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163 Questions You Asked Me + Blogversary Giveaway (!!!) Part 1

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In honour of my 6th blogversary I said “ask me anything” and threw cake at you.

As I do. Because that’s how you celebrate blogversaries here in Australia. Ask anyone and they will confirm. Also my blogversary was actually May 27th but I moved house (#rude) on that exact day. Then had no WiFi for two weeks (#ruder).

I actually thought I wouldn’t get many questions because HI I’VE BEEN BLOGGING FOR 6 YEARS DON’T YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME NOW?? Aren’t I a little boring? Wouldn’t it be more interesting to converse with a rabid hedgehog? *

Apparently not. You all asked me 200+ questions! And I’m absolutely honoured and I very much like your face and appreciate your support TO THE MOON AND BACK. TWICE. You warm my dead Vulcan heart.

I narrowed it down to 163 questions **, and I’m going to answer them in TWO POSTS *** because so many questions, my fiends, so many. And I’m also having an international giveaway because I turned old. And I will forgive you if you don’t read these whole posts. It’s intense around here, very intense. GOOD LUCK.

 

 

I solemnly swear I am up to no good that I’ll answer with pure honesty and seriousness and you will have no reason to doubt me ever. ****

 

* Although to be real, I am kind of like a rabid hedgehog.
** Aka at least 985938 of you wanted to know my favourite cake. Important question. I approve.
*** I feel like I’ma Vogue interview here or whatever, but isntead of you following me around my house, I get to hit you in the face with gifs while I go walk into a wall.
**** #lies

 

1. IS VIRTUALLY READ THE BEST BOOK BLOG EVER?

Excuse you, that title of best blog ever is obviously mine.

2. WHAT CHANGES CAN YOU FORESEE HAPPENING TO PAPER FURY?

Ugh I’m allergic to change. I avoid it at all costs. I generally hide in my book igloo and bite the ankles of anyone who suggests I change something so be ye warned. However. My blog is constantly growing with me so — BUT YET. WHO KNOWS. I feel like if I ever become a published author I maaaaay have to change things? Like not review books for instance.

And I’d like to introduce a feature so that when anyone types the word “Cait,” it automatically autocorrects to “your majesty”.

3. WHAT’S THE WORST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE TO A CHARACTER?

DON’T ASK ME TO INCRIMINATE MYSELF LIKE THIS.

BUT OKAY.

I have this fantasy series, see, called Glass Monsters and it’s about two con artists brothers robbing an entire continent with wizardry and sass and confidence tricks. I actually got to the point where I’d done so so so many bad things to them that I couldn’t think of a way to make it worse.

Challenge accepted though. I did.

I had someone have all their insides carved out and replaced with a dark wizard’s. That was gnarly.

 

4. WHAT’S ONE THING YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR NEW HOUSE?

I have a studio room! It’s actually ginormous. I can fit a new bookshelf in and still have room on my floor for (A) taking #bookstagram photos, and (B) judging the souls of the damned as is one of my part time jobs on Wednesdays.

MY NEW SHELVES. <3 <3 <3

5. WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR EYES?

Light brown. Or, if I was the star of a YA novel — MELTED CARAMEL WITH FLECKS SUNBEAMS BECAUSE MY EYES ARE ACTUALLY LASERS AND WILL TAKE OUT THE INFIDELS.

6. WHAT WORDS CAN’T YOU SPELL?

Nearly all of them. “Phenomenal” gets me every time. Also “Daenerys Targaryen” BUT WHO CAN SPELL THAT???

7. WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU’VE LEARNED FROM A BOOK?

You can never never never know everything about a person from looking at them. Everyone is far more complex than that.

I also learned I want a coat that turns inside out to be another coat and that I should’ve had red hair and one completely black eye and lived in London and frowned a lot and — okay fine I should’ve been Kell.

8. HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE YOUR FIRST YEAR AS A BLOGGER TO NOW?

ME, A NEWBIE BLOGGER:

  • 5 followers
  • most of them related to me
  • book reviews were 3 sentences
  • all 12 page stats came from Russia
  • sometimes mistaken for a boiled egg
  • confused at all times

ME, AN ANCIENT 6 YEAR OLD BLOGGER:

  • 50,000 followers combined over all social medias / blog
  • probably some related to me still (ARE YOU MY LONG LOST COUSIN????)
  • is personally asked by people to review and promote stuff which is woah
  • someone pls tell me to shut up, my posts are like 1,500+ words at least
  • often resembles a boiled pineapple
  • eats enemies
  • still confused at all times

9. WHICH GENRE DO YOU LIKE THE LEAST?

Thriller. I’m never thrilled, eh.

10. WHAT ARE SOME CHEAP BOOK PROPS BLOGGERS CAN USE TO MAKE THEIR PHOTOS LOOK NICER?

Origami is free if you have paper and two hands. If you don’t have two hands, it gets slightly more expensive because you’ll have to murder your neighbour and use their hands and tell you the clean up and lawyer bills are a pain.

Also Try:

  • old book pages or atlases or sheet music
  • food that you were going to eat anyway
  • kitchen knives if you want to scare people
  • fake flowers from a cheap store
  • hand-drawn art
  • mugs
  • the gold you inherited from your long lost dead uncle
  • other books

11. BOOK PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS?

Please peruse:

 

12. IF YOUR BLOG WAS A CAKE, WHAT WOULD IT TASTE LIKE?

Rainbows and chocolate and a surprising crunch of eggshells and electronics because I’m slightly evil and also bad at cooking.

13. WHAT BOOKISH WORLD DO YOU WISH WE LIVED IN?

LAZLO STRANGE’S LIBRARY.

 

14. IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE JUST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

INSTAGRAM. It’s so pretty and still fairly positive (twitter scares me these days) and I can post 39820 photos of The Raven King who is freaking gorgeous.

 

15. HOW DO YOU OUTLINE YOUR NOVELS?

  • I write the full book in my head first.
  • If I can locate my head.
  • Then I write a detailed synopsis, basically outlining every single scene like you would if you were recapping a book blurb.
  • I write pithy jokes to myself, mostly mocking my poor life choices.
  • Black magic.
  • Dark tea.
  • A blood moon.
  • TWO BUCKETS OF WISHFUL THINKING.

16. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OF WRITING NEXT?

Either the first in my Glass Monsters series. (Thieves, con artists, magic, mayhem, blood, sass.) Or a sequel to my Goldilocks retelling. (Lost boys and sharp girls, also blood and broken lighthouses and brothers.)

 

17. HOW MANY BOOKS DID YOU ACTUALLY BRING TO THE NEW FLAT?

657!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Also, no, my parents do not like me and my boxes anymore.

18. IF A LIBRARY WAS BURNING AND YOU COULD ONLY SAVE 3 BOOKS, WHICH WOULD THEY BE?

I’m a callous monster and I would just get new books elsewhere. So….none.

19. WHICH BOOK WAS YOUR ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE TO WRITE?

Except I do have a small spot of favouritism for my Phantom of the Opera retelling that I wrote in February. It’s so ridiculously sassy and my ballet boys are pure cinnamon scrolls. One is also dead. Love that.

20. ARE YOU THE KIND OF #BOOKDRAGON THAT BREATHES FIRE OR ICE?

21. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN JEALOUS/ENVIOUS OF SOMEONE ELSE’S BLOG? HOW DID YOU MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS?

ALL THE TIME WHEN I STARTED. These days I’m often slightly envious of gorgeous talented artists and graphic designers, because PRETTY. Or blogs who have been alive for a month and have a thousand followers. (WITCHCRAFT.) But otherwise I’m entirely a moose and love what I do.

