Hi there!
I'm Betty- The owner of "The box of wonder" blog, a member of a collaborative blog, and the creator of another collaborative blog which us going to be launched on April (wow all this sounds so cool and professional 😆)
I'm an introvert, and I like blogging and playing my piano (we really need to name it help me *puppy eyes*)
Thanks for being here! Hope you're one to stay!
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I have been working on this little collab blog for months. Literally months. Like, since last year. AND ITS FINALLY LAUNCHED!!
So I did sometimes accidentally mention about this blog and I was not supposed to…oops. And that’s the reason I couldn’t post often in my blog- I’ve been working for this blog….AND ITS FINALLY LAUNCHED!!!!!
The name of our collab blog is earthy diaries- you could know more about it by visiting our site, there are a good number of pages we’ve made. And it’s published yesterday, as it was earth day! We, all the members are really excited, and you should be too, ‘Cause we have a m a z i n g ideas!
Well, anyway, explore our blog! Hope you like it!
~About my destroyed blogging schedule~
I am sorry for not being able to post much. The thing is, I’m having exams again. Yes, and it’s been 3 weeks since I’ve started 7th grade. Great.
Well, anyway, I’m trying to find at least 1 hour of blogging everyday and I have some posts almost ready for my blog. But I still might not post that often for now…
Anyway, thank you so much for the support you’ve giving us in earthy diaries! It’s keeping us motivated to keep blogging 🙂
In the afternoon, we have history (which I enjoy), computer programming (which Liam enjoys) and ballroom dancing (which nobody on earth enjoys).
Murder At The Museum (Agatha Oddly #2)
(Tiny spoiler over)
🌈Hello Wonderful Readers!
I’ve finished this amazing series of Agatha Oddlow a few weeks ago, and it’s soOo good, I obviously had to write a review on it!
Basically, It’s about a girl named Agatha Oddlow (named after Agatha Christie) , who loves solving mysteries and each book has one big mystery which she solved. Apart of that, in the three books, she wants to find out if her mother actually dies in an accident, or there is something else behind it, and she does get an answer at the very end. She doesn’t have many friends, just two best friends, and lives with her dad, who is a Gardner.
Books Involved~
There are only 3 books in this series- The Secret Key, Murder at the Museum and The silver serpent and there are only about 200 pages in each book. I did expect more, after the third book, but it isn’t out..
The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly #1) by Lena Jones
Murder at the Museum (Agatha Oddly #2) by Lena Jones
The Silver Serpent (Agatha Oddly #3) by Lena Jones
Plot~
Isn’t it obvious?
Thirteen‐year‐old Agatha Oddlow (or Oddly, as other people like to call her) is a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new detective series. With her Oddlow Agency detective company and her best friend Liam Lau at her side, she’s perfectly poised to solve the mystery of what’s going on. Agatha Oddlow .
OK, yes, I copied that. 😬
Characters~
There are a good numbers of characters in the series altogether, not really that much though. Like any normal school books, there is a group of arrogant students (CC’s) and Agatha’s friend, Liam. Then her teachers, who don’t really like Agatha skipping school because of her cases. Her dad is a the main Gardner of a park, and JP, a homeless friend of Agatha lived there.
Writing~
The writing style was pretty good in this book. It was mainly humorous or sad and sometime serious. The sentences were, well normal-sized? And the words would be simple to understand for you, probably.
Things I disliked about the series~
The only thing I didn’t like was that she had to wait so long to know all about her mum, which was a bit disappointing, but it was probably worth it.
So that was the review, it was a pretty good book series and I enjoyed reading it. Let me know if you read it!
PS: Offline school started a week ago, and it’s so fun going offline again! that’s also the reason I’ll be having onw post per week from now, and on Tuesday, I hope you understand, I hope I’ll be active like I was before soon, stay tuned!
As you may know, I was on an unannounced blogging hiatus, where I didn’t even read your blog posts. I even stopped reading books, and a lot more things because of my exams but now I’m finally back, and really happy! So I thought to have a little post to make you remember that I exist : )
The main reason of leaving blogging was exams and sadness. I haven’t had a proper post since 1st January, and now it’s April!
