Hi everyone! I was nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by the lovely Emer over at A Little Haze Book Blog - thank you so much!! 😊 Anyway, if you aren't already following her, I highly recommend you go do it now, because she's one of the kindest and most amazing people in this community!! … Continue reading The Sunshine Blogger Award
Hi everyone! I'm actually a bit shocked how quickly June went by - it seems like the month just started, and then it was already over. Maybe my dread of upcoming exams is accelerating time 😁 However, June actually turned out to be the best reading month I've had in a while. I read so … Continue reading What I Read in June 2020
Since the summer solstice was only a few days ago, I think that I can safely say that we're pretty much exactly at the mid-year mark. Which makes it the prefect time for the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! I feel like this is such a fun way to reflect on the books I read … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag 2020
Hi everybody! This week's post is coming to you from a severely sleep-deprived me, but that's because I just had a reading week so awesome that I feel like this week alone will be responsible for about half of my favorite books of the year. I'm not kidding! Among others, I read one four-star and … Continue reading Mini-Reviews: The Interestings, Allegedly, The Anti-Virginity Pact
Hi everyone! I hope you've had a good week! I thought we would try something a little bit different today 😉 All my American friends are always commenting on how Europeans apparently use way too many emojis, but guys: Emojis are awesome! Sometimes you can express so much more through them than you could using … Continue reading Can You Guess the Book from the Emojis?
Hi everyone! Today I'm here with another tag! I was tagged to do the Stuck at Home Book Tag by Abi @ The Knights Who Say Book, and if you haven't checked out her blog yet, I highly recommend you do. She's amazing, and I'm always struck by the eloquence of her posts! Anyway, thanks … Continue reading Stuck at Home Book Tag
With everything that's going on right now, what I read last month really pales in comparison. So I just wanted to start this post by saying: To all my Black readers - I'm with you and support you 100%. What is going on in the US right now, and has been going on there (and … Continue reading What I Read in May 2020
I know I said I wouldn’t be posting short stories in a while, but with what’s going on in the world right now, I suddenly felt the overwhelming need to write. It just poured out of me, and I couldn’t do anything to stop it. So I decided to just go with it. Thankfully, we … Continue reading Bystander (Short Story Series #5)
Maybe I should complain about my books not getting here on time more often, because literally the minute I publicly aired my grievances about the lateness of this preorder in my Book Spine Poetry post, the mailman arrived with a package for me!! And, as soon as I got my hands on this book, I … Continue reading Rambly First Thoughts on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Hi everyone! I actually thought that the next post you'd be getting from me would be my review for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but since my preordered copy STILL hasn't arrived, I guess that'll have to wait 😪 Ah, the benefits of living in the middle of nowhere in a non-English-speaking country... However, … Continue reading Book Spine Poetry
Hi guys! I hope you've had a good week! I actually started mine having to pay 7€ in library fees - something that came as a bit of a shock since I've never returned anything late in my life before now... But, in my defense, the university library originally said that it would let us … Continue reading If You Liked This Book, You Might Also Like…
Marie Rutkoski's The Winner's Curse trilogy is one of my favorite fantasy series out there, so when I heard that she had written a new book, I obviously had to read it 🙂 Many thanks to altheareads for putting it on my radar, since I somehow managed to complete miss hearing about this! Overall, this … Continue reading Book Review: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Hi everyone - I hope quarantining is still going well! Personally, while I liked all the extra free time at first, I can't wait for things to return to normal now that the new semester has started. Online university just isn't my cup of tea... Still, I really like getting to spend more time with … Continue reading Stay At Home Book Tag
I continued my trend from March and read a ton in April - at least I did in the first half of the month. Now that university has started again, my reading has gone down drastically. With all classes being online and me having to prepare them much more thoroughly beforehand, everything just seems to … Continue reading What I read in April 2020
I found a book that made me cry! That in itself is such a rare occurrence that The How and the Why deserves more attention than it will probably get in my what is sure to be endlessly long April wrap-up 😉 But I also just really needed a break from e-university, because while isolation … Continue reading Book Review: The How and The Why by Cynthia Hand
Happy World Book Day, everyone! Today we're going to be talking about something rather superficial - but what book nerd doesn't love a good cover? Compared to the story a book contains, it might not really matter much, but no one can deny the alluring power of a good cover in a bookshop, or how … Continue reading Comparing US and German Book Covers (Part 2)
It's been ages since I did a tag, so this post is long overdue! And this tag, created by Jaded Reader, is actually quite fitting - with the quarantine going on, my family and I have been doing a lot of yard work, and we've been making bonfires in the evenings to burn all of … Continue reading The Campfire Book Tag
It's been a while since I've posted anything writing related. 2019 was a horrible year for me concerning pretty much everything that requires having free time, so the only short stories I wrote were super dark self-help ones that will never see the light of day if I have any say in it. Trust me … Continue reading Why Writing Takes Practice: Reviewing One of My Early Novels
I can safely say that March 2020 has been one of the weirdest months of my life so far. If you'd told me I'd ever experience a pandemic a few months ago, I would have said you were crazy. I'd have expected to be struggling to find spare time in March, not toilet paper. I … Continue reading What I Read in March 2020
I guess the good part about having read less in 2019 is that I also didn't read as many things that I didn't like - these lists turned out quite short this time around! As in previous years, I'll be starting out with the books I didn't like at all, and then continue with my … Continue reading My Least Favorite and Most Disappointing Books of 2019