Managing envious emotions? Step #1: WHINGE. Step #2: Work hard to make yourself the kind of blog you can be proud of.

22. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH YOUR WRITING AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO RISE FROM IT?

I haven’t been disappointed in my writing for nearly a year! IF I JUST JINXED IT I WILL LITERALLY MURDER SOMEONE (me) WITH A SPORK. Nevertheless = I think time fixed it. The more you write, the better you get.

23. IF YOU COULD BRING ONE CHARACTER TO LIFE, WHO WOULD YOU PICK?

Kell from A Darker Shade Of Magic. Then I could hit him on the head and steal his coat.

24. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF CAKE?

CHOCOLATE BROWNIE CHEESECAKE, BLESS YOU.

 

25. WOULD YOU RATHER READ ALL THE BOOKS ON YOUR TBR OR RULE THE WORLD AND NEVER FINISH?

26. BROWNIES OR CUPCAKES?

27. WHICH BOOK CHARACTER DO YOU MOST RELATE TO?

  • Cath from Fangirl
  • AIDAN from Illuminae (LOOK, HE JUST WAS TRYING TO BE HELPFUL AND IT WENT WRONG)
  • Ty from Lady Midnight
  • Frances from Radio Silence
  • Kell from A Darker Shade of Magic (SO MUCH FROWNING)

28. I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK WAS…BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE THAT CRUEL.

You have my respect.

29.  CHOCOLATE CAKE OR CARROT CAKE?

WhY ARE YOU PUTTING VEGETABLES IN CAKE.

THAT IS ILLEGAL IN 9 PLANETS.

GO SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST ASKED ME.

30. TEA OR COFFEE?

Tea, if it’s chai or dandelion!

31. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE AUSSIE FOOD?

I don’t even eat anything quintessentially Australian! I’m a despicable blight on my country. But you try being gluten/sugar/grain free.

I do like lamingtons though. I like Vegemite but I can’t eat it.

32. IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO PUT SPAGHETTI ON PIZZA?

33. TIPS FOR GROWING YOUR BOOK BLOG? (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO BLOG OFTEN?)

Unfortunately I think blogging often IS the best way to grow your blog. At least be consistent even if you post sparodically so people realise you are a delightfully ugly little barnacle that can’t be shaken.

34. WHAT BOOKS COMING OUT ARE YOU EXCITED FOR?

 

I wrote a WHOLE POST on it too.

 

35. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF DRAGON?

A book dragon.

36. IS PINEAPPLE AN ACCEPTABLE TOPPING FOR A PIZZA?

OF COURSE IT IS.

Also FYI, my pineapple obsession is a direct reference to Psych. #FunFactsWithPaperFury

37. ANY ADVICE FOR OTHER BOOK DRAGONS WHO ARE MOVING HOUSE?

Don’t do it.

At least pack your books into small boxes for easier lifting and ignore the 3898 comments you’ll get from family, removalists, and local poisonous reptiles who say “WHY DO YOU NEED SO MANY BOOKS”.

Do not bludgeon them to death. They are just uneducated and you can’t get ARCs in prison. Be strong.

38. IF BOOKS SUDDENLY BECAME ILLEGAL, WOULD YOU (A) BECOME A BOOK SMUGGLER, (B) BECOME A SECRET BOOK VIGILANTE, OR (C) BECOME THE SECRET SUPPORTIVE SIDEKICK OF A SECRET BOOK SMUGGLING VIGILANTE WHO RANDOMLY DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, OR (D) RAISE YOUR BOOKWYRM ARMY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD?

Definitely (D), but I like the idea of being a secret book vigilante?!?? Can I have a cape? And a mask? And be BatBookMan?

 

39. IF YOU HAD TO LIVE WITH JUST CAKE OR BOOKS, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

I think you’re just asking me these things to see if I’ll cry.

40. IF YOU HAD TO PICK FIVE BOOKS TO READ FOREVER, WHAT WOULD THEY BE?

    

41. IS HAVING A SELF HOSTED BLOG IMPORTANT?

It makes me feel professional, to be honest, and I need all the help I can get in that area.

Will it make you a better or more successful blogger? Hmm, no. Are you serious about blogging? Yes? Then consider it!

42. WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER WRITING A BOOK ABOUT A BOY WHO LIVES IN A VOLCANO?

This is so oddly specific and now, because of you, I SHALL CONSIDER IT.

But may I blow him up in the volcano?

VOTE = Yes / Yes

43. WHAT WAS THE FIRST BOOK YOU WROTE THAT YOU STILL HAVE?

My first fully complete novel (about a lost prince who can tell the future…super original I know) is SOMEWHERE deep on my harddrive. I think. I hope. Omg thanks so much for giving me this crisis, I need to go check now.

43. WHAT BOOKS DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DON’T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT?

These books are completely spectacular and underrated. And I’m SO SORRY FOR NOT GIVING THEM THE LOVE THEY DESERVE.

   

44. WHAT’S ONE BOOK ON YOUR SHELVES THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER READ?

I want to read them all! That’s why I own them! However I do own Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz (I was given it) and considering it it’s a sequel and I don’t own the first book and I DO NOT LIKE VAMPIRES…probably no.

45. IS YOUR LOVE FOR CAKE INHERITED OR LEARNT?

Well my MOTHER subjected me to cake as a small impressionable child in the first place, so it’s all her fault.

46. WHAT KIND OF MAGIC DO YOU PRACTISE?

DARK MAGIC.

47. WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE?

As a child, I ate vegemite on an orange once.

I don’t know why.

48. IF YOU COULD CHOOSE A VILLAIN FROM A BOOK TO BE FRIENDS WITH, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

Holland. <3 HE’S MISUNDERSTOOD.

49. HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO FIGURING OUT THE SECRET TO IMMORTALITY?

I am this close.

50. WHAT IS YOUR MOST FAVOURITE BOOK EVER?

DO YOU HATE ME.

51. WHAT WILL YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL DECREE BE AS A SUPREME RULER OF THE UNIVERSE?

THE NEXT PERSON TO PUT A STICKER ON A BOOK COVER GETS INCINERATED BY THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS.

52. IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU’VE MOVED HOUSE?

Oh no. Noooooo. NO, UNFORTUNATELY, NO. I move about every 6 years for my dad’s work. PS. I hate moving.

53. WHAT DO YOU WATCH WHEN YOU NEED A GOOD LAUGH?

Psych is so freakishly hilarious I suggest you abandon that cupcake you’re eating and go watch it immediately.

54. WHAT ARE 5 THINGS THAT KEEP YOU GROUNDED WHEN YOU’RE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY?

This is an excellent question but I feel the WORST PERSON EVER to try and answer it because I’m not at the end of my anxiousness looking back with reflective wisdom. I’m more like in the middle. Perpetually. But I SHALL TRY:

  • I distract myself — particularly with Netflix if panic attacks are too bad.
  • I tell myself as bad as I feel, it will TRULY TRULY TRULY not always be this bad.
  • I exercise. Moving forward physically helps when you’re stuck mentally.
  • I hug my bookshelf. Or climb it. True, sir.
  • Most of my favourite authors mention on twitter that they have anxiety too. THEY CAN WORK WITH IT. SO CAN I.

55. WHY AREN’T DRAGONS REAL?

Excuse you, have you met me. I’M VERY REAL.

56. HAS YOUR FAMILY READ ANY OF YOUR WORK?

Yes, and it’s TERRIFYING. It’s easier to query literary agents than let your mother read your book, I swear.

