I Love Tanya Bakes!

hiyaa,

I’m sure alot of you have heard of Tanya Burr. She’s a blogger and youtuber who has already brought out book, Love Tanya ( I did a review of it here ). Only recently she has written a new book, Tanya Bakes. Obviously I had to get my hands on it as I’ve recently got into baking. The book is quite expensive at £16.99 but on amazon you can get it at less than half price.

So I’ve decided to write this post today because just this afternoon, amazon sent me a second copy of Tanya Bakes. At first I was confused and then I realised. I, as well as plenty of other people on twitter, have noticed that the original book had many mistakes and some of the recipes were wrong and inevitably, didn’t work. So I’m guessing for free, I have now got another book. Double the fun!

The book is full of 100s of yummy-looking recipes and I cannot fault the photography! Every picture makes me just want to eat the paper it looks that good! AHH.MAY.ZING!!!! I would probably enjoy every recipe in here! And that’s saying alot coming from me, the number 1 picky eater!

I’ll be honest and say I won’t get round to making these recipes as they seem pretty complex, plus some of the ingredients are a bit strange and not something I have lurking around in my cupboards. Let’s take gold edible glitter for example. A bit extravagant and I wouldn’t know where to get that from. Silver edible glitter, I’ve got plenty of but gold is taking it a bit too far…I’m sure a real baking enthusiast could pick out any recipe from the book and make it straight away. But simple dimple’s like me, might need to take more time to plan our shopping lists!

I did attempt one of these treats. Well done me! And I have to say, it might not of looked the best but it tasted wonderful! I chose my favourite thing, millionaire’s shortbread! YUM! It was veery sickly and sweet but like the trooper I am, I managed to still eat it. I’m proud of myself! I will say, that that is the most advanced recipe I’ve ever attempted. ( okay maybe I kind of cheated a little bit because I didn’t make the caramel from scratch, please hold back the angry mob and find it in your heart to forgive me ).

Don’t tell anybody, but I am one to buy brownie kit where you just add a few ingredients. It makes everything easier and tastier. But hey, at least I don’t just buy the food ready made!

Overall, this recipe book is one of the best I own and the beautiful photography is already motivating me to give ‘em a go…then will disappoint me when my attempt is no where near as glorious.

Anywayyy, I hope you’ve enjoyed this little review, as much as I enjoyed writing it ( and enjoyed eating my bakes ).

Until next time…

See you later, byeeee x

BOOK LOVER ALERT ~ Youtuber's books 2!

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For today I am going to be carrying on from my last BOOK LOVER ALERT ( which you will find here ) about the books that lady youtubers wrote, and this week I will be talking about the books that male youtubers have written, to put it simple enough for you. Like I said before I am a huge fan of these people, hence why I bought their books! side note: I will only be talking about the ones that I own :)

The Pointless Book 1&2 ~ Alfie Deyes

I bought myself the limited edition Pointless Book collection ( in the tin ) just because I started watching Alfie ( on youtube of course ) when he had already brought the two books out so I thought it would be best to buy them in a set…and it worked out cheaper this way ( I do like a good bargain ). My set also comes with a book bag and a few extra pages inside, even better :) Basically the books are full of challenges, activities and loads of other…stuff! Like it says on the front : started by Alfie Deyes finished by you ( so it does what it says on the tin *wink, wink* ). It’s kinda like a wreck-it journal. I think Alfie should give himself a bit more credit as his book is really quite fun and great to take on a trip as something to do in your spare time. It says it’s £20 on the back but you can get it from amazon for £16 so you save £4…YAYYY! You can buy 400 cola bottles with that :)

Hello Life! ~ Marcus Butler

My sister got me this book for me for my birthday, isn’t she sweet? But that’s not all……it’s signed!!! ohhh myyyyy I here you say. Anyway, on the back of the book it describes the book as an autobiography and self-help guide, which I can announce is very true. He writes about healthy living, dating and basically any other advice about life that he can give, he gives. His healthy living section is probably my fave as it is soso impressive how he has transformed his body into the hunk he is today. He even throws in a couple of cheeky smoothie recipes. It is supposed to be £14.99 but we all know you can buy it cheaper from most other places.