A lot has happened since I’ve stopped. Here are a few great things that happened!:
I finished the harry potter series and I’ve started Agatha Oddly! 📖
I’m going to be in 7th grade in four days (this makes me so proud) and I’m going school offline! 🏫
I’ve learnt a few songs on my piano and I am practising playing it with both hands🎹
I came rank 1 on slither.io! and I’m not that addicted to it anymore 😆
I found out that I’m a Ravenclaw! 💙
I got vaccinated! 💉
Books I read:
I’ve read a good number of books in February, and a bit in April. (I didn’t read at all in march, probably) I have finishd The Harry Potter series and the Agatha oddly series (They both are SO good!) I read The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond in march, when I was reading nothing. It looked so cute!
Took me an hour to make this, really.
Spring Mood Boards
It’s kind-of Spring right now, so I have made some mood boards like I did for winter They are of 4 different colors- green, yellow, pink and blue. Here they are!:
I really hope that you like them! (It took me two hours so appreciate my hard work😌) You can use them if you like, but please give credits! All the images are from pinterest or the internet, and none of these images used belong to me.
Comment below how you’ve been since I was gone. And how did your exams go, if you had any! I’ll be waiting for your replies! see you in the next post! stay safe and happy! ^-^
PS: Check out The Celebration #3Post- I would be answering you assumptions soon so make sure you’ve added yours! This post also contains the badges of the read write contest, which I held a few months ago. So, if you’ve participated, you can find yours and use it anywhere you like!
PSS: I’m sorry for not replying your messages on Pinterest and your comments on WordPress, etc. As I said, I was inactive, and now I’ll reply to them soon 🙂
This is the haiku Tag! Thank you Stara (@The Pool of Thoughts) I was also tagged by Eva @(The Album Of Amazing), aka the creator of this contest! Thank you for tagging me! I’m preparing for a lot of long posts coming up soon, so till then, I’ll be doing these cool awards and tags!
The haiku is a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The haiku developed from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka. The haiku became a separate form of poetry in the 17th century.
This is the first wrap up post of 2022! And January was not as expected… it was weird, kind-of… anyway, here’s the wrap up!
Guess what!! I never made a goal! 🙂 I did try out my resolutions, and each of them are slowly breaking.. but it’s fine enough.
I have read a good amount of book this month! I must read atleast 70 books till year end, it’s a resolution which is going on quite well!
Oop- I forgot to include the chamber of secrets in that list🤦🏻♀️
I haven’t been listening many songs, when are you even supposed to listen to songs? I have made some Spotify Playlist but I don’t know why. And movies, well, I watched some hindi movies and I was just about to watched about half of the parent trap. But I haven’t finished it yet, so… 🤷🏻♀️
*checks stats and stuff*
Nope, the blog things were not quite good, I missed 2 posts, or maybe more but I’ll post more regularly now, and not just poems-
This month was weird. I felt weird, I felt lonely, I felt a lot different, and I don’t know why, I started writing in a diary again, not really, but I think what I’ll write in it while going to sleep, and my head starts paining after thinking of so many things at once 🙄
But overall, January seemed good! And everything improved…..except blogging and music!
February, I don’t think I need to say anything. Cause it’s impossible for you to even read what I’m writing! Look, I’m being so logical, aren’t I 😇
145 followers
1 post with 50+ comments
Interesting posts
Less poems, readers get bored
Host a contest or tag or award
Have ✨UnIqUe ✨ posts
Do something related to art
Play chess with Sep
I need your help to achieve my goals!
And that was the first wrap up, of the first month of the not-at-all first year! Thank you for reading! Comment below what’s C + 🔒!
How could I forget it‽ anyways, I finally remembered
Hello Wonderful Readers! ✨
So, last year (fine, November), after getting 100+ followers, you all advices me to do an assumptions post, so here it is! You can share your assumptions about me, in the comments section, and I’ll answer them in another post!
The minimum number of assumptions is 1, aaand the maximum is 1000000000183023, no more please 🙂
It’s not *compulsory* to ask assumptions, your choice!
you could also send your assumptions over Google chat if you like!
…
So go ahead, and ask your assumptions in the comments!
