"screeching in the coffee shop, which is the sister of panicking at the disco" made me bloody snort

@AFrolicThroughFiction

5 ай бұрын

It’s become a running joke I can’t stop 😭😂 anytime I say a sentence like [insert noise] at the [place] it’s all I think about ahahaha

The waves crashing against the stairs and shore is so beautiful oh my gosh!!! The English and History degree/lover in me completely understands the love of writing all over book pages 🥰🏰🏰🏰

🏰 I look forward to seeing you scheduling “time out” for yourself this year 😁 Happy 2024!!!

January has been a very stressful month but I really related to what you were talking about the go go go life style I just graduated with my 2nd masters last year so it's been hard to slow down. I have during this time found diamond art and that's helping but my job has been stressful where I have not been reading a lot. I think we all need to take things slower this year and enjoy the times of piece that we get even if there small.

Your channel brings me comfort and happiness. ✨🍁🌿📚 ☕ 😊✨

Toxic productivity seems a hard problem to overcome. Currently I'm finding that my mood is tied to how productive I am. Scheduling time to just relax seems a good idea, especially in a busy life. Though I know I have a bad habit of going 'oh I could just do a bit of this' and do something like write a book review

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

For suuuure feel you on the “oh I’ll just do this” and ending up in a never ending cycle 😅 it’s hard to escape!

Winter vlogs need to be full of cozy days inside reading and talking about books, love it! I'm currently so into a non-fic book called To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger. This year I'm making an effort to learn about my Celtic roots and this is a fantastic start, I am learning so much! 📚☕

@JesseOnYoutube

6 ай бұрын

THIS BOOK SOUNDS SO GOOD

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

I might have to look into that myself!

I love your videos so much!! all the books you talked about sound so interesting 💖🥰🏰

🏰 i love the chatty updates, its like catching up with a friend 🧡 Im currently rereading House of Sky and Breath

lovely video 🤍 i am also a habit stacking girly, i watched this vlog while doing my night time routine :) my one and only big goal i have set for myself this year is actively working on my mental health and seeking the help i need with that, which i already started doing. you got me intrigued about the lady of darkness series, not an avid fantasy romance reader but might give it a go!

I buy a lot of Body Shop shower gels and lotions, too 👀🧐😝

Happy New Year!! So fun to watch. 🏰

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Happy new year!!

Lady shadows sounds so fun!

love the catch up! look forward to seeing how the buddy reads go!

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

🥰🥰 here’s hoping many good books in 2024!

So excited for this

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

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🏰 you maaaay have convinced me to pick up Lady of Darkness like... asap 😂💜 I also started my 2024 with a 5 star - I reread Skyward and liked it just as much as the first time I read it!

Just finished The Quiet Tenant last night, it really got my heart pumping. 😳Loved that green sweater!

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Gotta love a book that gets a physical reaction out of you 🤭

If you want to try something different, I like to ‘mind map’ books when I read them and then put little notes at the end for reminders for either just the story or the important bits for the next in the series.

I just started Lady Of Darkness last night because i can't sleep. And i'm glad that i did, i am enjoying it. Thank you so much for talking about it ❤

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

I’m SO glad you’re enjoying it too!

I'm graduating this year and I cannot wait to start living slow and living small, I'm very much a nature girl, and whilst I'm an overachiever and massive academic-lover, I think this will be a really good break for me. It is scary, but it's the healthiest thing for my future, I think. On a less serious note, you've convinced me to pick up the lady of darkness series, and I can't wait 🤣

🏰what a great start to the reading year! Yaay!❤ My year started with 4 different short story collections (3 of them about animals, and 1 is memories of a sailor). Don't even know how I ended up with these books, but they all will be 5-star 🌟

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

I love that for you. Sometimes it’s the ones you really don’t expect that take you by surprise 🫶🏻

🏰🏰🏰 I’m always fascinated by your rings as you’re talking 😂 They’re so beautiful and my favorite type of jewelry. Would love for you to show us all your rings some time! Your vids are always very calming and bring me peace. ❤

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! All of the silver ones are from Shop Dixi if you’re interested 🥰

@LisaK1075

6 ай бұрын

@@AFrolicThroughFiction thanks! I bookmarked the site and put several on my wishlist 😂

My first read of 2024 was The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young and I gave it 5 stars. It was so good! Loved it!

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Oooh that’s on my TBR, glad to hear it was a 5 star!

ahhh the lady of darkness serie was my favourite series of last year!! (personally I think book 5 is the best) it's so good, it's also amazing on a reread as you pick up on so much foreshadowing that I did not pick up on the first time!! Once you've finished lady of darkness series there is also another series the author is currently writing (first book is out) which is so different but it has the same magic structure!!

