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Kicking Off October

Happy October!

I have been looking forward to this month for so long now, and it is finally here!

For this month my bookclub is picking up Frankenstein – at last! It was on my TBR for years now, but I felt a bit intimidated by it. But now I actually feel ready for it. Robert Chamber’s The King in Yellowis also in progress at the moment, and as for my…

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23 September 2020

Wednesday

With the week almost half-way, one can consider that the final term of the year has started. Yet my space is in no way ready to work in, and all I really want to do is reorganise my bookshelves and read. And have a bird drop a mysterious letter into my lap that instructs me what I want to do next year – or have a Gandalf-like figure knock on my door. But unfortunately time ticks away…

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20-21 September 2020

Down The TBR-Hole

The Want-to-Read shelf is standing at 913 books now, so I’m excited to get it down to less than 900! The following books were all added to the Want-to-Read shelf on 4 – 22 April 2019.

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

I have wanted to read this book since I’ve seen the movie.

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

I was torn between which…

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19 September 2020

Saturday

Since August, I’ve trimmed the Want-to-Read shelf down to 919 books on my Goodreads! I have also finished Where the Crawdads Sing, Binti, Black Leopard Red Wolf, Equal Rites and Mary Oliver’s Blue Horses. It feels like the reading-mojo is back from primary school when I used to get through a Harry Potter in a day! Maybe not to the same degree, but it is easier to regularly pick up…

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The TBR Update and Thoughts

The TBR Update and Thoughts

Throughout the last few weeks I have managed to finish September and October’s discent down the TBR-hole. I managed to get the list below a 1000 books, and every day it is something I like to get into. It satisfies that part within that seeks control in this crazy time of uncertainty, and today I’m left in bundle thinking that maybe I should refer back to weekly. Maybe even daily. Skip those that…

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My Thoughts on White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

My Thoughts on White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Overall, I found it to be a very useful book for me. It is a good starting point for white people that might not know where to start on their journey in unlearning racism and in realizing that it is not simply white supremacy vs the rest. Like with everything else in life, there is a…

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Down the TBR Hole August 2020

Down the TBR Hole August 2020

For the month of August, I decided to go through 20 books on my Want-to-Read shelf on Goodreads per week, and by the end of the month post them all together. So seeing that it is the last week of August – here we are!

I’ve started with 1254 books on my TBR shelf on Goodreads this month and managed to remove at least 60 books throughout the four weeks. It was a therapeutic process – and an…

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Down the TBR Hole 2.4

Down the TBR Hole 2.4

Next 20 books on my Want-to-read shelf!

Even though there are hundreds more books to get through, I can’t help but feel excited to finish this challenge.  I like the idea of having a more “focused” TBR list – still open to new suggestions, but adding only books that I feel I MUST read in this lifetime.  And I know this list will look vastly different a few years from now as well!  Some of…

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Down the TBR Hole 2.3

Down the TBR Hole 2.3

Being in my last week of the July-holiday,  I can’t help but wonder where all the time has gone.  The days and weeks blend into each other, turning into months, and lockdown has removed any external structures that used to influence the day-by-day.  Finding the structure through my own self-discipline and motivation is not an easy task, but I try.

A part of what I enjoy with this challenge is…

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Book Review: Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

Book Review: Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Little Eyes is the most unsettling book I have read this year so far. Although it does not quite reach the level that Perfume: The Story of a Murderer had a few years ago, it did leave me with a feeling of unease. Describing it to be like an episode of Black Mirror is spot on.

Little Eyes follows about five main storylines sprinkled with…

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Down the TBR Hole 2.2

Down the TBR Hole 2.2

A continuation on spring cleaning my Goodreads Want-to-read shelf.  I came across the “Down the TBR Hole”  on Lost in a Story’s blog, and seeing that the books I want to read keeps on groing, and in the process makes it difficult to decide what to read next, I decided to take part in this weekly challenge.  I go over the rules and the concept more thoroughly in last week’s postif you want to…

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Spring Cleaning Goodreads TBR (and other updates)

Spring Cleaning Goodreads TBR (and other updates)

Goodreads TBR

About a year or more ago I tried out the “Down the TBR-hole” challenge where people go through their Goodreads TBR list and reevaluate whether they should stay on, or whether the initial interest in the book might be gone. It was fun to do, but after a while life got in the way, and the challenge was forgotten, and my Goodreads TBR continued to grow.

Now, I have made my peace…

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Introduction

This is not my first introduction on WordPress. It might not be my last. But this blog I feel the most proud of so far. From the title to the graphics I played around with on Canva.

Quietly Curious is a phrase I would use to describe myself. It is possibly one of the descriptions of myself that leads me to periods of existentialism, because being constantly curious about my options and…

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Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The second book we read for our book club!

It has been an interesting and unique experience to read this book, and although a week ago I thought I would not want to pick it up again, I now feel that it is a book I would want to reread at a later point in life.

One of the first things that pop into my mind after reading Girl, Woman,…

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (a reread)

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (a reread)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It has been a long time since I read this series, and reading it at an older age had allowed for a different reading experience. This is a series of books that brings a lot of comfort at this point in time, and I am happy to have reread it now! Rereading the first book in the series again really showed to me how this…

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Book review: A reread of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Book review: A reread of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It has been a long time since I read this series, and reading it at an older age had allowed for a different reading experience. This is a series of books that brings a lot of comfort at this point in time, and I am happy to have reread it now! Rereading the first book in the series again really showed to me how this…

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Book Review: Little Women by L.M. Alcott

Book Review: Little Women by L.M. Alcott

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Before I can properly start reading a new book, I need to jot down my thoughts on Little Women. After watching the most recent adaptation of Little Women, I was excited to read this classic for the first time. The movie tugged on my heartstrings and played with my romantic imagination, and it altogether introduced me to some very endearing…

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