The Read-Write contest Badges
The read write contest was a very VERY successful contest for me, I don’t remember exactly but I did get a good amount of entries, and in this post, I even reached 100+ comments! I announced the results here, and I completely forgot about the badges
🙂
So I decided to add them in this post. Thank you canva for helping me do it all before Tuesday
make sure to read this post in my site, it’s the best 🙂
So that’s all for the post! Do comment your assumptions about me!(Strict rule: maximum number of assumptions is 1000000000183023) And do appreciate me for the huge work of making and copy pasting adding the badges in this post 😇
I know I was supposed to post on Tuesday, and I even had a post scheduled. And even seven people saw it. But it wasn’t finished.😂
so I decided to stop this schedule for sometime, and now I’ll be having 1 post per week, that’s not really bad, is it!
So back to the post, here, I’ll show you somethings I do when I’m sad or depressed! It’s kind-of all I could think of… Anyway,
#1| Have some alone time
It’s really really good to have some alone time, especially if you’re sad or depressed. You can cry, hit the pillow, or do anything without caring what others think. It makes you think about the reason you’re sad, and might cheer you up a bit!
#2| Write a poem
Have you ever thought why most of the amazing poems are sad, and filled with pain or anger? Its because (I think) these are written in hard times, or maybe while remembering them. After writing a poem, when I re-read it, I feel like, overreacting!😂 and I see what others think when they see me in that state. But I’m the only one who know the real thing behind it, and it surely makes me happy!
#3| Study and/or listen to music
I don’t listen to music usually, but listening to sad music, makes you happy! And if you stady, it’d kind off good? There you go! A great combination- Music + Study!
#4| Write in the diary, or think about it
Writing is simply like poetry, I guess. And writing in a diary can make you feel as better as writing poems. If you’re not good at writing poems, then just write a diary!
I don’t write in diaries, as it takes a lot of time. So, I just think about what I’ll write in my diary, say it to my mind, it equally makes me feel better! And it’s something you can do if you’re a lazy person too!
#5| Lie in the bed, and think of a n y t h i n g
You see, thinking and spending some time with yourself cheers you up! When I’m sad (and I want people to see it mwahahahahha) I just lie in the bed, and stare the ceiling fan, and think. About anything, you know, you get those thoughts which don’t let you sleep at night, the same thoughts come here! And who knows, you miGHt fall asleep 🧐
#6 Design blog graphics, or a new logo for your blog(if you’re a blogger)!
This is really fun! I use canva for all the designing stuff and I’m always busy designing my blog graphics, and then making newer and “better” ones🤠 I’m even working on a logo for my blog but I fail everytime at the end, but it’s f u n!
#7 Draw aka scribble!
Scribbling is fun too! I’ve been practicing making realistic eyes, and shading, and 3d drawing and mostly I used to do all these when I’m sad!
#8 Talk with your anyone!
I think, talking would help you a lot, if not any friend or family member, you can talk to the one-who-made-you-sad! I don’t talk to someone when I am sad, but if you are, you can definitely try!
I had a lot of thing to write here 2 days ago, but right now I’m happy enough, so I can’t really think of something. So that’s it!
What do you do when you’re sad? And what’s 🕷+👨🏻? Comment below!
Stay safe and happy, and bye!
PS: I don’t know if I mentioned it or not already, but I might not have two post each week, and mostly poems, because I have a lot of work and I *feel* I should study more than I do 😂 I’ll not have any post this Saturday cause it’s tomorrow 🙂 and don’t you think I can write a readable post in 1 day 🙂
It’s seems like it’s been forever since I’ve done an award/tag post. I’ve even started to stop writing them down in the list.
But then one day, when I woke up, I opened wp and saw this amazing tag created by miss apple, and it was so cool that I left my unannounced awards and tags hiatus!
Thanks for nominating me Nehal!! It means a lot 🙂
The Blogger Recommendations Tag is essentially a way for bloggers to share some of their favorite bloggers with their readers. It helps the readers discover more blogs and also brings appreciation to the bloggers mentioned.
Mention the creator of the tag: Nehal @ Quirky Pages.
List the rules.
