Q & A Announcement || Thank you for 700 followers!

Happy Saturday, everyone!

With it being summer solstice week and all, I know it’s technically time for my Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag, but seeing that I only just mentioned a bunch of my 2024 favorites in The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag and am still hoping I’ll miraculously read about 50 five-star reads within the next week so that I’ll have something new to recommend to you, we’re postponing that… The freaking-out is in the works, I promise!

Besides, since A Book Owl’s Corner passed the 700-follower mark about three weeks ago and I didn’t ever properly thank you, I feel like that’s definitely overdue! To be honest, I still don’t really understand why so many of you guys are here, especially with me being regularly absent and unoriginal this year, but your support means the world to me. Your heartfelt comments never fail make me smile, the friendships I’ve made on here are something I treasure beyond words, and I’m always thrilled to meet other people from all around the world who are just as excited about reading as I am. So thank you, again, from the bottom of my heart! 💙

Anyway, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a Q&A on this blog – especially a “normal” one where I didn’t heinously make other people answer the questions for me – so I figured, why not give this another go? Anyone who’s a bit newer around here can get to know me better, and those of you who’ve been here since the very beginning or joined somewhere around the way can ask me embarrassing questions they’ve always wanted to know the answers to.

(Okay, well, I might not answer them if they’re too embarrassing, but you get the point!)

So ask away! With my Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag and June wrap-up in the works, you’ve got at least three weeks to keep those queries coming, although I’ll still try my best to answer them in a relatively timely manner. Book-related questions, life-related questions, other-stuff-related questions – whatever you’d like to know! Also, as an added bonus, I figured I’d answer your questions in whatever language you ask them in, provided I can speak it. (Otherwise, I’m just gonna use google translate to read whatever you asked and quite possibly give you an English answer that has absolutely nothing to do with what you wanted to know 🤪) I mean, I did promise you a language update eventually, right? This is your chance!

Anyway, I’d really love to hear from you, and thanks again, so much, for your support!

29 thoughts on “Q & A Announcement || Thank you for 700 followers!”

  1. Betty says:
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    Omg omg CONGRATULATIONS for 700+ followers! you reallyyy deserve it!! I’m glad to be a part of them 😉
    I’ll send my questions later, but congrats once again!!!🎉🎉🎉

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Thank you, Janette! It really means a lot to me that you enjoy reading my ramblings so much 🥰

      And thank YOU for all your great book recommendations over the years! I never would’ve read The Goblin Emperor without you, and I actually also just finished Daughter of the Empire at the beginning of the month and am now desperately trying to access a copy of book two…

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  4. Line @First Line Reader says:
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    You are very brave for doing this again 😈 But I’ll try to be nice!

    1. Wer ist dein Lieblingsspieler in der deutschen Fußballnationalmannschaft?
    2. Who are your top five favorite characters in the Graceling series? I need a ranking but then you can also gush about them all you want.
    3. Which country outside of Europe do you want to visit the most?

    That’s all I could come up with this time around, but congratulations on 700 followers!! 🥳🥳 No need to be confused about why all those people follow you because you’re one of the friendliest and funniest bloggers in community so I perfectly understand why you’re so popular 😇❤️ Looking forward to seeing your answers to all people’s questions!

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Well, to tell you the truth, it’s not so much bravery as me panicking over not having anything to post and needing something I could write quickly for today 😂🙈 But shhh!

      However, are you really making me RANK Graceling characters? 😭 I don’t know if that counts as trying to be nice, I love way too many of them!! But you did say all those nice things at the end, so maybe I’ll let it slide… 😉💙

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  5. Deepthy says:
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    Wow, congratulations!! I’m so happy for you! 🥳💕

    Here are some questions:
    1) What’s your favourite genre to read?
    2) Do you have a book you re-read often – a comfort book?
    3) Any math book recommendations you’d like to share?

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  6. jan @ inkspun tales says:
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    whoa, CONGRATULATIONS friend!!!🎉👏🎉

    as for my questions:

    Any memorable incidents that happened to you while hiking?😊

    Your favourite character, currently. Can be from a book/movie/show. What do you like the most about them?

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Thank you, Jan – I’m so happy we’ve been on this blogging journey together for so many years now! 💙 And love your questions! The favorite character one is already giving me a huge headache, but I can already tell I’m gonna have so much fun trying to narrow it down! 🤗

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  7. Morgan @ Morgan Is Reading Again says:
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    Congrats!

