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!
November was a really weird reading month for me. I didn't read much, but out of the three books I did manage to pick up, I absolutely adored two and despised the other. For a bit more clarification, here are my more in-depth thoughts: Heartstopper: Volumes One and Two by Alice Oseman (5/5 Stars each) … Continue reading What I Read in November 2019
Reading-wise, October was a pretty good month for me, especially compared to some of the other ones in 2019. I found a nice balance between reading for fun and reading classics for the Staatsexamen (which was sometimes, but not always, fun too). Also, this month I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair with some friends, … Continue reading What I Read in October 2019
September was probably my best reading month of the year so far. I read ten books in total, all of them for fun, disliked none, and really enjoyed the majority of them. Plus, I read pretty steadily, something I also haven't done in a while. My last exam was in August, so I started reading … Continue reading What I Read in September 2019
After July, August was a welcome relief. Since university was over, I finally had time to read again! I still had two exams to prepare for, but I did read a little during study breaks, and then a lot once my last exam was over. Also, there were some books in here that I genuinely … Continue reading What I Read in August 2019
I barely read anything in July, which was rife with exams, preparation for said exams, and final projects. In fact, the only things I did read were for a final paper for one of my courses, in which I was supposed to answer an old Staatsexamen question on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Basically, these … Continue reading What I Read in July 2019
Considering how busy I was, I actually read quite a lot in June. Granted, most of these were classics that I read with my study group, but since I enjoyed the majority of them, I'd still count that as a win. Which just goes to show that required reading can actually be very useful - … Continue reading What I Read in June 2019
I barely read anything in May - I was just super busy with university work. However, I did manage to squeeze two books in, so here's what I thought about them 🙂 Again, but Better by Christine Riccio (3/5 Stars) I've been subscribed to Christine's YouTube-channel, polandbananasBOOKS, for years now. I don't watch every video, … Continue reading What I Read in May 2019
I had to make the most of the free time I had before university started, so I actually read quite a lot in April. In particular, I used the time to catch up on some new releases and old series that I'd been meaning to get to, as well as books that friends had lent … Continue reading What I Read in April 2019
Although I did technically have a lot of free time in March, I didn't invest much of it into reading - at least, not until the end of the month, when I suddenly devoured a whole bunch of books at once. Instead, I played a ton of violin, piano, and guitar (currently, I'm trying to … Continue reading What I Read in March 2019
So - let's start this with an updated introduction from future-March-2020-me, since that's how long it took me to finally organize the mostly chaotic notes this post consisted of into something somewhat understandable... As you'll know if you read my Why 2019 Was Such a Terrible Reading (and Posting) Year post, February 2019 wasn't exactly … Continue reading What I Read in February 2019
Since I already posted my list of favorites, I bet you're not that surprised to now be getting my least favorite books of the year 😉 Thankfully, I actually didn't read that many books I didn't like this year, so this is going to be a rather short list. Like last year, I'll be starting … Continue reading My Least Favorite and Most Disappointing Books of 2018
I know, I know – I’m a bit late posting this, since it’s already the middle of February…. I’ve been so busy studying for psychology lately that I didn’t get around to writing anything, but better late than never, right? I read a lot of books I really liked in 2018, so narrowing this down … Continue reading My Favorite Books of 2018
Well, this year is already off to a great reading start because, in January, I read absolutely nothing. Okay, I guess that's not true either. I did read around five thousand pages of psychology. My exam is on February 12th, so I'm now in my final phase of studying and a bit panicky. The summary … Continue reading What I (Didn’t) Read in January 2019
Is it a good or a bad thing that I feel a bit guilty about reading so much in December when I had tons of other stuff I should have been doing? I mean, I guess I still did work pretty hard - I got one of my term papers out of the way, did … Continue reading What I Read in December 2018
I really hope November is not a sign of what's to come in the next few months because I barely had any time to read at all. My homework situation is absolutely insane at the moment: I seem to have a presentation or paper every other day, and at the same time, I'm trying to … Continue reading What I Read in November 2018
You can really tell that university started again - my reading basically went from a ton in the first half of the month to almost nothing in the latter. Still, I managed to read eight books in total, so here are my thoughts: The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen (4/5 Stars) This is a collection … Continue reading What I Read in October 2018
So technically, I probably shouldn't be writing this right now... I just got back from the UK trip I took with my sister (which was pretty awesome, by the way) and I have a linguistics term paper due October 12th. Which I've barely started. However, I've been analyzing my data for the past few days … Continue reading What I read in September 2018
Well, you can definitely tell that I'm on summer break. I can finally read as much as I want to, which means that I'm going to try to keep my individual wrap-ups a bit briefer than usual - otherwise, I'll probably still be writing this when it's time to do my September wrap-up. Still, here … Continue reading What I Read in August 2018
Contrary to my expectations, I actually managed to read more in July than I did in June, even though all of my really extreme exams (that means the math ones) were in July. The reason for this was that my last exam was on the 27th, but, as we all know, July has 31 days, … Continue reading What I Read in July 2018
Sadly, it's that time of the year again. I'm in the middle of exam period, and have been since the beginning of June, so I basically haven't allowed myself to read anything new. I've mentioned this before, but I have absolutely no self-control when it comes to putting a book down and starting to study … Continue reading What I Read in June 2018