Share one or more bloggers you think fits into each criteria.
The people you mention will be considered tagged.
Apart from the ones you shared, you can tag other bloggers and notify them.
Just have fun!!
The prompts
A fascinating blog theme
A lovely home page
Great book reviews
Amazing humour
Mind-blowing poems and stories
The friendliest
The most consistent
The best at sharing tips
The talented artist
Cool site name
The underrated
1. A fascinating blog theme
Maggie @ Maggie’s doodles– I love her blog! It’s so cute and organized! I don’t know how she can manage doing so much after participating in so many collab blogs!
2. A lovely home page
Sep @ Bookishly yours– As I’ve said before, sep has an amazing homepage too! It has the home feeling, like the library is your home it would be so cool to be in a liibrary right?
3. Great book reviews
It’s been a long time since I’ve read any book review, but the one who’s really regular with book reviews is Hermoine @ Portable Magic– Every review by her is amazing!
Sep @ Bookishly Yours has also started writing book reviews in her book blog instead of poems nowadays! Even though they all (not even “most” “ALL” of them) are 14+ so she’ll never let me read them, but still they are amazing- specially the images she designs for them.
4. Amazing humour
Nehal @ Quirky Pages– even though she’s the creator of this tag, and she has already done it, I’m still tagging her 🙂 Nehal has an amazing humour which we all know. She’s the one who made me use 😇, 🙂 and 🤩 so much, if that counts.
5. Mind-blowing poems and stories
Akshita @ Anthology of Akshita’s thoughts– Akshita’s stories are amazing! The story she has writen for the read write contest, the one for the write in style, wite in 21 contest. They are so cool!
Riddhi @ Poems and Poesies– Riddhi has a whole blog for writing poems! Poems and poesies. Her poems are deep and mind blowing!
Sep @ Bookishly yours– she writes a poem once a week I guess, her flow is amazing and her words rhyme so great!
Simran @ Far From Perfect– Simran writes amazing poems too! They are deep and lovely!
6. The friendliest
Well, most of the bloggers (except those who say “follow my blog” all the time or think that they are so famous that they don’t care about new bloggers) are friendly! So if you’re one of the friendly bloggers, count yourself in 😉
7. The most consistent
Riddhi @ Whispering stories and The Human Book and Poem and Poesies– Yes, she is the only owner of 3 amazing blogs and still is very consistent! She has a post about every day on the human book club and so many posts on her other blogs. She is also a part of a collab blog- Miss America and Us.
Nehal @ Quirky Pages– I keep seeing her posts in my reader too, I think she has 2 posts per week(I guess cause I don’t have time to check the reader right now), but it looks like she has a post every day ZD
8. The best at sharing tips
Pooja D @ Lifesfinewhine and Evin @ A curly Sue’s Ramblings– these two bloggers share very useful tips! Their tips helped me a lot when I was new! There is also a collab blog- LTBL (living the blogging life) You’ll find useful tips there aswell!
9. The talented artist
Shrishty– Shrishty makes amazing artworks in her blog! I found it through one of her comments in my blog and it’s really amazing! She’s inspired me to make a neon artwork which I’ll start today : )
10. Cool site name
This was quite hard. Like, so many sites have cool names, so give me 5 minutes to check our the blog names I know-
*After 1 minute*
Shiney @ MeWrites – MeWrites sounds so gooooood! It sounds really really oficial too, like its been there since years xD I really love this name for some reason
The mask, is still worn And continues the new normal The covid free expectations are torn And we continue talking formal
“New year, New month, New day” we say “Make your goals”, even if they don’t work?
What is new? Except of the calendar? Have we returned back to normal? No. We’re busy planting lavender.
Has our excitement for new year ended? Yes, but another begins We are still in the same grade! And is covid over now? Everyone will just guess.
Christmas is not here But santa Claus must be, hiding Seeing us, if we’re good or not Talking to the elves, who handle gift wrapping
If it’s a new year, it’s still the same season If it’s a new dawn, darkness may come too If we’re supposed to be positive, what about the virus? If it’s a new day, night comes too right?
They say it’s a new year They say it’s a new month I know it’s January But it still feels like December
The box of Wonder! 