Cover Reveal ONCE I KNEW

 Cover reaveil for Victoria Lynn's new book. ONCE I KNEW! 

About the story!

Chronicles of Elira Book #1

 

Violet lives her quiet life in her sleepy village, trying to remain as dead to the politics that are threatening their world as possible. She follows the rules, stays out of trouble and does her best to remain out of sight from the dreaded and overbearing Kingsmen.

 

With the new regent on the throne till the prince comes of age, the country has been thrown into a turmoil. Unlike the kindly king before him, the chancellor is overbearing, frightening and tyrannical in his rule. Taxes are bleeding the people dry and without the money or goods to pay, they have been forced into penal servitude and imprisonment by the Kingsmen, who show no mercy. The despair and fear that has taken over their lives has ruled out any level of hope.

 

When Violet stumbles upon an unconscious and injured Kingsman in the woods, despite the consequences, she is compelled to take care of the injured man. When he wakes and has no memory of his identity or past, she takes the only precaution that will keep her and her grandmother safe; she destroys the evidence of his past life.

 

If Violet’s lowly Kingsman regains his memory, will she survive the consequences? And will the Kingsman be able to live with his past life? Who will fight to free Elira?

 

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SO so cute be sure to check it out!

EBOOK: Preorder on amazon. https://amzn.to/3q9icds 

Paperback and Special Edition Hardcover: Purchased on her website www.victorialynnblog.com/shop 

 

The preorder boxes are full of some DOPE stuff. LOL! These are my pride and joy so I really hope you all like them. I have a limited quantity, so if you want one, make sure you camp out, the sale will be live at 10am EST and with the response that I’ve gotten on them, I wouldn’t be surprised if they go fast so make sure you keep an eye on that! They include a special edition hardcover copy (illustrated with bonus scenes and an extra map), a custom Irewolf Co. Candle inspired by the book, 2 custom stickers, 2 main character cards with quotes, Colored Map print created by Sweet Sequels, Specialty tea blend inspired by the book, Aesthetic Bookmark with inspirational quote, and pre-release shipping! (you'll have the book before anyone else!)

 

Special Edition Hardcover: I splurged on something extra special and this baby is going to be formatted REALLY PRETTY with illustrations and a map that will not be included in the other types of the book. It will also have bonus material as a thank you for splurging on the hardcover with an extra epilogue and sneak peak not in the other editions!

Hope you check this book out!!!!

10 Great Audio Books To Try

 I've started reading or rather listening, haha, to audio books as I drive to town for work. Here are some I've listened to or I want to listening to or I'm trying to finish. 

Here are 10 audio books you might like....

Girl Wash Your Face

I liked listening to this book. It's uplifting, also a little sad. This one my not be for everyone. It's geared towards girl teens and women.

Charlie Thorne And the Last Equation 

I haven't listened to all of this book, cuz it I need to get it back on my checkout on the online library, but It was so good, so far. It's kinda a middle grade book, but it doesn't seem like its for just a young audience. 

A.D 30

This one as of now, I am listening too. At first I wasn't sure if I would like it. It's very good. Very interesting. It's more of an adult book. It's long. Hopefully it stays good. 

All the Wrong Questions 

I started the series reading the real books, but the ones on the online library were audio books, so I go them. And they were great. An awesome audio version. 

The Robe

I want to listen to this one. It might be easier to listen to than read. It's been on hold, for a while so I haven't gotten to it yet. 

Rebel of the Sands

I guess I find sands of the Arabia interesting to read. 

I saw this one somewhere and I wanted to listen to it. But I have much on my plate right now. 

Bloom

I really like this author. So this should be a good book. 

The Egypt Game

I've heard of this book. And saw it for audio, so it's on this list. It looks like a fun story to listen to. 

City Spies

I find a lot of middle grade books are fun to listen to on audio. This one looks quite fun.  

Fable

I saw this one on Instagram, I'm going to try it sometime... If I find time. 

What audio books do you recommend?

Have you read any of these books?

Let me know bellow! Also Happy Valentine's Day! 

My First Costume Contest

 Here we go folks ... My costume for Movie Critic's  5th Costume Contest. 

Now this should have been easy for me to come up with a costume. I have so many ideas I wanted to work with for cosplay, but no, I struggled from day one (of knowing about this)  to come up with a costume that I could do well, without buying anything. Also to find someone that didn't look a lot, not like me. 

I came up with ideas and than well, I couldn't find enough matching clothing or my hair was too long. Yeah I was so determined to do well. Finally I came up with a character that I have dressed like before and had gotten clothing to look like her. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. But that's what I did to myself. I did get some new fun ideas for the future though. 

Any way I'm sure you want to know what I picked. 

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Evie from 'The Mummy' Or Evelyan O'Connell played by Rachel Weise 

found here

I've only seen 'The Mummy' once a long time ago. 

I really like to dress up as Evie ,the movie is in the 30's and a few of her outfits are fun. Of course this youtuber Rachel Masky makes me so excited about dressing up. Here is the makeup guide of hers I followed for Evie. 