57. ARE YOU WILLING TO LET CAKE TAKE THE CREDIT AFTER YOU FINALLY DOMINATE THE WORLD?

58. HOW DO YOU PHYSICALLY LIVE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY POUNDING OUT BOOKS IN ONE WEEK, TWEETING, INSTAGRAMMING, BLOGGING, DESIGNING, ETC? ARE YOU SUPERHUMAN?

I consume this thing called oxygen quite voraciously. Also brownies. I did NaNoWriMo basically on brownie alone since my family was away and I had a house to myself and why would you vegetable when you can cake.

AND ALSO BIG SPOILER: I DON’T DO ALL THESE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME! I multitask about as well as a dead frog. When I write, I binge-write and don’t edit/blog. I schedule posts. I don’t really have a social life (or a…life) and I work from home so I don’t have to travel. Also I’m FAST. I live on speed 504 when you’re supposed to be in a 60 zone.

59. CHOOSE A FAVOURITE CHARACTER YOU’VE EVER WRITTEN?

Perhaps, currently, Toulouse from my Phantom retelling. (Of which I have more amusing snippets here.)

60. DO YOU KEEP ALL YOUR STORY IDEAS/OUTLINES IN ONE SCRIVENER FILE?

I DO. Backed up in two different hard-drives. But now I feel like this is a slightly bad idea…excuse me while I go make some different files.

61. WERE YOU STILL TECHNICALLY IN SCHOOL WHEN YOU STARTED BLOGGING?

Yes! I was 16…or 17. I don’t even know, dude, but I was something.

62. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON WRITING SUBPLOTS INTO A STORY?

I haven’t got a clue how to write a book. Everything I do is LUCK and kind of like trying to eat spaghetti with a blindfold and a knife.

A good tip that I’m making up just now, however, is: make your character have smaller goals. Like Gansey from The Raven Boys wants to find a dead Welsh King, but he has subplots like (a) keeping his BFF Ronan from burning down the world, (b) managing (or not managing) severe anxiety, and (c) try not to fall in love with a girl who’ll kill him if she kisses him. #SUBPLOTS

 

63. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON NAGGING BIG SISTERS?

Oh yes. I have 3 of them. Although they don’t truly nag because they’re grown up with their own children to nag at. However, I deal with big sisters simply by trying to continually sell them online and gifting them the same birthday present EVERY YEAR so eventually they’ll get sick of me and leave the planet.

64. HOW DO YOU DESIGN ART FOR YOUR SOCIETY6 STORE? WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU USE?

I don’t design the art! TALENT = HAVE GOT NOT I.

I just put together graphics using picmonkey! I buy graphics/vector online — but (!! VERY IMPORTANT !!) if you do this, make sure you buy commercial licenses. I tend to stalk places like The Fancy Deal and Creative Market and Deal Jumbo.

65. DO YOU OFTEN BAKE CAKE?

Yes I am an excellent cook. I can make (1) brownies, (2) muffins, (3) eggs, (4) a mess, (5) sorrow of my enemies.

66. DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE COLOUR?

67. WERE THERE ANY SPECIFIC BOOKS OR FILMS THAT STARTED YOUR LOVE FOR DRAGONS?

I will accuse Narnia of this an Eustace Clarence Scrubb’s brief fling with dragondom. They made it sound like a bad thing, but he totally squandered his time. I would’ve eaten the Pevensies, collected all the gold of ever, and ruled Narnia.

Also I’m Slytherin, hello.

68. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNED TO READ?

I DON’T REMEMBER. Probably 6? Whatever the boring usual age is. I had an uninspired youth and was akin to a potato who wore gumboots all the time and beat anyone to death who touched my handmade pipecleaner dolls.

69. HOW DO YOU GET TO BE SO AWESOME?

I was born for it.

I also tell people I’m awesome and after a while they tend to believe it.

70. DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY?

No, I’m horribly uneducated. I also graduated school at 16 because I was super cute and smart back then, but now I’ve been uneducated for nearly 7 years now.

And I’m okay with this.

71. WHAT ARE YOUR LONG TERM GOALS?

Finish my TBR before the zombies come, which (hopefully) is any day now.

Also:

  • become a rather famous published author
  • who comes out with 2 x books a year
  • use all my profits to buy more books to read
  • get bookshelves that reach to the ceiling with ladders
  • keep dragons on my front lawn who eat people
  • make a sandwich presently

Clearly we need a blogversary tasting giveaway!

And while I’d like to give you cake…I ate it all. So instead I have 3 prizes for 3 winners! Open INTERNATIONALLY.

  • (1st Prize) Amazon ebook of your choice! (Up to $10 Australian!)
  • (2nd Prize) A mini bookish necklace!
  • (3rd Prize) A 10,000-word critique of your writing from ME. (If you trust my opinions mwhaha…but I’ve done 3 professional writing courses, I’ve written 25 books, and I’m signed with a literary agent.)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

did you SURVIVE THIS MAMMOTH?! (tomorrow is an equal planet-sized explosion) i just want to thank you a least NINE TIMES for all your support of me. <3 i don’t deserve you. you are SO. SO. NICE.

now let me know how long you’ve been blogging?!? and what your favourite cake is. #importantquestion

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  2. Okay, but is it really a Cait book if one of the characters isn’t dead? Also, I am now incredibly interested in Glass Monsters. This says terrible things about me.
    Happy Blogversary, Cait! XD *Gives you a slightly squashed chocolate cake*
    I’ve been blogging for about a year and a half now. From where I’m sitting, in my reading slump, which has led to a blogging slump, SIX seems like a LOT.

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    • That is TRUE. It’s hard to believe Cait books can exist with all the characters staying alive??? But tbh that’s rare, at least. I’M GLAD YOU’RE INTERESTED IN GLASS MONSTERS BECAUSE I’M TERRIBLY MEAN IN IT AND NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO ASSURE ME I’M NOT AN EVIL AUTHOR. :’)

      Aww, I’m sad you’re in a slump. *gives you cake to make it better* But 6 years seems like a lot to me too when I feel like I’ve blogged about every topic.😂

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  3. Brownies are what I live off. THEY’RE WHAT I LIVE FOR. My favourite cake is brownie with mint flavoured icing (try it, it’s heaven) and my least favourite cake… probably cheesecake?? Which is funny because it’s your favourite.

    And question 58, I just don’t understand how?? You must be some immortal all powerful superdragon thing? But then how can you write so many long posts if you’re a dragon? Isn’t typing difficult?? Will your identity just be a mystery forever…?

    Simi

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    • EXCELLENT. WE ARE LIVING A GOOD LIFE. Brownie is just deliciousness, especially if it’s a little gooey because afjdskalfd. And omg I’ll pretend I didn’t just year you say that about cheesecake or my little heart might die.

      It’s possible I’m an immortal dragon lord. I WON’T DENY IT.

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  4. CONGRATULATIONS!!! *lobs cake like an Aussie, because apparently that’s what aussies do*. 6 years HOW I CAN’T WOOOOOWWWW GO YOU YAYAYYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    1. You totally deserve all your fame and glory. You work SO HARD, Cait. I am IN AWE.
    2. Virtually Read is a wonderful blog *coughcough*
    3. My favourite cake is lemon yogurt so can I have some PLEASE.
    4. It’s so cool that you have an agent and I’m just waiting for the day you publish and book and conquer the world, etc. IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY.
    5. Eustace had totally the wrong approach to dragondom. Honestly, he had GoLD and WinGS and STRENGTH and ClaWS and what does he do? nothing
    6. 6 years is a long time! 6 years ago I was a smol 11 year old who thought telling her teacher she looked like a quirky rat was a good idea. (spoiler alert: it wasn’t) XD

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    • *knights you an honorary Aussie because clearly you know how we function* 😂😂 I’M SO OLD. ALL THESE SIX YEARS WOW.

