Facts About The Reader’s Tales

My lifestyle and book review blog covers many subjects from cake and cocktail recipes, fashion and beauty, through to craft, hotels and travel. I publish 3 posts per week: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays.

This blog is my escape, a hobby devoted to my passion for beautiful things. It is a place where I let my creativity blossom. I need it. I love doing it and have fun with it. I love my simple life: my friends and family are the most important thing for me.  Everything I write here is genuinely me, even though I don’t expose too much of my personal life, I am a girl who cherishes my  little bit of privacy.

Type of blog?

This is a personal blog, a virtual album, written in first person as a diary. It is as I dreamed it would be: easy to read and free of links, gadgets, publicity, etc... It is just a page of my thoughts with pictures to illustrate, shared with a group of people who have the same interests. It was originally created just to keep in touch with my school friends and family who live abroad. But, little by little, it turned into something else, bigger, with more and more page views (friends of friends, former colleagues, acquaintances and bloggers).

Is it difficult to write in a foreign language?

Yes, of course. It takes more time, especially, when I review the books I read in other language editions. I always strictly translate the cover notes, then do a little bio of the author and finally add my thoughts by using simple words to tell what attracted me, the circumstances, what moved me, my feelings. English not being my mother tongue, sweetheart (my other half) checks my texts without changing my style and meaning.

How I organise my blog?

I prepare some of my blog posts in advance, especially book reviews.

But the remaining posts, I can only write a few days after the event, because I cannot predict what will happen, even though I always have a programme. I don't create a scenario.

What kind of cameras do you use?

My primary camera is a Nikon D330 and I occasionally use a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W50 compact camera or my SAMSUNG Galaxy A3 smartphone. All my photos are edited using NikonView2. I don't use Photoshop for photo manipulation.

What kind of computers do you use?

I use a Sony VAIO Laptop.

Do you have a Facebook account?

No I don't, nor any of the other social media for that matter.

What would you suggest to an expat or to a tourist visiting Switzerland?

Although Switzerland is tiny, there is so much to do in this country. You couldn't possibly fit it all in on one trip! I invite you to read my section on Switzerland: charming villages, festivals, restaurants, cafés, shops, museums, thermal spas etc.

Please drop me a line at: thereaderstales@yahoo.com