Sophie IslingtonI thought it would be nice to take you with me as I put this thing together. :)
What would you put in your mindfulness box?
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How To Make A Mindfulness BoxSophie Islington2017-07-19 | I thought it would be nice to take you with me as I put this thing together. :)
What would you put in your mindfulness box?
******************************************************************** All music credit goes to So I'm An Islander, whose music can be found here: soimanislander.bandcamp.com
******************************************************************** You can also find me on social media if that is your thing:
*******************************************************************Choose My Holiday Reads With MeSophie Islington2024-07-17 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/sophieislington Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington ********************************************************************What I Read in JuneSophie Islington2024-07-11 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/sophieislington Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington ********************************************************************Reading Vlog: Non-Fiction and NewbornsSophie Islington2024-07-02 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/sophieislington Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington ********************************************************************A Long Overdue Chat: Whats On My TBRSophie Islington2024-06-21 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/sophieislington Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington ********************************************************************February Wrap UpSophie Islington2022-03-27 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************March Vlog: The Eden Project, Non-Fiction Reads and Tree FrogsSophie Islington2022-03-05 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************2022 Birthday BookHaulSophie Islington2022-02-28 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************January 2022 Reading Wrap-UpSophie Islington2022-02-01 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Reading Vlog: Food Shopping, Upcycling and Tree FrogsSophie Islington2022-01-23 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************2021 Reading Stats and 2022 GoalsSophie Islington2022-01-08 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Best Books of 2021: Fiction and Non-FictionSophie Islington2022-01-03 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************
Books Mentioned:
Fiction: (01:06) The Employees by Olga Ravn with Martin Aitken (Translator) When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut with Adrian Nathan West (Translator) No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood Matrix by Lauren Groff At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop with Anna Moschovakis (Translator) Bewilderment by Richard Powers The Need by Helen Phillips Boy Parts by Eliza Clark The Fell by Sarah Moss
Non-Fiction: (09:47) Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen Having and Being Had by Eula Biss Sanatorium by Abi Palmer Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer2021 Christmas Book HaulSophie Islington2021-12-28 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Non Fiction November and NaNoWriMo Vlog: Part 3Sophie Islington2021-12-15 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************December HaulSophie Islington2021-12-11 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Non Fiction November and NaNoWriMo Vlog: Part 2Sophie Islington2021-12-08 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************November Wrap UpSophie Islington2021-12-04 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Non Fiction November and NaNoWriMo Vlog: Part 1Sophie Islington2021-11-20 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************October Wrap-UpSophie Islington2021-11-12 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Reading Vlog: Walking, Three Fiction Books and a Red Velvet CheesecakeSophie Islington2021-11-06 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sophieislington Instagram: sophieislington Twitter: @SophieIslington ********************************************************************Your Answer Cant Be Books TagSophie Islington2021-10-30 | ******************************************************************** Original Tag Created by Book Buds: youtube.com/watch?v=SrcDOzgBqho&t=0s&ab_channel=BookBuds
Questions:
1. What is something that you own way too many of, other than books? 2. What is something that you do for fun that’s not reading a book? 3. What is something special or important on your nightstand, that’s not a book? 4. What’s something that you buy at a bookstore other than books? 5. What’s a fun gift that you’ve received that wasn’t a book or a gift card for books? 6. What’s a YouTube channel that you watch, that’s not related to books? 7. Tag five BookTubers that you want to learn more about.
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The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye Objects of Desire: Stories by Clare Sestanovich Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles Dead Relatives by Lucie McKnight Hardy Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe The Fell by Sarah Moss Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Writing the Uncanny by Dan Coxon with Richard V Hirst Pure Colour: A Novel by Sheila Heti Bewilderment: A Novel by Richard Powers The Turnout by Megan Abbott Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************August Book Haul: Science non-fiction and a few new fiction picksSophie Islington2021-08-14 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************July Wrap UpSophie Islington2021-08-03 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Study TipsSophie Islington2021-07-26 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************July BookhaulSophie Islington2021-07-18 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Non Fiction Books About MedicineSophie Islington2021-07-12 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Self Care Vlog 4: Books, Rainy Days and New PlantsSophie Islington2021-07-05 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************June Wrap Up: ALL The Non-Fiction PicksSophie Islington2021-07-03 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Self Care Vlog 3: New Hair, Exmoor Cottage and WalksSophie Islington2021-06-28 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Mid Year Reading Review & StatsSophie Islington2021-06-25 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Self Care Reading Vlog 2: Picnics, Independent Bookshop Crawls and Sorting Through My ClothesSophie Islington2021-06-24 | Apologies, the CC isn't working on this video currently- I am currently manually CCing this video so please check back in later.
Reading Prompts: Physical: Read a book with movement on the cover Psychological: Read any book and take 10 minutes to reflect on it Emotional: Read a book that makes you feel something towards it (before you've read it!) Social: Read a book which features a healthy relationship Professional: Read a non-fiction book Environment: Read a book with an environment in the title or cover Spiritual: Read a book that explores an idea you may not agree with Financial: Read a book you did not have to spend money on to acquire
Week One: Clean a space in your home Do a favour for someone Find a new recipe Make yourself a cold drink Plant something Go for a walk Stackable: Eat one more fruit or vegetable today.
Week Two: Do a task you've been putting off Buy yourself a small food treat Text a friend to say you're thinking of them Donate clothes you no longer wear Draw something Have an hour to do nothing at all Stackable: move your body in a way that feels good.
Week Three: Check you've booked any dentist of opticians appointments Say thank you to someone Find a new podcast Say no to something Wear something that makes you feel confident Finish your work day on time Stackable: Make time to get enough sleep
Week Four: Set a boundary Change your bedsheets/ PJs No screen time 30 minutes before sleep Connect with someone new Put on something that smells good Unfollow someone on social media who doesn't make you feel good Stackable: Spend 30 minutes outside
Week Five: Pay someone a genuine compliment Buy a new pair of socks
Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Womens Prize Reviews & Shortlist ThoughtsSophie Islington2021-05-21 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Jhalak Prize Reviews and Shortlist ThoughtsSophie Islington2021-05-14 | ******************************************************************** Social Media Links: Patreon: patreon.com/portalinthepages Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************Self Care ReadathonSophie Islington2021-05-08 | All about the Self Care Readathon
Dates: 1 June 2021- 30 June 2021
Reading Prompts: Physical: Read a book with movement on the cover Psychological: Read any book and take 10 minutes to reflect on it Emotional: Read a book that makes you feel something towards it (before you've read it!) Social: Read a book which features a healthy relationship Professional: Read a non-fiction book Environment: Read a book with an environment in the title or cover Spiritual: Read a book that explores an idea you may not agree with Financial: Read a book you did not have to spend money on to acquire
Week One: Clean a space in your home Do a favour for someone Find a new recipe Make yourself a cold drink Plant something Go for a walk Stackable: Eat one more fruit or vegetable today.
Week Two: Do a task you've been putting off Buy yourself a small food treat Text a friend to say you're thinking of them Donate clothes you no longer wear Draw something Have an hour to do nothing at all Stackable: move your body in a way that feels good.
Week Three: Check you've booked any dentist of opticians appointments Say thank you to someone Find a new podcast Say no to something Wear something that makes you feel confident Finish your work day on time Stackable: Make time to get enough sleep
Week Four: Set a boundary Change your bedsheets/ PJs No screen time 30 minutes before sleep Connect with someone new Put on something that smells good Unfollow someone on social media who doesn't make you feel good Stackable: Spend 30 minutes outside
Week Five: Pay someone a genuine compliment Buy a new pair of socks