Every month, I briefly discuss the books I read here! You’ll find short reviews of all of them – spoiler-free, unless I explicitly state otherwise. If you’d like more in-depth reviews with spoilers, you can check out my book reviews page ;) However, I don’t have a full review up for every book I read, so these short ones are a good place to start!
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
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
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... ... 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 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
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
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
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! March is over, and we've finally found our way into Spring! At least that's the case here in Germany. While we still had quite a bit of snow in mid-March, everything is now green and covered in flowers, and I've really been enjoying spending time outside. I actually found the perfect audiobook-listening … Continue reading What I Read in March 2021
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've all had a great start to March! Personally, I find it astounding that we're already over two months into 2021. February really seems to have flown by! Although, looking back, I did actually do quite a lot this past month. I had my own exams, and then spent pretty … Continue reading What I Read in February 2021
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've all had a great first week of February! I'm currently in the middle of studying for finals, so I wouldn't necessarily say mine has been wonderful, but things are definitely looking better than in January. Between my cat dying, me injuring my foot, and university stress, I'm ready to … Continue reading What I Read in January 2021
Happy Friday, guys! Now that you already got my favorite books of 2020, I obviously have to follow up with my least favorites! Because, let's be honest: Sometimes, it's just so satisfying to rant about all the books that ended up letting you down 😁 As always, I will be splitting this into two parts, … Continue reading My Least Favorite and Most Disappointing Books of 2020
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you've all safely arrived in 2021 and that you're enjoying the new year so far! Anyway, now that 2021 is here, it's time for my obligatory "Favorite Books of the Year" post! I'm actually quite proud of myself for posting this on time for once - last year, it was … Continue reading My Favorite Books of 2020
Welcome to 2021, and a very happy New Year to you all!! I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a ride... It certainly wasn't the year I envisioned having when I wrote last year's December wrap-up, that's for sure. But that's not to say it was all bad! Despite online classes, … Continue reading What I Read in December 2020
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've all had a great start into December!! ❄️ Or, at the very least, I hope you've had a better week than I have... Between the pandemic and those exams, this year was never really going to make it into the highlights of my life, but these past few days … Continue reading What I Read in November 2020
Hi everyone! October has ended, and it's already November! How did that happen? Seriously, time seems to be flying by lately - I guess there's nothing like exams to rob you of hours and hours that you never even noticed you had. And now, finally, I am almost finished! As of mid-October, I am officially … Continue reading What I Read in October 2020
Hi everyone! I must say: I'm very relieved September is over 😅 Now I just have to make it through October, and then my written exams will be over and I will hopefully be qualified enough to start teaching!!! At least theoretically. Even if I pass, I plan on staying at university at least another … Continue reading What I Read in September 2020
Hi everyone! Another month has come and gone - and way too fast, if you ask me! I need more time! Seriously, I'm not kidding... For those of you who want to know what I'm up against, this is my exam schedule: September 21: British and American LiteratureSeptember 22: English LinguisticsSeptember 24: Text Production & … Continue reading What I Read in August 2020
Happy end of the month, everyone! I know there are technically still a few hours left in July, but since I have a ton of non-reading-related stuff that I have to get done by tomorrow, I think it's highly unlikely that I'll finish another book today. So I thought I might as well give you … Continue reading What I Read in July 2020
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
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