This weeks TopTenTuesday by that Artsy Reader Girl is about books we read on our holiday. As I already shared my reads of september last week, what about sharing the books I bought during my holiday? It’s my autumn book haul. I hardly ever buy myself new books. But it’s that time of year again, when A LOT of new… Read more »
Where most Dutch people take their holiday during the hight of summer, we leave our country at the brisk of autumn. I don’t do very well with the heat, even though my husband ABSOLUTELY loves it. So we come together in the middle, the aftersummer, which usually has good and dry hiking weather which isn’t a roaring 27+ degrees (Celcius)…. Read more »
It’s already a month ago, when I came back home from my 24-hours Reversed Readathon trip to a rented gypsy home on a Dutch farmers lot. In this post I would like to share some pictures with you of the fun I had! The tiny home was truly adorable. I loved it! It was however, badly ventilated and with the… Read more »
It’s time for another 24-hour readathon next weekend! This time, things will be a bit different. For the Reversed Readathon, the times are reversed. That means (for me, living in Europe) the readathon will start at 2AM on Saturday the 22nd and will end on 2AM on Sunday the 23rd. Oof! Last Dewey’s was a lot of fun. Like, a… Read more »
My dear cats this is weird. After 14 months of nothingness, hardly meeting anybody and reading all the books I will finally get my first covid vaccination this week. I am all torn apart about how to feel about this. A part of me really enjoyed all of the alone time, the not having social obligations, the working from home,… Read more »
I keep missing my Tuesday deadlines these last few weeks. Things are suddenly busy around me and after a quiet few months it’s hard to have to adapt again. Meanwhile, we are now in our second lockdown. You would think I would have the time right? So this is a thing going about in the bookish community, and since I… Read more »