This is where I discuss everything book-related that comes to mind and doesn’t fit into any of the other categories on this blog. Be prepared for me to get philosophical. Or maybe not – in all honesty, this is probably just me rambling on and on about topics that I think are interesting… But hey, maybe you do, too!
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
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 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
"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 - 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! Today, I’m bringing you a rather special post – an interview with one of my favorite authors, Katie Wismer! I first discovered Katie through her YouTube-channel Katesbookdate, which I would highly recommend if you’re ever looking for inspiring vlogs, writing tips, book recommendations, or wholesome cat content 😊 I’ve always found her … Continue reading Author Interview with Katie Wismer
Happy Friday, everyone! Again, this week has been an extremely busy one for me, but things are getting better! For one thing, my best friend and I knuckled down last weekend and went through all our lecture notes on Mori theory - and we understand stuff now!! I mean, it's still not a lot, but … Continue reading Stuff That Happens in Books But Never in Real Life
Hi everybody! Except for this introduction, this post is brought to you by me from the past 😉 Well, I guess all of my posts are, but this is the first post I have ever prewritten and finished more than a week before posting it - trust me, I am very proud of this achievement … Continue reading Lost in Translation
Are you struggling to talk to your crush? Are you still single and wondering why? Or is your current relationship not the one you've always secretly longed for? Well, after extensive literary research, I may have got the answer for you: you're simply going about dating and relationships the wrong way. All you need to … Continue reading Dating Tips for Book Nerds
Hi everyone! You're getting a bit of a weird post from me today, but since I've been annoying everyone in my offline life with this question for months now, it's high time I wrote something about it on this blog 😁 My obsession with mental imagery started a little over a year ago, when I … Continue reading What Do You See in Your Mind When Reading?
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 debated for a while whether I was going to post this, since I don't want to come off as that whiny first-world-problems person, and also because some of the stuff I'm going to talk about is rather personal. However, I then thought that it might help some of you to see that you're not … Continue reading Why 2019 Was Such a Terrible Reading (and Posting) Year for Me
As we live in a world that is becoming further globalized by the minute, it is only natural that we want to see our society reflected in literature. There are more and more voices clamoring for diverse books, for own-voices authors, for main characters that aren't white, male, and heterosexual. And that's a good thing. … Continue reading Diversity Does Not Make a Good Book
University started again this week and university means homework, which is basically my way of saying that I'm drowning in it. Honestly, if you want free time, don't study math (but math is awesome, so maybe you still should 😉 ). Anyway, the homework situation means that I don't have much time to blog, so … Continue reading My Bookish Pet Peeves
Something I've been thinking about a lot recently is how getting older has changed the way I read. Maybe it's the sheer abundance of books I've read by now, the critical reading skills I'm constantly required to use at university, writing a lot myself, being older in general, or a combination of all of those. … Continue reading Growing Up as a Reader
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