All Antonia Bernardin Blog posts

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Four

Book number 21 of the year was Four by Veronica Roth, which is a version of the events from the Divergent series, told from Tobias’s (Four) perspective.
Ready Player One

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline was book number 20 for my 100 books in 2019 challenge (so disappointing how far I’ve gotten with that!).
Vampire Diaries

Books 18 and 19 of #100booksin2019 were the books 1 and 2 of the Vampire diaries series by L.J.Smith.
Norse Mythology

Number 17 in the #100booksin2019 challenge (yes, I’m still calling it that… I can read 80 books in two months, right?) is Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman.
Do stuff you’re bad at- a rant

Today’s rant is about how the pursuit of instagram and Pinterest worthy hobbies, or just the pursuit of perfectionism in general has ruined hobbies.
Girl With all the Gifts

Book 16 in the doomed to fail challenge, also known as the #100booksin2019 challenge was Girl with all the Gifts by M.R Carey
20 pictures from my Pinterest board that get me in the feels

Random things I’ve found on pinterest that I liked and would like to force upon you all.
Girl on the Train

Book number 15 of #100booksin2019 a.k.a the #nevergunnahappenchallenge was, in a word, meh.
Take care of yourself- a rant

This ‘have our cake and eat it’ attitude is killing us!
The Hate U Give

Well we can admit that the #100booksin2019 challenge is a complete failure as this book number 14 and it’s September…
10 signs you’re becoming a #bookaddict

Here are the early warning signs of the addiction…
The Red Scrolls of Magic

Book number 13 in my failing attempt at the 100 books in 2019 challenge
“Chipped edges”- The Prompt Project

So, in addition to ‘What I’m Reading’, ‘Writing Thoughts’ and ‘The Sarcasm Diaries’, I thought I’d add ‘The Prompt Project’ to my list of catergories and standard posts I write.
I am worth more

A little while ago I had one of those deep nights with a friend, where you stay up super late drinking slowly and talking about everything under the sun. It lead to some deep thoughts.
What I’m Reading- Ghosts of the Shadowmarket

My book number 12 for #100booksin2019 is Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare.
5 stages of writing a New Idea

This writing thing can be bloody hard
Mirror, Mirror

Free verse poetry, a little deep late ngiht thinking, by me
Travelling snapshot- Krabi

A little snap shot of my all time favourite place I spent time in whilst travelling.
To journal or not to journal?

I don’t know if keeping a journal will work for everyone and I’m by no means an expert but I thought I’d take a little look at how mine is useful to me
Take your lunch breaks- a rant

When did taking your break make you the villan?
Blood Ties Series

I’m currently on the third book in this series, which comprises books 7- 11 of my #100booksin2019 challenge (at which I’m failing miserably because of this stupid thing called work).
Iron Bars

Free verse poem written by me, have a few people in my life with mental health issues, so it got me thinking about how it feels…
What I’m reading- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Books number 6 of #100booksin2019 , the delightfully odd Eleanor Oliaphant!
Working in an office: a rant

I’ve been in my current job around 9 months, all jobs previously have pretty much only been in retail. There are some definite benefits to working in the office environment but this is not what we will be focusing on today…
Artemis

Artemis, book number 5 of #100booksin2019
To Live is to Write

Free verse poem by me, some deep late night thoughts on writing.
Writing thoughts: the fear you’re a fraud

There’s something about writing, or persuing a career in writing, which is harder than any writer’s block. It’s feeling confident enough to say to people “I am a writer”.
Goodnight Mr Tom

Here’s my review of book number 4 of #100booksin2019
To Kill a Mockingbird

Continuing on my quest to read #100booksin2019, I read to ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ by Harper Lee; a classic that I’m ashamed to say I’ve never read before!
How to become a writer kit

How to become a writer in ten short easy steps.
Where I left my peace.

Breathe freely… a free verse poem, written by me.
Writing memes

Memes about writing so we can all procrastinate a little more
Queen of air & darkness

Book 2 of #100booksin2019 If there was a way to communicate a girly squeal through text, I would do it!
100 books in 2019

My ‘new year, new me’ reading goals. #100books2019
Favourite books & series’

All the books I’ve loved before
The Immortal Words

The only way to live forever.
Keys to the Kingdom Series

The Keys to the Kingdom- Garth Nix
My best friend is gone

10 years wasn’t long enough.
Dear guys at the gym

I’ve recently gotten back into the gym and rediscovered all those irksome gym dude things I hated (don’t worry, there will be a ladies one soon too!)
Five books to make you cry

These five books have made the list because they produced a kind of sobbing, traumatised feeling, which meant I’d need a few days before I could talk to anyone about the book.
Glass Castle

First off: conclusion to my reading of The Carve the Mark sequel. The ending was, in a word … Meh Currently, I am reading ‘ The Glass Castle’.
My first story

Starting a new category for my random blog, Writing Thoughts: My thought for today is about the first story I ever wrote. I want to know, what was yours?
Top 10 things retail staff want to say to you.

As I’m moving on from retail work, there are a few things I need to get off my chest… Contains explicit language- not for under 18’s
The Fates Divide

I’m very excited about reading these!
The Fall

To love is to destroy. A free verse poetry piece, written by me.
Is planning helpful?

A Writing Thoughts post- how helpful is planning to the creative process when writing?
Tempted

Still reading my ultra cheesy vampire series unfortunately. I’m sure my reading habits will get more interesting soon but I’m doing this for 13 year old me. The books usually run on from one to the other and are a continuation of one long narrative, rather than separate entities. Link Tempted- House of night series
The Peter Pan generation

We WANT to grow up…
Traveling to Paris- advice

Some handy tips, so you can learn from my mistakes!
Chosen

You’re going to judge me…