New Website!

I finally made the plunge back to being privately hosted using Wordpress! Let's hope this host is here to stay huh?

Anyway, this post is for anyone following me on GFC to say I'm no longer blogging here and am now at:

http://digestingthewords.com/

I haven't decided if I should close this down and have it re-directing to my .com or not yet. I still have traffic coming in here so it's a bit of a problem still. We'll see I guess! :)

Now go over to my .com! ^___^

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Leaving Blogger! :)

I'm currently in the process of moving from blogger to a privately hosted blog elsewhere (which is why my domain looks like a mess right now!)

I'm going to try to get it all set up and cleaned up asap :) I might even do a giveaway since I have yet to celebrate buying my domain! Seems like a great excuse right? :P

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Updates: Book Review Hiatus

As you may have realised, I have a ton of stuff to read right now so I'm extremely busy with reading. Not only that, I also have revision to do for each of these books in preparation for my exams this year. It's a lot of work and due to personal issues I'm having trouble concentrating as it is. As a result, I'm taking an offical book review hiatus until May/June once my exams are over with and I've had time to breathe and sleep off all the late nights. Reviewing takes me a pretty long time to do (a few hours) because I only review books I have a lot to say about, so it only seems natural that I stop for now.

I'm going to queue as many other posts as I can in between now and then. It seems odd that I intend to continue blogging about other things anyway, but blogging does in fact help to concentrate on my writing. I also find that it helps me to de-stress so there will be a bunch of smaller posts to come.

I originally wrote this blog post in regards to Book Review Requests and what it means for this blog but I feel like since that was aimed more towards the reader, it's time to write something aimed towards anyone requesting a review. So now this page exists which I hope potentional author's with Book Review Requests will read before emailing me as it will get updated regularly.

In slightly more positive news, I finally decided to take the plunge and buy and register DTW as a domain! Hooray for being a .com website :)

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. - Socrates

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy. - Burt Sancaster

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Updates: 5 months in and the whole world ahead of us

 

After a little thinking, I decided this was a post worth writing considering I've yet to post any site updates. (If you've been a lurker you may have noticed the recent drastic layout change though!) Whilst my blog is far from a successful and established book blog, I've reached what seems to me like a mile stone in my blogging: I've been lucky enough to have a couple of authors personally contact me about the possibility of reading and possibly reviewing their books.

I originally started this blog 5 months ago with the plan of discussing my thoughts on books and recording my journey into the publishing world. I've always considered reviewing books to be part of the former but at no point did I expect to be contacted by an author – I'm equally honoured and quite frankly flabbergasted by this situation. I have no idea how the authors found me, but I feel so grateful for the opportunity to have someone send me their work to read. I feel like DTW has come a long way since last November. I may not have a million subscribers, but I consider this to be massive progress in the right direction as a both a book lover and for my future career in publishing.

I feel it's important to mention that any books I have been sent to review will always reflect my honest views. I have nothing to gain from false depictions so I have no reason to lie. I know a lot of readers (myself included) can be put off by sponsored posts but I hope this will assure you that my reviews will always remain true to my real opinions.

As for recording my journey into publishing, I've been so focussed on University and my numerous blogs and hobbies that I've barely had time to think of anything else. I'm hoping to get some direct experience of the publishing industry some time between now and my third year of University, but I guess it'll have to wait until this year is over with before I can make any progress. It's a bit of a disappointment but I guess it gives me plenty of time for self improvement instead.

I will be aiming to post more here now I've got to this point. Clearly I'm doing something right, so now it's time to shine! The content I'm not exactly sure of yet. More of the same previous stuff (including reviews, favourites etc.) but I'd also like some new content so I believe it's time to do a little brain storming!

Until the next post! ♥

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Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!

Welcome to Digesting the Words. This is first and foremost my literature blog but also my written (or typed if you want to be specific!) record of my journey into the Publishing world.

A little about me for anyone that's wondering: my name is Farhana, I'm 19 and I study English Literature at University. I aspire to work in publishing (I'm currently trying to decide between Editorial, Publicity and PR) and I also live in Greater London. That's all for now, but I'm sure you'll find out more as time goes on.

I can't guarantee to always be up-to-date with my reading (my degree means a lot of my reading time involves pre-21st Century novels) but I will try to update with interesting information and events as often as possible. :)

And so it begins!

Currently Reading:

• Matched by Alley Condie
• Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• What Maisie Knew by Henry James
• Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

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