The Relaunch of Yours, Chloe

Hello old friend.

It feels quite odd to be sitting down and writing this, as all has been rather quiet on the blog front for nearly two years. I took a blogging break when I went through a period of poor mental health in Autumn 2020 and boy did the break end up being longer than anticipated! A few days turned into a week, then a month and before I knew it I had left my little blog on the metaphorical doorstep for two years.

As it turns out, this little breather has done me the world of good; a chance to recharge my blogging batteries was just what I needed. It's given me a chance to revaluate what I want this blog to be. I started writing my blog back in 2012 when I was fourteen. And somehow we now find ourselves a decade later and I'm in my mid-twenties. Understandably a lot has changed. I've left school, graduated university, started to build a career, moved to a different part of the UK and set up home with my partner. I've evolved and grown as a person, I'm more sure of my identity and what kind of life I want to lead than little fourteen year old me was when she started writing about beauty and fashion ten years ago. 

As a result of all of this, it naturally felt about time that Yours, Chloe was given a new lease of life. I've had a little tweak of the design, started utilising some new social media platforms and thought carefully about the kinds of things I want to be writing about in this little online world of mine. 

Two of my biggest passions are books and talking about mental health and wellbeing, so these are going to form the general basis for content here on Yours, Chloe. My current strategy for posts will be:

Wednesday: Wellness Wednesday. 

You can expect posts about mental health and wellbeing, including self-care, mindfulness and personal growth.

Sunday: Bookish Sunday.

This is my day to post about all things literature. You can expect book reviews, roundups of what I've been reading, book suggestions and hopefully a few blog tours and other bookish content thrown in for good measures. 

On a side note: I really wish I could think of a snazzy alliterative title for Sunday's posts also so if you have any suggestions please send them my way, I would be eternally grateful!

To celebrate the relaunch of Yours, Chloe, I have already posted two blog posts:

-  A review of How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie. Click here to read my review. 

- My 2022 Mid-year Reading Roundup: sharing my reading statistics and mini reviews of all of the books I've read so far this year. Click here to read this post.

Giveaway

My mid-year reading roundup post also contains a giveaway, in celebration of my blog relaunch! You can win a copy of a book of your choice, from the list of books I've read so far in 2022. 

The giveaway is open to everyone living in a country Book Depository ships to and is open now! It ends on 4th October 2022 at midnight (GMT).

Click here to enter the giveaway.

So without further ado, let's get on with the show. Welcome back to Yours, Chloe if you're an old faithful friend, or welcome if you're joining me for the first time. It's an honour to have you and I do hope you enjoy my little slice of the internet.