May wrap-up // A really quick and recharging month

I can’t believe it’s already almost summertime! This month has flown by, I don’t understand where it went. I had a good time, probably the best so far this year. I read seven books, watched an insane amount of k-dramas and studied a lot of Korean. I continued my habit of going to the library every few weeks, it feels nice to think about what I want to borrow next time.

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April wrap-up // A slow but mostly enjoyable month

April was okay. I was trying to be better at lifting my mood, and most times, I succeeded. Other times, not so much, like that one week when I did not want to talk to anyone. I went to an arboretum with a friend, and spent loads of hours outside in nature, which was much needed. I’m enjoying sunny days a lot, fingers crossed the weather will actually be spring-like now. I read five books, and only one of them was a five-star book.

March wrap-up // Sad news, binging a TV show & a trip to Salzburg

March was a rollercoaster of a month, but more time was spent in the lows than the highs… I got sad news right at the very beginning, which affected the rest of the month. My friend and I also got to travel to Salzburg for a few days, which we had been planning since February. I read five books because I just couldn’t focus on reading. I ended up binging an entire TV show, as it provided much-needed escapism.

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.

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.

December wrap-up // Thank you, next

Hey December, guess I’m feeling unmoored… I wish I could say that the first month of winter was absolutely marvellous, and I fell in love with this season as I was hoping. But nope, that, unfortunately, didn’t happen, and I’m really sad about it. Even Christmas wasn’t that enjoyable as my father got sick just before Christmas Eve, and a few days later my mom and I got sick as well. So now I spend my time escaping into TV shows, movies and the Percy Jackson universe. I wasn’t really in the mood for reading this month, I finished four books.

November wrap-up // A cold month with lots of Taylor Swift music

November was a decent end of autumn. I didn’t enjoy it as much as October, because as the weather gets colder, and the sun shows itself less and less, it makes my mood quite bad, to say the least. This year, I tried to notice the silver lining, which was successful at times, but not so at other times. I managed to read seven books, and I had the chance to travel once, which was lovely.

October wrap-up // Midnights, trips & lots of books

October was a pretty great month, thankfully. There have been quite warm weekends, which made it possible to travel a few times. I also read a lot, thirteen books to be precise, which is the most I’ve read in a month this year. I got back into the habit of reading every day before going to bed, and I was actually looking forward to those minutes. I did my 31-day digital declutter challenge, which I’ll talk about in a separate post soon. I also baked a lot with pumpkins, haha.

September wrap-up // Two-year anniversary & chilly weather

September was a month… I don’t know, it mainly just passed. There were great times, but the majority was just okay. Which happens sometimes, I guess. But still, I miss summer, I miss being in nature, swimming in the lake. I also hate the fact that I don’t have any more free weekdays because I used them all up in summer, which was my decision, but still. The fact that I will have to work every weekday without a holiday in sight really dampened my mood. I wish I enjoyed my job, but that’s not the case, unfortunately. However, great news at least, is that I read eleven books, the most in a long while. I think that’s due to the fact that I’m staying more and more inside, which is unfortunate. Honestly, I’d rather travel more than read more, that’s my desire nowadays, but you can’t always get what you want. Don’t get me wrong, all of these books were really great. But enough of me babbling on forever, let’s get started.

August wrap-up // The last month of summer is always the most bittersweet

Dammit, I had a brilliant way to start this wrap-up, it involved a Taylor Swift august reference, and I totally forgot it. I knew I should’ve written it down when my Muse stroke me. Never mind, it’ll probably come to my mind in the middle of winter. August was great, I had the chance to travel inside my country, been to two places I’d never visited before, and also returned to my favourite, the cottage. I wish I could’ve stayed there longer, but work waits for no one. I read five books, I finished a series I started in that month, which is so rare.