Four Years of Blogging, Dearest Nerdlets, and Many More To Come (+ FREE Printable Bookmarks PDF)

It's Halloween, and you know what that means:

Dora Reads is four years old!

And yes, I'm gonna gush like hell. Cos y'know I looooove all of youuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I don't mean that in an 'OMG, I'd like to thank my fans, the little people' kind of way.

I MEAN I ACTUALLY LOVE ALL OF YOU.

Even if you've never interacted with me, never let me know that you're out there reading my words, I still love you.

Because you care enough to read what I'm writing.

And that earns you a v. special place in my heart.

A special shout-out to everyone who's commented, shared, chatted on social media, and generally supported me!

I've met some awesome-sauce friends over the years, and I wish I lived closer to some of you so I could give you a hug IRL.





Since this blog started life, as Diary of A Reading Addict, on 31st October 2014, I've learned a butt-tonne about blogging... not least that there is always something else to learn about blogging.

And of course, there are always people who get 'there' quicker than you - and they might even actually know where tf 'there' is. (Cos I sure as hell don't.)




I get jealous - yes, actually jealous, I'm never gonna lie to you - of people who get success quick.

Their stats are amazing, they have followers falling out the doors, they've been blogging an obscenely short amount of time, and they're younger and prettier than me t'boot.

(Although, my sexy hand-drawn bird profile picture is clearly prettier than any hooman bean. #JustSaying.)

But I'm in it for the long-haul, fy nghariadau.





One of these days I'm gonna be to book-blogging (and hopefully writing in general! fingers crossed!) what Shane Dawson is to YouTube.*

People are gonna be waiting to see what I do next. People are gonna be talking about everything I put out there. People are gonna be amazed.

...That's the dream anyway. (And you gotta aim high, right? 😅)

Shane didn't become THE YouTuber overnight though - he's been at it for over a decade.* And if I have to keep going for decades on end, then I will.


*UPDATE 3rd July 2020 - Given recent videos I've seen of Shane sexualising children, amongst other offensive sh**, I'm not placing him in an aspirational role any more. I'm not supporting him any more.




Sorry, dearest nerdlets, you're totally stuck with me.

Cos I might not have a trendy design, or perfect graphics, or even that much spare time to blog in, but I'm gonna MAKE it.

And I may worry like hell that my content isn't good enough, or I'm not including enough bookish content...

But I'm gonna make it with nothing more than my randomness, my ability to work Wales into ANY conversation*, my passion for both diversity and books, and my ability to get up again no matter how many times I get knocked down.




*You can't deny that it's true.






Welp, nearly 900 posts, over 4k Twitter followers, and over 275k total blog page-views later, and I'd like to give you all something for helping me to get this far.

And what do book nerds tend to need? BOOKMARKS!

I came up with a staggering six random bookmark designs for you, feel free to save the PDF, and print as much of them as you want! 😊:

Lemme know what you think of them as well!

Graphic design isn't something that comes naturally to me - everything ends up looking a li'l rough-and-ready due to the fact that I have zero patience - so I'd actually like to know what you think!

And if you wanna buy me a coffee to continue to support Dora Reads, you can do so here.

And be sure to follow me on Twitter if you haven't!

(If there's any post where shameless self-promotion is OK, it's this one!)

What would you like to see from Dora Reads in the future?

Do you like the bookmarks?

Talk to me dearest nerdlets! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💬

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Last updated: 2 Nov 2018