I read three books in January, which is a good start into 2020. I liked my life by Abby Fabiaschi (★★★☆☆) This book had a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews and I’ll admit that it had some good moments and a few bits of real wisdom scattered along...
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I am glad to link up with Kookyrunner and Zenaida for Tuesday Topics today, as I was planning to share my favorite reads from 2019 with you anyway. I only read 27 books last year, less than half than the previous year, none of them running books, but that’s ok. Reading...
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The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (★★★☆☆) This was the only book I finished in December. It was a drawn-out read. I learned some amazing things about octopuses that I didn’t know (they have a beak, the are red when excited and white when calm, they only lay...
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Let me liken my reading routine to a roller coaster, my friends. It’s been going up and down and right and left and I am just hanging on for dear life. But I lied in my last post. I finished not one, but two books in November. Imagine my delight...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2019 Oh October, what did you do to my reading? You went by too fast, that’s what you did. I started my one book for October on the way to Germany and then barely finished...
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Photo by Susan Yin on Unsplash I recently read my first German book in a long while. The reason why I hadn’t read any books in German is that German books are somewhat hard to come by. I often read on my eReader and most of my books come from the library and...
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Phew. Seven books in September. I am liking it and wouldn’t mind for this to continue. I enjoyed all these books, don’t let some of the lower ratings fool you too much. I can be critical sometimes when plots are not coherent or resolve too conveniently, but all of these...
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Photo by Prasanna Kumar on Unsplash I’ve always wondered how people pick their next book to read, how they decide which book deserves their attention next, especially when they rely on the library as much as I do. I haven’t bought a book in ages (other than as a gift for other people,...
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What happened? You guys, my reading was so slow for months and then I read 6 books in August. Just like that. I don’t know how I turned things around, but hey, I’ll take it. The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve (★★★★☆) I love me a book with a...
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I read two books in July, hooray! It’s a miracle. J/K. Just happy to see that I invested some of my precious time in two good books last month. The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us about Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel (★★★★☆) Knowing many people with (diagnosed) mental...
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