Name: TheChocolatier's Secret
Author: Helen J. Rolfe
Format: ebook
Pages: 287
Release date: June 28th 2016
Publisher: Fabrian Books
Teaser

Will one mistake ruin everything?

Andrew Bennett has an idyllic life in Magnolia Creek, Australia. He runs a chocolate business he adores, is married to Gemma, the love of his life, and has a close relationship with his father, Louis. But when Andrew receives a message from his high school sweetheart, it sends his world into a spiral, and the relationships he holds dear will never be the same again.

Molly Ramsey is looking for answers. After her last attempt, she believes the only way to get them this time is to face her past head-on. But to do this, she has to fly to the other side of the world – and she’s afraid of flying. Her search for answers lands her in an emotional tangle, not only with her past but also with a man very much in her present.

Family is everything to Gemma Bennett and she longs to have a house full of kids, but it just isn’t happening. And when Andrew’s past makes an explosive impact on the family, Gemma must decide whether she can accept the truth and open her heart in a way she never thought possible.
In this story of love, family ties and forgiveness, will past mistakes be the obstacle to a Happy Ever After?

Get my driving license ✓ (completed in September)
Buy a car ✓ (Citroen C1 Sport Edition)
Make a huge vision board ✓(Love that wall in my room!)
Go to Concerts ✓ (I've been to 8 cocerts in 2016)
Keep my blog up to date / post regularly ✓ (There are ups & downs but I at leat post once a week)
Travel more ✓ (I've visited places in 6 contries all over Europe) 
Go to the gym at least 2 times a week ✓ (kind of completed; managed this until September 2016, then I unfortunately got more and more back in to my old routine)

In progress

Detox Diet for 1 week (I've ordered juices for a 3-day juice fast. I'll starting next Weekend)Lose 55 pounds (It's a long journey. I lost my mojo a few months ago but I'll be back on track soon!)

Not completed

Move out, Take a month off sugar, drink more water, Fall in love and be happy, Get another tattoo,  Try a new haircut,  Move up in my career,  Get a manicure, Write a letter to myself and open it in ten years,  Attend a Blogger event in the UK, Clear my NetGalley shelf, Visit Ireland again, Disneyland Paris, Plan a Christmas trip with my mother, Do a Come and Dine with Me competition with my best friends, Take an epic road trip, Go on a spa day with friends.

You see, here is still so much for to do! These will remain on my list to be completed but I have lots of things coming up in 2017 which I’m so excited for and I have lots of goals that I am ready to achieve next year, so are you ready to catch up on my 2016 goals & see what I have in store for you in 2017? Let’s go!

Get back on track with my weightloss journey

I've started going to the gym in September 2015. I was so motivated, I went to the gym 2-3 times a week, had a good and healthy plans for my eating. It was a hard journey but things were going very well for the first 10 months. Then I got more and more on my plate, so I couldn't bring myself to go to the gym regularly anymore. Since October I got back to my old routine more and more. I have not been to the gym for over a month now. One reason is that I am not happy with the gym I am going to. I am mad with myself that I led it all happen. There is a time for a change!

My company is part of a group and the mother company is offering company sport to everyone who works in that group. When the broucher of the sport offerings landed in my hands in Novemer 2016 I thought, WHY THE HELL NOT, try it and make a change. I signed up for Aqua Fitness and a class where I learn about food, cooking and we're also doing workout lessons. These classes started last week and are fun, I am glad I made that step and I hope I can motivate myself for a healthy life again.

Blog Move and Makeover

I will move my blog to my own URL address with wordpress. With the time I disliked Blogger more and more. So I decided to move to wordpress. You might think, why a makeover again? I know I had a makeover just a few months ago. I realized it's was not the best solution and it's not the layout I see my blog in the future. The move makeover will take place around March. I bought my URL with webhosting and also my new theme. I also choose an Illustrator who is going to help me with my header. There is so much work to do but I am excited for this change!

Get a plan what I want to in the future

I like my job, it's close to home and a long-term working place. I'd be stupid to through that away but it's not something I want to do forever. I am working in a indutrial company in the marketing.  I am happy with my job as a media designer but the ever day topics are very technical and it's all about screws. I am struggeling with those topics because I am just not interested in them. Sometimes I'm doing different project as the company magazine, designs for giveaways and more but that is not life fullfilling for me. I have dreams and wishes, I just don't know how to bring them to life. I’d like to work at a relatively small publishing house (design book covers, promotion banners, intetact on Twitter, develop strategies to release ans promot books and so much more) If anyone has tipps or ideas for me, please shout in the comments or drop me an email.

Living on my own

Hello independence! While all is very well and good living with my mother, I would like to move out at some point in 2017. It's not number one priority but with 26 it's about time. I like to have my own flat and be ressponsible for it, make my own choices and tidy up whenever I want!

Be more creative


NetGalley

I think almost every single book blogger can agree with this, but I’ve got to get my Netgalley shelf under control. I might have not as many books as some other blogger, but it's still a lot to me. I think there are about 30 books I think. I’m not requesting anything new until I make a huge dent in my TBR there. 

Be more organized

I'm not the most organized person. Not at home, not in work, neither in blogging. I want to change that. I have to find a way that works for me. Do I need more lists? Get my self together? What's your way to be organized?

Read more paperbacks

I need to get my unread paperbacks down! I want to read at least one or two book every month from my personal TBR, not just because it needs to be reviewed ASAP. I want a no pressure read, I did start this whole thing for fun after all. 

