It always comes as a surprise to me when another year is coming to an end. Yet, it's never too late to introduce something new. I therefore present to you, a new monthly wrap-up where I share my favorite books of the month, which movies and tv shows I enjoyed, ect. I might expand it in the future as I come up with more ideas, but for now I'll stick to the basics. The month of November has been weird. It went by so fast, but, at the same time, it felt like an eternity. I've read a bunch of books this month. Honestly, I think it might have been my best reading month of the year. Without further introduction and babbling, let's get on with it: FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE MONTH To be honest, the … [Read more...]
T5W: Books I’m Thankful For
Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly thing hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. You can find more information about past and upcoming topics in the GoodReads group. This week's topic is books that we're thankful for. It was hard to choose which ones to include, but these are without a doubt books I'm truly thankful for. 5 — Crow: From The Life and Songs of The Crow by Ted HughesIt offered me comfort at a time of grief. I can't quite put my finger on why I feel so deeply for this poetry collection. Perhaps it's the mythical nature of the character of Crow, I honestly can't say. It has a special place in my heart none the less. 4 — The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia … [Read more...]
The TBR Book Tag
The TBR book tag was created by Rachel from the A Perfection Called Books way back in 2014. I've been looking for a fun tag to do and I thought this one would be great, so here we are! How do you keep track of your TBR pile? I don't have a specific place for my unread books on my shelves. I've considered dividing them into read and unread, but I've been too lazy to actually take all of my books off of the shelves and organize them. I remember which books I've read, so it's not a problem for me to quickly pick an unread book off of my shelves anyway. I also really like reading on my kindle, so I have some tbr books there as well. Besides the ones that I own, there's my GoodReads tbr. … [Read more...]
The House Cup Reading Challenge: Update #1
We're a little over halfway through the house cup reading challenge, so I thought it was time to do an update of what I've read so far. As I always, I changed my tbr a bit. What a surprise. I'm very much a mood reader, so I'd say it was unavoidable that I'd switch it up instead of following what I planned to read. It has been a very productive readathon for me this far. I've already read 8 books. Most of them are really great, and a couple have even become new favorites. Main Challenges (20p) I've completed five out of seven main challenges, which are the ones that are worth most points. I feel very on top of schedule, even though I mixed up my tbr a bit as I've already … [Read more...]
T5W: Books Featuring Mythical Creatures
Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly thing hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. You can find more information about past and upcoming topics in the GoodReads group. I'm going to have to cheat a little bit, because I don't have enough books for just one creature. So instead, I'm sharing my top five books featuring mythical creatures in general. Before I bore you too much, let's get into the list. 5 — Storm Front by Jim Butcher The first book in the Dresden Files series is not the best book in the series according to most reviews I've come across. It is, none the less, a good supernatural crime mystery novel, which sets up the characters and the world that's expanded upon in the rest of the series. … [Read more...]
The House Cup Reading Challenge: Sign-up and TBR
I am easily pressured into things I want to do, so thanks Aurora for forcing me to partake in this readathon. The house cup reading challenge is happening from October 15th (Sunday) to November 12th (also a Sunday), there are a lot of rules and information that I don't feel like explaining, so instead here's a link to the readathon announcement post. I'm proud to say that I'm a Slytherin, ambitious, cunning and cool AF. Kidding, muhaha. Name: Julie Hogwarts House: Slytherin Wand Type: Holly Wood, Unicorn Hair core, 10 ¾" in length, Rigid flexibility Pet: Black Cat Favorite Subject: Transfiguration Favorite Professor: Professor McGonagall There are quite a few … [Read more...]
T5W: Favorite Creepy Settings
Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly thing hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. You can find more information about past and upcoming topics in the GoodReads group. 5 — Babs Yagg's Store, Vassa in The Night by Sarah Porter Inspired by Russian folklore, namely Vasilisa The Beautiful and Baba Yaga, this strange and creepy book is great for fans of, well, strangeness and Russian folklore. The main character, Vassa, has a living doll who lives in her pocket, and the penalty for shoplifting at the local convenience store is beheading. It sounds weird, but it works. It's dark and whimsical at the same time. I liked it so much that I read the entire thing in one sitting, which I rarely do. 4 — The … [Read more...]
T5W: Books Featuring Witches
Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly thing hosted by Sam from ThoughtsOnTomes. This week's topic is, as the title indicates, books featuring witches. I had a hard time figuring out which books I wanted to include. After looking through GoodReads and my own shelves, I realized that I haven't read as many books with witches as I thought I had, and of the ones I did read, I only really liked a few of them. I've always been fascinated with magic, but, much to my dismay, I've mostly seen tv shows with witches in them rather than reading books about witches. I'll have to change that in the future. But until then, here are my top five books featuring witches. 5 — The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by … [Read more...]
Space Readathon Wrap-Up: September 2017
The space readathon ended on Thursday the 21st of September. It was short, but I still managed to read a reasonable amount of pages. I didn't get to all of the books on my TBR, but I finished two of them and started a third. And guess what, I didn't even stray from my planned TBR. I feel like I deserve to be a little proud of myself. Before I start praising myself too much, here are the books I read during the space readathon. Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson This one was certainly interesting as it dived deeper into the vastness of the cosmos than Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, which I finished right before starting Death by Black Hole. But for … [Read more...]
The Dollmaker of Krakow by R. M. Romero
The Dollmaker of Krakow took me completely by surprise. I was already hooked after the first few chapters. The story begins in The Land of the Dolls where Karolina is happily living her life as a seamstress until the day the rats invade. One day she is transported to our world by the kind wind and wakes up in The Dollmaker's shop in Krakow. The Dollmaker is a lonely WWI veteran, who struggles with the pain of losing his parents. But the appearance of Karolina in his life sets a series of fortunate events in motion. The fog he's been living in starts to lift as he meets a welcoming Jewish family of two, who makes him feel wanted and appreciated. The story follows The Dollmaker and Karolina's … [Read more...]
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