    1. What is the favourite mountain you’ve hiked so far?
    2. Do you have a favourite city/town/place in Germany and Austria that you try to go back frequently?
    3. Do you have a language you’d love to study apart from the ones you’ve started? This doesn’t have to be a short-term goal, anything you’ve always wanted to try some day works too.
    4. What’s your favourite echte Deutsch meal a vegetarian/vegan can try out too? (Asking for myself when I go to Munich, haha)

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Thanks, Morgan! I’m so glad we discovered each other’s blogs along the way – I couldn’t wish for a better buddy to dissect the Napoleanic Wars or gush about mountains with! 💙 Although I can already tell that mountain question is going to put me through agony – how am I supposed to choose just one favorite?? 😭

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  9. Lila @ Hardcover Haven says:
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    Congratulations, my dear friend, you’ve worked hard for this accomplishment 🎉🎉🎉 My questions are as follows:

    1. Which three book characters do you relate most to and why?
    2. As a big fan of math/STEM, do you have any favortie fiction novels involving women in math or STEM?
    3. How does reading fiction inspire your travels and vice versa, if at all?

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Oooh, thanks Lila! I’m so thrilled to have a fellow STEM girl like you in our little corner of the internet and can’t wait to answer your questions! 🤗 Although, gosh, I’m only just realizing how many of the fiction novels featuring people im STEM that I’ve read are about men 😅 I’m gonna have to do some good hard thinking to counteract that a bit! And I love your other questions, too!

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  10. Niv says:
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    omgg!!! Congratulations Naemi, I’m soo happy for you!! 🥹🫶
    I feel nostalgic lol, even though we met here only last year, I’ve grown quite accustomed to reading your posts from covid. And I’m SO thankful that you’re still here.

    My q’s:
    1) The story behind how you got into being a math teacher.
    2) Something you’ve struggled with.
    3) Your least favourite subject
    4) A book you wish you’d never
    read in the first place.
    5) One aspiration for your future.
    6) An anecdote about failure (academic/non academic- anything really)
    7) How are you doing!? 🙃

    That’s it for now! If I think of more qs I’ll pop in again haha

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Thanks, Niv! I’m so glad to have you around, too – has it really only been a year? After all the comments we’ve exchanged, it feels like we’ve known each other for so much longer! 🥰

      And love the questions! I’m gonna have to do some good hard thinking for some of them!

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  11. Sophie @ Me & Ink says:
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    Congratulations on 700 followers 🥳❤️Your sincerity, thoughtfulness and joy, both on your blog and in comments, make you stand out as a blogger ! You deserve all the love and support 🥰

    Question time… It is always hard to come up with them on the spot! 😅
    1. If you had the opportunity to adapt a book into a screenplay, writing the script yourself, what book would you pick and why?
    2. From two of your least read genres, which one would you rather be the main character in?
    3. When did you start exploring nature/going on adventures? Do you have an earliest memory?

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Thank you, Sophie! That really means a lot 🥰 I’m so glad we discovered each other’s blogs along the way! And love the questions – I’m going to have to think carefully and analyze my reading habits in detail to find out what my actual least read genres are! 😂

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  12. Sumedha @ the wordy habitat says:
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    congratulations!! 🎉🎊 also wdym by original lol your posts are the wackiest stuff i come across and they’re highly entertaining.

    and well, since you’ve offered to answer the questions in any language… we can check how much google translate can actually help in conversations but i knowwww that it will butcher my tamizh so i’ll stick to english 😂

    1. if you couldn’t do your current job, what would you go for instead?
    2. what’s your most ridiculous experience in blogging so far?
    3. describe a story that accurately depicts you as a person to us who only know you through a screen 👀

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    • abookowlscorner says:
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      Thanks, Sumedha! 🤗 Love the questions – I’m going to have to think long and hard about my ridiculous blogging experiences now 🤣 – and I’m truly flattered you like my posts so much! I guess I just kind of find them uninspired compared to the types of stuff I wrote a few years ago? Like, most of the posts I’ve written this year are either tags, wrap-ups, or something I’ve done before, and I kind of miss the days I’d just randomly wake up and think “Oh, let’s design a really horrible book cover today!” or “Hmm, let’s write a nanowrimo parody filled with all of your least favorite overused book tropes!” or “These disturbing Duolingo sentences really remind me of books, let’s pair them up!”… I’m just kind of itching to write something DIFFERENT – like your latest watch post, for example – but I either don’t have any cool ideas or my ideas are so much work that I immediately postpone them far into the future when I’ll “have more free time” 😅😂 I don’t know – maybe that just happens when you’ve been at this for a while? I’m glad you still think my posts are wacky, though! That’s all I’ve ever aspired to achieve! 😇😁

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