elizziebooks

"Punk-ass book jockey." --Leslie Knope (Parks & Rec.) Hi, my name is Liz and I like books. I'm a BookTuber, which means I can be found on YouTube gabbing away about my favorite books. I've also been known to host the occasional BookTube News.

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Donald Glover x Flowers 💐💜😍

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#mood 

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(therapist voice) and why are you butthurt about that

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UNBOXING || Belles by Dhonielle Clayton 

FTC Disclaimer: Disney-Hyperion sent me this box in exchange for promotion. 

Add the book to your TBR shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... Pre-order [aff]: http://amzn.to/2AyywJp

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Fierce Reads Fall 2017

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May Book Haul! Check it out.

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On YouTube and my absence

I know y’all will be understanding about this because we all get busy with school and work, and our hobbies and passions can fall to the side because of it. 

I’ve been trying very hard to record videos and make things to upload to YouTube, but I am in this FUNK. It’s because of work-- I have two part-time jobs, one of which is my family’s business which takes not only a lot of time but a LOT of energy. At the end of the day, I just want to go home, eat, and watch a couple of episodes of Charmed before I go to sleep. 

I would love to come home and record, edit, and be happy with the video enough to upload it. But that’s not happening right now. I’d rather give you something good and something that is fun, rather than giving you something I struggled to make and still am not happy with. It’s hard on me, but I’m trying not to give myself too much of a hard time because this is just a part of life. 

I’ve contemplated “retiring” from booktube/youtube, but I don’t think that will ever happen. I know that some day or another, I’ll have the energy to put up content I’m proud of. I’m not sure if that means making videos on other topics or just keeping things on an even more relaxed “upload schedule” (haha what’s that?!), but know that I’m definitely trying and I’m recording things. 

I’m also pretty active on Instagram and Snapchat (elizziebooks on both), so if you’re like “I MISS YOUUUU” you can find me there as well as on Twitter (elizziebeth). 

Anyway, I just wanted to let y’all know that if you’re struggling to find time and energy to put up videos, posts, etc, know that I AM TOO and it’s just a part of life sometimes. Let’s not be too hard on ourselves. I’m definitely going to be working on ways to “refill my creative well”. Cool cool cool.

Thanks for reading and watching and all that,

Liz

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Let’s go to the Jungle!

It’s time to go on an adventure!

I grew up watching a lot of Disney movies, including but not limited to the 1967 animated film and the 1942 live action film. When my brother liked a story, we watched EVERY incarnation of it! Lo and behold, in the wave of live action remakes, Disney added another adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book stories. Oh, you didn’t know it was a series of stories? (It’s okay, I just Googled it). 

Disney is kindly giving me the opportunity to host a giveaway for all y’all (in the US at least) to have a chance to win a Blu Ray and DVD copy of The Jungle Book (2016)! So whether you have a DVD player or a Blu Ray player, you can play this film! 

LINK TO ENTER:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you don’t win-- don’t worry! The Blu-Ray+DVD will be out Tuesday, August 30 for purchase. (Do iiiiit)

And if you want something to do with your kids, Disney gave me a couple of activity books! Here’s a great one with shadow puppets and here’s one that goes over jungle animals!

Thanks and thanks for sharing this post! <3

Liz

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Quarterly Unboxing time! (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtUB_l5F7o)

Get your Quarterly box here: http://on.qrtr.ly/literaryYAbox6

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My first OwlCrate Unboxing! (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0yyqjQlvU8)

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June Book Haul + Giveaway!

Enter here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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May Wrap Up (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJi0VhknXcM)

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Some Thoughts On #fakereadergirls

The hashtag #fakereadergirls has taken the Internet by storm over the past few days. I’ve seen a lot of positive things said. I’ve seen a lot of good ideas. But I’ve also seen some negativity that has made me feel uncomfortable. Let me explain.

For those of you under a rock, #fakereadergirls started when comments were going around on Booktube suggesting that women can’t like books and wear makeup. Of course, this is preposterous. Just because you can’t imagine girls who wear makeup reading books, it doesnt mean that they can’t or shouldn’t.

Admittedly, I don’t wear makeup. This is not because I’m a bookworm. It’s because I look silly in makeup. The most I’ll wear is some foundation to cover up my bad skin. But that doesn’t make me any more or less of a bookworm than all the book bloggers, booktubers and bookstagrammers that do wear makeup. It just means that I am someone who happens to like books and not wear makeup. It is just one small part of who I am.

That said, I have also seen girls who do wear makeup arguing that they are a true bookworm despite wearing makeup because of how many books they’ve read this year. This has often been quoted as being between fifty and seventy books, and it made me think. Does how much you like books depend on how many books you’ve read this year. Am I any less of a bookworm than some of these girls because I’ve only read sixteen books this year?

The answer, of course, is no. Being a bookworm should no more be defined by how many books you’ve read than how much makeup you wear. It makes me uncomfortable that some people think this way. Reading and being a bookworm should not be a competition. It should not be a fashion statement. It should not be affected by how much makeup you wear. Being a bookworm should be defined by one thing. Three little words. “I like books.”

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Agreed! It’s not about what you look like or how many books you’ve read. If you like reading, you’re a reader!

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After reading An Ember in the Ashes: what the HELL?! WHAT?!? THE?!? HELL?!? WAS?!? THAT?!? W H A T T H E H E L L W A S THAT. WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED? THAT IS MESSED UP

Talking to a friend over text: There's this really amazing book you have to read. You're going to love it :)