Now for the reveal. My cosplay of Evie. 

Hair went a little crazy. I have way more hair than she did. 

Almost the items were thrifted.

Shirt, I found at a thrift store it's brand is Christopher and Banks

Skirt I got from ThredUP (an online thrift store)  it's brand is L.L Bean

Boots thrifted. Brand: Aldo

Notebook I got from a store in Florida, I think it was Ross. 

Belt came from Walmart. 

The tie I have isn't very accurate to Evie's. But it's what I had.

💣Behind the scenes of this photo day and costume 💥

Doing my hair after make up. I braided the hair the night before to get it curly. 

Picture with the crazy circle light in the way. It was snowing outside so I did the photos inside. 

My prize hat. ❤❤ I got this in Disney Land. A long time ago. I was maybe 12. 

Blurry, but I kinda like the photo. Ever have that problem?

Hello, what are you doing there little book?

Hope you like this look that I chose for my costume. It was fun for sure! Don't forget to check out Movies Meet There Match Costume Contest to see all the other costumes and fun. 

Who would you dress up as?

Ever seen The Mummy?

Tell me bellow!

Books To Read This Fall

 I haven't been reading a lot, if you haven't noticed. My goodreads goal of around 40 books this year has not happened. Have I read like 7 books this year? Yeah. Yeah I have.

I just haven't made the time. In January I decided I wanted to read the bible through, and so I've been doing that, which is good, but I kinda would have liked to do something with my reading goal. 

Anyway here are some books I really want to read this fall. I should have more time, but I keep heaping things up on my plate... so yeah

The Secret of Seaside 

THis one spiked my interest a lot. I saw it at a thrift store and got it, it's a mystery, why not? I'm hopping to dig into it on my trip. 

The Pale Blue Eye

This one sounds cool, and it's a mystery, surprise, surprise, anyway I am planning on buying it, and reading it soon. 

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

I saw this one in a list of good books, so I'm going to borrow it and see how good it is. It sounds interesting and there is some sort of mystery, so there you go. 

Moby-Duck

I've been wanting to read this one for a while now. Its a true story and I don't know... it sounds interesting something a bit different from my normal reads. 

The Trumpeter Of Krakow 

I bought this one at a thrift store too, It looks good and seems like an easy read. 

What are your Fall reads?

Have you read any of these books? 

Tell me bellow. If I take a bit to get back its cuz I'm not near internet. Next Sunday I wont be posting. See you sometime.... Keep reading! 

My Favorite Youtubers

Yeah here we go with another favorite post. But that is what happens when you pick a post at the last minuet one time and have another one planned. My blogging hasn't been very organized lately.

I like to watch a lot of different videos but I have a few favorite youtubers that I really love to watch. I watch every video that comes out. Now in my list I don't have a few of youtubers that I love a lot but, they are more workout videos, and stuff so I might do another post on that some time.

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Rachel Maksy

 

I love this channel! There is lots of vintage fashion, lots of fun cosplay stuff. I like all the stuff Rachel does. It's just a lot of fun to watch. Some videos have a bit of language. Not the video above though.

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Brooklyn and Bailey

Brooklyn and Bailey are so fun! They do challenges, play pranks, and have lots of fun videos. I really enjoy seeing what they do. Full clean fun.

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Jordan Matter

I really like to watch Jordan Matter. He is such a great photographer. He is really inspiring and a lot of the stuff he does in so crazy, you just got to watch it. Very minimal language. 

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Michelle Khar 

Michelle is always doing crazy challenges. But you learn quite a bit about so many things. She has some great info. No language. 

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JK Studios

If you didn't know the actors from the channel Studio C, moved over to their own channel. Course I love all the actors so I love their sketches and episodes they do on JK Studios. Super clean. This one I really like. ^

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Kamri Noel 

Sister of Brooklyn and Bailey. Kamri has some super fun stuff. This is a really fun video, Kamri is crazy. Clean youtube videos.

***on another note I'm going to be on a trip this coming week, so I might be slow on replying. Otherwise nothing is changing. Stay tuned, fun posts are coming....

What are your favorite youtubers?
Have you seen any of these youtubers? 
Tell me below!

Dressing Like Nancy Dew and The Hardy Boys

This month has been a book/ writing/ detective type month. And it's going to keep going. I challenged myself to see if I could copy the covers with dressing and looking like Nancy, Andy and Joe. Should be a lot of fun.

You be the judge. How well did I copy The Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew?

Ignore the back rounds in my pictures...

THE TOWER TREASURE 



Me as Frank

HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD

ME as JOE 

THE MYSTERY OF THE AZTEC WARRIOR 

ME as JOE 

THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY

ME as Nancy

THE HAUNTED LAGOON

 

Me as Nancy

THE HAUNTED SHOWBOAT



ME as Nancy

If you want for info about the looks, ask me in the comments. Or I can do another post on it, talk to me.

How well did I do?
Which outfit do you like best?
Tell me below!