Get a bookshelf

This goal can only be completed when I move out. Sadly I am very limited with my space in my room. I don't have enough space for a new bookshelf. When I move out I dream of buying a bookshelf where all my books fit in.

Complete Goodreas Goal

It was very difficult for me to meet my goal of reading 50 books in 2016. Nevertheless, I am happy I achieved it. I set me goal to 55 books this year. It is going to be a real challenge. Let's see how that will go.
 

 
Name: Perfect Strangers
Author: Dani Atkins
Format: ebook
Pages: 164
Release date: December 15th 2016
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Teaser

Hannah Truman is twenty-seven years old. She is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary memory. One thing she certainly can’t forget is her boyfriend William’s betrayal, which was why she fled to Canada to stay with her sister.

Now, on her way home to England, Hannah finds herself in a queue behind Logan Carter at the airport terminal. He’s checking into Business Class on her flight and although their paths keep crossing, fate prevents them meeting. An almost shared cup of coffee never takes place when Logan is suddenly called away.

But once in the air the unthinkable happens: the plane needs to make an emergency landing. Hannah is alone and terrified, until suddenly Logan slips into the seat beside her.

In the days that follow, Hannah and Logan must call upon all their resources to survive in the frozen landscape, growing ever closer as hopes of a rescue begin to fade …

Name: The Year of Saying Yes (1 of 4)
Author: Hannah Doyle
Format: ebook
Pages: 83 pages
Release date: December 15th 2016
Publisher: Headline

Teaser

Join Izzy on her journey from January blues to joy. THE YEAR OF SAYING YES by Hannah Doyle will make you dirty-laugh, feel warm and fuzzy, and rediscover life's magic - all thanks to one little word: yes.

Dear Readers, it's drizzling outside, which totally matches my #currentmood. Pigs in blankets, all the mince pies and a festive Baileys or five are distant memories. You know the drill - it's January. Everyone's banning booze (terrible idea) or cutting carbs (impossible). To add to the misery pile, my plans to seduce the man of my dreams at the stroke of midnight flopped spectacularly.
I'm Izzy. I don't just need a New Year resolution, I need a whole new life. And I need YOU. My dreary life is about to get a total makeover - it's my 'Year of Saying Yes'. And this is where you come in. It's up to you to #DareIzzy. I'm saying yes to your challenges, no matter how nuts, adventurous or wild they are. The sky's the limit - I'm at your mercy, readers! Wish me luck. I have a feeling I'm going to need it. Love Izzy x


My thoughts

New Beginnings, new ideas, new energy! A new year is coming and the posibilities are endless. Whatever is changing you, it's definitely happening for the better.

What would happen if we stopped saying no and started saying yes? That is the big question Isobel, also called Izzy, is asking herself. She has been too scared and too shy to take chances to change her life. Her hopes for this years New Years Eve are held up high as she is spending it at home with her sister, sisters boyfriend, her parents and Gorgeous George, the object of her affection. For the last three years she has been hoping that they will finally get together, however he doesn't know how much Izzy likes him. Her hopes crahes into nothing when George announces that he has a new girlfriend. 

First she thought some New Years resolutions will help. Then Izzy decides to make a list of things to say no to in the new year. Soon Izzy realizes that her list is practically identical to the one she wrote last year. Despite her good intentions at the start of each year, nothing has changed for a very long, long time. Not her relationship status, not her poxy flat, not her junior job neither her weight ... nothing. 

Izzy can't look quick enough as her editor decides that this list will become a thing in the past and instead she'll has to agree to take on new and exciting challanges, better said she's going to write a monthly piece on saying YES to dares the readers are going to send to her via Twitter or E-Mail for one year. No is not an option! A makeover and a complete switch off mini break sees a remarkable change in Izzy starting to take shape. New year, new look new life is Izzy's new mantra and she starts to believe in it.

I read an absurd amount of books and so I often find myself picking random books by authors I have never read before and hoping for the best. Sometimes the books turn out to be lackluster if not down right horrible but sometimes they surprise me and turn out as the most excellent and humorous book I have read in a very long time. Well done, Hannah Doyle! This is such a perfect start to the series! The idea for this series is brilliant as so many of us can relate to this story. Who does really stick to the resolutions we're making in the begining of each year? 

There might be a few expectations but hey come on, none of us! Excellently written, Hannah tells us Izzy's story of The Year of Saying from January to March. Doyle was able to suck me into the story immediately. She combines the right amount of humor, drama, and action to create a great read that leaves the reader wanting more. 

This is a great escape from all the heaviness of what's in the news now, stresses of the season and just the hassles of every day life. Fun, light-hearted, uplifting and easy to read. I am most happy to highly recommend this series and have already been out and pre-ordered the second part in this series directly after finishing the first part. I enjoyed it that much. Hannah Doyle is a breath of fresh air, watch out Lindsey Kelk, someone is toppling you ;-)
 
Published as a four ebook serialisation during early 2017

Part 1 It Started With a Dare, 15th December 2016
Part 2 A Dare to Remember, 12th January 2017
Part 3 She Who Dares, 26th January 2017
Part 4 The Dare of a Lifetime, 9th February 2017

2017 is looking like it’s going to be another fantastic year for new releases. There are SO many books that I’m really, really excited for. These are just a few of them but keep in mind there are a ton more (which I’m sure you’ll hear about on my blog eventually). I also decided not to include (beside one book) any of the 2017 releases I have ARCs for since I personally don’t have to wait until 2017 to read them. Now let’s dive in, shall we?