      VIRTUALLY READ IS A GREAT BLOG. I ADMIT. I may or may not mention you in tomorrow’s post.😂

      Oooh, I want lemon yogurt cake now though. I shall saddle my dragons and be over in 10mins to eat yours.

      Eustace totally squandered it. I mean, he like just learnt to be a better person??? I would’ve ruled tbh. The Pevensies would NOT have expected it and BOOM. Rulership. Jadis held the world for like 100 years of snow, imagine what a dragon could’ve done. :’)

      Omg now you’re making me feel so old.😂

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  5. Technically speaking, I’ve been blogging since July 2016. But I’ve changed my blog name and domain several hundred times… so my current blog has been up for a couple of weeks. 😀

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  6. Er I think I’ve been blogging for like 3 or 4 years?? I actually started a blog because my best friend had one and I thought it was really cool haha. But after she quit blogging, I kept going! Ooh also good luck with accomplishing all of your goals – I can’t wait to read your books someday!! Your snippets are always so funny and interesting. Btw, it’s so cool how you manage to outline and write so many books. I always find plotting and outlining to be a bit difficult (maybe because I’m a fledgling writer lol). Anyway, happy blogversary!! Thanks for hosting a great giveaway!

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    • Yayyyyy for being 3 or 4! STILL A TODDLER THOUGh so I can smush cake in your hair and get away with it. *twirls like a majestic 6 year old* 😂 And I promise outlining gets easier the more you do it.😂 I really enjoy it these days, but when I started it was mostly hair pulling and drowning myself in chocolate cake.😂

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  8. They’re is so much brownie appreciation in this post. I will love it forever.
    200+ questions, we really are curious beans! OMG, if you could make autocorrect change ‘Cait’ to ‘your majesty’ maybe you could make mine change to marshmallow? Have I this attachment to them?OMG, your stores are dark *shivers* BUT I LIKE DARK. EEK, A studio room? That sounds super cool! AND YOUR NEW SHELVES, do I have your permission to faint?YES, I want to be Kell (his coat is my life) I LIVE IN LONDON THOUGH so I’m halfway there? AND I’d bring him to life too, and we could best friends? AND MAYBE I COULD STEAL HIS BLACK EYE (and he could teach me magic, maybe??)
    Am I your long-lost cousin? I think I’d like to be, I mean being the queen of all cousin’s, I can see a lot of benefits *nod heads* Hmm, my least favourite genre is horror so thriller as well?
    OMG, that question IS SO CAKIN’ AWESOME! If my blog was a cake, it’ be a pancake with Nutella and strawberries and ice creams partying around. I’m reading Strange The Dreamer now, just started!
    six hundred. and fifty. seven. how do you even…I’m not going to. I can’t… WHAT THE HECK?
    HOLLAND, HOLLAND??? NO, I’d choose ATHOS who’s so dark!!!!
    TELL ME THE SECRET TO IMMORTALITY NOW! I demand you! Ahh, wait you don’t know it. well, this sucks.

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    • BROWNIE IS LIFE. LET’S ALL JUST AGREE TO THIS MOMENTOUS FACT. *nods*

      I definitely need to look into this world-wide-autocorrect scheme. I think it’ll help world dominating go over super fast and smooth and lovely. :’) ALSO YES LET’S JUST FLAIL OVER SHELVES. I’M SO IN LOVE WITH MY SHELVES. It also greatly amuses me how my room and books and like blog/instagram are a rainbow explosions and yet my writing is superdark. 😂😂 LIFE’S SWEET IRONIES.

      You’re probably totally my cousin. I see the resemblance tbh.

      I WANT TO EAT YOUR BLOG.

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  9. I WANNA WATCH PSYCH SO BAD WHY MOM WHYYYYYYYYYY. I’ve only watched a few episodes, and lots of half episodes from sneaking down stairs on stairs that groan like they’re being murdered when you step on them to peek through the door and try not to laugh at the stuff we actually understand until the parents realize me and my sister are there and then they send us back to bed. #nofair and this post actually wasn’t that long, like one time I read this post that literally took me more than a day to read. it was huge.
    I’ve been blogging for a year, I had my blogiversary in march, and I STILL haven’t posted the giveaway for that. ooops. my favorite cake is chocolate fudge with brownie batter for the frosting. I really need to make a cake like like that. *drools*now I’m hungry.
    Most crazily, ~Olive

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    • Aww, I hope you get to watch Psych someday! IT’S SO FUNNY.😂😂

      Also omg that would’ve been a huge post. 😱😱 I’m glad I did split it with the rest of the questions for a part 2 though or else this would’ve stretched AROUND THE MOON AND BACK AHHH.

      ALSO YES TO THAT CAKE.

      Also yay that you are a one year old blogger!! *smushes cake in your hair*

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  10. I loved reading your answers! You always dash them with enough humour to make it easy to get through such a mammoth post! XD As for my favourite cake…hmmm. My mum makes excellent chocolate cake that is *just* gooey in the middle and SO YUM!
    I hope someday your goal of becoming a famous published author becomes true! <3 Happy Blogversary! 😀

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    • I’M SO GLAD. (And relieved. 😂😂) And omg it was so big and afjkdslad I promise I’ll be back to normal sized posts soon. CONGRATS ON SURVIVING TO THE END. Also cake that is gooey and chocolatey is like the gift of the heavens. 😍😍

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  11. As soon as I saw the gif [or gif, if you want to pronounce it that way], I just looked up at the kumamon postcard staring at me.

    Kumamon is watching us all.

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      • The black bear is one of the most famous mascots in Japan [where I’ve been living for about a year now but my exchange year is almost over and where should I put all of my books? (I managed to buy mostly ebooks for a year to save space, I now own 2 kindles, one for Japanese books and one normal one)]

        My entire wall is full of postcards which I use as backgrounds for stationary photos, because I don’t have the time for bookstagram but occasional stationary-a-gram? fits into my schedule. Also I own 217 roles of masking tape which make great photo props.

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  13. *BLASTS MACARENA OUT LOUD* WHOHOOO 6 YEARS OF AWESOMENESS, CAIT!!!! ❤🎉 That’s so AMAZHANG. Plus, was this post over 1500 words? I WANT MORE CUZ I JUST GOBBLED ALL OF THAT UP. *glad that there’s a part 2) and whoops I couldn’t ask you a question (or bombard you with a zillion lol) 😭 Also, HOW DO YOU READ SO FAST, CAIT? 118 boos already? THAT’S. FRIGGIN. DOPE. (Sigh) Wish I could read so fast. Also, Narnia? DID I HEAR RIGHT? Omagash I can’t even. AHAHDHDJSSSN. Hogwarts? AASDFEEJD. Oh and hey I’m a Ravenclaw! (With hints of Slytherin qualities, so #slytherclawpride)

    P.S : YOUR BOOKSHELVES LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL. *MY AESTHETIC HEART IS MELTING AH SO MUCH GOODNESS*

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    • THANK YOU *DANCES WILDLY AND GIVES YOU CAKE* And yes omg this post was like 4,000 words. 😂 So definitely longer than usual haha, but AFTER THESE Q&As I’ll go back to normal sized posts I promise!!

      And I DON’T KNOW. I just read fast.😂

      Thank you about my bookshelves. <3 I'm so happy with how pretty they are.

