books so far, which isn't too horrible, but still way less than what I have read for years now. It's depressing. But at least I have managed to read. So I'm happy with that. And I am still blogging. Still posting my two weekly posts, no matter what. And I still love it so. I have gotten way less comments this past year, which is pretty sad, but I understand it too. We are all so busy. I myself am so very far behind on every single thing. Gosh. I'm trying to catch up, but it's not going very fast at all. Sigh. But trying. And doing a little each day. I hope you are all doing well. I'm doing as good as I can :) I have now been blogging for eight years. Still love it most.

Thank you so much to all of you for still reading my blog, for still commenting at times too. It means the very most to me. You guys are all awesome. Thank you. Despite my bad health, I'm still here, and I will be for as long as I'm able to. Which will be very long, I'm sure of it, haha. My health is bad, but not that bad, so should always be blogging. I'm reading less, but hoping that will pick up soon too. I have had so little energy this past year. But also so little time on top of that. I spend so much of my days with my sister and her kids. By niece and nephews. They are the most adorable, though. And I still have my cat. Whom I love the very most. I still play Pokemon Go every day, haha, and I won't ever stop with that either. I have even bought tickets to go see Taylor Swift at a festival in Oslo next summer. Gosh. It's my first time doing anything like that. And I am beyond excited for it. Cannot wait. Anyway. Enough sharing for this time. I'm sorry for not doing a giveaway this time either. I simply do not have the energy for it just now. But soonish.

News: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

Eee! There is finally an official release date for the second The Book of Dust book by Philip Pullman :D And oh my gosh. I'm SO excited. His Dark Materials is my most favorite trilogy. I loved La Belle Sauvage a whole lot too. And The Secret Commonwealth is going to be aaamazing. Probably going to ruin me as well, of course, but my gosh, I cannot wait. Lyra will be twenty years old in this book. And I am so beyond nervous. But so excited and soso happy and I need it in my life. The book will be out on October 3rd, this year :D EEE! No cover yet, but I am sure it will be gorgeous. Cannot wait to see it. I just. Gosh. I so worry about this book. Lyra will be twenty years old. Seven years since she and Will were parted. Does she still love him the same? Oh, she better, haha. <3 Will there be hints of them getting to be together again? Will she ruin the love by seeing someone else instead? Ahh. I'm a nervous wreck about it, lol. But so excited. And I know I will love this book. October cannot get here fast enough. Are you excited for this one too? :D

Return to the parallel world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman's new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust, and discover what comes next for Lyra, "one of fantasy's most indelible characters." (The New York Times Magazine)

Lyra Silvertongue's adventures in the North are long over--the windows between the many worlds have been sealed, and her beloved Will is lost to her. She does still have the alethiometer: the truth-telling device given to her by the master of Jordan College, which guided her journey.

Lyra doesn't know the full story of the alethiometer, though. Or the role that young Malcolm Polstead played in bringing both the instrument and baby Lyra to Jordan. She's now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia's College. To her, Malcolm is Dr. Polstead, an overly solicitous professor she would prefer to avoid.

But intrigue is swirling around Lyra once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. They learn of a city haunted by daemons, of a desert said to hold the secret of Dust.

Powerful forces are about to throw Lyra and Malcolm together once again. And the dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world, and about themselves.

La Belle Sauvage. The Secret Commonwealth. Philip Pullman. Official Reveal Post.
UK - US Amazon. UK - US The Bookdepository. My His Dark Materials Posts.

looking backward and moving forward

Happy New Year everyone :D Wishing you all the very best 2019. <3 In this post I wanted to write a little about how 2018 was for me. And what I wish for 2019. Will share a bit about the good and a bit about the bad. Not sharing too much, only wanted to write a little about how this past year have been for me. It has been so very hard. But also so so very good too. Sharing some of the good first. I read a whole lot of new books that I loved so very much. I got to trade for so many books which I needed to complete some of my collections, and I'm so very thankful for that. I ordered many signed and personalized books, and they are all so very precious to me. I have spoken to some authors online and that it very precious to me as well. I got so many books this past year. And tons of stunning swag too. And I'm so thankful and happy for all of it. I'm so very excited about this new year; about hopefully completing more collections and getting more new books. I cannot wait to fall in love with so many more bookish worlds. And bookish boys. Eee. Haha.

