Happy Friday, everyone! And guess what?! I'M FINALLY FREE!!! As of yesterday, I have officially defended my master's thesis, so now I really have nothing left to do. Except read. And sleep. And bake Christmas cookies. And play lots of violin, piano, and ukulele. And watch Lost in Space, Season 3. All of which I'm … Continue reading What I Read in November 2021
"The noise in the attic wakes me again." - The Bridge of Little Jeremy, opening line - ** DISCLAIMER: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Nevertheless, all opinions presented here are my own. ** When a friend of the author's reached out to me and asked whether I … Continue reading Book Review: The Bridge of Little Jeremy by Indrajit Garai
Happy Friday, everyone! Gosh, you have no idea how glad I am that it's finally Friday! This past week has been an absolute whirlwind. I'm currently in the process of moving, have a choir concert on Sunday, have to finish my thesis defense presentation for next week, and am absolutely paranoid because the COVID incidence … Continue reading I Did the Unthinkable // A Discussion on Unhauling Books
Eshonai had always told her sister that she was certain something wonderful lay over the next hill. - Oathbringer, opening line - Am I really giving you another behemoth of a Stormlight Archive book review? Of course I am 😁 Oathbringer had been eyeing me temptatiously throughout all of October, so the minute my thesis … Continue reading Spoilery Book Review: Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Happy Friday, everyone! Honestly, it feels so great to be back among the lazy! This week, I did pretty much nothing apart from sleeping, reading, music, cooking, and eating, and it was absolutely wonderful! Yup, this is definitely a pretty accurate representation of my life right now 🤣 The only thing that is putting a … Continue reading The Liebster Award Mash-Up Post
Happy Friday, everyone!!! Gosh, you have no idea how thrilled I am to say that 🤗 I'm back!!! The last few weeks have been absolutely insane, and I still can't quite believe that I actually handed in my thesis and have free time now. The whole concept sounds alien, somehow. I don't think I've had … Continue reading What I (Didn’t) Read in October
Hi guys!
No, I’m not back so soon after saying I was going on hiatus 😅 My thesis still has me in its grasp, don’t you worry… This post is a throwback to August, back when I still had a somewhat reasonable amount of spare time on my hands. Riddhi @Whispering Stories somehow managed to convince me to do another one of these interviews, and this is the result! I hope you enjoy reading, and that this at least partially makes up for you not hearing from me for a while 😉
Hey Guys! Welcome or welcome back to my blog!
Today, I will be interviewing one of my favourite bloggers, the super-awesome, super-sweet- Naemi @A Book Owl’s Corner!
*Round of applause*
So, show her some love guys!
And now, without further ado, let’s get on with the interview!
R- Tell my readers a bit about yourself and your blog. Why do you blog about the topic you blog about?
N- Hey guys! My name is Naemi, and I’m the blogger behindA Book Owl’s Corner– which, in case the name doesn’t make it obvious, is dedicated to books and everything surrounding them!
I’ve always loved to read and write, so I guess it was only natural that I’d eventually want a platform to share all of my bookish opinions, stories, and other randomly weird thoughts… It’s just so nice to have a community that gets excited about the…
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Happy Friday, all! I am very much afraid I have little time. *** My thesis is hard. I need to finish it soon… Which leaves me no choice. *** Hiatus it is. I will be back in three weeks With a new degree. *** At least I hope so! Sorry I won’t be around, I … Continue reading Hiatus Haikus
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've all had a great start to October, and that you're reading loads of spooky books to make up for the fact that I've been reading nothing! Well, nothing except for plenty of mathematical papers, that is... My thesis is coming along slooooowly, so I'm still spending pretty much all … Continue reading Reacting to One-Star Reviews of Books I Love
Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to October! To be honest, September was a very mixed month for me. My grandfather died, I've barely had time for anything other than writing my thesis - which has manifested itself in a huge lack of sleep so that I can at least get some reading time in - … Continue reading What I Read in September 2021
Happy Friday, everyone! I've been spending all week correcting exams and feverishly working on my thesis, which needs to be handed in only a month from now. Where did all the time go?! I'm seriously starting to panic a bit because I have so much left to write, as well as some major proofs that … Continue reading Reacting To Five-Star Reviews of Books I Hated 😎😈😇
"Jasnah Kholin pretended to enjoy the party, giving no indication that she intended to have one of the guests killed." - Words of Radiance, opening line - Thus, my friends, begins the book that has managed to topple The Betrayals out of my number one favorite spot of the year. The book that has opened … Continue reading Book Review: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson // CAUTION: Here Be Spoilers!!!
Happy Friday, everyone! Truth be told, I've had a horrendous week. I just lost my grandfather, and since everything happened so suddenly, I didn't make it in time to see him before he died. Which means that, to distract myself from dwelling too much on things I am powerless to change, I thought we could … Continue reading The Currently Reading Book Tag
Happy Friday, everyone... ... and welcome to September! Honestly, August went by so fast, it was a blur. I flooded and re-dried my room, got a haircut, corrected hundreds of exams, finally got my computer to calculate what I wanted it to, went to the Netherlands, made it back home in spite of train strikes, … Continue reading What I Read in August 2021
Happy Friday, everyone! And guess what? My period of ignoring you is over! I'm back home! My vacation in the Netherlands was absolutely wonderful: I explored so many interesting cities, finally got to see the beach again after almost four years, learned a ton about Dutch history and culture, managed to buy a birthday card … Continue reading Thank You For 400 Followers! – How to Get People to Engage with Your Blog
Een goede vrijdag allemaal! Please tell me I didn't butcher that too badly, Dutch people 😅 Your language is so similar to German that it's been confusing the heck out of me, but I've been trying my very best to not be that arrogant neighbor and learn at least a few phrases. And, let me … Continue reading Discussion: The Struggles of Reading Books in Foreign Languages and Why You Should Do It Anyway
Happy Friday, everyone! After the absolute fiasco that was last week, this week has turned out a whole lot better! I had my first post-lockdown Döner Kebab, which was absolutely delicious, went to a music store with my housemates, where we spent hours testing different pianos, visited my sister (and took some of her books … Continue reading The Feelings Book Tag
Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to August! July was a whirlwind of a month for me: I had exams, had to grade loads of other people's exams, got fully vaccinated, got to know my bed a bit better because of getting fully vaccinated, and spent a bunch of time making angry faces at my computer … Continue reading What I Read in July 2021
"What's the cube root of eight?" the computer asks. "Where am I?" I say again. This time, it's easier. "Incorrect. What's the cube root of eight?" I take a deep breath and speak slowly. "Two times e to the two-i-pi." "Incorrect. What's the cube root of eight?" But I wasn't incorrect. I just wanted to … Continue reading Book Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Happy Friday, everyone! No, I'm not intentionally spoiling you with two posts today. Well, I guess I kind of am, but I really wanted to write a review for A Little Life (a.k.a. the saddest book in existence 😭😭😭), and it felt weird to also include the answers to my Can You Guess the Books … Continue reading Emoji Quiz Answers and a Quick Check-In
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