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  15. Since, I missed the question post, I’m adding one here. Do you play viola? (I think it’s a viola, hard to tell since I don’t know your height.. lol)
    Congrats on six years!

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  18. Wow, so many questions and answers! I loved reading your answers :). Chocolate brownies taste so good.. I had some yesterday. I’ve never had chocolate brownie cheesecake.. but it sounds amazing. I do love my boyfriend’s oreo cheesecake that he makes, and I also love checkerboard cake with a yellow cake and chocolate cake and nice icing (the yellow cake can be plain or vanilla or lemon). I guess those two would have to be my favourite cakes. I look forward to read part 2 of the questions & answers tomorrow!

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    • I’M SO GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT!! *collapses in relief* 😂 And brownie cheesecake is 500% the reason the earth is still turning, I PROMISE. Also I want to eat an oreo someday. 😍

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  21. Hi! I am soo impressed and I want to read your books NOW! Have you published any yet? Also, HOW DID I NOT FOLLOW YOUR PINTEREST BEFORE? It is so freaking gorgeous. And there are like a million WIPs in there that I would die to read.
    Please let them see the light of day?!

    I have been blogging for almost a year, but I love it so much and won’t ever stop. The snippets from your book were as sweet and satisfying as the chocolate cake I wish I was eating right now, and I love your puns! Have a nice day because this is the best Q&A of EVER. Bye!

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  22. I have been blogging for almost a year! And I am in awe that you answered all of those questions, there must have been hours going into that 😮

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  23. Oh man, what a long blog post! Well I haven’t posted on my book blog for about 10 months now but I’m almost back to getting into it. It’s been nice having a big break from it all though! I started back in 2010. 🙂

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    • It is sooo long sorry about that. 😂 I promise my posts are usually a reasonable size!! And oh that’s awesome you started blogging in 2010!! I hope you start up again someday. 😉

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  24. I love all your posts! The book dragon love! The funny puns! Note 1: would love to read your books – they sound A-MA-ZING! Also, we have like the same long term goals. And the love for cake. And brownies. And Gansey. And just yes to your book photos. Question: How do you get your ideas (this sounds weird let me try again) – WHAT INSPIRES YOU? I just, like, see something and suddenly go ‘woah I could write a short story about this’ and then I do but I never seem to find one that makes me go ‘OHHHHHH GREAT DUOLIGY PLOT RIGHT HERE BUDDIES’ and thats just sad. Any tips? Any heartfelt good vibes send my way so I can maybe find my hope again?
    LOTS OF LOVE

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    • Eeeep, THANK YOU. <3 This is literally the kindest thing to hear. I'M SO PLEASED. Also cake. 😍

      Okay so novel ideas...oooh, I get ideas from all over the place! Often I'll just get a snippet or be like "I really want to write about that" and then I just work on developing it. Like for the Glass Monsters book I read, I literally was just like "I want to write about con artist brothers" and just went searching for the inspiration to turn it into a full series. I think just continually thinking about things and making sure your creative tank is full is VERY important!

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  25. HAPPY HAPPY BlOG-Anniversary, my sweet Cait! Has it really been 6 years since we both started blogging?!!!! *feels so old* But look at you! I am so proud and happy for you, girl! YOU HAVE GOT THE MOST AMAZING BLOG EVER AND AHHHH!!!!

    Sometimes I randomly see your sister Mime at uni, and I am like… woah, I would not even know these girls if it weren’t for those good ol’ blogging times! 😀 *so thankful*

    YOU ARE AMAZING anyway ;). Loved this tag so much!

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  26. WOWOW this was a great post??? And I feel you — I freak out SOOO much when my post is overly humongous. 😂

    CONGRATS ON SIX YEARS!!! 🎉🎉🙌🙌 That’s honestly so amazing. Soon you’ll be at seven, then eight, then nine, then TEN OMG.

    First of all, Kell’s coat is the best. Second of all, HOLLAND THE POOR LITTLE CINAMMON ROLLLLLLLLL. He was just so so tired. 😭 And AAGAGGHH we need a room tour! Your bookshelves look sooooo beautiful omggg. (Except one of them is shorter than the other and a different color and it’s messing with my perfectionist brain. 😭😂)

    I’m 657% (haha get it get it — dude you have so many books) sure that YOU WILL BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR. You’re an AMAZING writer and you already have an agent so when you announce that you’re publishing, NONE OF US WILL BE SURPRISED AND WE’LL SCREAM AND THROW CAKE AT YOU. #AmIAussieYet (And the pressure is on for whoever gets third-place prize. I WANT IT BUT… I DON’T???)

    THANK YOU for that answer to the subplots question because I’m working on something right now (yes, May, you’ve told her this like 3729573 times already) and I. NEED. SUBPLOTS. So thank you.

    I think I wad going to talk about more from your post… but I forgot. XD

    OH YES. I’ve been blogging for about… 4 1/2 months now??? WOWOW I thought it was longer. 😂 AND OF COURSE WE WOULD SUPPORT YOU, CAIT. You are a wonderful smol bean and we will follow you to the depths of the TBR. (Or maybe not.)

    PS I demand you to give us more snippets because HONESTLY YOUR WRITINGGGGGG. 😍😍

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    • I definitely don’t try to do massive posts like these.😂 I’ll go back to my normal smol posts soon AND SAVE EVERYONE’S ATTENTION SPANS.😂

      I’m so glad we are in agreement of ADSOM. It is truly the best of them all. And fjakdslad my SHELVES ARE MY LIFE I LOVE THEM SO. And trust me…I know one is shorter. *cries* I got the first one like 4 years ago from IKEA and then ordered a “matching” one that was “exactly the same listing”…but NOOOOOO. THEY CHANGED IT. I’m still in recovery. The wood is a different shade too.😭 But it’s the books that count amirite.

      I WILL BE SCREAMING TOO WHEN THAT GLORIOUS DAY OF MAYBE BEING AN UATHOR COMES. You definitely sound like an Aussie for sure.

      And omg your blog is like a THING OF POWER. I can’t believe you haven’t even been going a year yet!! *stands in awe*

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  28. THIS POST WAS AWESOME. I honestly couldn’t resist reading the entire thing. You inspire me to one day gather a bookwyrm army and rule the world with cake.

    So I’ve been blogging for like a year and a half now, which is CRAZY to me. (Even though I’m looking at your fabulous six-year-old blog here and just in awe of its splendor.)

    Anywayyyy, HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY!!! Your blog is so much fun to read. (Because books and cakes and sass. Duh.)

    (Btw, I entered the giveaway and said I followed you on Bloglovin’ under the name Mary Elizabeth…which is probably right. But if you can’t find anyone named that following you, it’s probably Mary Horton instead. *fails at remembering 96.3% of everything*)

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    • Ahhhh that makes me SO happy!! I so appreciate you reading it all. *gives you all the cake* And absolutely definitely raise an army. It’s worth it. And a year is AWESOME!! You are growing that army of yours with all the splendidness. :’)

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  29. CAKE CAKE CAKE! This post was difficult for my little ADHD self to stay with, but a large cup of chai helped me read the entire thing. AND I’M GLAD I DID. six years, cait? So can I call you Granny Cheesecake, please? :p

    To answer your questions, I’m a three-year blogger (FOUR THIS YEAR) so I’d say kind of a toddler blogger? :p and CLEARLY the best cake is my mamaw’s triple chocolate. Or lemon. Or coffee.

    Huh, not so clearly. Just cake is my favorite kind of cake.

