"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
Still, “Maybe we should call these The Happy Years,” he told Jude one morning. […] “I don’t know,” Jude said, and although he could only see the edge of his face, Willem could tell he was smiling. “Isn’t that tempting fate a little?” - A Little Life: The Happy Years - So, I finally read … Continue reading Book Review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Happy Friday, everyone! Today, we're returning to an old favorite! It's been over a year since I posted my last guessing books from emojis post, but you'd never know that in terms of its currently sky-rocketing views. Seriously, how are you even digging this thing back up?! I thought it would be lost in the … Continue reading Can You Guess the Book from the Emojis? (Round II)
Happy Friday, everyone! After spending most of the week trying to cram my brain with as much material as humanly possible before my exams start on Monday, I'm kind of in the mood to complain 😁 Most people in my offline life have already had to listen to me whine about why I didn't start … Continue reading Writing Pet Peeves: 10 “Quirks” I Find Mildly Infuriating
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've all had a great start to July! For my part, I've arrived in the new month looking like a zombie because I've been watching so much soccer instead of sleeping. Which maybe isn't the best prerequisite for taking exams - my first one is roughly a week from now … Continue reading What I Read in June 2021
"Im Winter meines siebzehnten Lebensjahres kam meine Mutter zu dem Schluss, dass ich Depressionen hatte, wahrscheinlich weil ich kaum das Haus verließ, viel Zeit im Bett verbrachte, immer wieder dasselbe Buch las, wenig aß und einen großen Teil meiner reichlichen Zeit damit verbrachte, über den Tod nachzudenken." First line in Das Schicksal ist ein mieser … Continue reading The Ultimate Lost in Translation Battle: German vs. Danish Book Titles (featuring Line @First Line Reader)
Happy Friday, everyone! Somehow, it's already summer solstice week and we've made it halfway through 2021. Where did all that time go? However, tradition is tradition, so of course, we're doing the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! This tag was originally created back in 2016 by Ely and Chami over on BookTube, and it is the perfect … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag 2021
Happy Friday, everyone! With the UEFA European Football Championship currently ongoing, soccer fever has Europe well in its clutches - and I am no exception. Seriously, I'm severely sleep deprived at the moment, because watching all these matches has meant I've had to postpone other things - such as homework, thesis work, or writing blogposts … Continue reading The Football Book Tag
Happy Friday, everyone! The weather has finally gotten warm over here, so I've been able to spend a lot more time out in the sun. Which is definitely a nice change from being locked up in a room with just my thesis for company! Although I'm also starting to get a bit scared of finals, … Continue reading The Aesthete Blogger Award
Happy Friday, everyone! Can you believe five months of 2021 have already come and gone? Much like in 2020, the fact that I haven't really been able to go anywhere has completely warped my sense of time, so even though I feel like we've been under lockdown forever, I'm still wondering where all those months … Continue reading What I Read in May 2021
Warning: In addition to loads of spoilers, mature content, and highly inappropriate language, this review includes a whole bunch of opinions that might be offensive to people who really love this series. So read at your own risk! Don’t say I didn’t warn you. “The black water nipping at her thrashing heels was freezing.” A … Continue reading My Very Spoilery Thoughts on A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Happy Friday, everyone - and welcome back to A Book Owl's Corner! Honestly, guys, you have no idea how relieved I am to be able to say this, because in case you didn't notice, I spent the past week with a ludicrous blog name I couldn't wait to get rid of 🙈 But what can … Continue reading Discussion: Books That Have Made Me Cry and Why I Love Them
Happy Friday everyone! My thesis is still consuming pretty much all of my time - I've solved the database problem (I think), but I'm getting a bit worried about my program's computation time when confronted with polynomials of higher degree... It's been running for three full days since it delivered the last set of data, … Continue reading Comparing US and German Book Covers (Part 3)
Happy Friday, everyone! I know I've been extremely absent from the blogosphere these past few weeks, but I'm still alive! I'm just still very busy with all the coding for my thesis. If you by any chance happen to know how to externally search an online database such as LMFDB within a MAGMA-program, please tell … Continue reading Never Have I Ever Book Tag
Happy Friday, everyone! Another month has come and gone, although I've barely managed to process it because I've been so busy 😂 University started again, I moved, and now that I actually understand stuff, my master's thesis has taken over a huge chunk of my waking hours. Which is probably going to stay that way … Continue reading What I Read in April 2021
Happy Friday, everyone! My week has been an absolute whirlwind, so sorry if I've been a bit absent these past few days! I finally started coding for my thesis, have a video project due in my Russian class, and on top of that, I'm currently in the middle of moving. I've been thinking about getting … Continue reading Shadow and Bone – My Thoughts on the Netflix Series (With Spoilers!!)
** DISCLAIMER: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Nevertheless, all opinions presented here are my own. ** “My conviction is that education must be about thinking – not training a specific set of skills.” Normally, I’m extremely picky when it comes to accepting review requests. What with one … Continue reading Book Review: How to Think Like Shakespeare by Scott Newstok
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you're all doing well! University is now in full swing over here, which means I'm back to grading papers and struggling with my own homework... But it's actually kind of nice to have some sort of fixed daily routine again. I feel as though I'm much more productive when I … Continue reading The 20 Questions Book Tag
Happy Friday, everyone! I know, I know - two book reviews in one week? Even though I don't particularly like writing them? Something must be wrong with me 😂 But then again, university started this week, and I need to make the most of being able to read and blog until the first homework assignments … Continue reading Book Review: Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
