The plan with me for the week of my birthday! It wasn’t the most exciting week for me as I did get COVID but I still wanted to use this gorgeous kit from ScribblePrintsCo so I guess that’s something worth celebrating lol.
Month: September 2022
Disney Animal Crossing? | Disney Dreamlight Valley | Part 1
I have decided to start a little Let’s Play on Disney Dreamlight Valley. Not sure how long it will go for, probably until I lose interest but I thought why not?
I have tried to do Let’s Plays in the past and they always fizzle out in the end but so far I have been enjoying this one. I think it’s because I recently have been inspired and have toyed around with trying to do livestreaming. But I know I would be terrible at livestreaming so I’ve decided to throw myself into YouTube.
I currently have about 10 episodes of the Let’s Play prerecorded, I just need to get around to editing them haha. But this will be fun, so if you are interested then please join me on this journey!
I’m a Terrible Escapist | Escape Academy
I have been meaning to write about this game for ages but I just haven’t done it. So here we are today.
I decided last month to try out some console gaming – and by that I mean I decided to take a look at what Xbox Gamepass had to offer. I am strictly a Nintendo gamer, ever since I discovered Animal Crossing that is where my love lies. I also play a lot of Sims which is PC but would never say I’m a PC gamer lol.
But my boyfriend has an Xbox and I bought him a year’s worth of Xbox Gamepass for Christmas and so I decided to see what was going on there since he wasn’t using it. And it had been a long time since I had played anything new so off we went.
I discovered Escape Academy right away. It was the first game I took a chance on and I’m so glad that I did. Escape Academy is basically just an escape room game, you go to the academy and work to solve escape rooms. Sounds good, could also be terrible.
I mean my fear with games like this is that the puzzles could be too easy and then you’re done in five minutes and not sure where to go from there.
Thankfully though I did not have that experience with Escape Academy. I was hooked on this game from the get-go. I really enjoyed solving the puzzles and I liked the little breakdown of the rooms at the end, as someone who tends to think logically and sequentially that pleased me a lot.
One thing I will say though is because I am a Nintendo player, I kept mixing up my X and Y buttons so I was using the odd hint when really I was trying to get into my inventory…I was able to work on that over time but was annoying as it impacted my overall score.
Aside from that though, controls are pretty straight forward and the puzzles I would say are just the right amount of difficulty. I don’t know what it’s like to play in co-op mode but playing solo I was able to complete all the puzzles myself. That being said, there were a couple of times when I needed just a little extra time. Which I think is perfectly fine, especially when in a real-life escape room you have multiple people but on your own, it’s a whole task.
But yeah I just really enjoyed the game and wanted to make a little post to talk about it, I finished the game within a few days and even made a couple videos on it, so if you are interested in seeing how terrible I am at escaping then check them out haha.
I swear when doing the other rooms I was not struggling as much, I just happened to choose to film two “levels” which required more thought than others.
Still, I am super excited to see what the future of the game holds. I know they are gearing up to release some DLC at the end of this year so I will 100% be on that as soon as it comes out.
And so if you’re looking for something new to check out potentially for free if you have Xbox Gamepass (though the game is only like £16 elsewhere) I would highly recommend Escape Academy! Also if you love escape rooms I think it’s a great emulation of them.
Lisbon! | Plan With Me | 23th – 29th May 2022 | ScribblePrintsCo Cyber Monday 2021 Mystery
As if I haven’t posted about this holiday enough on my blog here’s the third post lol.
I filmed my first plan with me in a year! I have been wanting to film plan with me videos for ages because this year I have been doing so much sticker planning but never set out the time to do it. But finally, I filmed one and I enjoyed how it turned out.
I have really upped my planning game since last year so I’m excited to share it with you. I am hoping to film more plan with mes as the year goes on, not weekly because that’s not realistic for me and I would never finish my planner by the end of the year but I will definitely try to film kits that I am excited to show off!
And then at the end of the year, I am so excited to do a flip-through of my completed planner full of sticker spreads! I have done about half the year so far and it looks stunning so I can’t wait to show it off. 🙂
In the meantime, I am still two months behind in my planner so I need to get to work catching up haha. I already have a second plan with me filmed and I just need to edit it so expect that soon!
August 2022 Reading Wrap Up!
This month, I read A LOT. I was not expecting to read so much but it’s not like I’m complaining.
On the Way to the Wedding
I don’t even remember reading this, it already feels like a lifetime ago lol. But I made it to the final book with the final Bridgerton sibling and I am proud of myself. I vaguely remember the story of this one and I did enjoy reading it but all the same glad to put the series behind me it was a bit up and down with the tropes and such.
Though I have one book left in the series which is just a bunch of epilogues pulled into one book and since I bought it, I feel I may as well give it a read. Still, very excited for the Netflix series to continue considering we are getting our long-awaited Colin and Penelope love story so that’ll be good. Not fussed about the Queen spin-off though will probably give it a watch.
Heartless PLL Book #7
Full blog post here.
Everyone being sent on wild goose chases to figure out what happened to Alison, yet no one really discovering anything? I think Aria was closest with her thing and she went to a psychic for that lol. Also, Spencer finding out about the Jessica DiLaurentis and Peter Hastings affair – glad to see this came from the books because it just added a good layer of drama we needed in the book and on TV. That being said so many people are related to the DiLaurentis/Hastings family on the TV show it got a bit ridiculous.
Oh and also Hanna got sent away to a mental institution and she met someone who was Courtney DiLaurentis’s old roommate but nothing comes of this really. Sad I thought this is maybe where everyone would have pieced things together but I guess Hanna didn’t know Courtney was a DiLaurentis. Nor did her name come up? I think it might have been said one time but yeah. And I guess A sends Emily out to Amish country for the craic that was fun lol.
Wanted PLL Book #8
Full blog post here.
The long-awaited Ali/Courtney reveal. This was a good one and I enjoyed the reveal. I mean it was a bit confusing to read but I got the gist lol. There was a lot of switching between Courtney and Alison and figuring out who swapped places with who but it was fine.
I also wonder where we go from here as this one was wrapped up pretty nicely but we will find out soon enough. Not too soon because I decided to take a break from PLL and read some other things but I’ll get there. Also, love how the author was set on ending the books here and wrote 8 more lol.
I’m Glad my Mom Died
Decided to read this one because everyone was talking about it. Honestly, heartbreaking to me reading the shit that Jennette’s mom put her through but proud of her for moving past it. I am also grateful that her mom died.
I would recommend if you are interested in getting to know the girl behind Sam from iCarly. Also should say the book discusses eating disorders and abuse very candidly so if you’re triggered by such topics then stay away.
The Flatshare
I’m late to the party with this one but once I started it and got into it, I finished it within a few days. It was a bit jarring at the start with the two wildly different points of view but I got used to it and liked the contrast.
I can definitely see the hype from this book though it was super cute. Plus I liked that there were more layers to these characters compared to other romcoms that I’ve read. Plus it was just the right amount of cliche which is good. So yes I highly recommend it.
And that wraps up the August reading recap. I actually finished the Flatshare on the 31st which is satisfying to finish a book the same day the month ends.
Books for the month of September include the Bridgerton epilogue book since I might as well get it out of the way and some physical books I bought a while ago that I neglected for PLL.
I suspect I’ll be back into PLL sometime next month or October for sure. Just because I’ve taken a break from reading them doesn’t mean I can forget there’s a whole second half of the series to read. It took me like 10 years to read the first half haha.
So yes, still lots of reading to be done, I’ve reached my 22 books for the year but if anything my reading has been increasing so I’m excited to see how many books I can get in before the year ends!
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