    ALSO THE PART ABOUT EUSTACE AND EATING THE PEVENSIES YES. I 100% would’ve become the dragon queen of all of Narnia. Forget the mushiness and giving people rides. I mean, pffft. And I would’ve melted that gold bracelet off my arm.

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    • I AM sorry it was so long.😂😂 Tomorrow’s is long too but then I promise I’m back to sensible-length posts.😂 AND YES I’M LIKE A GRANNY CHEESECAKE. UGH I’M SO OLD.😂 And if you are a toddler blogger I can smush cake in your hair. Shh, this is sound logic.

      I’m glad we are both onboard with Eustace’s life mistakes. Seriously someone needed to expand his imagination. RULER OF ALL IS THE BETTER GOAL.

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  31. I’ve been bloggin less than a year. Hopefully I make it to 6 years. 🙂 I adore psych and its my go to when I need some laughter too Which is funny b/c I think I asked that question. 😛 My other go to is Scrubs. .

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    • I hope you make it to 6 years too!! It’s a really fun milestone!! hehe. And Psych is SO good, I’m glad I found another fan!! And I did mean to put names to the questions but I messed it up with the form I had and I couldn’t figure out who asked what. 😂😂

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  32. FIRSTLY CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy for you like? I’ll forget my jealousy for a moment.
    And I have been blogging for 10 months now? My blogversary is in August so woohoo!
    I think I have never told this to anyone, but I now should tell ya.
    I have stalked your blog for more than a year? And since you rave about the Raven Cycle so much, I decided to get it issued from my library. It was so good, definitely a five star,so I had to talk about it to someone. Woohoooo I then created a blog the next day. So… basically I would never have been on the Internet talking about books if it weren’t for you or the Raven Cycle. So thank you.❤️😭
    I also knew you would get famous. You had my blessings.
    My favourite cake is red velvet and chocolate. No I cannot choose please and thank you.
    But I am so excited for your novels! My favourite posts of yours are definitely your writing ones!! I hope you get published someday since I would be the first one to read your books.😊
    Also, I stalk your Pinterest like everyday, well hello and I even started doing the Pinterest storyboard thing. I think you should see my progress since you are my teacher so. Here’s my Pinterest-http://in.pinterest.com/prabhleensach
    I am deeply addicted to it and it’s bad for my health but I ain’t gonna stop now.😱😂🙈

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    • I WILL GIVE YOU CAKE NOW AND THAT WILL MAKE EVERYTHING WONDERFUL. Also yayyy that it’s nearly your blogversary too!!

      And omggggg ARE YOU SERIOUS. I FEEL SO HONOURED RIGHT NOW. *squishes you* ❤️❤️❤️ I’m really glad I had a small nudging hand in getting you into blogging. You’re so good at it and I love reading your posts. 🎉🎉

      All the cake is the good cake.

      Awww, I’m SO pleased you like my writing posts! I get so nervous posting them so it’s always fun to know they’re liked. THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST THE BEST COMMENT. And I shall go stalk your pinterest immediately for sure!!

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  33. ALL THE LATE CONGRATULATIOOOOOONS. You are now old.

    (We moved just about a year ago … and after I managed to sort my 70-some books into boxes … HOW COULD I LET MY PARENTALS TAKE MY PRECIOUSES IN A CAR WITHOUT ME??? They surrounded me at all times. Ack. I was literally dying-by-books. #BookDragonGoalAchieved )

    Favorite cake = definitely cheesecake, just plain an’ simple. Homegrown pureed fruit on it tastes good, tho.

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    • I AM SO OLD. HOW DID I GET SO OLD. And dude, packing books is so hard. I totally relate. Not having my books with me (for like over a week!!) was SO HARD. *sobs* At least we survived this trauma.

      Also cheesecake tho. 😍

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  34. Your .gifs are the best, Cait. (But I also just really like .gifs) And your reviews. SERIOUSLY I TEND TO REREAD THEM SO I CAN BE SURE I GOT EVERYTHING SOAKED IN. Lol.

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  36. This post is awesome. I love your blog SO MUCH!!!!! Your writing is so fun and infused with personality. I’ve only been blogging for, like 3 months. (I know, what a newb.) Thank you so much for being an amazing inspiring book dragon!

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  37. First and foremost, thank you so much for your blog it makes me smile so much and you slay the world with your posts.
    1. I’ve been blogging for almost a year but my posts are still so inconsistent…I’m trying to work on it
    2. My favourite type of cake is fudgy chocolate cake

    Whooooo!! 6 YEARS??!! that is so impressive and I admire you for it!!

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  38. I am resisting the urge to flee to Mexico at the thought of you possibly (small chance, I know, BUT STILL) reading anything I wrote. I AM NOT PREPARED. But also I know my lil book needs medical attention.

    MARVELOUS POST, GIANT POST, and I can’t wait for the other questions (if I was reading things right??? Now I am questioning everything).

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    • Awww, DON’T WORRY I would only give constructive and not harsh critiques. 😉 GOOD LUCK!! (And if you do win and change your mind and don’t want it, then that’s also totally okay!!)

      And YES. More questions tomorrow. You are all champions for surviving these mammoth posts.😂

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  39. I have been blogging for a year and a half, and my favorite cake is chocolate. And yes, I survived this mammoth! It is a beautiful mammoth <3

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  40. I read the whole post, got to the end, and was like, WHOA IT’S OVER? ALREADY??? Apparently I’m just Paper Fury trash… oh wait. We knew that already. 😂
    I’ve been blogging (with woeful inconsistency) for 2 years. #noob My frivolous and silly dream for my blog is to one day have it be as hilarious and lovely and wildly amazing and delightful as Paper Fury (that’s the honest truth tbh #FangirlLevelPlatinum).
    My favorite kind of cake (not sure if this is cheating or not… but then, cheating is a trick I learned from an old friend #StarTrekReferencesFTW) is fudgy brownies. I can gobble them all day, 3x a day. 😁

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    • YOU ARE FABULOUS. THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE. *gives you cake* 😂 And don’t worry, tomorrow’s is slightly longer hahaha. And THEN I’ll get back to regular programming *nods*

      Awww, you’re making me blush!!😂 You are a fabulous blogger as you are!!

      FUDGY BROWNIES SOUND DIVINE.

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  41. Libraries!??!? Psssh. I BUY MY BOOKS. (Still, I wouldn’t allow any to burn, so SAVE THE LIBRARIES.)
    Anywho, CONGRATS!!! Keep being awesome, girl, and don’t stop blogging/bookstagramming because if you do stop we will all become roasted pineapples. (I’ve been a roasted pineapple once. Don’t. Even. Ask.)

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    • I want my own personally library someday. HUNDREDS OF ROOMS OF BOOKS.😍 And ajfsdlafd thank you this is the NICEST AND I SHALL GIVE YOU ALL THE CAKE. (Roasted pineapple sounds nice though!!)

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  42. HAPPY BLOGVERSARY!

    I just about lost it with your YA description of your eyes. xD It’s oh-so-very true.

    I recently got obsessed with Instagram and totally love your account. Much color, so pretty.

    I’m about 50 pages into Illuminae and I can already see that whatever AIDAN is doing is going to go VERY VERY BADLY.

    I HATE WHEN PEOPLE PUT STICKERS ON COVERS. They never peel off right??? And sometimes cover very important descriptions on the back??? Why does anyone do it???????