Username: Evie ~ Joe Sugg

This is another special book as this was signed too! Unlike Zoe’s signing where she had a desk and signed it there and then, with Joe’s book it was pre-signed and given to you and THEN you got to meet him, and hug him, and stare at him…and it all lasted about 20 seconds…it was amazinggg! This is a fictional book by him and it’s a graphic novel…like a comic book. It’s about a girl who finds a world created by her father on her computer. Now this book is definitely for those of you who…appreciate the pictures a lot more than the words, like myself! But the illustrations are beautiful and it’s a really good storyline. The price is £14.99 but like you’ve heard me say a million times, you can buy it cheaper on good ol’ amazon.

So as always I have linked to where you can buy these books from for your own convenience and these books are literally some of my absolute faves so do go have a read of them if you want.

Hope you enjoyed this one and let me know if you’ve read any of them!

see you later, byeeee x

BOOK LOVER ALERT ~ Youtuber's books!

Hiyaa,

When it comes to books I tend to just stick with what I know and love, I know BORINGGG! I never really stray out of my comfort zone and I end up just buying books of the same genre OR 10 books from the same author; sometimes I even buy loads from the same illustrator, V naughty ( pictures do just make it sooooooo much easier though)! I’m also one of them people that never goes to a Library and just always buys their own books. Not that there is anything wrong with Libraries, I just love to treasure a book and keep it on my shelf to make it look pretty…just to stare at. So I thought I would start today a little bit of a book appreciation series. So today we have…drumroll please…Youtuber books/Books written by Youtubers/Books about youtubers…BOOKS! ( That I have ) I’m also starting with the girls first but there will be another post up with the boy’s books so look forward to that! Or don’t. It’s your choice <3

Lets get Lovingggg:

Life With a Sprinkle of Glitter ~ Louise Pentland

This book just screams LOUISE!! It’s full of pink, pretty designs and of course…a sprinkle of Glitter! There is literally glitter stuck on the front of the book! AMAZINGGG! This is her first ever book and it’s an autobiography but the topics she talks about are very much like her youtube channel and her blog rather than a boring autobiography. She writes about beauty and DIY as well as a few life tips! It’s very laid back and casual and she tells us stories that she has never spoken about before in her videos. This book is hardback and about A5 size, I think, so it’s perfect for slipping into your school bag or taking on holiday with you!

Love, Tanya ~ Tanya Burr

One of my Best Friends, Mariah, bought me Tanya’s book and I was SOSO happy! This book is quite like Louise’s although Tanya has made hers a lot more…professional and well written; rather than funny stories or embarrassing tales Tanya has given us her advice and “guide” to life. She has included Make up essentials , etc., and even a section on baking! ( I was so chuffed with this coz I LURRV food ). All in all this is a really good book although mine came with a few extra pages stuck in the wrong place butttt…the more the merrier (not sure that quite works in this context but hay ho) !

Girl Online ~ Zoe Sugg

I know sooooo many people that love Zoe ( Zoella ) it’s unreal. Her blog is so popular and her Youtube Channel has now got over 10 million subscribers! She has brought out so many things like her beauty range that I did a blog post on here and her books definitely didn’t disappoint! Different to the other Youtubers’ books, Zoe’s book is a fictional novel about a girl who loves photography, called Penny, and starts a blog. Then other stuff happens…she meets a boy…blah blah blah…I wont spoil it, you’ll just have to go and read it!

Girl Online: On Tour ~ Zoe Sugg

This is the sequel to Girl Online where Penny goes on more adventures around the globe. My copy is very special though…I GOT IT SIGNED!! If you have never been to a book signing before then I would highly recommend it! True, there is a lot of waiting around BUT  a ticket only costs a couple of quid more than the book is worth so it is all worth it! I’ll tell you the stories of my book signings another time though!

Hope you've enjoyed this post

see you later, byeeee x

P.S. I have linked all the books to where you can buy them <3