Hey guys! It's 4:30 a.m. and we are just
about to go to Tasmania for the week so
I thought I would bring you along and
vlog. Travelling fun it's gonna be high!
Good time with friends it's gonna be high.
Reading I honestly don't know. I'm
reading On Beauty by Zadie Smith. I just
started that. And I started Serpent & Dove,
so that's what I'll be reading this
trip. But I don't know how much reading
I'll honestly get done. We'll see about
that.
Hey guys! So yesterday we just were in
Hobart and we were exploring the city,
which was small and really nice. And
today we're gonna go to Mount Wellington
and we're just gonna hike a bit. I did
not read anything but maybe tonight
before I go to sleep.
We have come to a rose garden which is
quite small but nice nonetheless, to read.
I'm reading Serpent & Dove by Shelby
Mahurin. My friend has a postcard of a
koala which is being currently shown. This is the garden and this is my
studiously reading friends. Lea: we are not studiously -- recreationally.
Olivia: recreationally! Correction.
Hey guys! So it's the another day. I am
very very tired but we are going to the
MONA Museum and then we're doing a
little bit of road tripping and visiting
some other cool places along the way.
Hey guys! So what we're doing at the
moment is we are going towards the lily
pond. We're in the Tasmanian botanical Gardens and we're just finding somewhere
nice to eat lunch.
Good morning guys! It is the next day and
as you just saw we woke up and we went
back to the Botanical Gardens and had
breakfast there. I had a lovely doughnut
which I didn't show you. And today we
are going road-tripping. And we have two
lovely drivers and we're going to drive
all the way to wineglass Bay, and then to
Bay of Fires which are two beaches. And then
beyond to our next hostel.
Okay guys, so we've decided to do an
impromptu hike which we didn't expect to
do. I'm wearing a dress today and I was
wearing hoops which I took out for
convenience. But I'm still wearing my
jacket. My dress is here but
I'm also wearing leggings and hiking
boots so that is as fashionable as it
gets. As for reading I read a bit more of On
Beauty and I still think it's just
alright, getting to know the family,
getting to know the chaos. And I'm
also listening to Lord of the Rings. And I've been listening to this for
like the entire month of October and
today is the last day of October... so it's
a bit slow going and I'm not loving it,
I'm not hating it. I'm just kind of just
listening. Today's also the passing of my
grandfather and a video will be going up
today while I'm not here at home. And
while we've been road tripping I've just
been like, thinking of memories of him
and hopefully I can call my Nana later
on. So you'll get to see us hiking a bit
and then we're road tripping up to Bay
of Fires before stopping at our hostel.
Hey guys, so we are about to start our
overnight hike and we are going to be
camping. And we're going to we're gonna...
we're going to see Cradle Mountain without going to it.
We're going to these lakes that are
nearby.
It'll be nice one little hiking trip and
a hut instead of a tent and of course
you're coming along. And we saw an
echidna as well which was really cute.
So we are in our hut that we are going
to be staying at overnight and it's
actually really nice. And we did a little
yoga session which was good to stretch.
Yeah, there was a lovely view of
mountains - Marilyn wants me to tell you
that. Marilyn: This was the most important part! Me: that was the most important bit. I'm so
sorry, guys.
I'm not a good vlogger. This is what the
hut looks like.
Hey guys! So right now we're at the
hostel which is what you've got a lovely
view of but yeah, I didn't film hiking
the way back down the next day because
my fear of heights was triggered so I
just kind of needed to focus on what I
was doing and keep my reactions under
control. But it was still a lot of fun
and it was really good. We got soaking wet because it rained...
I wanted to update you on the reading
because during the night I just could
not sleep because I'm a light sleeper...
and there were far too many sounds. But I
did read 10% over The Last Magician by
Lisa Maxwell. I'm buddy reading this with
a group of people and so far it's so
good. There's two different plot
lines that you follow in different time
zones, so just getting my head around
that and getting used to the characters.
That's all that's really happened so far.
Hey guys! Today we are road tripping
again. We are going to see a lovely lake.
We are going to Russell Falls and we are
also going to Richmond to just explore a
little bit. Last night I stayed up
reading Serpent & Dove and okay so the
first half of this book wasn't
intriguing me... wasn't doing anything for
me at all. But kind of like The Poppy War
again, the second half is actually pretty
good. I feel like it's partly because the
romance has kicked in and I really like
the character Reid. But other than that
it's okay. Like, there's a
lot of flaws in the book but there's
also some good things. Mainly Reid.
Hey guys, so I'm back in Melbourne. I'm
here to wrap up my reading and wrap up
this reading vlog. So I hope you enjoyed
coming along with us on our trip. I
wanted to say that on the plane I
finished reading Serpent & Dove and
I've decided that this one was just an
okay read for me. I did like the romance. I
did fall for the character of Reid, but I
do feel like it doesn't do enough
fantasy for it to classify as a fantasy.
Like, it could have done the
world-building a lot better and the magic
system a lot better. But then it doesn't
do enough with the historical fiction
elements for me to say like: oh, by the
way this is historical fiction. And I
feel like this setting could have been
improved. And there was something as they
did with the plot and the characters
that I didn't like but it wasn't a bad
read. It was pretty easy to read and I
did like Reid, the character, and yeah! There were some elements to it I enjoyed. The
romance I enjoyed and I will be reading
the sequel because the way it ended had
me very curious to learn more about the
magic system which hopefully we will do
in book 2. So I'm very much looking
forward to continuing on my journey
reading this series. And in the plane I
also read a bit more of On Beauty by
Zadie Smith and I'm struggling with it.
I'm finding it quite slow-paced. I love
that we have like this black family at
the center. and it is focusing a bit on
black culture. But it's more on family
dynamic and it's just getting started
kind of but... it's very very slow and very
detailed so I'm just taking my time.
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