    I’m curious if your favorite color truly is orange or if you couldn’t pass up the chance to use that Peeta gif . . . Inquiring minds would like to know. 😉

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    • I’M READY TO STAR IN A YA NOVEL!! MY EYES ARE PREPARED.😂 Also thank you. <3 <3 I'm so so glad you like my photos!! And also pfft, AIDAN is adorable and completely just wants to be helpful. It definitely goes badly. :')

      STICKERS ARE EVIL. And like even if they do peel off, half the time they leave sticky residue. Or worse: when they're PRINTED ON AND NEVER CAN BE REMOVED. My copy of Ari & Dante has, no joke, at least 5 or 6 PRINTED ON STICKER AWARDS. *screams*

      MY FAVOURITE COLOUR IS TRULY ORANGE. ALSO PEETA.

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  43. I’ve been blogging for about a month (terribly).

    My favourite cake is ALL THE CAKE. But I have a soft spot for a Nigella recipe of dense chocolate loaf cake because it is dark and delicious.

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    • Noo not terribly!! It’s okay if you’re still learning! I KNOW YOU WILL BE FANTASTIC!! And that is the correct answer to “what’s your favourite cake”, clearly. 😉

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  44. I’ve been blogging for an IMPRESSIVELY LONG… two weeks 😛 But I’m liking it! And, I love brownies. And petit gateau. And bulgarian cake. Can’t say which is better, though.

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  46. I’ve been blogging for a little over a year now. I actually forgot/missed my first blogaversary because I was so busy, but I hope to maybe celebrate it next year! Also wanted to say congratulations! I absolutely ADORE your blog and it is like my favorite blog ever. Whenever I see a new Paper Fury post in my inbox I get so excited! Please keep blogging forever! (You are immortal, right?) 🙂

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    • It’s easy to accidentally miss blogversary’s right?! This is the latest I’ve ever tried to celebrate mine. 😭😂😜 BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. HAPPY BLOGVERSARY TO YOU TOO!! And ajfksdafd thank you for your kind words. <3 I seriously can't even with how nice this is to hear. ❤️❤️

      I AM DEFINITELY IMMORTAL.

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  47. It was only a few months ago that my blog celebrated its first birthday!!!!!
    I hope one day mine will reach a level similar to your own (not that it can ever beat your awesomeness)

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  48. IS SUPER CONFLICTED BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE A CRITIQUE FROM YOU BUT HAS NOTHING FINISHED PLUS NECKLACES ARE PRETTY

    When you say a 10,000 word critique, do you mean your critique would be 10K words, or we’d be submitting 10K words?

    Also, I think it’d be awesome to come out w/ 2 books a year. If I’m ever super famous I’ll be one of those super annoying authors who takes a century to come out with a sequel. But I will follow you devotedly and fill my bookshelf with your works. 🙂

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    • Oh I mean 10K of YOUR words and I’ll give feedback on them.😂 But it’s totally cool. If people are interested in this (THO I’M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD BE) I can maybe do more critique prizes in the future!!

      And omg I want to write so so much and have it be my job. 😍 But like we all write at different speeds and that’s cool, right?! 😉

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  49. Happy happy happy blogiversary Cait! Did I mention that you are my fave book blogger of all time … well you are! <3
    Seriously, you were my biggest inspiration in starting my book blog, so I send you internet hugs, and even better – internet cake!
    I've been blogging for about a year now, and I love it so much!
    Megan @ http://wanderingsofabookbird.blogspot.co.uk/

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  50. OMG I HAVE BEEN BLOGGING FOR SEVEN YEARS THIS DECEMBER (WITH OTHER BLOGS EIGHT) so I understad the strugge to post consistently 😛
    I LOVE ALL THE QUESTIONS <3 and cake for all y'all

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  51. I READ THE WHOLE THING. *proud of me* And it was entertaining and informative and hilarious. 😀 HAPPY BLOGVERSARY TO YOUUUUUUUUU!!!! 😀 *hugs your blog and revels in all the celebratory cake* Also I’ve been blogging for… well, four years come September. *nods* Not as long as you. XD ALSO I LOVE YOUR NEW BOOK SHELVES/PHOTOS AND I WANNA SEE YOUR WHOLE ROOOOOM. <3

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    • I’M SO SO PROUD OF YOU. And also honoured that you stuck with it for so long!! *gives you cake* 😂 And 4 years is AWESOMENESS, you blogger queen.

      *hugs bookshelf* I’m definitely going to do another room tour eventually. Once I get on top of all the things.😂

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  52. Congrats on making it to 6 years Cait! I’ve only been book blogging for almost a year now, but I tried a few other blogs over the years, one all about me, which was disappointingly unpopular, I’ve no idea why… and one about my crafting business on Etsy, but I could never stick it out and always gave up. I think I’ve finally found my thing though, I’m still enjoying blogging and the community is amazing so fingers crossed I’m in it for the long haul now 😀

    My mum is currently reading my first novel that I recently finished and passed to betas 😮 it’s terrifying, she’s genuinely my biggest critic so we’ll see what she thinks…

    This is probably obvious, but if you become a published author do you really have to stop reviewing books? Is that a thing you just have to do if you’re published, or just out of courtesy? Like, will you delete all your old reviews? Just curious because it hadn’t occurred to me, but I really want to get published too so wondering if I’ll have to do the same… 🙂

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    • Book blogging is the BEST of things! When I started blogging, I was more writing focused, but fjadkslad I love talking about books way way more. I hope you stick around for a good long while too. 😉

      OMG GOOD LUCK WITH PEOPLE READING YOUR NOVEL!! It’s terrifying, right?!😂

      I actually have NO idea about the reviewing-if-you’re-an-author. I kind of feel like it’d be a bit rough to have a fellow author not loving your book and talking about it negatively? But at the same time, bleh, I don’t knooow. I love reviewing and I’d be loathe to give it up. 😭 I’ve yet to find another author who also book blogs. Maybe we can start a new thing, right?! 😉

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  53. Oh My God. Sorry, but HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO WRITE THIS POST??? It’s so long. I just tend not to write very long posts on my blog, but this… ummm. It’s very long. And there are SO MANY questions. Well anyway, congratulations on blogging for 6 years! Jeez, I only started my blog this year. The first post went up on New Years Day. Thinking back now, it brings back so many memories… not 🤣.

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    • DAYS AND YEARS BASICALLY.🙈 😂 And don’t worry I don’t write long posts like this generally!! I SWEAR. The part 2 is also a mammoth but after that I shall go back to my smol posts and regular programming.😂

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  54. I’ve had my book blog since June 2009 (June 28th was the first official post, I think). Before that, I blogged on a platform called Xanga, which probably nobody has heard of now. Near the end, it got really nasty and there was bullying and meanness, and then they changed it all to pay-only, so I just said, “Nope.”

    Favourite cake… Well, it’s kind of always been cheesecake. But being vegan and gluten-free now? Not so easy. Luckily, in the last few years, I’ve discovered that there’s such a thing as a raw vegan cheesecake (which is made with nuts and is eerily cheesy), and then Daiya came out with their creepily authentic gluten-free vegan cheesecakes.

    So I’m good.

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    • Awk that’s terrible about Xanga! (And no I haven’t heard of it till now. 🙈) But that is awesome you’ve been blogging for so long. *cheers* Ohh I can definitely imagine cheesecake being vegan would be HARD. Gluten-free I find is easy because like nuts and seeds are super great. Oh and my mum makes this cashew butter that sort is a bit like cream, do you use that?