When it comes to personal things, the good is that I have spent so so much time with my family. And that meant even less time for reading, though, haha. But it's been good. I have a nephew that is almost nine years old now, and I adore him to pieces. I spend every day with my sister and my nephew. Last January my sister had a little girl too. And she has been so very precious this past year. I adore her tons. And this April there is a little boy coming too. Ahh. I will never have any free time left, haha. I'm never having kids myself, though, lol. But I love my sister's children. They are the best. So anyway. Family time have been great. And I have done a bunch of fun things in the past year too. No travelling, sadly. But staying home is good too. For almost half a year I have my outdoor spa bath up, in the summer, and I take my daily 40C two hour long baths. Those are the best parts of the summer, haha. Now waiting for late April to get back.

But yeah. My past year have had good things. But it's also been the most painful year for me. I thought the year before was hard, health wise. But this past year has been even worse. I have been sick since I was five, and have now four chronical life long diseases with a bunch of sideeffects too. I don't have the worst case of any of them, but having all four at the same time is the worst thing even so. And I'm doing my best to deal with it, but it's so hard. And this past year was especially so. I started the year with having tried a new medicine, which ended up giving me a small case of pneumonia. Which went away with some other medication. Then I tried a few months of a different medicine, a needle in my skin every two weeks. That had zero effect on me. My stomach was bad for so many months and I had so very little energy. And my joints were aching and it was the very worst. Then in the summer I finally made them give me the first medicine that I got for my stomach, ten years earlier, that they stopped giving me some years ago, when they started giving me a cheaper one instead, which stopped working the year before last. Ugh. Anyway. This new old medicine worked. It worked on my stomach right away. And it is still working. My stomach has not been this good in a few years now, and I'm so happy about that. But it is not without problems. I got fatigue right after I started my medicine. And it is not gotten any better. I am so very exhausted and tired all the time. And I have several other side effects too. Which is not good. But I'm unsure what to do, because it does work on my stomach. Ugh. So yeah. So far I shall just deal with it all. But it's hard. And so I'm behind on everything, and I have read less lately. Except for this past month. In December I read ten books. Which is the most I have read in one month for so very long. I even had the post blog posts in a month, most for more than a year. But then I got more medicine on the twentieth, and my fatigue got so much worse. Sigh. Hoping it will pass, but so far it has not. I still had the very best Christmas, though :D

Anyway. I guess I shared a little too much, haha. If you are still reading, sorry about that :D I just had the need to share a bit about my life here on my blog too. Despite having the worst health these days, I'm still blogging. And I will not stop that. I'm behind on things, but I'm catching up too, and I'll not stop that either. I tweet a lot, though I pretty much never get any replies, haha. I also post pictures on instagram too. And I do love doing all of this. I love reading, though it's hard sometimes. I'm behind on watching movies, since when I have worst days, I do not even have energy for that. How rude. But yes. This past year have been good too, not only bad. I have played tons of Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu this past week, and it has been so good. I still play Pokemon Go every single day, and it's the best, haha. I spend so much time with my family, which is small, but good. I still have my most precious cat, and although she is a little devil most of the time, ha, I love her the most. I try my best to stay positive, and most of the time I succeed. Sort of. But yes. I'm doing good. Exhausted, but good. I wish I was doing better, but I'm thankful I'm not doing worse.

For this coming year, 2019, I wish for my health to get better. I wish to win the lottery, even just a little bit, so I can have more room for my books, as I ran out of room ages ago. Oh. I wish to have enough money for a small vacation this year too. I wish to read a lot of amazing new books, and re-read some favorites. Wish to catch up to watching movies, as there are so many new ones I'm super excited to see. I wish to finish catching up to everything, once I feel well enough for it. I wish to start talking to more of you lovely bookish people and to more authors too, as I have felt a bit lonely this past year, as very many of those I talked to went away from twitter. I wish that 2019 will be the very best year for me. I know I will never stop being sick, but I wish for days where I will feel okay, where I will not hurt. Crossing all my fingers for all of that. Anyway. If you are still reading, sorry for sharing so much, haha, and thank you the most for listening to me. You are the very best. All the hugs. I hope 2019 will be perfect for all of you :D And for me too, lol.

My most liked Instagram posts of 2018.