Magical Read-a-thon: Orilium – Spring Equinox (second year) tbr

I have been eagerly waiting to return to Orilium for the second school year! My character, Irvin is aiming for being an apprentice in their calling, Master of Elements. Just like last year, I’ll have to pick six books to read in April. In case you’re interested in this read-a-thon, HERE is G’s announcement video.

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Between Shades of Gray book review

It’s been a year since I last translated and shared an old book review. I thought I’d continue going in chronological order as to when I wrote them. The theme is quite similar to The Book Thief, as Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is another historical fiction set during the second world war. I also wrote this review in 2017.

February wrap-up // Lots of reading, anxious days & bookshelf reorganisations

I am always thankful February is the shortest month of the year. I always try, but so far I’ve never really managed to have a fully satisfactory ending to winter. A person’s birthday month should be their favourite, right? There’s a long way to go until I can achieve that goal. One thing I really appreciated was reading. I read a lot, and I enjoyed it very much. I finished twelve books, and I liked the majority of them, which is the most important.

Do star ratings matter to me?

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few days now, and I felt like I wanted to put my thoughts into written words, so here we are. I love rating things. That’s it. I am not obsessed with it, but I genuinely have so much fun coming up with star ratings for books, movies or TV shows. It’s just so enjoyable to think it all through, and quantify an experience. So do star ratings matter to me? The short answer is yes and no, but let’s elaborate on that.

Rating bookish things out of ten (part one)

In a recent Books Unbound episode (number 159) Ariel and Raileen rated bookish things out of ten, using decimals too. I am fond of rating anything and everything (you know that if you’ve been reading me for a while), so I thought it would be a super fun blog post to write. There’s a newer episode in which they rate more things, so keep an eye out for a second part! HERE is the spreadsheet the girls made, in case you’d like to check out their ratings.

January wrap-up // Finding a new favourite k-drama & doing a sugar-free challenge

What can I say about this month? I’ve never been a fan of winter, especially after Christmas, when everything’s just so grey and bleak, and this year hasn’t been different. It was just long and mundane. Having to stay at home and not being able to travel and walk a lot in nature is super hard for me, so it’s nothing new that my mood hasn’t been the best. It’s better than it was in December, but still… I long for true spring. I read seven books, most of which I very much liked. I also did a sugar-free challenge, which I’m going to talk about more later in this post.

Books about the Internet & social media

I’ve been wanting to write this post for ages because I wanted to finish How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell so that I could talk about it as well. Unfortunately, I didn’t end up liking it, so it’s not going to be featured here. Therefore, I decided not to wait any longer, and just write this piece. Today I’m going to recommend eight books that are either about the Internet or social media. There are books on this list which focus less on these topics and more on psychology or neurobiology, but overall, you couldn’t go wrong with any of these choices, if you wished to learn a lot.

Rating k-dramas and their soundtracks (part four)

It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog post like this because I haven’t seen a lot of k-dramas in the past couple of months. But recently, I got back into watching them, and there are five I wanted to share. As per usual, they are all available on Netflix.

LGBTQ+ Historical Icons Tag

I have been tagged to do this one for a few months now, so it’s high time I finally do this. I was tagged by the lovely Maria @ The Character Study, you can check out her post HERE. It was originally created by Laura @ The Corner of Laura. Let’s get into the questions!

2022 statistics

We’ve arrived at the last recap post, which is probably my favourite: stats! I’m currently writing this on New Year’s Eve as I’m still sick and need something to distract my mind. Three Days Grace is blasting from the stereo and I’m geeking out about numbers and graphs. So, without a lot of incoherent babbling, let’s jump into this post.