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2026 is the year, it’s my year… I sound like Ferrari right now, delusional
anyway, 2026 is the year I face my fears and follow my dreams, and one of those things is.. starting a booktube channel, so
Hi, I’m Alex, welcome to my little corner of the internet, I guess
first of all, you must be asking - well who even are you? understandably, I’m a nobody
my full name is Alexandra, hence why I chose this channel name, but you can call me whatever you like, I just usually go by Alex, but Alexa and Lexie are fine too
I’m 23, my birthday is January 16, I just finished college, got a criminology degree, that I am doing absolutely nothing with, like most of us nowadays am I right?
I’m from a small town in countryside Portugal (clips from the river? + library ↓)
I’ve loved reading since I was a child, I used to go to my local library every week and check out 12 books, and I’d read them all, every single week
but then around 14 I got a smartphone, I got social media, and I just stopped reading, I read exclusively fanfiction for 7 years, until 2024, when I got sucked into Booktok like many of us
now that you know who I am (kinda) - why am I starting a booktube channel?
I love books, and I wanna talk about them
I have adhd, so sometimes I just wanna yap, I can talk about books for hours, and I already do - when I’m alone, as if I’m doing a vlog for the emptiness of my house… it’s kinda crazy actually, so might as well just record it and talk to the internet void instead, even if no one watches, at least I can pretend I’m not just talking to myself
the people in my life that do read don't read the same stuff as I do, so I can’t really talk about my favourites with them - I still do, my sister knows all the plots
I do have a Fabled, and I engage with a few book clubs there, but I want more, and I don’t want to use bookthreads and booktok, because I’m trying to deal with my social media addiction