About

My name is Rachel and I’m a Product Designer in New York City. I started Hello, Chelly on a whim in 2011. For as long as I can remember books, writing and design have been a much-needed creative outlet for me so this blog has been the perfect culmination of that. And even though I impulsively created it, we’ve come a long way together.

It’s been with me through hundreds of books, different jobs, moving out for the first time, career switches, travel adventures, friends new and old, and just me continuously exploring and growing as an individual. Needless to say, this little space on the Internet has been and continues to be pretty personal to me. And it’ll probably continue to change as I do.

But it will always be a place where I can chat books, wanderlust, must-try ice cream places, good songs to check out and random things that keep my life interesting.

Thanks for stopping by and if you want to say hi or leave a message, email me at hellochelly [at] gmail . com!

Fast Facts
Favorite Foods
Ramen, pizza, ice cream,
pad thai, seafood

 Favorite Colors
Purple, yellow, blush pink, navy,
grey, cream		 Favorite Movies
Before Sunset, Two for the
Road, Star Wars
Favorite Band/Singer
The Black Keys,
Florence + the Machine,
Incubus, Paramore, Kings
of Leon, James Bay

 Favorite Book
How to Love by Katie Cotugno,
all Sarah J. Maas, Tiger Lily by
Jodi Lynn Anderson


 #1 TV Obsessions
Orphan Black, The Walking
Dead, Game of Thrones, Doctor
Who, Grey's Anatomy
Can’t Live Without
Coffee (+ soda!), books,
my iPhone, music

 Travel Wish List
Paris (always), Tokyo, Italy,
South America, Prague, Santorini		 Favorite Pastimes
Reading, travel, photography,
trying new restaurants, shopping
Book Boyfriends
Rowan Whitethorn, Rule,
Daemon Black, Phury		 Shopping
J.Crew, Aritzia, Madewell,
LOFT, Monica Vinader

 Go-to Outfit
jeans, ballet flats, cute top,
cardigan, Neverfull bag
Words to Live By
“I’m a work-to-live not a live-to-work type of person.”
Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Forever, Interrupted.


Guest spots

The fine print
I post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8am (perfect time to read with your morning coffee!) and I love opportunities to collaborate on my blog whether it's with publishers, authors, fellow bloggers or a product/company I enjoy.

On the book side of things, I'm open to receiving requests for reviews. I accept ARCs, finished copies and e-galleys. I read a mix of Young Adult (primarily), Adult and New Adult and my favorite genres include, but are not limited to: Contemporary, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Paranormal, Dystopian and Romance. My reviews are thoughtful, concise and always constructive. I'm extremely appreciative of the relationships I currently have with publishers and can be depended on to be professional. I've participated in blog tours, author interviews, guest posts and giveaways and in general, enjoy promoting books I'm passionate about. For more info: I'm on Netgalley (company/affiliation name: rachel_domingo), Edelweiss and Goodreads.

On the lifestyle side, I've done sponsored posts in the past but I only consider ones where the content is completely original and reflective of my personality on the blog. If I'm going to write about something, it has to be because I believe in it. To see more of my social media, I'm on Twitter and Instagram.

To see more details on the different blog features I run, you can check that out here. And I can be reached at hellochelly [at] gmail . com for any questions or inquiries!