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Yusss I have her other series saved for when I’m done! Will just blitz through it all 😂

The Women Who Run With the Wolves have been on my wishlist forever

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Careful, it’ll start haunting you too 😂

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Crafting out time for yourself can be *so* difficult but is incredibly important. Best of luck with it! 🤎

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰 and very true ahahaha

🏰 Happy new year, Ash! I’ve been reading Ship of Magic since the 1st, which I’ve nearly finished - also, no patterns as a teenager? 😯 did you have no mushrooms either 😂

Screeching! At the coffee shop 😂😂😂😂😂

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

(Ashleigh’s Version)

I read the first 20 pages of Women Who Run with Wolves years ago and this reminded me that maybe I should try again 😅

I'm also having it as a goal for myself going forward to have a non-fiction book (outside of true crime) going at all times. Like you, I also miss reading the way I did at uni, both with fiction and non-fiction. I miss it.

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

It can be such a strange feeling, especially if you didn’t even enjoy the books that much at the time 😂

@JacksAnnie

6 ай бұрын

@@AFrolicThroughFiction haha yes. Though there's also books that I feel like I might have liked more if I didn't have a deadline to read them for haha

Omg it’s beautiful where you live!

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Each area has such a different vibe - this is a lesser shown part of Edinburgh!

@danieleigh6468

6 ай бұрын

@@AFrolicThroughFiction it’s gorgeous

Southern Hemisphere Folks setting up goals in the middle of Summer don't do much better than us lot. :) Shorter timeframes are probably better for accomplishing resolutions. So much can happen in 12months, that some of your resolutions might not even be relevant anymore 10, 11 months onwards.

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Summer is also not the best time for new goals etc because there’s *so* much going on aha, it’s like the opposite effect! Agree about the shorter timeframe though, life never looks the same after 12 months and goals quickly become irrelevant

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🏰 Just trying to get back into reading more after the holidays. I'm currently buddy reading The Outsiders and after finishing Fourth Wing before Christmas i want to get started with Iron Flame. 🙂📚

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it! It’s such an addictive series

“That’s just your sign you’re about to die because… you’re not getting out of it.”

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

I mean…what a way to go

I had a similar experience in December as I had lumbago 🥲 I‘ve never had lower back pain before and I had to take it easy for a few days. My body clearly told me that I was doing too much at once as December was a busy month for me. So my intention for 2024 is to set healthier boundaries and to make sure that I rest enough 🫶🏻

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

A worthy cause! Hopefully we can both stick to it 🙌🏻

🏰 I didn't finished any book yet, but I 'm totally ok with that for once. Starting the year slow 🖖🏼

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

You should! Its the best time for slowness 🫶🏻

What about an almost bujo approach to annotated books? Like a flick through and commentary? That way there’s no pressure while you’re reading to stop and film?

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

I think it will be similar yeah! Though I’d love some clips of me actually doing it so I might do a bit of both, unsure yet!

Here's to more rest! :D

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

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hey ashleigh (and anyone reading this) - I just recently moved to edinburgh 🦄for my master's and would absolutely love to hear about your favorite places in the city, be it a particularly pretty part of a park or a lovely café, a beautiful building or a scenic walk. the areas you show in your videos look so gorgeous, but i'm not familiar enough with the city yet to be able to figure out what you're filming at any given time! it's hard to get myself to explore on my own and I haven't made any local friends yet, so having specific destinations to look forward to would help a ton. thanks in advance to anyone who can help out! 💕

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

Welcome to Edinburgh! 🫶🏻 In this video You see mainly Leith Docks - if you google map Mimi’s Bakehouse by the docks/shore it’ll take you right there (and this is a fab place for cake aha)! I love Stockbridge, and it’s worth seeing where your closest access point to the Water of Leith Walk is as this is the river walk that runs all the way through the city! You can access it from both places I just mentioned. For bookshops and coffee shops, Leith Walk has loads (3 bookshops, a million coffee shops aha). Portobello beach if you fancy water, anywhere in Old Town for old buildings! 🤎

@ninar7040

6 ай бұрын

@@AFrolicThroughFiction thank you so so much! aside from the neat tips, the welcome also means a lot 💕

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

@@ninar7040 anytime! I hope the city treats you well 🫶🏻

🏰 I had a late start to my new year reading so I not yet finished my first book of the year.

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

That’s fair, january is for slowness!

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@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

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Please tell me where you got your green jumper/cardie with the leaves on is from. I love it!

@AFrolicThroughFiction

6 ай бұрын

I thiiink Zara but it was years ago now!

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6 ай бұрын

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