Girl Online!

Hello everyone!

So I know I haven't blogged for a while, but I have been so busy with revision and school work etc. I think some people underestimate the amount of time and effort being a YouTuber and blogger is.

Not to rant on, but I do a lot of work. The whole 'YouTube' process is so difficult sometimes and can really get on top of me to be honest- the filming process takes a while: I have to plan the video, set up filming (with the correct lighting) and then film and put everything away, this can take at least 2-3 hours!!! Then I will edit the night after usually which takes at least 2 hours for each video, depending on special effects I add and depending on what type of video it is really. Now, you would think I was done there but NOOO! After that, I have to 'render' the video; now this means that I have to export it into video form, not editing form. This can take a good 1-2 hours to just SAVE it! And then it has to be uploaded to YouTube, it takes (at the moment) around 12 - 16 hours to upload my videos onto YouTube which, I know, is ridiculous but that's what my week consists of each night. So I am so sorry that I haven't been consistent with my blog but I have been busy. Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know how my life has been going recently, now onto the actually blog post...

So, I recently read Zoella (AKA Zoe Sugg)'s novel Girl Online and I LOVED it! Now, I know, there has been a lot of speculations on this book revolving around who actually wrote this but to be honest, I don't care if Zoe wrote all of it or one page of it: this book was fantastic! To start with, I read it in 5 days because I was so intrigued by the story line, It was the perfect teenage girl book. I would recommend this to any teenage girl because it was so relatable and just plain adorable. The story in itself was so different from anything I had ever read before, and I have read a lot of books. I love books. I loved the unique story line and I adored the characters! They were so lovely and are just people you would want to know and be in your life (trust me, if you've read this book, you will know exactly what I mean). 

One of the main reasons why I loved this book and found it so relatable was the mentioning of panic attacks that Zoe included in the book. I personally have never suffered with really horrendous panic attacks like the main character, Penny, did, or like Zoella actually does. However, I have experienced very minor panic attacks before and I cannot even begin to tell you how stressful and horrible they really are. I think, for me, this is why I strongly believe that Zoe wrote a lot of (if not all) of the book herself because of the way these panic attacks were so vividly written. They could only be written by someone who'm has actually felt these feelings. I feel a lot closer, if that makes sense, to Zoe now because of the way she opened up these true feelings in the book, and also on a few videos she has made in the past. This aspect of the book made it quite unique and, I think, great for teenagers as panic attacks usually begin occurring (if they do) whilst in your teen years. This makes it great for teens, I think.

Another aspect (obviously, because of the title!) of the book is that Penny, the main character, is a blogger, hence 'Girl Online'. She has a secret blog where she talks about everything in her life, basically as her personal diary. Not to give away any spoilers, her identity gets discovered... SOMEHOW (read the book if you want to know how)! But her blog posts were really relatable to me and reading this book made me almost desperate to blog again. Desperate. So I am going to try and do more blog posts where I just sit down and write my thoughts and feelings to you guys, let me know in the comments of this blog post what you would think about that!?

Overall, this book was an amazing read and I would recommend everyone that has read this post to read it and tell me in the comments below what you thought of it. And now, in true Girl Online style I am going to end my blog. 

I love you all lots, thankyou for all the amazing support you have all been giving me, especially recently!

Girl online, going offline xxx

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItsEmilyHereHI

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emilywilliamsmusic031199

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0oRrBAp0IzPqkFlVE5Vvcw

WHEN YOU CAN SEE ME AGAIN!:

I post videos once a week on a Sunday night at 8pm and in school holidays (British school holidays) I post two videos a week, one on the usual Sunday time and one also on a Thursday night at 8pm also. I update this blog as often as I want to, so there's no set schedule but I have all my other social media in the mean time!