Welcome to ChiBeReading! New Booktube + Blog

 

...Y'all still here!?!..

Hello my fellow booklovers! Long time no reviews! I cannot believe the last time I posted on here was in 2013 and I just went GHOST! But...

Without further adieu, I would like to welcome you all to...ChiBeReading! 

Hi, I am Chioma aka Chi.

And I be reading 🤗

As I say goodbye to Black and Blue Ink, the blog I called home for so many years, I am excited to invite you all to check out my Booktube channel ChiBeReading, 

and remain a part of my bookish circle here as I go through transitioning Black and Blue Ink the blog to ChiBeReading the booktube + blog!

(one of my favorite videos, me unhauling book because I need space...for more books  🤗)

I sincerely thank all those who have stayed followed to my blog over these years! Your support when I was active meant so much to me and it means so much to mean that you have stuck by Black and Blue Ink.

For a quick summary of what has been going on since your girl dissapeared under non mysterious circumstances ...I graduated college...I am currently in graduate school...I work full time as a Data Scientist...I recently joined booktube...and I am excited to get back into Blogging!

(a recent reads video where I give mini reviews of some great of the books I read...recently)

I have been wanting to get back into the world of book reviews and rejoin the bookish community and all of it's glory for the longest time, but I have been locked out of this account since I posted my last review (thanks Google). So once I finally regained access to this account again, I decided a BLOG REVIVAL & PLATFORM JUMP was in order!

(if you're looking for some new releases by authors of color, I have som recs!)

I am so excited to get back into book reviewing book blogging, interacting with bookish people, and just everything I used to love about the online bookish community. On my booktube I do more aggregate reviews of the books I have read on a weekly or monthly basis, I showcase the books I am looking forward to reading, my favorite books, book recommendations, book hauls/unhauls, and everything in between.

I would love to  post more dedicated reviews here, the blog counterpart to ChiBeReading, and spoiler filled reviews where we can really dive into what happened in the book and have a larger discussion based conversation on the books we have all been reading!

Before this post gets to be 10 miles long, I just want to again thank everyone that has stuck behind Black and Blue Ink over the years and I would greatly appreciate your continued support on my Booktube Channel and as I "rebrand" to ChiBeReading.

Also...what's been going on!? I feel so far removed from the book blogging community so if anyone could fill me in on what's new that would be great! What are the new trends, who's new on the block, I would love to catch-up in the comments!

Looking forward to interacting with everyone and posting here again!

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Posted in: african american,Bookcases,Books on a Budget,In My Mailbox,my blog,Review

CSN Stores Bookcase Review!

Hello guys, First off I would like to thank CSN Stores for giving me the opportunity to review one of the great products from their wide range of stores! As I bet none of you were expecting, I chose a bookcase. This is my first bookcase and I have to say I love it! Here is the information on the bookcase.

Ameriwood SystemBuild 68" H Five Shelf Bookcase in Oak - 03353-GM
Features:
Five shelves (three adjustable)
Sturdy design
Manor Oak finish
47 lbs.
68"H x 28"W x 9.5625"D
(From CSN Stores Website)


Shipping: 
First off lets get to the shipping. The shipping was actually pretty quick, since for this, and most of the bookcases on the CSN sites, the shipping was free. So I expected it to take a really long time. But it didn't. I placed my order on June 30, the bookcase was shipped out July 1, and I received it on July 8. So it was about a week, which is great timing especially for free shipping!


Assembly: 
Assembly wise it was pretty easy. I am incredibly proud to say that I assembled the entire bookcase by myself. No parental help whatsoever. Just my dad annoyingly popping in and out to check on my progress. But really the assembly was a lot easier after I made sense of the directions. My advice to you when assembling this is after you count and make sure all of your parts are accounted for, don't bother with the first two pages any more, all they contain is dribble to confuse and annoy, just skip them and get right to the third page where you'll see a giant 1, after that everything is easy sailing and hammering. Those instructions were really easy to follow since it was only detailed pictures showing you step-by-step what to do, which was much appreciated. Assembly took me about 2 and a half hours which is great timing in my opinion.

One thing I don't get is why one of the shelves isn't adjustable,why can't  they all be adjustable? Now there is this little bit of extra spacing for one shelf than for the others, but I'm not freaking out over it, its not really noticable when books are in it!

Overall I think this is a great bookcase. It looks great, is easy to assembly, and holds a lot of books! I would definitely recommend this bookcase to anyone in need of a good and affordable one!

4.8/5 Stars 

 (yes I know my room is a mess)

It came packaged like this:

Finished product without any books:

Finished product with books:

Thank You!

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Posted in: Bookcases,CSN Stores

Bookcases

Where does everybody get their bookcases? I have been looking everywhere for a good and sturdy bookcase that will finally be able to hold all of my books properly, but I can't seem to find one that is in my budget of 80 dollars. Does anyone know a store or a website that has really good bookcases that are also affordable??? Thanx!

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Posted in: Bookcases