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  55. CONGRATULATIONS on six years of blogging, this is such a fantastic accomplishment and the book blogging community definitely wouldn’t be the same without you in it, Cait. <3 I have been blogging for two years and a half now and hope to be where you are in a couple years, meaning: blogging and fabulous.
    What a fantastic post and fabulous answers – I'm not surprised you got SO many questions, and it was awesome to read it all. YOUR BOOKSHELVES ARE FABULOUS and you have over 600 books HOW this is CRAZY awesome and actual goals. I am ALL for pineapple on pizzas too, yay!! <3 And that Peeta GIF for your favorite color, excuse me while I go cry in a corner because peeta. <3

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    • THANK YOU, MARIE, YOU KIND HUMAN. <3 You're making me blush. 😂😂 And 2.5 years is AMAZING, you blogging queen. And I'm also glad the post was fun and not to mind numbing.😂

      PEETA THO.❤️💔

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  56. It will be 1 year of blogging for me in September. I hope one day I can have anywhere near 50,000 followers!

    I LOVE Psych too! Are you excited about the upcoming Christmas special?

    My favorite cake is chocolate with chocolate fudge frosting…death by chocolate is how I want to go!!

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  57. I’ve just been blogging like… hm, seven months or so? I can’t say I have many followers, maybe like 20 -.- but I’m still proud of where my blogging got in such a short time. I post 3 posts a week (and not fluff posts, they’re normal length reviews or discussions, although I could do better on that front… details.) I’ve also got like 20-80 comments on a post now, so I’m happy about that. And I’ve changed my theme into something I’m actually almost happy with! I do still get jealous about girls who get 400 followers in 3 months (WTF??), but hey, I don’t even blog about YA, so it’s harder, my audience is kind of smaller. But still! I’m glad I am where I stand blogging is great fun (…hard work). (Still fun tho)

    And actually, books WERE illegal in my country during an occupation in the 19th century. And there WERE book smugglers! We have a SPECIAL WORD for that. How awesome is that?

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    • Seven months is FABULOUS. *throws confetti and cake crumbs at you* And that’s awesome that you put out so much quality content too!! And like that’s a LOT of comments and interaction which I think is more cool than page stats anyway. 😉 And haha don’t worry, I get jealous of those bloggers who just explode super famous so fast too.😂 I feel like I had to work like hours and hours per day to even build the first hundred.😂 BUT HEY WE’RE ALL DIFFERENT AND IT’S COOL! I’m happy for the ones who do black magic on their blogs too. :’)

      That is intense with your book smuggling history.😱

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  60. Ok wow. Like I am majorly impressed by you write now. You are an impressive being that can answer all these questions while still being witty and funny and cool. I have been blogging for almost 4 years.

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  61. Well, I don’t have a blog, yet. I would start one except for this simple setback: how in the world do you start a blog?

    And I just want to say I absolutely adore your blog and your Goodreads reviews, and when I read your posts I’m always laughing so hard my sisters look at me like I am an alien. Well, they do that when I’m not reading your posts too. XD

    Congratulations on your 6 years of blogging, Cait!!!!!!!! Huzzah!!!!

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  63. Awesome post!! Btw, if you ever can’t finish a cake and would like to share some, I WILL JOIN YOU (free of charge, of course). Also, I share your love of dragons and cake (obviously), so can we be best friends?! 😂

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  64. These are fabulous questions and I can’t wait for the next post. ALSO the post of “which one character would you want to bring to real life” before I scrolled down I thought “either a Maggie Stiefvater character or a V. E. Schwab character” AND YOU SAID KELL and i was rather proud of myself.

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  65. YES YOUR FAMILY STILL DOES LURK AROUND IN YOUR THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS HELLO. Also, thank you for only selling the older sisters. Clearly either A. I am too precious for anyone to afford to buy or B. No one wants me and no one responded to your ads.
    This post actually made me laugh audibly. Like I have a personality or a soul or something. What.
    AND DON’T EAT THE PEVENSIES. NO CAIT.
    My favourite cake is any cheesecake. Or every cheesecake.

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  66. CONGRATS CAIT! I loved your answers, you are just too funny! AND OMG giving you a standing ovation for managing to move so many books out of your house good job! I would die and I have about 100 – 150 books!

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  67. Congratulations on 6 years of blogging! You and your blog are both fabulous and it shows and your posts light up my inbox whenever they show up. Have some cake to celebrate. *hands you chocolate cheesecake and also German chocolate cake because it’s one of the best cakes ever*

    I’ve been blogging for . . . five? six? years. I guess it was six in January, but I’ve only been publicly blogging for about four years because the blog was invitation only the first two years. So, yeah.

    As the bookdragon who asked the moving question: thank you for the advice. Also thank you for sharing how many books you had to move so I can now say to my parents “Hey! At least I don’t have as many books as I COULD.” And thank you for being on my side on the pineapple pizza debate. Basically, thanks for being awesome.

    Can’t wait for the next post!

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    • Aww, SARAH. You are too lovely. *gives you all the cake too* And also German chocolate cake sounds delicious??? So I accept immediately.

      OH WE ARE THE SAME AGE. HOW GRAND.

      And bahaha I’m glad to be a (bad?) example for you. 😂 I also got rid of at least a 100 before moving so I think it’s safe to say I have a small book addiction. #NoRegrets

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      • German chocolate cake is delicious. If you don’t know, it’s chocolate cake layered with a rich and creamy coconut-pecan-brown-sugar-y filling and then spread on the sides with chocolate icing. It’s my dad’s favorite cake ever and one of my favorite cakes ever.

        YAY!

        One should never regret a book addiction. *nods* One should celebrate it. After all, there are worse things to be addicted to.

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  68. I’ve only been around the blogospehere for, what, eight measly months (*has goldfish memory and has no exact amount*)? I IS STILL A BABY BLOGGER COMPARED TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN CAIT.

    Okay as to your question about cake *raises hand and has a confession*. I HAVEN’T HAD CAKE FOR A GAZILLION YEARS. Well okay maybe it’s only been a goodly number of months, but I’ve always chosen to have frozen yogurt/ice cream over cake. DO SPARE ME because I follow you xP. (but I have a weakness for strawberry cake so I guess I’m not entirely a lost cause xD)

    (also can I mention that the gif of Doctor Strange is epic? I WANT HIS CLOAK.)

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    • YES YOU ARE AN ADORABLE BABY AND I SHALL SMUCH CAKE IN YOUR HAIR BECAUSE YOU’RE SO SMOL AND ADORABLE. *flings cake* Also this will fix the cake deficiency in your life, which is clearly a problem, Savannah. I mean. We need to get this sorted.

      (I LOVE DOCTOR STRANGE’S COAT OMG.)

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  69. Happy 6 year blogging anniversary!! I’ve only been blogging since November of last year, so about 7 months! I love that your pineapple references are to Psych – I’ve been dying to watch that show and since it isn’t on Netflix, I just bought season 1 on DVD a few weeks ago! I’m excited to start it!

    Your shelves look amazing! I’m glad you made it to your new house and got settled in! I missed you while you were busy moving! <3

    My favorite cake is definitely cheesecake (pretty much any flavor, but I do really love banana cream cheesecake!) followed by funfetti cake!! I'm obsessed with funcetti cake! So good.

    Thanks for answering all of these questions! It's so fun reading them!! Xo

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    • Aww, you’re a BABY BLOGGER STILL! I GET TO SMUSH ALL THE CAKE IN YOUR HAIR. *squishes you* And afjdksad I’m so glad you’re going to see Psych. Tell me what you think of it?! It’s SO funny. Shawn is the best and totally my inspiration, let’s be real here. You’ll see why. 😂😂

      It’s been such a hectic move ughgh and I still don’t have constant/proper wifi but HOPEFULLy that’ll change soon and I can get all caught up on everything again!!

      Also cheesecake: YAS.